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124 Mr. Wieland moved and Mr. Larson seconded that the Chairman be authorized to sign the contract with F-M Asphalt for paving of two miles of County Road 51. Motion carried. Assistant States Attorney Jim 'Twomey asked if the OommLssion had any corrections or additions to the written record of findings of the Oxbow incorporation. Mrs. Stanton asked about the concerns of the County Planner, and Mr. Twomey stated that Earl Haugen did not llst any specific concerns. His concerns are listed in his reports of the Petition, which are a part of the file of this record. Mr. Larson moved and Mrs. Stanton seconded to accept the written record of findings on the Oxbow Incorporation, as presented by the States Attorney's Office, and authorize the Chairman to sign it. Motion carried. Mr. Wieland moved and Mr. Sondrall seconded that the Chairman be authorized to sign the Order directing that an election be held on the incorporation of Oxbow on the date of September 29, 1988, during the hours prescribed by law; and to approve the appointments of Sonya Stockman, Nanda Hall, and Sane Mattson as inspectors; subGeot to approval of the County Auditor. Motion carried unanimously. Mr. 'Twomey beiieves the County is responsible for the election and costs, which are estimated at about $200.00, but the attorney for the proponents of the Oxbow incorporation beiLeves the County will De reimbursed if the City of Oxbow is formed. At the suggestion of County Planner Earl Haugen, Mrs. Stanton moved and Mr. Larson seconded to contact the Metropolitan CounoLi of Governments about including in their i989 work program a pian for extending the bikeway paths to the rural areas. Motion carried. Mr. Wieland moved and Mrs. Stanton seconded to approve the appointment of Mr. Curtis Hildahl of West Fargo to the County Planning Commission to complete the term of L. E. Berger, which expires January 1, 1990. Motion carried. Lyle Olson, Leonard 'Township Board Chairman, appeared along with Rodger Olson, Doug Lanctot and Clayton Brown from the Leonard area to request a contribution of $1'7,000 from the County to pave seven-tenths mile of road, two-tenth~ being within the city limits of Leonard and five-tenths extending west of the city limits. A paving contractor is working in the Leonard area and quoted a bid of $47,000. Presently, $30,000 has been raised and a meeting will be held with the grain condominium association later this week. Mr. Wieland questioned whether the County would be setting a precedent, and he urged the Commission to adopt some criteria. Mrs. Stanton moved and Mr. Sondrall seconded to contribute $10,000 to the paving of seven-tenths mile of road at Leonard, to be paid from the Contingency Fund. However, Mr. Wieland asked that the motion include setting up guidelines for this type of situation, and that one of them be to limit the County's contribution to 20~ or $10,000, whichever is less. Mrs. Stanton agreed to include this in the motion thereby making the County's contribution to Leomard $9,400 which is 20~ At the call for the question, the motion carried on roll call vote with all members voting "Aye" Mr. Wieland will provide additional guidelines for consideration at the next meeting.