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Metro Flood Diversion Authority—January 23, 2019 3 <br />Business Leaders Task Force Mr. Dawson said a project update was given at the Chamber Eggs & Issues event last week. He said meetings of the task force will be held every other week to monitor legislative issues. 10. LAND MANAGEMENT The Land Management Committee met earlier today. Mr. Campbell said the committee heard information on land acquisitions, property rights, and the process to acquire land. Also discussed <br />were the differences between the process to acquire land in North Dakota versus Minnesota. The committee approved a task order for property acquisition services extending over an eight-year period, and two land acquisition directives. <br /> 11. FINANCE UPDATE Committee report The Finance Committee met earlier today. Mr. Steen briefly discussed the financial report and said the net cash position is $84.8 million. Voucher approval The bills for the month are Cass County Joint Water Resource District (CCJWRD) for costs associated with the Metro Flood Diversion, OHB levee, and in-town levees; Dorsey & Whitney for legal services; Erik R. Johnson & Associates, Ltd. for legal services; and Ohnstad Twichell, P.C. for legal services. <br />MOTION, passed Mr. Steen moved and Mr. Piepkorn seconded to approve the vouchers received through January 18, 2019, in the amount of $244,667.80. On roll call vote, the motion carried unanimously. Recommended Contracting Actions <br />Two task orders were discussed as follows: <br />• CH2M Hill Engineers, Inc. (Task Order 02, Amendment 02 – Interim Program Management Services)—extend period of performance to April 30, 2019, and modify Task C to develop an overall program schedule in the amount of $1,750,000. <br /> Mr. Shockley said he and both Co-Executive Directors reviewed this task order, which was approved by the Finance Committee. <br />MOTION, passed Mr. Steen moved and Mr. Olson seconded to approve Task Order 02, Amendment 02 with CH2M Hill Engineers, Inc. for $1,750,000. On roll call vote, the motion carried unanimously. <br />• CH2M Hill Engineers, Inc. (Task Order 04 – Property Acquisition Services)—manage the acquisition of property rights and approve period of performance from January 24, 2019, to December 31, 2026, in the amount of $21,180,600. Eric Dodds from AE2S provided a presentation on the organizational structure for the project <br />and a diagram of the master land acquisition work flow. He said there is a property rights acquisition program in place and around 200 parcels have been acquired to date. He discussed the lands program, which will involve the acquisition of property rights for the channel, southern embankment, upstream mitigation, and environmental mitigation. The project will require acquisition of approximately $500 million in property rights. This task order includes an agreement between Jacobs (formerly CH2M Hill) and AE2S to manage property right <br />acquisitions and mitigation of all impacted properties. Mr. Dodds said the work involved will take from six to eight years to complete.