Timeline

Chronological Highlights

August 2000

Initial contact with the city of Shullsburg, Wisconsin regarding the development of an off-reservation casino site

Tribal Resolution No 433(00) to pursue an off-reservation gaming operation in the Shullsburg area

September 2000

Initial feasibility study for a casino in Shullsburg completed
IGA signed with Lafayette County providing for a 4 million annual payment, one million of which will go to Shullsburg
Negotiations begin for the purchase of 93 acres of land
Tribe completes Environmental Assessment (EA), no adverse impacts noted.
Separate Air Quality and Traffic studies commissioned

November 2000

Tribe signs offer to purchase land. Resolution 677(00) Compact negotiations begin in Madison

February 2001

Governor Thompson leaves office, Governor McCallum ends all compact negotiations regarding off-reservation gaming. McCallum rejects the approved Hudson off reservation casino application

September 2001

Shullsburg Fee to Trust Application submitted to BIA

November 2001

Governor Doyle replaces Governor McCallum. Doyle position on off-reservation gaming is that he will not make a decision until an approved application is on his desk

October 2004

Klas Robinson feasibility study completed

December 2004

Tribe purchases Shullsburg property - 93 acres for $357,000 Rettler Corporation completes Master Planning/Design for site

March 2007

Feasibility Study updated by Michigan Consultants

January 2008

Interior Department changes the off-reservation trust land approval process by issuing a New "Guidance Memorandum". One day later the Shullsburg Application is denied.

June 2011

Interior Department rescinds the off-reservation Guidance Memorandum

December 2011

A formal work group to reconsider the Shullsburg casino project is formed

March 2012

Tribe authorizes the submission of a new Shullsburg casino Fee to Trust Application Resolution 62(12)

April 2012

Klas Robinson commissioned to create a new Shullsburg casino feasibility study Resolution 168(12)

July 2012

Klas Robinson Shullsburg Feasibility Study completed, presented to Tribal Council

September 2012

Tribal Referendum, Tribe votes to move forward with Shullsburg casino project

Novemeber 2012

Tribal Environmental Team completes Phase 1 Contamination Survey at proposed casino site

December 2012

Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) for project completed
Tribe petitions City of Shullsburg for full annexation of it's Shullsburg acreage

January 2013

Revised facility recommendations developed and formalized

February 2013

Shullsburg site surveys completed
New project renderings completed by RSP Architects
Tribal Unmet Needs Study (Sustainable Futures Analysis) completed

March 2013

25 CFR 151 Application For Trust Acquisition delivered to Bureau of Indian Affairs. (BIA)

April 2013

25 CFR 292 Two-Part Secretarial Determination application delivered to BIA
Tribe hosts public information meetings on casino project in Shullsburg
Formal Environmental Impact Statement process begins, Atkins Global Inc. representing Tribe

June 2013

Annexation of Shullsburg acreage into City of Shullsburg city limits completed

July 2013

BIA publishes Notice in Federal Register that the public comment period for the Shullsburg project
EIS is August 1- 30. The related Public Scoping Meeting is scheduled for August 15 in Shullsburg

August 15, 2013

BIA hosts Public Scoping Meeting For Shullsburg Casino in Shullsburg

January 2014

Final Scoping Report issued and added to the Shullsburg Casino Fee to Trust Land Application administrative record

March 2014

Intergovernmental and Development Agreements between the Tribe and City of Shullsburg are signed

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