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Minot meeting preview: flood project bid, housing grant request, MPO priorities and several MOUs on the consent agenda
Summary
City staff flagged a series of consent and action items including a Perkett Ditch stormwater project with a bid 40% above estimate, a $37 million Ingle Court housing project seeking about $500,000 in CDBG funds, MPO transportation priorities, and multiple MOUs including with Minot Air Force Base.
City staff presented a consent and action agenda that includes flood-protection and stormwater work, an affordable housing developer request for federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) assistance, metropolitan transportation planning priorities, and several memoranda of understanding to be considered by the Minot City Council.
Items summarized by staff included an agreement among the North Dakota State Water Commission, the North Dakota Department of Water Resources and the Minot Water Treatment Plant clarifying payment responsibilities for treatment operations. Staff also noted a nightly operating arrangement and annual lease for the Men's Winter Refuge on city property.
A flood-protection item, described as the Perkett Ditch Improvements, will move stormwater from the Perkett area across the railroad tracks. The bid for that work came in about 40% higher than expected at $177,230, and staff said the project should be complete by October if approved.
The agenda includes a continuation of an MOU with the Job Corps program in Quintonberg (listed in the agenda as Quintonberg Job Corps) and an MOU allowing Minot Fire to work with the 5th Civil Engineer Squadron at Minot Air Force Base for EMS bike-patrol coverage during the North Dakota State Fair; staff said the MOU helps avoid overtime and builds base-community relationships.
Roll-forward items for community development included a CDBG request tied to the Ingle Court project, which staff said would add 72 units of low- to moderate-income housing in a roughly $37,000,000 development; the federal CDBG program was described as being asked to contribute about $500,000 toward the project because of its low-to-moderate-income component. The Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) presented a list of about $375,000,000 of candidate transportation improvements for the greater Minot area and asked the council to prioritize projects if only $150,000,000 is available for funding.
Other items on the consent and action agenda included assignment of commercial leases at Broadway Circle to Pathfinder Services of North Dakota, bids returned for a columbarium expansion at Rosehill Cemetery, a proposed personnel classification and job description for a deputy police chief, updates to public-appearance/public-comment policy to align with recent state legislative guidance (including proposed speaker cards and a total public-comment cap), a facade-improvement request at 110 East Central Avenue, and a proposed parking adjustment and paint/gore-line change at Sixth Street Southwest south of Eleventh Avenue Southwest.
Staff also noted a human-resources proposal to include dispatch staff in the public-safety retirement plan and announced open public comment periods for the CDBG application and MPO planning documents.
Ending: The transcript records staff summaries and council discussion of these items but does not record final votes or adopted motions in the excerpt provided; each item remained on the agenda for council action at a future point in the meeting.
