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<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 28, 2024
<br />8:00 A.M.
<br />A virtual / conference call meeting of the Cass County Joint Water Resource District was
<br />held on March 28, 2024, at 8:00 a.m.
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<br />Present were Rodger Olson, Maple River Water Resource District; Ken Lougheed, North
<br />Cass Water Resource District; Jacob Gust, Rush River Water Resource District; Keith
<br />Weston and Rick Steen, Southeast Cass Water Resource District; Melissa Hinkemeyer,
<br />Secretary-Treasurer; Leilei Bao, Accountant, Carolyn Fiechtner, Administrative Assistant;
<br />Sean M. Fredricks, Chris McShane, Luke Andrud and Katie Schmidt, Ohnstad Twichell,
<br />P.C.; Rob Stefonowicz, Larkin Hoffman; Kurt Lysne, Lyndon Pease, and Brady Woodard,
<br />Moore Engineering, Inc.; Mike Opat, Houston Engineering, Inc.; Jodi Smith, Madeline
<br />Daudt, Jessica Warren, and Tom Fuchs, Metro Flood Diversion Authority; Duane Breitling,
<br />Cass County Commissioner; Eric Dodds, Dean Vetter, Sabrina Tusa and Kellen Grubb,
<br />AE2S; Paul Barthel, Jacobs; Doug Johnson, DKJ Appraisal LLC; Scott Stenger and Dale
<br />Ahlsten, ProSource Technologies, LLC; Ken Helvey and Katie Laidley, SRF Consulting
<br />Group, Inc.; Oly Olafson, Lee Kaffer and Kelsey Lee, HDR, Inc.; Nicholas Delaney and
<br />Igor Lenzner, Rinke Noonan; Brian Fuder, Red River Retention Authority; and Leo
<br />Richard, Stanley Township property owner.
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<br />Approval of 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.
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<br />Minutes
<br />It was moved by Manager Weston, seconded by Manager Gust and unanimously carried
<br />to approve the minutes of the March 14, 2024, meeting.
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<br />Metro Flood Diversion Project – project updates and general topics
<br />Chris McShane reported on the status of formal negotiations regarding the Metro Flood
<br />Diversion Project.
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<br />Eric Dodds discussed the Property Acquisition Status Report regarding the Metro Flood
<br />Diversion Project. Mr. Dodds reported on key activities regarding land acquisitions and
<br />Rights of Entry for the project. A landowner meeting is scheduled in Wolverton, Minnesota
<br />for April 2024.
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<br />Mr. Dodds stated that Rights of Entry were requested on 56 Christine, North Dakota
<br />properties. As of March 19, 30 Rights of Entry have been signed, leaving 26 remaining.
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