| 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 |
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| 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 |
