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Metro Flood Diversion Authority—May 17, 2018 1 METRO FLOOD DIVERSION AUTHORITY MAY 17, 2018—3:30 PM 1. MEETING TO ORDER <br />A meeting of the Metro Flood Diversion Authority was held Thursday, May 17, 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; Clay County <br />Commissioner Kevin Campbell; Fargo City Mayor Tim Mahoney; Fargo City Commissioner Dave Piepkorn; Cass County Commissioner Mary Scherling; Cass County Commissioner Chad Peterson; Cass County Commissioner Rick Steen; Cass County Joint Water Resource District <br />Manager Rodger Olson via conference call; and West Fargo City Commissioner Mike Thorstad. Moorhead City Council Member Joel Paulsen; Clay County Commissioner Grant Weyland; and Fargo City Commissioner Tony Grindberg were absent. Also present was Mark Nisbet from the Chamber Business Leaders Task Force. 2. MINUTES APPROVED <br />MOTION, passed Mr. Mahoney moved and Mr. Campbell seconded to approve the minutes from the meetings held April 25, 2018, and May 3, 2018, as presented. Motion carried. 3. AGENDA ORDER <br />MOTION, passed Mr. Mahoney moved and Mr. Hendrickson seconded to approve the order of the agenda. Motion carried. 4. MANAGEMENT UPDATE <br />Martin Nicholson from CH2M provided an update on activities over the last month, which include continued work with MDNR and other parties to advance the permit application review process; tour of the project with the MDNR staff and permit review team; tracking of the Corps of Engineers FY18 work plan; and involvement on federal legislation related to the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) and the Corps budget appropriation. Priorities for next month include continued coordination of outreach efforts associated with Plan B; support <br />in the development of supplemental environmental reviews with the MDNR and Corps of Engineers; financial planning as appropriate until cost estimates associated with Plan B are more fully developed; and continued support of the flowage easement valuation study. Mr. Nicholson provided a brief financial update on the overall program status and said $425 million has been expended to date and $11.5 million has been expended from the FY 2018 budget. 5. ADMINISTRATIVE/LEGAL UPDATE <br />WBI Transmission Utility Location Agreement Attorney Katie Bertsch discussed a utility location agreement with WBI Energy Transmission, <br />Inc. to install a gas pipeline to be buried underground prior to construction of the Diversion Channel. The pipeline is within the area of the Diversion Channel and Associated Infrastructure. The Finance Committee approved the agreement at its meeting yesterday. <br />MOTION, passed Mr. Steen moved and Mr. Mahoney seconded to approve the utility location agreement with WBI Energy Transmission, Inc. On roll call vote, the motion carried unanimously.