Lake Zumbro Restoration Project Timeline (Draft) Prepared by Terry Lee, Olmsted Water Resources Manager June 25, 2015

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1 Lake Zumbro Restoration Project Timeline (Draft) Prepared by Terry Lee, Olmsted Water Resources Manager June 25, /31/05 Lake Zumbro Improvement Association appointed a Lake Restoration Committee 4/11/05 MN Pollution Control Agency completed a study of the lake depth changes from 1919 to /15/05 Lake Zumbro Improvement Association solicited an engineering proposal for evaluating the quality of lakebed sediment 7/27/05 Lake Zumbro Improvement Association uses newly developed lake depth map from Ray Romon to identify potential restoration areas and the volume of sediment that would need to be removed 8/11/05 Lake Restoration Committee released a draft plan for lake restoration 10/12/05 Lake Restoration Committee reported findings on lake sedimentation rates and locations (sedimentation rates had declined after 1957) 11/16/05 Lake Restoration Committee reported their findings to the Olmsted Environmental Commission /7/06 Lake Restoration Committee reported their findings to the Olmsted County Board 3/28/06 Lake Restoration Committee reported their findings to the Rochester Public Utilities Board 6/15/06 Lake Zumbro Forever Inc. a 501(c)3 was formed to coordinate local funding for lake restoration 7/26/06 Lake Zumbro Improvement Association hosted meeting with Legislators and Commissioners at which the Lake Restoration Committee findings were presented 9/21/06 Barr Engineering completed a Core Sediment Report for Lake Zumbro that found that the sediment could be managed for beneficial use with minimal regulatory constraint (the report was funded by $15,000 from Rochester Public Utilities and $15,000 from Lake Zumbro Forever, Inc.) 11/16/06 Lake Zumbro Forever, Inc. requested $128,000 from Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources for developing a public park with a restored wetland area to be created with dredge spoils 12/19/06 Wabasha County Board resolved to support Lake Zumbro Forever, Inc. s State Bonding request for preliminary engineering funding /25/07 MN House File 325 and Senate File 244 were introduced to provide $350,000 for lake restoration design and engineering 3/22/07 MN House File 2299 introduced to provide $350,000 for lake restoration design and engineering 3/24/07 MN Senate File 2136 introduced to provide $350,000 for lake restoration design and engineering 6/19/07 Wabasha County requested that the Governor include $350,000 in State Bonding for lake restoration design and engineering 9/4/07 Lake Zumbro Improvement Association submitted a $136,000 funding request to the Legislative- Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources for conservation restoration in the Lake Zumbro corridor 9/25/07 Olmsted Board resolved to support the Lake Improvement Association s Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources funding request 10/27/07 MN Senate Capital Investment Committee toured Lake Zumbro 11/16/07 Lake Zumbro Improvement Association submitted a funding request to the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources for $3M 1

