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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES OF VIRTUAL / CONFERENCE CALL MEETING <br />CASS COUNTY JOINT WATER RESOURCE DISTRICT <br />ORIGINATING AT THE CASS COUNTY HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT <br />WEST FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA <br />MARCH 9, 2023 <br /> <br /> <br />A virtual / conference call meeting of the Cass County Joint Water Resource District was <br />held on March 9, 2023, at 8:00 a.m. <br /> <br />Present were Keith Weston and Rick Steen, Southeast Cass Water Resource District; <br />Rodger Olson, Maple River Water Resource District; Ken Lougheed, North Cass Water <br />Resource District; Jacob Gust, Rush River Water Resource District; Carol Harbeke Lewis, <br />Secretary-Treasurer; Nina Stone, Accountant; Melissa Hinkemeyer, Administrative <br />Assistant; Sean M. Fredricks, Chris McShane and Katie Schmidt, Ohnstad Twichell, P.C.; <br />Kurt Lysne, Lyndon Pease and Josh Hassell, Moore Engineering, Inc.; Mike Opat, <br />Houston Engineering, Inc.; Rob Stefonowicz, Larkin Hoffman Attorneys; Eric Dodds, <br />Dean Vetter and Sabrina Tusa, AE2S; Ken Helvey, SRF Consulting Group, Inc.; Scott <br />Stenger and Dale Ahlsten, ProSource Technologies, LLC; Oly Olafson, Wade Whitworth <br />and Kelsey Lee, HDR, Inc.; Davon Hutchinson and Drew Nicklay, Ulteig Engineers, Inc.; <br />Joel Paulsen, Diversion Authority Executive Director; Jodi Smith, Diversion Authority <br />Director of Lands and Compliance; Madeline Gorghuber, Diversion Authority Lands <br />Specialist; Duane Breitling and Mary Scherling, Cass County Commissioners; Matt <br />Stamness, Cass County Highway Department; John Albrecht and Katrina Olson, Jacobs; <br />Leo Richard and Kristie Sauvageau, Stanley Township property owners; William A. Hejl, <br />Amenia Township property owner. <br /> <br />Agenda <br />It was moved by Manager Gust, seconded by Manager Lougheed and unanimously <br />carried to approve the order of the agenda, as amended. <br /> <br />Minutes <br />It was moved by Manager Lougheed, seconded by Manager Gust and unanimously <br />carried to approve the minutes of the February 23, 2023 (two sets), meetings. <br /> <br />Metro Flood Diversion Project – project updates and general topics <br />Eric Dodds reviewed in detail the Flowage Easement valuation process regarding the <br />Metro Flood Diversion Project. Mr. Dodds stated the Metro Flood Diversion Authority <br />previously retained Crown Appraisals, Inc. (Crown) to conduct a multi-phased study. The <br />Phase 1 study and report from 2018 focused on researching comparable sales data and <br />building a regression model to analyze market value changes due to similar flood risk in <br />other areas across the nation. The Phase 1B study and report was prepared in 2020 and <br />focused on including the market data from recent years. The Phase 2 study included