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6 <br /> <br />Metro Flood Diversion Project – contracting actions <br />It was moved by Manager Weston and seconded by Manager Gust to approve and <br />authorize the Chairman to sign Task Order No. 1 – Amendment 2 with HDR, Inc. for right <br />of way, relocation and property management services in the amount of $960,000 <br />regarding the Metro Flood Diversion Project. Upon roll call vote, the motion carried <br />unanimously. <br /> <br />Metro Flood Diversion Project / Oxbow-Hickson-Bakke Ring Levee Project – <br />property management continued <br />Mr. Vetter briefly discussed a CRP contract termination fee for OIN 924 regarding the <br />Metro Flood Diversion Project. It was moved by Manager Gust and seconded by Manager <br />Lougheed to approve payment of the CRP contract termination fee in the amount of <br />$15,738.11 for OIN 924 regarding the Metro Flood Diversion Project. Upon roll call vote, <br />the motion carried unanimously. <br /> <br />Mr. Vetter briefly discussed a disclosure notice that will be submitted by Pifer’s Auction & <br />Realty in scenarios where there may be a potential conflict with regard to land <br />management services provided by Pifer’s for the Metro Flood Diversion Project. <br /> <br />Metro Flood Diversion Project – reimbursement request #120 from the Diversion <br />Authority pursuant to terms and conditions of HB 1020 <br />It was moved by Manager Lougheed and seconded by Manager Olson to approve and <br />authorize the Secretary-Treasurer to sign reimbursement request #120 from the Diversion <br />Authority, pursuant to the terms and conditions of HB 1020. Upon roll call vote, the motion <br />carried unanimously. <br /> <br />Maple River Dam – 2021-2022 tree removal <br />Brady Woodard updated the Board on tree removal in the backwater pool of the Maple <br />River Dam. The contractor has been working for a couple of weeks on the project and is <br />making good progress. <br /> <br />Regional Conservation Partnership Program <br />Kurt Lysne stated the formal 60-day comment period regarding the RCPP – Rush River <br />Watershed Plan closed December 24, 2021. The Natural Resources Conservation <br />Service (NRCS) is currently addressing any comments that were submitted during the <br />comment period. Project design will continue once all comments are addressed. <br /> <br />Mr. Lysne indicated the NRCS is completing calculations regarding the additional <br />environmental benefits that have been incorporated into the RCPP – Upper Maple River <br />Watershed Plan. Moore Engineering, Inc. will finalize the Plan with the data from the <br />NRCS. <br /> <br />