A quick follow-up to a story from yesterday, while here in Minot our flood protection design work has gotten underway with no clear path to full project financing, in Fargo they’re exploring a private-public financing option to fast-track construction and lower costs.
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Update: KX News interviewed City of Minot Public Works Director Dan Jonasson regarding this story. Catch the interview here. — Official News Release, City of Minot — Work has begun on the design of the first three phases of flood protection within the city of Minot. Survey crews, geotechnical crews and other personnel from the
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The City of Minot may soon be looking for a planning director. The proposed new position would responsible for working with pre-established businesses along with developing a long-term comprehensive growth plan.
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The City of Minot’s Finance Committee approved using 2015 Sales tax dollars towards competing in the U.S. Housing and Urban Development’s Disaster Resiliency Competition. Up for grabs are portions of a billion dollars that is being made available to disaster impacted communities.
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The City of Minot’s Finance Committee heard a report on the downtown parking lot fiasco. A full estimate of the money required to get the projects moving is expected for Monday’s full City Council meeting.
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Estevan made public the strategic plan and long-term vision for the city. And this is isn’t just about the physical vision for the city, it’s about completely rethinking city services and how they are delivered.
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It’s an ongoing issue for municipalities… getting what you pay for, and in a timely manner. In Minot, we’re dealing with our own issues with a contractor who wasn’t up to the contract they signed.
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Initial bids for the large-scale project that will replace water, sewer, and other essential infrastructure came in higher than expected. The City is currently evaluating those bids and will decide whether to accept one or rebid shortly.
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School Resource Officers are just a part of modern day education, but who should pay for them?. The City of Grand Forks is hoping the school district takes a bigger role in financing the positions.
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Minot citizens met Tuesday evening to discuss ideas and help City leaders begin forming an application plan for nearly a billion dollars in Federal disaster recovery money.
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It will be used when properties become an overgrown nuisance. It’s a problem we have in Minot also… especially in flood recovering neighborhoods where empty lots and abandoned homes are ending up in City’s care.
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The Department of Housing and Urban Development is making a billion dollars available to communities that experienced disasters in 2011, 2012, and 2013. Minot will be submitting an application to hopefully win some of those dollar for community enhancements following the 2011 flood.
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The City of Boston is at the tip of spear when it comes to innovations in municipal government and use of technology. This article outlines some neat tools that speak to an exciting, more efficient future. Read it directly from the Microsoft New England Blog here: http://blog.microsoftnewengland.com/
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The Community Development Block Grant program has been funded with nearly a billion dollars, and the City of Minot qualifies to apply for those dollars because of the 2011 flood. City Manager Lee Staab outlined the application process at Monday’s City Council meeting.
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City crews will be hauling snow from downtown Minot beginning at midnight (12:00 AM) Tuesday, Dec. 2nd and at midnight (12:00 AM) Wednesday, Dec. 3rd. Avenues will be cleared in the overnight hours on Tuesday, and Streets will be cleared in the overnight hours on Wednesday. Downtown residents and downtown business owners are reminded that,
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I want to take this opportunity to update the citizens of Minot on some of the ongoing projects in our city. I plan to write a similar update about once per quarter to keep you informed during this incredible and exciting period of growth we find ourselves heading into in 2015. We will begin construction
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