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1. The Army Corp of Engineers will be removing the dikes citywide. They are formulating their plans now and looking at hiring contractors to do the work. They will be asking permission from homeowners for dike removal. We will each have to sign paperwork giving them permission to enter our properties and also releasing them from any liability for further damage to lawns, etc. They will be coming door to door to get the forms signed. You may, of course, choose NOT to have them remove your dike and do it yourself. The Corp hopes to get started next week and is thinking it will take at least two to three weeks to complete. It may take even longer to remove sand bags. NO, we do not know specifically when Timberline will be done!

2. The contingency dikes will be removed before our neighborhood dikes are removed. This gives the Corp better access to get in and out of the neighborhood to complete the dike removal process.

3. FEMA representatives will be out in the neighborhoods looking over damages to help determine if they will cover the cost to re-grade the yards. There will be more info on that later once FEMA makes their decision.

FARGO – Fargo residents are invited to meetings aimed at providing more information about flood cleanup.

Neighborhood meetings about the removal of clay levees, Hescoes, sandbag levees and other flood related issues will be today at the Fargodome in meeting rooms 202 and 203, according to a news release issued this morning by the city.

The schedule for the meetings is as follows:

3-4 p.m. Belmont Park/Lindenwood Drive

4:15-5:15 p.m. River Drive/Harwood Drive/Hackberry Drive

5:30-6:30 p.m. South University Drive/Rose Creek/Oak Creek

6:45-7:45 p.m. Timberline/Copperfield Court

The meetings are intended for property owners directly impacted by the protection removal process.

More neighborhood meetings on Wednesday will be announced later today.

Great job. It seems like we have hit the bottom of the river and await the crest. Thanks to everyone who did a great job……I am proud to be part of the neighborhood…Thanks Tim Mahoney

On Thursday morning, a group of approximately 30 people fixed the remaining issues in the dike.  At this time, no further repairs are required to the dike but we will provide any updates if necessary.

Thank you to the Thursday Crew (and Michelle Erickson for the rolls and Sue Morton for the coffee!).

Michael

In view of the new National Weather Service flood predictions (38-40 feet), we are going to keep the flood dike at 43 feet.  We are still going to meet on Thursday morning at 8 am to reinforce and fix the areas around the dike that need it (need 20-30 volunteers).  We will meet at my house (at the pool house in back) – coffee and rolls will be served.

Thanks for everyone’s help!

Michael Neustel

We are going to be holding a neighborhood meeting tomorrow night, Tuesday, April 7th at 7pm in Rayl’s garage (4636 Timberline Drive). The topic of discussion will be the City of Fargo’s decision to have us raise the dikes to 44 feet. Dave Helland will be there to answer questions. Ulteig Engineering is currently shooting elevations so by tomorrow night we will know the task we have ahead of us. As you can imagine, we are going to need lots of volunteers to accomplish this. In the mean time if you have water standing on the dry side of your dike please work on pumping it out.

Shannon Neustel