STRATEGY
A YEAR FULL OF
STRATEGIES
A FOCUSED APPROACH: This section highlights how the City of Minot has worked towards big picture goals in 2019. Whether it was strategies to combat small problems that may manifest into larger ones, or big problems creating enormous challenges
FLOOD PROTECTION - FIVE THINGS TO REMEMBER A SOLUTION TO SEVERAL PROBLEMS The City of Minot, partnering with the Souris River Joint Board along with state and federal partners, made great strides toward permanent flood protection in 2019. Construction will continue in 2020 on a large storm water pump station near the Broadway Bridge. In 2019, four 500 horsepower pumps were installed at the pump station, which will be one of the largest flood control stations in the state when completed.
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progressed along Phase 2 and Phase 3 throughout 2019. 02 |Work The Wee Links golf course’s impacted holes were reconstructed. The Perkett Ditch Pump Station was completed and tested. Crews replaced utilities in the area of 16th Street SW as part of the project to build flood walls along the north side of the Souris River.
work in several locations, including along phases 1, 03 |Underground 2, and 3 in the City included rerouting and upsizing water mains, sanitary sewer lines, and storm water pipes.
4 (Maple Diversion) continues to move forward after Lt. 04 |Phase General Todd Semonite, chief of engineers with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, signed a report in support of the $87.3 million project. The next steps include obtaining congressional authorization for the project, which could lead to partial federal funding. protection in Minot will cost approximately $565 million, 05 |Flood with the basin-wide project estimated to cost more than $1 billion.
The Problem Properties Unit was created and is charged with identifying the City’s most challenging properties and developing an action plan to resolve their issues. The PPU includes staff from various City departments. The PPU will focus on resolving issues involving any building in which illegal activity takes place or that is unsafe and reduces the quality of life for the surrounding neighborhood.
COMMITMENT TO BUYING LOCAL
An eight-member Buy Local Task Force was established, including the Chamber of Commerce, to study and develop buy local solutions in the City’s procurement practices. The recommendation was approved by the City Council.
FIGHTING FIRE WITH STRATEGY The Minot Fire Department, at a cost of $9,430, conducted operational strategic planning that outlined the department’s objectives and then backed up these goals with realistic, thoroughly researched, quantifiable benchmarks for evaluating results.
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