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Commission Minutes--October 19, 1998 1883 11. TAX-FORFEITED PROPERTY, Appraisal/hearing date Michael Montplaisir, County Auditor, provided a list of real estate forfeited to Cass County for delinquent taxes, pursuant to North Dakota Century Code Chapter 57-28. The list contains eleven parcels and gives a minimum sale price for each legal description. A number of lots in the Meadowbrook Park Subdivision were omitted at the request of the County Planning Office and County Commission action on October 5, 1998, due to drainage and sewage problems. Mr. Wieland said he has been contacted by someone who is interested in purchasing three lots in Meadowbrook Park Subdivision, and the Commission may receive a memo asking for further discussion in spite of the moratorium on selling those lots. MOTION, passed Mr. Wieland moved and Mr. Koenig seconded to set the value of the tax forfeiture properties as outlined in the list provided by the County Auditor's Office; and to set the hearing date on the value of property as November 2,1998, at 3:30 PM in the Commission Room, Cass County Courthouse. On roll call vote, motion carried unanimously. 12. FLOOD UPDATE, Report by Irv Rustad: Flood Master Plan Committee update Irv Rustad, Lake Agassiz Regional Development Corporation, provided a financial update of FEMA and HUD funds allocated and spent since the 1997 spring flood. The program income balance is $171,067.47, and funds available for Phase II buyouts total $2,799,491.23. Seventeen appraisals have been completed for Phase II buyouts at an estimated cost of $2,290,125, according to a second hand-out from Mr. Rustad. Also, he learned that property owners whose homes were bought out by the county are eligible for a refund of their flood insurance premiums so his office is sending notices to those individuals. Commissioner Quick and Keith Berndt, County Engineer, gave an update on the progress of the Flood Master Plan Committee, which was formed about a year ago in response to the 1997 flood. The committee has received reports from their consultant, Moore Engineering, and the last one provided specific recommendations on flood protection, according to Mrs. Quick. The Flood Master Plan Committee voted to accept the preliminary recommendations from Moore Engineering on the Phase I and Phase II souths ide flood protection, and Mr. Berndt said the Southeast Cass Water Resource District has agreed to consider its implementation using their legal authority to special assess the affected landowners, since their boundaries include the City of Fargo and this part of rural Cass County in the flood study. He has also met with the Fargo Public Works Project Evaluation Committee. Some funds may be needed to pay up-front costs for additional administrative and engineering expenses that the Southeast Cass Water Resource Board may be incurring that would not be recouped if the project is not approved by the homeowners. Mr. Berndt asked the board to authorize funding the County Road 21 project near St. Benedict using $100,000 of county road funds and modify the HUD action plan in order to designate $100,000 for these upfront flood mitigation expenses. The County has requested additional funds and is waiting for a response from the State Disaster Emergency Services. Two or three people were present in the audience for flood updates, however, they did not wish to enter the discussion at this time. Mr. Wieland said he understands there is a group of people living south of County Road 16 who are submitting a letter regarding flood concerns.