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<br />FLOOD SALES TAX COMMITTEE AGENDA FOR APRIL 17, 2013 Cass County Commission Room 1:00 PM 1. Call to Order 2. Approve minutes from previous meeting 3. Flood sales tax fund update 4. Status
<br />of previously approve projects 5. Review of projects and selection of projects to be funded in 2013 6. Other business 7. Adjournment cc: Local Media
<br />Flood Sales Tax Committee—March 19, 2012 1 FLOOD SALES TAX COMMITTEE MARCH 19, 2012—11:00 AM 1. MEETING TO ORDER Commissioner Darrell Vanyo called a meeting of the Flood Sales Tax Committee
<br />to order on Monday, March 19, 2012, at 11:05 AM in the Commission Room, Cass County Courthouse, with the following present: County Commissioner Ken Pawluk; County Administrator Keith
<br />Berndt; County Auditor Michael Montplaisir; Joint Water Resource District Representative Rodger Olson; and County Commissioner Darrell Vanyo. Also present were Jason Benson, Cass County
<br />Engineer; city officials; local residents; staff from engineering firms; and members of the local media. 2. MINUTES APPROVED MOTION, passed Mr. Berndt moved and Mr. Montplaisir seconded
<br />to approve the meeting minutes from May 18, 2011, as presented. Motion carried. 3. FLOOD SALES TAX FUND UPDATE Mr. Vanyo said when the flood sales tax was approved by voters in 2010,
<br />the county estimated $11 million in revenues would be raised per year. Based on that figure, $10 million would be set aside for FM diversion expenses, and $1 million for other county
<br />projects. Mr. Montplaisir said the current balance of the Sales Tax Fund is approximately $6.5 million. He estimates an additional $9 million will be generated in the remaining nine
<br />months of 2012. He said about $10.1 million will be available this year after payments are made for diversion design costs. Mr. Vanyo suggested the committee consider the use of 2011
<br />dollars as a guideline when reviewing project requests today. He said the committee could also consider using funds raised the past three months of 2012. The sales tax raised $7.6 million
<br />in 2011 and based on that figure, $692,783 would be available for county projects. 4. PROJECTS REVIEWED AND APPROVED Mr. Vanyo said a spreadsheet of all project requests received in
<br />2010 and 2011 was prepared for review by the committee. He said one of the requirements for him to consider a project is whether construction is scheduled this year or has already begun.
<br />Mr. Berndt reviewed the list with recommendations for the committee to consider. He suggested the county consider funding 50% of the local cost share along with each entity contributing
<br />50%.
<br />Flood Sales Tax Committee—March 19, 2012 2 The committee was presented with information and discussed the following projects: City of Argusville levee recertification City of Oxbow
<br />flood control improvements City of Mapleton levee raise Round Hill Subdivision home acquisition Upper Red River Watershed retention plan Upper Maple River Dam environmental assessment
<br />Mr. Pawluk supports the Upper Red River Watershed retention plan, but does not consider this a priority as it leads to more study, not an actual project. Mr. Olson asked about the request
<br />from the Maple River Water Resource District for Pontiac Township Improvement District No. 73 to remove high water from flooded county and township roads. He believes construction may
<br />begin this fall on the project. He said safety and access are issues that need to be addressed. Mr. Berndt considers this a road or mitigation project and said highway or county mitigation
<br />dollars could be considered for this project. He said last year the county spent significant funds to re-route two roads in the area because of flooding. Mr. Vanyo said more definite
<br />numbers are needed regarding the local cost share before a decision is made on the request for this improvement district. MOTION, passed Mr. Pawluk moved and Mr. Montplaisir seconded
<br />to fund the county projects highlighted by the committee as follows: $168,925 for City of Argusville levee recertification $140,000 for City of Oxbow flood control improvements
<br />$ 52,500 for City of Mapleton levee raise $350,000 for Round Hill Subdivision home acquisition $ 20,562 for Upper Maple River Dam environmental assessment On roll call vote, the
<br />motion carried unanimously. The committee approved a total of $731,987 in sales tax proceeds be allocated for the projects. Mr. Vanyo suggested that Mr. Benson and Mr. Montplaisir be
<br />involved with the project costs and construction schedules in order to release the funds to each entity. The committee reviewed the requests from other entities. Mr. Berndt said the
<br />majority of of those not chosen today either will not be constructed this year or did not identify detailed information on the local cost share.
