Lake Depth Improvement Sub-Committee – Phase 1 Report

Phase 1 Report:

Preliminary Dredging Meetings

• May
  • Grand Lake St. Marys: Shallow water State Lake in western Ohio currently undergoing a massive hydraulic dredging operation. Started in 1964.
  • Lake Lakengren: Private lake association in western Ohio currently undergoing a mechanical dredging operation. Met during OLCA (Ohio Lake Communities Association) conference.
• June
  • Army Corp of Engineers: Met to learn which permits would be required for dredging.
  • EPA: Met to discuss dredging.
  • ODNR: Met to discuss dredging.
  • Roaming Shores Village: Met to acquire permits for Dredge Material Disposal Site.
• July
  • Chagrin Valley Engineers: Designers for Dredge Material Disposal Site.
  • Ashtabula County Water & Soil Dept.: Met to learn rules regarding settlement ponds and Dredge Material Disposal Site.
• August
  • EnviroScience: Performed depth study for dredging locations. Will use information from 2009 study which cost over $20,000 to perform.
  • Chagrin Valley Engineers: Plans finalized for Dredge Material Disposal Site.
  • ODNR: Registered for permission to build Dredge Material Disposal Site.
• September
  • ODNR: Paid for permits.

This Dredging project will not increase Dues & Assessments any further. The project can completed without the need to take out a loan from the bank.

Phase 2 report will be in the December Edition of the Shores News.