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