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Page 1 of 4 <br />Member ____________ introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption: <br /> <br />RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING PROCEDURES AND PROTOCOLS FOR THE <br />REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS PHASE OF THE P3 PROCUREMENT AND APPROVING, ISSUING AND AUTHORIZING PUBLICATION OF THE REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS TO DESIGN, BUILD, FINANCE, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN THE DIVERSION CHANNEL AND ASSOCIATED INFRASTRUCTURE WORK <br />PACKAGE OF THE FARGO-MOORHEAD METROPOLITAN AREA FLOOD RISK <br />MANAGEMENT PROJECT WHEREAS, the City of Moorhead, a political subdivision of the State of Minnesota; the <br />City of Fargo, a political subdivision of the State of North Dakota; Clay County, a political <br />subdivision of the State of Minnesota; Cass County, a political subdivision of the State of North <br />Dakota; and Cass County Joint Water Resource District, a political subdivision of the State of North Dakota entered into a Joint Powers Agreement for the creation and ongoing operation of the Metro Flood Diversion Authority; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Joint Powers Agreement provides for the cooperative administration of <br />a project, specifically the Fargo-Moorhead Metropolitan Area Flood Risk Management Project (the “Project”); and WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 7.01 of the Joint Powers Agreement, the Metro Flood <br />Diversion Authority is empowered to provide for a P3 procurement process for Project Elements <br />located within North Dakota; and WHEREAS, construction of the Project was authorized by the United States Congress as <br />part of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014, Public Law 113-121; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Non-Federal Sponsors of the Project, which are the Metro Flood Diversion Authority, the City of Fargo, and the City of Moorhead, have entered into a Project Partnership Agreement (“PPA”), dated July 11, 2016, with the United States Army Corps of <br />Engineers (“USACE”) for the Project; and <br /> WHEREAS, the PPA sets forth a split delivery model for the Project, establishing the respective responsibilities of both the Non-Federal Sponsors and USACE; and <br />WHEREAS, pursuant to the PPA, the USACE will be responsible for completing the <br />diversion inlet structure; the approximately six (6) mile connecting channel; the control <br />structures on the Red River of the North and the Wild Rice River; the southern embankment; the <br />overflow embankment; construction of road and railroad raises associated with the staging area; and all mitigation features that are not the responsibility of the Non-Federal Sponsors (“Federal <br />Work”); and <br /> WHEREAS, the Metro Flood Diversion Authority is the entity responsible for the Non- <br />Federal Sponsors’ obligations under the PPA; and DRAFT