The Grand Forks City Council had a special working meeting this past week to review the development agreement for a proposed corn wet milling plant. This agreement must be in place with the Fufeng Group to move forward. “There will be construction contracts that have to be executed because of this, financing, special assessments and bonding will spring from this agreement,” said Dan Gaustad, city attorney. There are many questions about infrastructure, including wastewater, truck and rail traffic. The proposed natural gas pipeline is also part of the discussion. Grand Forks City Administrator Todd Feland and city council members traveled to agribusiness parks in Blair, Nebraska and Fort Dodge, Iowa to see the impacts of a corn wet mill on local economies. “The one thing I took from Fort Dodge is don’t think after three years all of the work will be done,” said Feland. “We’re going to transform the community and deepen agribusiness.” Gaustad would like to have a final development agreement in place by February or early March so the Fufeng Group can start construction on the project this spring and summer. The agreement will be discussed again at a city council meeting this week.
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