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Commission Minutes--October 3, 2005 2986 Mrs. Sorum said she would like the county to do more research before voting today if the jurisdiction is unclear. Mr. Pawluk said he believes the commission does have authority to vote on this because the property currently is not a part of the City of Harwood. He concurs with Mr. Berndt's recommendation for the placement of the access to County Highway 22 for safety reasons after viewing the area today and seeing that traffic is an issue. He said there is no question turn lanes will be needed at this location. Mr. Monson, who owns the adjoining property, said he serves on the Cass County Planning Commission and the Harwood City Planning and Zoning Commission from the extra- territorial area. He visited with Mr. Pawluk at this location earlier today and concurred that traffic is an issue. He said there are more than 1,100 cars per day traveling this road. The concern of Mr. Monson is that development be done properly and with foresight. MOTION, passed Mr. Pawluk moved and Mr. Wagner seconded to require that access to Cass County Highway 22 near Harwood be placed at the west property line, as recommended by the county engineer. Discussion: Mr. Morken disagrees with moving the access further west because he said the development potential to the west is very limited. He said his proposed development is small and will have very limited vehicle traffic. Mr. Vanyo said the county engineer's recommendation is good policy in terms of development, and for right now, he believes the county has jurisdiction. At the call for the question and on roll call vote, the motion carried with three members voting "Aye"; Mr. Bennett and Mrs. Sorum opposing. The county auditor received e-mail prior to the end of today's meeting indicating the City of Harwood intends to file an annexation plat next week for the area which includes the proposed development of Homeland Developer's Inc. 14. VECTOR CONTROL BUILDING, Chanae orders E-2 and M-1 approved In a memorandum to the board dated September 27,2005, Mr. Berndt asked to add an item to today's agenda for approval of change order E-2 in the amount of $14,747 and change order M-1 in the amount of $15,062 for the vector control chemical storage building. He said the original mechanical and electrical designs did not take into account the local building code requirements to meet the necessary occupancy rating of H-3 since it involves the storage of chemicals. Joe Jenni was present from T.L. Stroh Architects, Ltd. and, as a way of explanation, said their consultants missed the fact the building has an H-3 occupancy rating so it was not designed correctly. The need for the change orders was discovered prior to the installation of any fixtures so no work was duplicated; and Mr. Berndt said presumably the bids would have reflected the cost of the more expensive mechanical and electrical fixtures had it been included in the original construction contracts. Cass County will receive reimbursement from the architect and the engineering firm in the amount of 15% of the change order, or $4,471.35, which is the amount of overhead charged on the change orders.