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.