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The Contested Hearing will insure that a non-partial Judge will review all aspects of the project. The JPA will demonstrate that there are less impactful alternative and that the current project violates State and Federal law.
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Once a contested case hearing was requested, the Permit was no longer valid. Deny Motion to Lift Injunction Against FMDA Project: Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison requests that US District Court MN deny Fargo Moorhead Diversion Authority and USACE motions to modify its September 7, 2017, Order granting the preliminary injunction, or, in the alternative, modify the injunction to incorporate the conditions and requirements of the DNR’s permit until resolution of the contested case.
Continue ReadingBREAKING: Richland Wilkin JPA votes to contest Minnesota DNR permit decision.
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It is absurd to suggest that this is a project that is designed to preserve protection, when in fact, it is designed to flood lands currently flood free, and build in the floodplain.
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Revenue projections are only part of the financing dilemma forcing the assessment issue. Spending on the stalled project is hemorrhaging at a higher rate than tax collections.
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Richland-Wilkin Joint Powers Authority Original Publication Date: May 3, 2018 Wahpeton Daily News Republished with permission from: Trana Rogne, Richland County In 2013, the North Dakota Senate passed an amendment to a spending bill to fund Fargo’s flood protection. The amendment directed that any state tax dollars going to Fargo needed to be spent on […]
Continue ReadingMinnesota statute says, “the proposed project must represent the minimal impact solution to a specific need with respect to all other reasonable alternatives.”
Continue ReadingFargo never intended to compromise anything, and were preparing their filings even before the St. Paul meetings began.
Continue ReadingBear in mind, the FM Diversion Policy Leadership talks that recently concluded should have taken place before the first shovel of dirt was turned for any aspect of the ill-fated project.
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