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CASS COUNTY ROADWAY 18 EXTENSION STUDY – CASS COUNTY, ND 31 6 PUBLIC INPUT SUMMARY 6.1 STUDY REVIEW COMMITTEE The project included a Study Review Committee (SRC) that included committee members from a group of stakeholders and agencies located along the project study area. The SRC members and the stakeholder or agency they represented are listed below. The SRC met four times throughout the project and provided input on the existing and future conditions, alternatives to analyze, public comments, and general project approach.  Dan Farnsworth – FM Metro COG  Jason Benson - Cass County  Tom Soucy – Cass County  Kyle Litchy – Cass County  Hali Durand/Barrett Voigt – Cass County  Tyler Odegaard – Normanna Township  Dennis Biewer – Pleasant Township  Mark Hiatt – Pleasant Township  Michael Johnson – NDDOT  Richard Duran – FHWA  Steve Hall – Kindred School District  Andy Westby – Norman Lutheran Church  James Nyhof – City of Oxbow The SRC meeting agendas and notes are in Appendix 8.1 at the end of this report. 6.2 PUBLIC INPUT MEETING The public input meeting for the project was held on December 4th, 2018 at the Kindred High School from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. The Public Notice for the public input meeting was published in the November 26th edition of the Fargo Forum newspaper and the November 28th edition of the Cass County Reporter. A copy of the affidavit of publication is included in Appendix 8.2 at the end of this report. In addition to the published public notices, public meeting flyers were posted in public gathering places and mailed to all landowners along the project study area. The meeting was also advertised on Metro COG’s Facebook site and the CR 18 study website. The meeting was an open house format with several members of the SRC available for questions and comments. The information available at the meeting included four display boards that provided information on the following items:  Existing and Proposed Roadway Typical Sections  Roadway Alignment Alternatives  Roadway Alignment Alternatives with ROW Impacts  Roadway Alignment Alternative Hydraulic and Flooding Impacts The four display boards are included in Appendix 8.3 at the end of this report. The public was given an opportunity to comment on the study and information provided at the public meeting through comment sheets and post cards provided at the public meeting. Comments were allowed to be left in a comment box at the meeting or mailed to Houston Engineering, Inc. by December 21st, 2018. A copy of the comment sheet and note card provided at the public meeting are shown in