Combined Public Notice

Notice of Finding of No Signifi-

cant Impact and

Notice of Intent to Request

Release of Funds

July 16, 2019

City of Minot, North Dakota

P.O. Box 5006

Minot, North Dakota, 58702-5006

701-857-1553

These notices shall satisfy two

separate but related procedural re-

quirements for activities to be under-

taken by the City of Minot.

REQUEST FOR THE RELEASE OF

FUNDS

On or about August 1, 2019, the City

of Minot will submit a request to the

U.S. Department of Housing and Ur-

ban Development (HUD) Region VIII

for the release of Community

Development Block Grant Disaster

Recovery (CDBG-DR) funds, under

Title I of the Housing and Communi-

ty Development Act of 1974, as

amended, to undertake a project

known as City of Minot CDBG-DR

Program: Northern Sanitary Sewer

Project, Modified for the purpose of

installing wastewater forcemain and

mitigating existing erosion. The total

project cost is $2,074,000, with

$1,900,000 in CDBG-DR funds and

$174,000 in City reserve funds. As

part of the CDBG-DR Program, the

City proposed the Northern Sanitary

Sewer Project. The initial environ-

mental review was completed, and

HUD authorized the use of funds for

the project on September 16, 2013.

However, new circumstances have

arisen during project implementation

and the previously approved align-

ment is proposed to be revised, in-

cluding the addition of a new gravity

sewer line. The existing Northern

Sanitary Sewer Project, which is

near completion, consists of the in-

stallation of four sanitary sewer lifts,

approximately 21,500 linear feet

(LF) of sanitary sewer forcemain,

and approximately 26,400 LF of

gravity sanitary sewer main. The

proposed Northern Sanitary Sewer

Project, Modified would involve

revising the alignment through a

northern portion of Minot Interna-

tional Airport (MOT) property. The

newly proposed alignment would ex-

tend from the eastern edge of the

airport from existing 30th Avenue

NE right-of-way (ROW), west for ap-

proximately 1,600 feet, where it

would deflect to the northwest ap-

proximately 660 feet, around the

MOT Instrument Landing System

(ILS), continue west nearly 700 feet

to the ROW of Highway 83 (Broad-

way), and then south approximately

475 feet where it would tie into the

existing City sewer system for north-

ern Minot. The newly proposed

alignment avoids the MOT’s runway

protection zone, as well as the ILS.

It would involve a 30-foot sanitary

sewer easement and 100-foot tem-

porary construction easement. Ap-

proximately 7,800 LF of gravity

sewer main would be installed. In-

stallation would consist of sewer

mains, manholes, steel-cased gravi-

ty sewer under a secondary taxiway,

site reconstruction as necessary,

and other ancillary items. The pro-

posed changes also include the con-

struction of approximately 2,000 LF

of gravity sewer main, which would

be located along the eastern edge of

the MOT property. The alignment

would extend north from the ROW of

30th Avenue NE for approximately

450 feet on MOT property, and then

continuing nearly 1,550 feet in

City-owned 6th Street NE dedicated

ROW, terminating at the existing Air-

port Industrial Lift Station. In addi-

tion, the soil displaced due to pipe

installation would be used to miti-

gate existing erosion along an ap-

proximate 2,020 feet expanse south

of 30th Avenue NE, extending west

from 13th Street NE. This corridor

would be approximately 50 feet

wide.

FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT

IMPACT

The City of Minot has determined

that the project will have no signifi-

cant impact on the human environ-

ment. Therefore, an Environmental

Impact Statement under the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969

(NEPA) is not required. Additional

project information is contained in

the Environmental Review Record

(ERR) on file at the City of Minot,

515 2nd Avenue SW, Minot, North

Dakota, 58702-5006, and may be

examined or copied weekdays 9:00

A.M. to 5:00 P.M.

PUBLIC COMMENTS

Any individual, group, or agency

may submit written comments on

the ERR to the City of Minot, P.O.

Box 5006, Minot, North Dakota,

58702-5006. All comments received

by July 31, 2019 will be considered

by the City of Minot prior to authoriz-

ing submission of a request for

release of funds. Comments should

specify which Notice they are ad-

dressing.

