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<br /> <br /> <br /> MINUTES OF VIRTUAL / CONFERENCE CALL SPECIAL MEETING <br /> MAPLE RIVER WATER RESOURCE DISTRICT <br />ORIGINATING AT THE CASS COUNTY HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT <br />WEST FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA <br />JULY 13, 2022 <br /> <br /> <br />A virtual / conference call special meeting of the Maple River Water Resource District was <br />held on July 13, 2022, at 10:30 a.m. <br /> <br />Present were Rodger Olson, Chairman; Gerald Melvin, Manager; Chad Miller, Manager; <br />Carol Harbeke Lewis, Secretary-Treasurer; Melissa Hinkemeyer, Administrative <br />Assistant; Sean Fredricks, Ohnstad Twichell, P.C.; and Kurt Lysne, Moore Engineering, <br />Inc. <br /> <br />Application to Install a Subsurface Water Management System No. 202212 for Buhr <br />Farms, Inc. in the N 1/2 of Section 25 in Cornell Township <br />The Board next reviewed Application to Install a Subsurface Water Management System <br />No. 202212, filed July 12, 2022, by Applicant Buhr Farms, Inc. Under the Application, <br />Applicant seeks to install a 159-acre drain tile system in the NE 1/4 and a small portion <br />of the SE 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of Section 25 in Cornell Township, Cass County, <br />North Dakota. The project will include a single pump outlet near the south boundary of <br />the NE 1/4 of Section 25; the pump will discharge directly into a natural drain. The project <br />will include one surface inlet. <br /> <br />According to County tax roll information supplied by Applicant, Itterman Family Trust owns <br />the N 1/2 of Section 25 in Cornell Township. <br /> <br />Manager Melvin moved, and Manager Miller seconded the motion, to approve Application <br />to Install a Subsurface Water Management System No. 202212, filed July 12, 2022, for <br />Buhr Farms, Inc., regarding a proposed tile system in the N 1/2 of Section 25 in Cornell <br />Township; and to authorize the Secretary-Treasurer to sign Subsurface Water <br />Management Permit No. 202212, subject to the following conditions: <br /> <br />1. Applicant will install and maintain erosion protection at any and all outlets <br />into the natural drain in the NE 1/4 of Section 25 in Cornell Township. <br /> <br />2. Applicant will re-establish any areas disturbed installing or maintaining <br />Applicant’s tile system. <br />