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Commission Minutes-March 5, 2007 3184 MOTION, passed Mr. Pawluk moved and Mr. Bennett seconded to authorize the following road improvements in support of the proposed Tharaldson Ethanol Plant: On roll call vote, the motion carried unanimously. 1. Cass County will add a two-mile segment of Everest and Casselton Township road running north from 1-94 at Exit 328 to Cass County 10 to the county highway system; 2. Cass County will work with the North Dakota Department of Transportation to secure any available special state and federal funding for improvements to the road above and separate from the county's normal federal aid allotment; 3. Cass County will be the lead agency in construction of the road improvements to the new highway. The county will fund the design and construction engineering cost of the road improvement project; in addition, Cass County will fund $20,000 of construction costs and all construction costs associated with the two-mile segment not funded by federal or state funding sources will be funded by the developer except for the $20,000 listed above. 4. Cass County will investigate the need for supplemental turn lanes on Cass County 10 at the intersection with the new road. If the county determines a need for turn lanes, they will be designed and constructed at the county's expense. 7. ORDINANCE #2007-1, First reading on county highway access ordinance Mr. Berndt said the county adopted an access policy in 1993 and has now taken the existing policy and created a county highway access ordinance. The first reading is scheduled for today with the second reading and adoption to be considered at the April 2nd commission meeting. He provided a handout with information about the needs and benefits of access management. The ordinance includes the following: identifies the primary function of county highways is to carry large volumes of through traffic and the subservient function is to provide access to abutting property; develops penalties and methods to mitigate non- permitted accesses; establishes right of way width requirements and dedications; generally limits accesses to one per quarter mile; establishes construction design standards; and requires all costs to be paid solely by the applicant. Mr. Pawluk suggested that cities and townships be informed about the ordinance. Mr. Berndt said a public notice will be published in the official county newspaper next week. MOTION, passed Mr. Vanyo moved and Mr. Pawluk seconded to approve the first reading of Ordinance #2007-1, Cass County Highway Access Ordinance; and to schedule the second reading and adoption for April 2, 2007, allowing time to publish a public notice in the official newspaper at least 20 days before the second reading. Motion carried. 8. SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, Recommendation approved to fund consultant to study ioint dispatch record manaaement system Jim Thoreson, Chief Deputy, and Glenn Ellingsberg, Chief Deputy, were present. A committee was formed to researcn me current computer Aided Dispatcnf~ecoro Management System (CAD/RMS) for the Red River Regional Dispatch Center.