<br />Flood Sales Tax Committee—March 19, 2012 3 5. OTHER BUSINESS Mr. Montplaisir provided a map of the Heritage Hills area showing what lots are county owned and privately owned. He said
<br />the county may want to consider purchasing some of the lots in the future. Mr. Benson said the Sheriff’s Office has expressed concern about activities occurring in the area since much
<br />of the county-owned lots are vacant. Mr. Berndt said one of the remaining homes may be purchased in the latest Hazard Mitigation Grant Program application submitted to the state. Mr.
<br />Berndt asked about distribution of funds raised by the three mills levied for emergency and mitigation projects, and who will decide on how the dollars will be allocated. Mr. Vanyo said
<br />the directive on how to spend the funds should come from the county commission. 6. NEXT MEETING Mr. Vanyo suggested the committee meet again in late summer to consider use of sales tax
<br />funds raised in 2012. 7. ADJOURNMENT MOTION, passed On motion by Mr. Pawluk, seconded by Mr. Berndt, and all voting in favor, the meeting was adjourned at 12:10 PM. Minutes prepared
<br />by Heather Worden, Administrative Assistant
<br />123456789 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 A B C D E F G H I Suggested March 2012 funding POTENTIAL AND REQUESTED SALES TAX MITIGATION PROJECTS 4/12/2013
<br />NO. PROJECT DESCRIPTION POINT OF TOTAL COUNTY OTHER OWNERSHIP COUNTY NOTES CONTACT EST. COST $ REQUESTED FUNDING $ 100,000 1 Argusville Levee Recertification Brandon Oye, Moore Eng.
<br />$20,000 -$150,000 50% State Water Commission (50%) City of Argusville Argusville has requested assistance with a number of items related to their recertification of their levee system.
<br />If the County participates, perhaps we should look at the project in total and provide some funding but total County participation not to exceed City contribution for project 2 Argusville
<br />Leonard's Way Dike Brandon Oye, Moore Eng. $95,000 50% None City of Argusville 3 Harwood Township Dike at Siebels Subdivision Douglas Warnecke, Harwood Twp Flood Plain Admin TBD All
<br />Available 4 Larger Culverts at Cass 32 near Siebels Subdivison Douglas Warnecke, Harwood Twp Flood Flood Plain Admin TBD Cass County Highway Dept. Cass County 5 Elevate and Install Culverts
<br />Cass 32 immediately west of I29 Douglas Warnecke, Harwood Twp Flood Plain Admin TBD Cass County Highway Dept. Cass County 6 Construct earthen dike along west side of Lloyd Amundson Farmstead
<br />east of 28th St culverts Douglas Warnecke, Harwood Twp Flood Plain Admin TBD SWC Ring Dike program, WR District, Land owner Various 7 Elevate private roadway/dike in NW 1/4 of Section
<br />28, Harwood Twp. Douglas Warnecke, Harwood Twp Flood Plain Admin TBD SWC Ring Dike program, WR District, Land owner Various 8 Elevate, straighten, & replace culverts with bridge structure
<br />170th Ave, Section 29, Harwood Twp., Rush River Crossing Douglas Warnecke, Harwood Twp Flood Plain Admin TBD Rush River WRD, Cass County, Harwood Twp, SWC Various 9 Elevate low section
<br />of 170th Ave, 1/2 mile N from 30th St, Section 32, Harwood Twp. Douglas Warnecke, Harwood Twp Flood Plain Admin TBD All Available Various 10 Brooktree Park Ring Dike Raise and Interier
<br />Pump System Douglas Warnecke, Harwood Twp Flood Plain Admin TBD All Available Various 11 Raise and Install Culverts in 171st Avenue between 29th Street and 27th Street to Sheyenne River
<br />and Construct ring dikes. Douglas Warnecke, Harwood Twp Flood Plain Admin TBD All Available Various 12 Individual ring dikes on properties in Sections, 16, 15, 14, 11, 12, 13, 24, 25,
