March 1st Minot citizens will be asked if they want to amend Minot’s Home Rule Charter. The amendments were proposed in response to the petition filed by #MakeMinot to reform the makeup of City Council. Voting will take place March 1st at the Municipal Auditorium; polls will be open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
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Though it’s not officially part of the flood protection project, the work taking place on the 8th Ave. SW pump station is a critical first step in protecting our water supply. And yesterday, concrete was poured on flood walls. It’s progress.
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One of Minot’s embattled downtown parking garages is now open for cars. City leaders and project managers gathered Thursday afternoon to officially cut the ribbon. Work will continue around the structure as the commercial and residential space is built out.
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The Mouse River flood protection plan was chosen as a project worthy of an Army Corps of Engineers permanent flood protection study. The study is the first step in the Federal authorization process that may one day lead to more significant Federal funding. Senator Hoeven’s news release on the story follows below. — Official News
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Minot’s AmeriCorps Vista volunteers are making up their program as they go along, but one of their priority missions: helping Minot’s vulnerable populations.
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Last year, the legislature rejected a bill that banned discrimination based on sexual orientation. That action left cities the option of making their own laws, and a few have done just that. But Minot is not among them.
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Some coverage on our flood recovery from an outside source. Barry Amundson writing for the Grand Forks Herald provides an insightful look at our recovery process and the current status.
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Cedar Rapids flooded in 2008; the recovery there serves as a valuable measuring stick for Minot’s recovery. This story is from last summer, but seems all the more relevant as the City’s resilience spending becomes front and center news.
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Last fall I published an idea for Minot developed by the team at Ackerman Estvold; it was an engineering solution to open up the river and restore active water flow to the long-abandoned dead loops. The plan also called for the removal of the cofferdams, the permanent structures that cross the river channel and create
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Minot’s application in HUD’s National Disaster Resilience Competition has proven enormously successful. Word from Washington via the Senators Hoeven and Heitkamp is that Minot has been awarded $74.3 million in federal funding. The award marks the culmination of a 14-month process, numerous public meetings, and a final application focused on projects intended to make the
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A report by Bismarck city staff outlining the need for more than $200 million in road system upgrades over the next 10-years has City officials discussing the possibility of increasing Bismarck’s sales tax.
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A non-scientific survey administered over the last two months shows Fargo residents in favor of simplifying their recycling program so that residents don’t have to sort recyclables prior to putting them on the curb. And they’d be willing to pay for the service.
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#MakeMinot, the committee behind the initiative to reform the size and make-up of Minot’s City Council, issued a news release this morning offering a compromise reform plan and timeline. The full news release including the plan follows below. The list of questions submitted to the city referenced in the first paragraph can be read here.
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The Minot Area Development Corporation has pulled its request for a financial relief program intended for downtown merchants and property owners. MADC had requested a $500,000 program that would have provided interest buydowns for qualifying downtown merchants; they have been asked by the Downtown Business and Professional Association to take more time with the issue.
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Want to get up to speed on the events surrounding the City Council reform discussion? Check out this interactive timeline that will introduce you to the key events in the process.
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