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Metro Flood Diversion Authority—August 24, 2017 1 METRO FLOOD DIVERSION AUTHORITY AUGUST 24, 2017—3:30 PM 1. MEETING TO ORDER A meeting of the Metro Flood Diversion Authority was held Thursday, August 24, 2017, at 3:30 <br />PM in the Fargo City Commission Room with the following members present: Fargo City Mayor Tim Mahoney via conference call; Fargo City Commissioner Tony Grindberg; Cass County Commissioner Mary Scherling via conference call; Cass County Commissioner Chad M. Peterson; Cass County Commission representative Darrell Vanyo; Moorhead City Mayor Del Rae Williams; Moorhead City Council Member Chuck Hendrickson; Clay County Commissioner Kevin Campbell; Clay County Commissioner Grant Weyland; Cass County Joint Water Resource District Manager Rodger Olson; and West Fargo City Commissioner Mike Thorstad. Fargo City Commissioner Dave Piepkorn and Moorhead City Council Member Joel Paulsen were absent. 2. AGENDA ORDER <br />MOTION, passed Mr. Weyland moved and Mr. Peterson seconded to approve the order of the agenda. Motion carried. 3. MINUTES APPROVED <br />MOTION, passed Mr. Weyland moved and Mr. Hendrickson seconded to approve the minutes from the July 27, 2017, meeting as presented. Motion carried. 4. MANAGEMENT UPDATE <br />Program management consultant (PMC) report Randy Richardson from CH2M provided an update on activities over the last month, which include beginning construction on the OHB levee and County Road 16/County Road 17 realignment projects; continued Phase 1 and Phase 2 land acquisitions; release of the P3 RFP documents to proposers on July 28th; and first appearance before the new State Water Commission board members. Priority areas for the next month include the Conditional Letter of Map Revision (CLOMR) notification letters to individual property owners after approval by FEMA; response to comments on the updated P3 RFP draft; continued land acquisition activities including the Wild Rice Control Structure site; initiation of a flowage easement valuation study; review and update the program financial plan; and determine what impacts there may be as a <br />result of the upcoming federal court ruling. Robert Cowen from CH2M provided a brief financial update on the overall program status and said $372 million has been expended to date. He said $40 million has been expended out of the $240 million FY2017 budget. <br />Greg Baisch from CH2M provided a construction update on continued work on in-town levees, landscaping and plantings, and Oxbow home demolition and relocation projects. He said construction began on the OHB levee with a portion of Highway 81 already removed and closed, <br />Oxbow Drive milled up, and dust control provided on Main Street in Bakke Subdivision. Construction crews will begin mobilizing next week on the County Road 16 and 17 realignment project with the expectation that most of the work will be completed by the end of this year. <br /> 5. CORPS OF ENGINEERS UPDATE Terry Williams, Corps of Engineers Project Manager, provided an update of activities, which include completion of soil preloading, channel excavation, and placement in dam embankments