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Metro Flood Diversion Authority—December 1, 2016 1 METRO FLOOD DIVERSION AUTHORITY <br />DECEMBER 1, 2016—3:30 PM <br /> 1. MEETING TO ORDER <br />A meeting of the Metro Flood Diversion Authority was held Thursday, December 1, 2016, at 3:30 <br />PM in the Fargo City Commission Room with the following members present: Cass County Commission representative Darrell Vanyo; Cass County Commissioner Mary Scherling; Cass County Commissioner Chad Peterson; Fargo City Mayor Tim Mahoney; Moorhead City Mayor <br />Del Rae Williams; Moorhead City Council Member Nancy Otto; Moorhead City Council Member Chuck Hendrickson; Clay County Commissioner Kevin Campbell; Cass County Joint Water <br />Resource District Manager Roger Olson; and West Fargo City Commissioner Mike Thorstad. <br />Fargo City Commissioner Dave Piepkorn; Fargo City Commissioner Tony Grindberg; and Clay County Commissioner Grant Weyland were absent. Tom Dawson, Chairman, Business Leaders <br />Task Force was also present. <br /> 2. MINUTES APPROVED <br />MOTION, passed Mr. Mahoney moved and Ms. Otto seconded to approve the minutes from the November 10, 2016, meeting as presented. Motion carried. <br /> 3. AGENDA ORDER <br />MOTION, passed <br />Mr. Campbell moved and Mr. Peterson seconded to approve the order of the agenda with the addition of an update from a meeting with the <br />Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (MN DNR) and discussion on hiring a permanent Executive Director. Motion carried. 4. MN DNR MEETING <br />Del Rae Williams, Tim Mahoney, and Darrell Vanyo met earlier today with MN DNR Commissioner Tom Landwehr and MN DNR Assistant Commissioner Barb Naramore. Ms. <br />Williams discussed a few of the recommendations that came from the meeting, which include: <br />creation of a technical working group with engineers from Minnesota and North Dakota; an agreement on admissibility which would allow open, honest and transparent discussion; and <br />creation of a policy group. Mr. Vanyo said a number of items were discussed, and he thought it <br />was a positive meeting. <br />5. MANAGEMENT UPDATE <br />Program management consultant (PMC) report Randy Richardson from CH2M provided an update on activities over the last month including <br />receipt of the 404 permit from the Corps of Engineers; continued development of the Request for Proposals (RFP) for the P3 contract; development of the FY 2017 budget; Phase 1 land acquisitions; advertisement of the Oxbow home demolition package; and continued outreach <br />with the MN DNR. He said priority areas for the next month are to prepare for 2017 legislative activities and issuance of the P3 RFP documents. <br />Ty Smith from CH2M provided an update on in-town levee work and demolition of two homes outside of Oxbow, which were opportunistic purchases. 6. ADMINISTRATIVE/LEGAL UPDATE Attorney John Shockley provided an overview of P3 activities in 2017, including timelines for the <br />Request for Proposals (RFP), one-on-one informal meetings with short-listed proposers, <br />financial proposals, selection of a preferred proposer, and closing dates on the P3 contract. <br />