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Metro Flood Diversion Authority—February 27, 2020 1 METRO FLOOD DIVERSION AUTHORITY FEBRUARY 27, 2020—3:30 PM 1. MEETING TO ORDER A meeting of the Metro Flood Diversion Authority was held Thursday, February 27, 2020, at 3:30 PM in the Fargo City Commission Chambers with the following members present: Fargo City Mayor Tim Mahoney; Fargo City Commissioner Tony Grindberg; Moorhead City Mayor Johnathan Judd; Moorhead City Council Member Chuck Hendrickson; Moorhead City Council Member Shelly Carlson; Cass County Commissioner Mary Scherling; Cass County Commissioner Chad Peterson; Cass County Commissioner Rick Steen via conference call; Clay County Commissioner Kevin Campbell; Cass County Joint Water Resource District Manager Rodger Olson; and West Fargo City Mayor Bernie Dardis. Fargo City Commissioner Dave Piepkorn; Clay County Commissioner Grant Weyland; and West Fargo City Commissioner Mike Thorstad were absent. Tom Dawson, Chairman of the Chamber Business Leaders Task Force, was also present. 2. MINUTES APPROVED MOTION, passed Mrs. Scherling moved and Mr. Peterson seconded to approve the minutes from the January 30, 2020, meeting as presented. Motion carried. 3. AGENDA ORDER MOTION, passed Mr. Grindberg moved and Mr. Peterson seconded to approve the order of the agenda. Motion carried. 4. CONSENT AGENDA BRIEFING Joel Paulsen, Executive Director, is recommending that contracting actions already approved by the committees be placed on a consent agenda for approval. He said items could still be pulled to the regular agenda for discussion if board members had questions. He believes this process will be more efficient and provide more time for other business to be discussed. 5. CONSENT AGENDA APPROVED MOTION, passed Mrs. Scherling moved and Mr. Grindberg seconded to approve the consent agenda as follows. On roll call vote, the motion carried unanimously.  Eide Bailly Audit Engagement Agreement—services to audit financial statements of the Diversion Authority for FY2017 through FY2019 in the amount of $70,000;  Houston-Moore Group, LLC (Amended Master Services Agreement)—professional services extending the agreement until April 3, 2020, with no change in the fees;  Houston-Moore Group, LLC (Task Order 1, Amendment 15)—extend the period of performance until December 31, 2020, and add 2020 subtask budgets in the amount of $501,073 associated with project management;  Advanced Engineering and Environmental Services aka AE2S (Master Services Agreement)—professional services agreement to contract directly with the Diversion Authority to expire December 31, 2026, for a reduction in sub-consultant markup;  Advanced Engineering and Environmental Services aka AE2S (Task Order 1)— consultant services for management of lands program, outreach, and legislative services and to support development of public-private partnership (P3) as it relates to the lands program and outreach in the amount of $16,175,200;