ENVIRONMENTAL

CERTIFICATION

The City of Minot certifies to HUD

Region VIII that Mr. Shaun Sipma in

his capacity as Mayor consents to

accept the jurisdiction of the Federal

Courts if an action is brought to en-

force responsibilities in relation to

the environmental review process

and that these responsibilities have

been satisfied. HUD Region VIII’s

approval of the certification satisfies

its responsibilities under NEPA and

related laws and authorities, and al-

lows the City of Minot to use Pro-

gram funds.

OBJECTIONS TO RELEASE OF

FUNDS

HUD Region VIII will accept objec-

tions to its release of funds and the

City of Minot’s certification for a

period of 15 days following the anti-

cipated submission date or its actual

receipt of the request (whichever is

later) only if they are made on one of

the following bases: (a) the certifica-

tion was not executed by the Certify-

ing Officer of the City of Minot (b)

the City of Minot has omitted a step

or failed to make a decision or find-

ing required by HUD regulations at

24 CFR Part 58; (c) the grant reci-

pient or other participants in the

development process have commit-

ted funds, incurred costs or under-

taken activities not authorized by 24

CFR Part 58 before the approval of

a release of funds by HUD Region

VIII; or (d) another Federal agency,

acting pursuant to 40 CFR Part

1504, has submitted a written finding

that the project is unsatisfactory

from the standpoint of environmental

quality. Objections must be

prepared and submitted in accor-

dance with the required procedures

(24 CFR Part 58, Sec. 58.76) and

shall be addressed to U.S. Depart-

ment of Housing and Urban

Development, Region VIII Office,

8ADE, 1670 Broadway Street,

Denver, Colorado 80202-4801. Po-

tential objectors should contact HUD

to verify the actual last day of the

objection period.

Mr. Shaun Sipma,

Mayor, City of Minot

(July 16, 2019)

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Probate No. 51-2019-PR-00090

IN THE DISTRIT COURT OF

WARD COUNTY, STATE OF

NORTH DAKOTA

In the Matter of the Estate of Cleone

Bearman, a/k/a Cleone T. Bearman,

Deceased.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that

the undersigned has been appointed

personal representative of the above

estate. All persons having claims

against the said deceased are re-

quired to present their claims within

three months after the date of the

first publication or mailing of this no-

tice or said claims will be forever

barred. Claims must either be

presented to John P. Bearman, Per-

sonal Representative of the estate,

at 2525 Elk Drive, P. O. Box 1000,

Minot, ND 58702-1000, or filed with

the Court.

Dated this 28th day of June, 2019.

/s/John P. Bearman

John P. Bearman

Brent M. Olson – #05593

PRINGLE & HERIGSTAD, P. C.

2525 Elk Drive

P. O. Box 1000

Minot, ND 58702-1000

bolson@pringlend.com

Attorney’s for:

Personal Representative

(July 9-16-23, 2019)

UNITED PUBLIC SCHOOL

DISTRICT NO. 07

Regular Board Meeting

May 15, 2019

Members present: Brett Casavant,

Brenda Buri and Matt Schaefer.

Josh Sundsbak and Chad Brown

were absent. Also present were Su-

perintendentChristopher Bachmeier,

Business Manager Jody Askvig,

Principal Sue Kranz, Dean of

Students/AD Scott Medalen, Assis-

tant Elem Principal Kayla Andersen,

Angela Froseth, Tiffany Schiele, Su-

san Bosch, Nicole Opland, Amy

Ralph and Teri Cowley. President

Casavant called the meeting to ord-

er at 7:00 p.m. A motion was made

by Schaefer and seconded by Buri

to approve the minutes of the previ-

ous meeting as presented. Motion

carried. A motion was made by Buri

and seconded by Schaefer to accept

the Activity report as of 4-30-19 as

presented. Motion carried. A motion

was made by Buri and seconded by

Schaefer to accept the financial re-

port for the General fund, the Build-

ing fund and the Hot Lunch fund as

presented. Motion carried. A motion

was made by Buri and seconded by

Schaefer to approve paying bills

numbered 35863-35928, totaling

$86,271.63 as presented. Motion

carried. A motion was made by

Schaefer and seconded by Buri to

accept the resignation of Kayla

Dembek. Motion carried. A motion

was made by Buri and seconded by

Schaefer to hire Allison Roth as the

KD teacher for the 2019-2020 school

year. Motion carried. A motion was

made by Schaefer and seconded by

Buri to hire Emily Stier, 6th grade for

the 2019-2020 school year. Motion

carried. A motion was made by Buri

and seconded by Schaefer to hire

Kayla Hill, 4th grade for the

2019-2020 school year. Motion car-

ried. A motion was made by Buri

and seconded by Schaefer to hire

Danielle McDonald, 5th grade for the

2019-2020 school year. Motion car-

ried. A motion was made by Buri

and seconded by Schaefer to hire

Allison Klein as the JH Sp Ed teach-

er for the 2019-2020 school year.

