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Commission Minutes—March 6, 2023 5493 c. Accept the findings and recommendations of the Planning Commission and staff and approve the final plat for Richard Family Farm Subdivision and Giermann Subdivision as the proposals meet the goals and objectives of the Cass County Comprehensive Plan, the Cass County Highway Access Plan, the Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance, the Cass County Subdivision Ordinance, and all other applicable regulations. d. Authorize Chair to sign the Saucke Subdivision plat. e. Approve site authorization permit to conduct games of chance under license issued by the North Dakota Attorney General's Office for the period of March 6, 2023, through June 30, 2023 for the West Fargo Hockey Association at the Red River Valley Fairgrounds in West Fargo. f. Adopt resolution #2023-03 implementing spring load restrictions on county highways on or after March 15, 2023. as follows: RESOLUTION #2023-3 RESOLUTION TO IMPLEMENT SPRING LOAD RESTRICTIONS ON COUNTY HIGHWAYS WHEREAS: Soft base conditions experienced during spring thaw reduce the load carrying capacity of County Highways; WHEREAS: The Cass County Board of Commissioners desires to prevent serious damage to County Highways; WHEREAS: 39-12-03 of the North Dakota Century Code authorizes local authorities to impose vehicle weight restrictions on County Highways; NOW THEREFORE: Be it resolved by the Cass County Board of Commissioners that spring load restrictions will be imposed upon Cass County Highways in the following manner: All County Highways to be posted in accordance with the Cass County 2023 Spring Load Restriction Map dated February 27, 2023. Spring load restrictions will be effective at 12:01 AM on or after March 15, 2023, as determined by the County Engineer. g. Authorize Chair to sign letter of support for RAISE grant application 6. PUBLIC COMMENT Mrs. Scherling asked for public comment and hearing none, moved on to the regular agenda items. 7. FARGO TAX INCREMENT FINANCING FOR BLOC PARTNERS, LLC, County to not participate and continue negotiating Fargo Director of Strategic Planning and Research, Jim Gilmour, provided information from the City of Fargo regarding an application of up to $4.55 million of Tax Increment Financing (TIF) for the redevelopment of the 1600 block on the west side of University Drive South in Fargo. The project would remove eight single family homes and four commercial buildings, and the new project will be a 127 unit apartment building, 13,000 square feet of commercial space, and have interior and exterior parking. The TIF costs include demolition, soil correction, and remediation, public works improvements, land acquisition/write down, and legal and TIF fees. The Board considered this application at their last meeting on February 20, 2023 and tabled action. Mrs. Scherling asked if the application was approved by the Fargo City Commission. Mr. Gilmour said the Fargo City Commission unanimously approved the TIF. Mr. Peterson said the Board was provided with additional financial information since the last meeting, however, he still struggles with the 15 year period of the TIF. He said this is a needful project and he is comfortable with a 7 or 8 year period. Mr. Grindberg asked if the County approved a shorter period of participation, if Fargo would still participate for the 15 year period. Mr. Gilmour said yes, Fargo would still participate for 15 years and the Fargo and Cass finance teams would need to get together and figure out how to calculate the TIF costs. MOTION, passed Mr. Breitling moved and Mr. Peterson seconded to not participate in the request for a Tax Increment Finance (TIF) District in the City of Fargo submitted by BLOC Partners, LLC to assist with the redevelopment of a property located on the 1600 block on the west side of University Drive South for up to a fifteen-year period and to negotiate the terms of the property tax incentive as described in