2 2008 2/5/08 Olmsted County Board adopted a 2008 legislative agenda that included a request for Lake Zumbro funding 2/22/08 Lake Zumbro Forever, Inc. submitted a request for $4.5M in federal funding 4/8/08 Olmsted County Board approved support for state and federal funding requests for Lake Zumbro 4/8/08 Olmsted and Wabasha Counties awarded $175,000 in Minnesota legislative bonding for preliminary engineering ($100,000 in matching funds was required) 11/25/08 Barr Engineering provided Lake Zumbro Forever, Inc. a Project Scope for preliminary engineering for dredging the lake 12/2/06 Wabasha County Board amended the Olmsted and Wabasha Counties Joint Powers Board to provide additional authorities for lake restoration /20/09 Olmsted Board amended the Olmsted and Wabasha Counties Joint Powers Board Agreement to provide additional authorities for lake restoration 1/20/09 Olmsted County Board approved acting as the fiscal agent for the preliminary engineering 1/20/09 Olmsted County Board approved an agreement with Rochester Public Utilities for accepting funds for a professional services contract for preliminary engineering 1/27/09 Rochester Public Utilities approved an agreement with Olmsted County for providing $100,000 in funds for a professional services contract for preliminary engineering 3/5/09 MN Senate File 1201 introduced to provide funding for Lake Zumbro restoration 3/12/09 MN House File 1650 introduced to provide funding for Lake Zumbro restoration 4/16/09 Olmsted and Wabasha Counties Joint Powers Board authorized accepting $175,000 in State Bonding funds and authorizing Olmsted County to contract with Barr Engineering for the preliminary engineering 4/17/09 Olmsted County awarded Barr Engineering a $275,000 contract for preliminary engineering 4/20/09 Olmsted and Wabasha Counties Joint Powers Board authorized Olmsted to be fiscal agent for preliminary engineering 5/1/09 Lake Zumbro Forever, Inc. requested $136,000 from Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources for conservation corridor restoration 5/2009 Olmsted County awarded a $275,000 contract to Barr Engineering for preliminary engineering 6/9/09 Olmsted and Wabasha Counties Joint Powers Board requested the Army Corps of Engineers conduct an aquatic habitat restoration 6/9/09 Olmsted and Wabasha Counties Joint Powers Board requested $5M in bonding for lake dredging 9/1/09 MN Senate Capital Investment Committee toured Lake Zumbro 12/15/09 Olmsted Director of Property Records and Licensing and Wabasha County Auditor verified signatures on Lake Zumbro Improvement District creation petitions 1/19/10 Olmsted and Wabasha County Boards held public hearing on the Lake Zumbro Improvement District petition 2/9/10 Olmsted County Board authorized the establishment of a Lake Zumbro Improvement District 2/16/10 Wabasha County Board authorized the establishment of a Lake Zumbro Improvement District /18/10 House File 2980 introduced to provide $10M for Lake Zumbro restoration 2

3 2/18/10 Senate File 2686 introduced to provide $10M for Lake Zumbro restoration 3/9/10 Olmsted and Wabasha County Boards provided guidance to the Olmsted and Wabasha Counties Joint Powers Board 4/15/10 Olmsted and Wabasha Counties Joint Powers Board approved operational guidelines for the proposed Lake Zumbro Improvement District 4/27/10 Olmsted County Board issued an order staying establishment of the District to clarify eligible signatures on the petition 8/6/10 Olmsted Director of Property Records and Licensing and Wabasha County Auditor received an amended Lake Zumbro Improvement District petition 8/20/10 Olmsted and Wabasha Counties Joint Powers Board requested $7M from Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council 9/7/10 Lake Zumbro Forever, Inc. reported the results of a summer lake user survey 9/10/10 Olmsted and Wabasha Counties Joint Powers Board requested $3M in sales tax extension funding from City of Rochester 9/14/10 Olmsted Director of Property Records and Licensing added parcels to the Lake Zumbro Improvement District 9/28/10 Olmsted County halted the Lake Zumbro Improvement District process to allow petitioners to seek additional signatures from owners of added parcels 10/26/10 Olmsted County Board held a public hearing on the amended Lake Zumbro Improvement District petition 11/9/10 Olmsted County Board recommended creation of a Lake Zumbro Improvement District 11/10/10 Wabasha County Board recommended creation of a Lake Zumbro Improvement District 11/16/10 Wabasha County Auditor verified the amended petition was signed by a majority of property owners in the Lake Zumbro Improvement District 11/23/10 Olmsted County Board approved Resolution and Order in support of the creation of a Lake Zumbro Improvement District 11/30/10 Wabasha County Board recommended creation of a Lake Zumbro Improvement District /20/11 MN House File 160 introduced to provide $10M for Lake Zumbro restoration 2/2/11 MN Senate File 186 introduced to provide $10M for Lake Zumbro restoration 2/28/11 Deadline for submitting a petition requesting a referendum on the Lake Zumbro Improvement District (less than the threshold number of signatures was submitted so no referendum was required) 3/1/11 Olmsted and Wabasha County Boards established the Lake Zumbro Improvement District 10/31/11 AeroMetric, Inc. collected lakebed elevations during a drawdown of the lake 11/4/11 Aerial photos were taken during the drawdown of the lake ( Commercial/Lake-Zumbro-Fall-2011/ _WNVtJN) 11/8/11 Olmsted County Board appointed Board Members for the Lake Zumbro Improvement District 11/2011 Barr Engineering completed the preliminary engineering report with cost estimates for options for removing up to 1M million cubic yards of sediment ($6M to $10M) 1/31/12 Olmsted County submitted the preliminary engineering report to Department of Natural Resources