Motion carried. A motion was made

by Buri and seconded by Schaefer

to ratify the 2019-2020 and

2020-2021 Master Teacher Contract

with the date correction. Motion car-

ried. Discussion on building project.

Principal report: Mrs. Kranz- The

2nd grade and 4th grades went on

field trips in May. Burlington placed

1st overall in Alexander with the fol-

lowing grades placing 3rd grade

team 2nd place; 4th grade team 1st

place; 5th grade team – 1st place;

6th grade team 1st place. The

Booster Club recognized teachers

and staff with gifts, lunch, breakfast,

goodie baskets and door prizes.

Thank you to the Booster Club for

making the staff feel appreciated.

Grandparent’s Day was May 7th

with 433 grandparents visiting the

classrooms. The 4th grade class

displayed their North Dakota Muse-

ums. Next year we will be able to

offer after school STEAM classes in

arts with science, technology, en-

gineering and math with 1 class

each month. Mr. Medalen- JH Stu-

dent council attended conference in

Bismarck. Seniors had another suc-

cessful Grandparent’s Day. Senior

Salute Day was May 8th where

seniors were treated to catered

breakfast from Homesteaders, Oak

Park movie, bowling and pizza and

finished off with the graduates walk-

ing through the elementary hallways.

Final test schedule is out. Trinity

did sports physicals for 6th through

11th graders. Updates on sports.

We hired Emily Stier as head track

coach for 2019-2020 school year.

Superintendent report: We have

678 students k-12. It looks like our

staffing is set for next year. Good

luck to our non-certified staff that are

retiring; Lori Selfors (20 years), Mary

Ann Bohl (12 years), Paige Diaz (13

years) and Dan Miller. REA, nego-

tiations and legislative updates with

biggest change in turning days to

hours for next year. We will not be

using the Village as mental health

support next year, due to the cost.

School board election will be June

11, 2019, with one polling place,

Des Lacs (this year only) from 11:00

a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Graduation is

Sunday, May 26th, 4:00 p.m. in Des

Lacs. Next meeting June 12, 2019,

7:00 p.m. in Des Lacs. Meeting ad-

journed 8:00 p.m.

Jody Askvig, Business Manager

Brett Casavant, Board President

(July 16, 2019)

UNITED PUBLIC SCHOOL

DISTRICT NO. 07

Regular Board Meeting

June 12, 2019

Members present: Brett Casavant,

Brenda Buri, Josh Sundsbak, Matt

Schaefer and Chad Brown. Also

present were Superintendent Chris-

topher Bachmeier, Business

Manager Jody Askvig, Assistant

Principal Kayla Andersen, Amy

Ralph and Teri Cowley. President

Casavant called the meeting to ord-

er at 7:02 p.m. A motion was made

by Schaefer and seconded by

Brown to approve the minutes of the

previous meeting as presented. Mo-

tion carried. A motion was made by

Buri and seconded by Schaefer to

accept the Activity report as of

5-31-19 as presented. Motion car-

ried. A motion was made by Buri

and seconded by Sundsbak to ac-

cept the General fund, the Building

fund and the Hot Lunch fund as

presented. Motion carried. A motion

was made by Buri and seconded by

Schaefer to approve bills numbered

36012 through 36075, totaling

$74,170.48 as presented. Motion

carried. Mr. Bachmeier presented an

update on the building project. A

motion was made by Buri and

seconded by Sundsbak to accept

the resignation of Mahalia Ortiz, ef-

fective May 24th. Motion carried. A

motion was made by Sundsbak and

seconded by Buri to accept the

resignation of Jennifer Livingston,

effective May 24th. Motion carried.

We will meet on Monday, June 17,

2019, 6:00 p.m. in Des Lacs to can-

vas school board election results.

