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Elm River Joint Water Resource District <br />PO Box 10 <br />Hillsboro, ND 58045 <br /> <br />March 4, 2022 <br /> <br />Rick Steen, Chairman <br />Cass County Commission <br />P.O. Box 2806 <br />Fargo, ND 58108-2806 <br /> <br />Dear Chairman Steen: <br /> <br />Re: Elm River Dam No. 1 and No. 2 Improvements <br />Cass, Steele & Traill County, ND <br /> <br />The Elm River Joint Water Resource District (the “WRD”) is conducting the Elm River Dams 1 and 2 <br />Improvements (“the Project”). The WRD currently owns and maintains three dams in Cass, Steele and Traill <br />Counties. A description of the dams is provided below: <br /> <br />• Elm River Dam 1 (Steele County) – located along the Elm River in Steele County with a drainage area <br />of approximately 54 square miles. Approximately two-thirds (2/3) of the drainage area comes from <br />Cass County. This dam has been determined to be in disrepair, insufficiently sized for the drainage <br />area flowing to the dam and does not meet current State dam design standards. <br />• Elm River Dam 2 (Traill County) – located along the Elm River in Traill County with a drainage area of <br />approximately 124 square miles. Approximately two-thirds (2/3) of the drainage area comes from <br />Cass County. This dam has been determined to be in disrepair, insufficiently sized for the drainage <br />area flowing to the dam and does not meet current State dam design standards. <br />• Elm River Dam 3 (Cass County) – located along a tributary of the Elm River in Cass County with a <br />drainage area of approximately 5 square miles. All the drainage area is in Cass County. This dam <br />currently does not have any deficiencies. <br /> <br />The WRD has selected alternatives from a study to address the deficiencies of Elm River Dam 1 (Steele <br />County) and Elm River Dam 2 (Traill County), which will bring the dams into compliance with the State’s <br />current dam design standards. <br /> <br />The estimated total Project cost is $3,100,000. The Project does qualify for State Water Commission and Red <br />River Joint WRD cost-share, and the WRD is currently pursing funding from these entities. Unfortunately, <br />the Project does not qualify for federal cost-share from the NRCS. Here is a summary of the projected cost- <br />share: <br /> <br />• State Water Commission cost-share - $1,671,000 <br />• Red River Joint WRD cost-share - $1,286,100 <br />• Local cost-share - $142,900 <br /> <br />The WRD respectfully requests the Cass County Flood Sales Tax Committee approve cost-share in the <br />amount of $95,267 for the Elm River Dams 1 and 2 Improvements, which is 2/3 of the local share and