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Metro Flood Diversion Authority—January 23, 2019 1 <br />METRO FLOOD DIVERSION AUTHORITY JANUARY 23, 2019—5:09 PM <br />1.MEETING TO ORDER <br />A meeting of the Metro Flood Diversion Authority was held Wednesday, January 23, 2019, at5:09 PM in the Fargo City Commission Chambers with the following members present: CassCounty Commissioner Mary Scherling via conference call; Cass County Commissioner Rick <br />Steen; Fargo City Commissioner Tony Grindberg via conference call; Fargo City CommissionerDave Piepkorn; Moorhead City Council Member Chuck Hendrickson; Moorhead City CouncilMember Joel Paulsen; Clay County Commissioner Kevin Campbell; Clay County Commissioner <br />Grant Weyland; Cass County Joint Water Resource District Manager Roger Olson; and WestFargo City Commissioner Mike Thorstad. Cass County Commissioner Chad Peterson; FargoCity Mayor Tim Mahoney; and Moorhead City Mayor Johnathan Judd were absent. <br />Tom Dawson, Chair of the Chamber Business Leaders Task Force, was also present. <br />2.NOMINATION OF VICE CHAIRMOTION, passed Mr. Weyland moved and Mr. Steen seconded to nominate Kevin Campbell, Clay County Commissioner as Vice Chair of the Metro Flood Diversion Authority. Motion carried. <br />3.DESIGNATION OF SECRETARYMOTION, passed Mr. Weyland moved and Mr. Steen seconded to designate Heather Worden as the Secretary of the Metro Flood Diversion Authority. Motion carried. <br />4.MINUTES APPROVEDMOTION, passed Mr. Steen moved and Mr. Paulsen seconded to approve the minutes from the December 20, 2018, and January 3, 2019, meetings as presented. Motion carried. <br />5.AGENDA ORDERMOTION, passed Mr. Steen moved and Mr. Hendrickson seconded to approve the order of the agenda amended to include Item 5c. regarding a permit application to the Buffalo Red River Watershed District. Motion carried. <br />6.MANAGEMENT UPDATEKim Daily from Jacobs provided an update on activities over the last month which include receipt <br />of the MDNR Dam Safety and Public Waters Work Permit; Request for Proposals (RFP) forappraisal services as part of resuming the land acquisition program; request to the Corps ofEngineers Assistant Secretary of the Army to amend the Project Partnership Agreement (PPA)to secure additional federal funding; and testimony to the North Dakota Senate appropriationscommittee. <br />Priorities include participation in a North Dakota Senate hearing on January 24th regarding theproject funding request; trip to Washington, D.C. on February 5-7 to meet with the CongressionalDelegation, Corps of Engineers Assistant Secretary of the Army, and Office of Management andBudget; coordination with local entities to secure state grants and loans as part of the financingplan; continued coordination with legal counsel, MDNR and Corps of Engineers with theobjective to dismiss litigation and remove injunction; resuming land acquisition and impactedproperty mitigation activities; and selection of a qualified team of appraisers.