<br />35, 36, & 34 Douglas Warnecke, Harwood Twp Flood Plain Admin TBD Cost share among all available sources Various 13 Spot Location Raises of All County Township Roads within Harwood Twp
<br />Douglas Warnecke, Harwood Twp Flood Plain Admin TBD Various 14 Reditching water through the City of Arthur Steve Perry, Mayor $130,000 1/3 of cost = $43,333 Special Assessment, local
<br />business & grant funding City of Arthur $ 200,000 15 City of Oxbow Flood Control Improvements Southeast Cass Water Resource District $530,000 All or a part of the non-State share SEC
<br />WRD, 50% of non-State share up to $87,500. WRD loan City of Oxbow 16 Adding culverts (minimum of 2) on Cass 17, north of State 46 Brett Odegaard, Pleasant Twp Supervisor State of ND/Cass
<br />Co. $ 100,000 17 City of Mapleton Levee Raise Brandon Oye, Moore Eng. $500,000 50% State Water Commission (50%) City of Mapleton Total County Fund Participation not to exceed City contribution
<br />for project (Similar to Argusville approach) 18 Maple River Slope Protection & Repair Brandon Oye, Moore Eng. $450,000 50% State Water Commission (50%) City of Mapleton 19 Levee Closure
<br />Structures Brandon Oye, Moore Eng. $150,000 50% State Water Commission (50%) City of Argusville 20 Diking around City of Kindred Nick Gludt, Moore Engineering $300,000 50% State Water
<br />Commission City of Kindred 21 Southside Drainage Improvements, Horace Diversion Kevin Bucholz, Barry Johnson $1,740,000.00 City of West Fargo, Southeast Cass WRD City of West Fargo $
<br />450,000 22 Round Hill Home Acquisitions and Levee Keith Berndt $450,000 Cass County 23 Forest River (27 Maple Prairie Homes) Ring Dike Keith Berndt TBD -$500,000+/-Cass County 24 Forest
<br />River River and South Chrisan Home Acquisitions (18 homes) Keith Berndt $5.8 Million Cass County 25 North Chrisan Subdivision Home Acquisitions Keith Berndt $1.8 Million Cass County
<br />26 North Chrisan Subdivision Ring Dike Keith Berndt TBD $400,000+/-Cass County
<br />32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 A B C D E F G H I 27 14th Street Road Raise in Raymond Township Keith Berndt/Raymond Twp TBD $300,000 +/-Raymond
<br />Twp 28 Lake Shure area Road Raise and Bridge Replacement Keith Berndt TBD $1 Million +/-Reed Twp 29 Willow Creek Sudivision Ring Dike Keith Berndt TBD $200,000 +/-30 Rush River WRD study
<br />of retention projects Rush River WRD/Carol Harbeke Lewis $115,000 $8,050.00 State Water Commission (60%) Red River Joint WRD (65% non-state) SE Cass WRD (Possible) 31 Maple River WRD
<br />water retention plan Maple River WRD/Carol Harbeke Lewis $165,000 $11,550.00 State Water Commission (60%) Red River Joint WRD (65% non-state) Maple River WRD 32 City of Harwood Flood
<br />Protection John Shockley, Ohnstad Twichell $6,368,845 City sales tax & special assessments updated request for Cass County and State Water Commission to split $150,000 cost of feasibility
<br />study; total project cost between $4 and $5 million 33 Kensington Subdivision Box culvert on 100th Ave, east of C-81 Kirk Cossette, John Erickson, & Scott Handy n/a 34 Large Culvert
<br />Installation and Road Raise located South of Section 35, Tower Township Mark Johnson, Tower Township Director n/a Tower Township POTENTIAL AND REQUESTED SALES TAX MITIGATION PROJECTS
<br />FALL 2011-SPRING 2012 Column1 Column2 Column3 Column4 Column5 Column6 Column7 Column8 Column9 $ 43,750 35 Upper Red River Watershed Retention Plan Southeast Cass WRD/Carol Harbeke Lewis
<br />$1,000,000 $43,750.00 State Water Commission $250,000; Red River Joint WRD $162,500; Southeast Cass WRD $43,750; State of Minnesota $500,000 (dependent on MN Legislature) $ 20,562 36
