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▪ Updated Red River Joint Water Resource District cost-share – $1,967,400 <br />▪ Updated Local cost-share – $218,600 <br />• Updated Cass County Flood Sales Tax cost-share – $145,733 <br />• Elm River Dam No. 3 Improvement Project <br />o Cass County Dam just upstream of Cass Highway 26 <br />o Flood Sales Tax cost-share amount of $16,830 was approved at the August 15, 2022 <br />Flood Sales Tax Committee meeting at 90% of local share: <br />▪ State Water Commission cost-share – $213,000 <br />▪ Red River Joint Water Resource District cost-share – $168,300 <br />▪ Local cost-share – $18,700 <br />• Existing Cass County Flood Sales Tax cost-share – $16,830 <br />o Phase 1 construction completed in 2022 that removed damaged pipe <br />o Phase 2 (remaining improvements) construction in 2023 did not occur due to no <br />construction bids being received <br />o Phase 2 state construction permit approval took six months resulting in delay in <br />construction bidding <br />o Phase 2 construction is planned for 2024 <br />o Total project cost-estimate increased from $400,000 to $1,000,000 due to splitting the <br />construction into two phases resulting from lack of pipe availability in Fall of 2022, <br />addition of a concrete energy dissipation structure at the downstream side of the dam, <br />significant material and labor cost increases, and a Phase 2 construction delay from <br />2023 to 2024. Updated cost-share split at 90% of local share: <br />▪ Updated State Water Commission cost-share – $576,000 <br />▪ Updated Red River Joint Water Resource District cost-share – $381,600 <br />▪ Updated Local cost-share – $42,400 <br />• Updated Cass County Flood Sales Tax cost-share – $38,160 <br />• Bidding and construction schedule <br />o Advertise Wednesday, November 15 <br />o Bid opening Tuesday, December 12 <br />o Contract Award Tuesday, February 13, 2024 (anticipated) <br />o Bond closing – March 2024 (anticipated) <br />o Substantial Completion – November 30, 2024 <br />o Final Completion – June 30, 2025 <br /> <br />The WRD requests that the Cass County Flood Sales Tax Committee amend the cost-share for the Elm <br />River Dam No. 1 and No. 2 Improvement Project up to a maximum of $145,733 at the previously <br />approved two-thirds (2/3) share of the local cost. <br /> <br />The WRD requests that the Cass County Flood Sales Tax Committee amend the cost-share for the Elm <br />River Dam No. 3 Improvement Project up to a maximum of $38,160 at the previously approved 90% <br />share of the local cost. <br /> <br />If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me or our Project Engineer, Lyndon Pease, Moore <br />Engineering, Inc., at 701-282-4692. <br /> <br />Sincerely, <br />