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Metro Flood Diversion Authority—February 27, 2020 1 <br />METRO FLOOD DIVERSION AUTHORITY FEBRUARY 27, 2020—3:30 PM <br />1.MEETING TO ORDERA meeting of the Metro Flood Diversion Authority was held Thursday, February 27, 2020, at3:30 PM in the Fargo City Commission Chambers with the following members present: Fargo <br />City Mayor Tim Mahoney; Fargo City Commissioner Tony Grindberg; Moorhead City MayorJohnathan Judd; Moorhead City Council Member Chuck Hendrickson; Moorhead CityCouncil Member Shelly Carlson; Cass County Commissioner Mary Scherling; Cass CountyCommissioner Chad Peterson; Cass County Commissioner Rick Steen via conference call;Clay County Commissioner Kevin Campbell; Cass County Joint Water Resource DistrictManager Rodger Olson; and West Fargo City Mayor Bernie Dardis. Fargo City CommissionerDave Piepkorn; Clay County Commissioner Grant Weyland; and West Fargo CityCommissioner Mike Thorstad were absent. Tom Dawson, Chairman of the ChamberBusiness Leaders Task Force, was also present. <br />2.MINUTES APPROVED <br />MOTION, passed Mrs. Scherling moved and Mr. Peterson seconded to approve the minutes from the January 30, 2020, meeting as presented. Motion carried. <br />3.AGENDA ORDER <br />MOTION, passed Mr. Grindberg moved and Mr. Peterson seconded to approve the order of the agenda. Motion carried. <br />4.CONSENT AGENDA BRIEFINGJoel Paulsen, Executive Director, is recommending that contracting actions already approved <br />by the committees be placed on a consent agenda for approval. He said items could still bepulled to the regular agenda for discussion if board members had questions. He believes thisprocess will be more efficient and provide more time for other business to be discussed. <br />5.CONSENT AGENDA APPROVED <br />MOTION, passed Mrs. Scherling moved and Mr. Grindberg seconded to approve the consent agenda as follows. On roll call vote, the motion carried <br />unanimously. <br />•Eide Bailly Audit Engagement Agreement—services to audit financial statements of theDiversion Authority for FY2017 through FY2019 in the amount of $70,000; <br />•Houston-Moore Group, LLC (Amended Master Services Agreement)—professionalservices extending the agreement until April 3, 2020, with no change in the fees; <br />•Houston-Moore Group, LLC (Task Order 1, Amendment 15)—extend the period ofperformance until December 31, 2020, and add 2020 subtask budgets in the amount of$501,073 associated with project management; <br />•Advanced Engineering and Environmental Services aka AE2S (Master ServicesAgreement)—professional services agreement to contract directly with the DiversionAuthority to expire December 31, 2026, for a reduction in sub-consultant markup; <br />•Advanced Engineering and Environmental Services aka AE2S (Task Order 1)—consultant services for management of lands program, outreach, and legislative servicesand to support development of public-private partnership (P3) as it relates to the landsprogram and outreach in the amount of $16,175,200; <br />Item 2.