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Commission Minutes--July 6, 1998 1833 18. COMMISSION PORTFOLIOS; MEETING UPDATES; NDACo; LAKE AGASSIZ REGIONAL COUNCIL; TAX INCENTIVE POLICY COMMITTEE; GFOA CONVENTION, Committee reports Mrs. Schneider received a letter from a citizen requesting information on commission portfolios and said the citizen was present earlier in the meeting but had to leave; therefore, she said this item will be included under correspondence at the next meeting. Commissioners reported on meetings they have attended since the last Commission meeting, as well as upcoming meetings. Mr. Meyer recently attended several water board meetings. Mr. Wieland said road meetings will be held in Page and Hunter tomorrow and in Buffalo and Casselton on Friday. He said other commissioners are welcome to attend. Mrs. Quick said a Master Flood Meeting was held on June 23rd which provided alternatives to flood mitigation as well as costs for the alternatives. She said public meetings will be held on July 21 st and July 22nd at the south campus of Hope Lutheran Church. Mr. Wieland said he is temporarily serving as 2nd Vice President of the North Dakota Association of Counties due to a resignation. Mrs. Quick attended a Lake Agassiz Regional Council meeting on June 26th and said Irv Rustad is in the process of determining how to comply with the Attorney General's opinion. Also, a meeting was held on June 30th with five States Attorneys (including John Goff) as well as representatives from the Attorney General's Office. Mr. Goff said a follow up meeting will be held on August 3rd. Mr. Koenig said the Tax Incentive Policy Committee met today and he hopes to have recommendations to clarify the policy by the next Commission meeting. Mr. Montplaisir attended a Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) Convention in San Francisco. He said the convention stressed more citizen involvement during the budget process as well as dispersing information onto the Internet. 19. CORRESPONDENCE, Received and filed MOTION, passed Mrs. Quick moved and Mr. Koenig seconded to receive and file correspondence outlined by the secretary as follows: Motion carried. notice from Barnes County Soil Conservation District (copied for Commissioners) regarding a meeting with Dave Sprynczynatyk of the State Water Commission, to be held July 13, 1998, in Valley City, to discuss possibility of future damage to the lower Sheyenne River should the Devils Lake outlet and Tri-County Drain become a reality. 20. ADJOURNMENT MOTION, passed On motion by Mrs. Quick and seconded by Mr. Koenig, the meeting was adjourned about 5:20 PM.