1. Elm River snagging/clearing resolution

Manager Thompson introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption: RESOLUTION DECLARING IT NECESSARY TO CONSTRUCT THE ELM RIVER SNAGGING AND CLEARING PROJECT NO. 1 WHEREAS, the Board of Managers of the North Cass Water Resource District has examined a proposed project for the snagging, clearing, and maintenance of the Elm River, a natural water course, in Cass County from the north line of Section 4 in Page Township upstream along the Elm River to the Cass County Highway 26 channel crossing in Section 32 of Page Township. Types of work anticipated include tree removal and disposal, beaver eradication and beaver dam removal, channel bottom sedimentation removal, cattail control and other miscellaneous items for channel maintenance, the project herein referred to as the Elm River Snagging and Clearing Project No. Ii and WHEREAS, the Board of Managers of the North Cass Water Resource District is of the opinion that further proceedings are warranted. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the purpose of the above-described project is to undertake the snagging, clearing, and maintenance of the Elm River, a natural water course, in Cass County from the north line of Section 4 in Page Township upstream along the Elm River to the Cass County Highway 26 channel crossing in Section 32 of Page Township. Types of work anticipated include tree removal and disposal, beaver eradication and beaver dam removal, channel bottom sedimentation removal, cattail control and other miscellaneous items for channel maintenance; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that it is hereby found, determined and declared to be necessary to construct the project; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Moore Engineering, Inc., registered professional engineers, and Ohnstad Twichell, P.C., are hereby designated to assist the Board to gather and prepare profiles, plans and specifications of the proposed project and estimates of the total cost thereof, including cost of acquisition of right of way, such figures to be in sufficient detail to allow the Board to determine the probable share of the total cost that will be assessed against each of the affected land owners in the proposed project assessment district; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the project shall be financed with funds raised trough the collection of a special assessment to be levied against the land and premises wi thin the watershed benefitted by the project in an amount not to exceed 50 cents per acre, annually on agricultural lands and not to exceed 50 cents, annually, for each $500 of taxable valuation of non-agricultural property.