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Flood Sales Tax Committee—April 18, 2022 3 <br />MOTION, passed <br />Mr. Steen moved and Mr. Wilson seconded to approve the Walburg Township Drop Culverts at a 90% cost share of the total project cost, $24,456.09. Motion passed. <br />Elm River Dam <br />Lyndon Pease, Engineer for the Elm River Joint Water Resource District from Moore Engineering <br />was present to discuss a request for improvements to Elm River Dam 1 and 2. He said the Elm River <br />Joint Water Resource District is made up of the Steel County Water Resource District, Trail County <br />Water Resource District, and North Cass Water Resource District. He said the joint Board manages <br />three dams- Elm River Dam 1, Elm River Dam 2, and Elm River Dam 3. He said Dams 1 and 2 need <br />improvements to bring the dams into compliance with the State’s current dam safety standards. Mr. <br />Pease said the estimated total project cost is $3,100,000 and the State Water Commission has <br />approved funding 60% of the total project cost at $1,671,000, and the Red River Water Resource <br />District has approved 90% funding of the nonstate cost at $1,286,100. He said the request today from <br />the Flood Sales Tax Committee is two-thirds of the local cost share of $142,000 or $95,267. <br /> <br />Mr. Steen asked how much Trail County and Steel County are funding for the project. Mr. Pease said <br />funding comes from each County Water Resource District and through the federal assessment <br />district, the Counties themselves are not funding anything directly for the project. <br /> <br />Mrs. Scherling asked what the benefit of the Elm River Dam 1 and 2 are to Cass County. Mr. Pease <br />said there is no direct benefit to Cass County. He said the benefit to Cass County is that all three <br />dams are run under the same maintenance district and if these dams are not fixed, it strains the <br />maintenance on all three dams. <br /> <br />Robert Johnson, Chairman of the Elm River Joint Water Resource District Board was present and <br />discussed the flow of water through all three counties. He said water from Cass County flows to all <br />three dams and are critical to the flowage system. <br /> <br />Ms. Madrigga said it seems that the local cost share is being covered at two-thirds cost share due to <br />Cass County having the flood sales tax funding available where the other two counties involved do <br />not have funding available for flood projects. Mr. Pease said the two-thirds was requested on the <br />advice of the Cass County Highway Department and because two-thirds of the drainage area comes <br />into Dam 1 and 2 from Cass County. <br />MOTION, passed <br />Mr. Olson moved and Mr. Steen seconded to approve two-thirds of the local cost share in the amount of $95,267. On roll call vote, the motion carried unanimously. <br />Gill Township Side Repair <br />Gill Township is requesting a 75% cost share of the total project cost of $36,084 or $27,063 to fund <br />a slide repair on 146 Avenue Southeast in section 17/18. <br /> <br />Durbin Township Slide Repair <br />Durbin Township is requesting a 75% cost share of the total project cost of $50,000, or $37,500 to <br />fund a slide repair project to move the road 75 feet from the Maple River on 160 1/2 Avenue <br />Southeast. <br /> <br />Everest Township Side Repair <br />Everest Township is requesting a 75% cost share of the total project cost of $28,000 or $21,000 to <br />fund a road realignment project along Buffalo Creek on 40th Avenue Southeast.