<br />Upper Maple River Dam environmental assessment Maple-Steele Joint WRD/Carol Harbeke Lewis $230,000 $20,562.50 State Water Commission (50%) Red River Joint WRD (65% non-state) Maple-Steele
<br />Joint WRD 50% local share 37 Elm River/Bell Township containment of breakouts North Cass WRD/Carol Harbeke Lewis TBD local share 38 City of Mapleton storm sewer lift station Brandon
<br />Oye, Moore Eng. $330,000 $77,508 or 23.5% CDBG $172,492 City of Mapleton Total County Fund Participation not to exceed City contribution for project 39 Upper Swan Creek channel improvements
<br />Harvey Morken/Chad Engels, Moore Eng. $3,400,000 $3,400,000 not anticipating any funding from city or water district for several years Maple River-Rush River Joint WRD 40 Move/reconstruct
<br />700' stretch of 167th Avenue in Normanna Township Mark Ottis, Normanna Twp Supervisor TBD Normanna Twp 41 Add 15' of culvert and embankment traversing 167th Ave near intersection of
<br />50th St in Normanna Township Mark Ottis, Normanna Twp Supervisor TBD Normanna Twp 42 Raise 300' stretch of road by one foot on 49th St between 166th Ave and 167th Ave in Normanna Township
<br />Mark Ottis, Normanna Twp Supervisor TBD Normanna Twp 43 Gravel 2 miles of 169th Ave from 50th St to 52nd St in Normanna Township Mark Ottis, Normanna Twp Supervisor TBD Normanna Twp
<br />44 Pontiac Township Improvement District No. 73 Maple River WRD/Carol Harbeke Lewis $1,560,000 $780,000 or 50% of local cost 45 Reed Township home buyouts (south of 19th Avenue and west
<br />of Co Rd 17) Mark McAllister, Reed Twp Chairman $1,572,350 46 Creation of two spillways on 19th Ave NW Mark McAllister, Reed Twp Chairman $130,000 Reed Twp 47 Creation of concrete spillway
<br />at 57th St South of Co Rd 20 Mark McAllister, Reed Twp Chairman $110,000 Reed Twp 48 Creation of 200' concrete spillway on 52nd Ave N Mark McAllister, Reed Twp Chairman applying to FEMA
<br />for grant to construct bridge Reed Twp
<br />58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 A B C D E F G H I 49 Hydrology study on raising road and adding culverts at 64th Ave N, West of 57th St N Mark McAllister, Reed Twp Chairman
<br />$30,000 $7,500 for cost of study Reed Twp 50 Road raise at 57th St south of 64th Ave Mark McAllister, Reed Twp Chairman $75,000 Reed Twp 51 Road raise west of Co Rd 31 between Section
<br />2 and 11 on 64th Ave Mark McAllister, Reed Twp Chairman $20,000 Reed Twp 52 Install lift station in Highland Park Mark McAllister, Reed Twp Chairman $200,000 Reed Twp 53 Road raise/overlay
<br />of blacktop on 62nd Ave, 64th Ave, and 13th St Mark McAllister, Reed Twp Chairman $332,400 Reed Twp 54 Certify dike at Selberg's Subdivision Mark McAllister, Reed Twp Chairman TBD Reed
<br />Twp 55 Install lift station in Selberg's development Mark McAllister, Reed Twp Chairman $200,000 Reed Twp 56 Install lift station in Sunrise Acres Subdivision Mark McAllister, Reed Twp
<br />Chairman $200,000 Reed Twp $ 914,312 Total 2013 Sales Tax Funding Requests 57 Feasibility study to investigate flood damage reduction alternatives Bill Rohrich, Mayor, city of Harwood
<br />$100,000-$150,000 50% of cost of study city of Harwood 58 Flood reduction project for Pontiac Township Carol Lewis representing Pontiac Township Improvement District No. 73 $2,690,000
<br />Pontiac Township 59 Funds for levee project Brandon Oye, Moore Engineering representing the city of Argusville $94,291.78 city of Argusville 60 Funds for dike system survey and repairs
<br />Brandon Oye, Moore Engineering representing the city of Casselton city of Casselton
<br />Project #57
<br />Project #58
<br />Project #59
<br />Project #60
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