Discussed preliminary 2019-2020

budget figures. A motion was made

by Sundsbak and seconded by

Schaefer to allow Burlington Recrea-

tion to use bus 23 and 24 for the

summer baseball. They will cover

the insurance when they use them.

Motion carried. A motion was made

by Buri and seconded by Sundsbak

to amend our 19-20 school calendar.

We will take February 21, 2020 off

for state Wrestling and end school

on Thursday, May 21st. Motion car-

ried. A motion was made by

Schaefer and seconded by Brown to

approve contracts for the 2019-2020

school year as follows: Mariah

45,492, Toni 63,342, Tracy 54,894,

Tonya 44,922, Susan 49,980, Jor-

dyn 56,790, Josh 58,506, Kylie

43,452, Lucas 47,532, McKenzie

43,452, Steph 53,076, Steve 65,312,

Kira 46,637, Angela 47,466, Molly

42,432, Bethany 44,982, Kayla

43,442, Allie 46,874, Tarra 52,897,

James 67,549, Laurie 56,330, Bran-

don 56,875, Aaron 46,714, Allie

41,412, Morgan 48,244, Emily

47,913, Diana 48,960, Shawn

51,312, Lorna 56,330, Danielle

44,616, Jade 43,452, Steph 41,922,

Kayla 44,062, Aaron 46,512, Terra

42,942, Larissa 42,942, Nicole

55,080, Brandon 61,750, Kay

46,662, Sydnie 43,452, Allison

41,922, Mary 72,130, Nicole 43,452,

Kristi 48,968, Tiffany 48,232, Robert

45,426, Steph 45,492, Annie 46,920,

Taylor 49,888, Chelsea 47,532,

Tyler 48,463, Anna 47,832 and Kel-

lan 50,008.00. Motion carried. Prin-

cipal report: Playground fund raising

is going well. Need $74,000 total

and there is only around $20,000

remaining to raise. There will be a

fun run on August 18th in Burlington,

with funds going to playground. Un-

ited Community Bank donated

$8,000 for a Zip Krooz. Burlington

received a grant from DPI for Litera-

cy. Superintendent report: Next

week we hope the get sprinklers ser-

viced on the football field and fertiliz-

er applied. Buses are in Bismarck to

get serviced during the summer.

Painting is really moving along in

Des Lacs. Looked at some used

14-passenger buses in South Dako-

ta and would like to purchase two for

next year. We decided to change

out the remainder of the lights at

both schools that were not part of

the project. Sent invoice to Lewis &

Clark for the sports co-ops. Update

on CLC pricing. A motion was made

by Schaefer and seconded by

Sundsbak to approve salary for busi-

ness manager as offered. Motion

carried. A motion was made by

Sundsbak and seconded by

Schaefer to approve salary for Kayla

Andersen as offered. Motion car-

ried. A motion was made by

Sundsbak and seconded by

Schaefer to approve salary for Sue

Kranz as offered. Motion carried.

Motion carried. A motion was made

by Brown and seconded by

Schaefer to approve Superintendent

contract as offered. Motion carried.

Next meeting will be Wednesday,

July 10, 2019, 7:00 p.m. in Des

Lacs. Meeting adjourned 8:41 p.m.

Jody Askvig, Business Manager

Brett Casavant, Board President

(July 16, 2019)

UNITED PUBLIC SCHOOL

DISTRICT NO. 07

Special Board Meeting

June 17, 2019

Members present: Brett Casavant,

Brenda Buri and Matt Schaefer.

Also present were Superintendent

Christopher Bachmeier, Business

Manager Jody Askvig and Dean of

Student/AD Scott Medalen.

President Casavant called the meet-

ing to order at 6:02 p.m. Election

results were canvassed. A motion

was made by Schaefer and second-

ed by Buri to declare Josh Sundsbak

official winner of the at-large position

for a three-year term and Brett

Casavant the official winner for the

City of Burlington position for a

three-year term. Results:

Thirty-eight total votes cast with 36

votes for Josh Sundsbak and 36

votes for Brett Casavant. There was

a write in under both districts. There

were also 38 votes cast for the

question of publishing minutes with

25 yes and 13 no votes. Motion car-

ried. A motion was made by

Schaefer and seconded by Buri to

approve the offer for the Dean of

Student/AD as offered. Motion car-

ried. Meeting adjourned 6:38 p.m.

Jody Askvig, Business Manager

Brett Casavant, Board President

(July 16, 2019)