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Metro Flood Diversion Authority—March 22, 2018 1 <br />METRO FLOOD DIVERSION AUTHORITY MARCH 22, 2018—3:30 PM 1. MEETING TO ORDER <br />A meeting of the Metro Flood Diversion Authority was held Thursday, March 22, 2018, at 3:30 PM in the Fargo City Commission Room with the following members present: Moorhead City Mayor Del Rae Williams; Moorhead City Council Member Chuck Hendrickson; Moorhead City <br />Council Member Joel Paulsen; Clay County Commissioner Kevin Campbell; Clay County Commissioner Grant Weyland via conference call; Fargo City Mayor Tim Mahoney; Fargo City Commissioner Tony Grindberg; Fargo City Commissioner Dave Piepkorn; Cass County Commissioner Mary Scherling; Cass County Commissioner Arland Rasmussen; Cass County Joint Water Resource District Manager Roger Olson; and West Fargo City Commissioner Mike Thorstad. Cass County Commissioner Chad Peterson was absent. Also present was Mark Nisbet from the Chamber Business Leaders Task Force. 2. MINUTES APPROVED <br />MOTION, passed Mr. Hendrickson moved and Mr. Paulsen seconded to approve the minutes from the meetings held February 22, 2018 and March 7, 2018, as presented. Motion carried. 3. AGENDA ORDER MOTION, passed Mr. Mahoney moved and Mr. Olson seconded to approve the order of the agenda. Motion carried. 4. MANAGEMENT UPDATE John Glatzmaier from CH2M provided an update on activities over the last month which include submittal of Plan B to the MDNR and data sharing for the flowage easement valuation study. Priorities for next month include continued coordination of outreach efforts associated with Plan B, preparation for the State Water Commission meeting and preparation of cost estimates for the Plan B financial plan. Mr. Glatzmaier provided brief a financial update on the overall program status and said $423 million has been expended to date. He said $8.2 million has been expended out of the FY2018 <br />budget. Mr. Glatzmaier said all construction worked associated with the diversion project is on hold as <br />a result of the injunction. Mr. Piepkorn asked if the work on construction projects in Fargo will continue. Nathan Boerboom, Fargo City Division Engineer, said the non-diversion related projects will proceed, but the Main Avenue/2nd Street South project is part of the diversion project <br />and is on hold. 5. ADMINISTRATIVE/LEGAL UPDATE <br />Executive Director search update Michael Redlinger, Co-Executive Director and Assistant Fargo City Administrator, provided an update on the Executive Director search. The position has been advertised in 10 municipal league directories and some regional rural water associations have been contacted. He said Pam Derby from CPS Consulting said there has been a great deal of interest in the position. A first review of applicants will be done on April 6th by a subcommittee made up of Ms. Williams, Mr. Mahoney, Mrs. Scherling, Mr. Steen and Mr. Campbell.