4 2/17/12 Olmsted and Wabasha Counties Joint Powers Board submitted a State Bonding Request for $7.5M 2/27/12 MN Senate File 2129 introduced to provide $7.5M for Lake Zumbro restoration 2/29/12 MN House File 2588 introduced to provide $7.5M for Lake Zumbro restoration 3/27/12 Rochester Public Utilities Board approved up to $1.7M in matching funds (1/3 of local match) 5/11/12 Olmsted County was awarded $3M in State Bonding for final design and construction (50% local match required) 5/22/12 Wabasha County Board voted to terminate the Lake Zumbro Improvement District 6/29/12 Lake Zumbro Improvement Association requested $3M funding from Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council 12/18/12 Olmsted County Board legislative agenda included $4M funding request for Lake Zumbro dredging /14/13 Senate File 37 introduced to provide $2M for Lake Zumbro restoration 2/5/13 Olmsted and Lake Zumbro Improvement District initiative again 2/7/13 House File 422 introduced to provide $2M for Lake Zumbro restoration 7/10/13 Olmsted and Wabasha Counties Joint Powers Board approved map of proposed Lake Zumbro Improvement District parcels 8/13/13 Olmsted County Board initiated reestablishing a Lake Zumbro Improvement District 9/11/13 Lake Zumbro Forum on funding a local match held 9/26/13 Open House on proposed Lake Zumbro Improvement District 10/8/13 Olmsted and Wabasha County Boards met to reestablish the Lake Zumbro Improvement District 11/7/13 House File 2073 introduced to provide $1M for Lake Zumbro restoration 11/19/13 Olmsted and Wabasha County voted to reestablish Lake Zumbro Improvement District 12/3/13 Lake Zumbro Forever, Inc requested additional funding from the Senate Bonding Committee 12/3/13 Wabasha County Board approved Order reestablishing the Lake Zumbro Improvement District 12/5/13 Olmsted County Board approved Order reestablishing the Lake Zumbro Improvement District /31/14 Deadline for submitting a petition requesting a referendum on the Lake Zumbro Improvement District (none received) 2/1/14 Lake Zumbro Improvement District was reestablished 2/25/14 Senate File 1868 introduced to provide $1M for Lake Zumbro Restoration 2/27/14 House File 2490 introduced to provide $1M for Lake Zumbro Restoration 3/6/14 Lake Zumbro Improvement District held its first meeting 5/20/14 Olmsted County awarded $0.5M in additional State Bonding for final design and construction 8/14/14 Lake Zumbro Improvement District held its first Annual Meeting 12/4/14 Olmsted County approves a $10,000 loan to the Lake Zumbro Improvement District for dredging feasibility study funding 1/19/15 Rochester Public Utilities awards a $30,000 contract to Barr Engineering/WHKS for a dredging feasibility study

5 4/7/15 Wabasha County Board amended the Olmsted and Wabasha Counties Joint Powers Board Agreement and the Order establishing the Lake Zumbro Improvement District 4/14/15 Olmsted County Board amended the Olmsted and Wabasha Counties Joint Powers Board Agreement and the Order establishing the Lake Zumbro Improvement District 5/19/15 Wabasha County Board approves $100,000 funding 5/26/15 Olmsted County Board Committee-of-the-Whole Meeting 6/17/15 Rochester Post Bulletin hosts Community Forum Lake Zumbro Organizations Lake Zumbro Improvement Association: a mainly social organization for residents of the Lake Zumbro area, for discussions, recreational events, and projects in the common interest of improving the lake environment Lake Restoration Committee: a committee established by the Lake Zumbro Improvement Association Lake Zumbro Forever Inc.: a 501(c)(3) registered non-profit corporation, which has been established in the interest of restoring the lake to its former size, due to the accumulation of silt, since the lake was formed. Olmsted and Wabasha Counties Joint Powers Board: a separate and distinct public entity to which Olmsted and Wabasha Counties have transferred specific responsibilities and control regarding the management and restoration of Lake Zumbro. The responsibilities and controls are described in the Olmsted-Wabasha Joint Powers Board Agreement last amended on April 14, Lake Zumbro Improvement District: a district whose boundaries and authorities are described in the Order establishing it. The District was established by Olmsted and Wabasha Counties and the Order establishing it was last amended April 14,