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• Lost Property Recovered from Smallwood, Wixom and Sanford Lakebottoms
• Final Construction Permitted on Secord
• EPA Reviewing Smallwood Dam Permit
• Sanford Dam 60% Design Submitted to EGLE

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• Third Quarter Report
• Symposium Educates 200+ on Engineering and Technical Concepts

Session 1: Welcome and Introduction by Dave Kepler, president, FLTF
Session 2: Hydrology and Hydraulics of the Tittabawassee and Tobacco Rivers

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• Details of $59M HUD Grant Still Unknown
  
• Board Meeting October 11
  
• Railroad Trestle Recovered from Edenville Dam
  
• It's not too late to register for the Engineering and Technical Symposium!

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• Evaluation Plots at Wixom, Sanford Lakes Treated to Control Woody Growth in Lakebeds
  
•  Secord Dam Pull-Ahead Projects Pave Way for Restoration
  
• EGLE Public Hearing to Discuss Permitting for Secord, Smallwood
  

​August has been a very busy month, after the focus in July on obtaining the counties’ approval on the 2022-2024 Operations and Maintenance Special assessment. I wanted to provide a brief update of our progress and plans for the remainder of the year...
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• Progress on Secord Dam
• Path to Four Lakes Restoration

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• Secord Gate Closure
• Board Meeting Tuesday, July 26
• Sanford Dam Update

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• Boards of Commissioners Approve Special Assessment Roll
• New Information About the Appeals Process
• New Quarterly Report Available

Click to read the Q2 update. Here's an outline:

• Financial Summary
• Boards of Commissioners Approve Special Assessment Roll
• Flood Debris Removal Update
• Freshwater Mussel Study Update
• Dam by Dam Updates

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• Four Lakes Task Force Recommendation to the Counties
  
• Information on the July 12 Joint County Meeting

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• Assessment Breakdown
• 2022 Survey and the Special Assessment
• Information on Appealing Your Assessment
  • Please note there's a typo in this section. The counties will meet on Tuesday, July 12, 2022, not June 12 like it says in the news flash. 

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The final report of the survey, conducted by Public Sector Consultants (PSC), was completed this week and provided to FLTF. Since this is occurring right before the Gladwin and Midland County meeting to consider the approval of the assessment roll, FLTF has provided it for comparison. The comparison includes a chart on the distribution of assessments by front and backlot based on the assessment roll, and Question #13 from the 2022 PSC survey on the participants’ willingness to pay.

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In 2021, the Four Lakes Task Force (FLTF) hired Public Sector Consultants (PSC) to survey all property owners within the Four Lakes Special Assessment District (SAD) to understand property owners’ dam-related preferences and concerns as well as their willingness to pay for an assessment to rebuild the dams and restore the lakes. In 2022, the FLTF asked PSC to conduct a follow-up survey of Four Lakes SAD property owners to determine whether opinions and sentiments had changed. This effort was especially important because the state committed $200 million toward rebuilding the dams, significantly reducing any potential capital assessment. Since that survey, the FLTF provided additional information to property owners on potential operating assessments and continued a robust communication campaign. The 2022 survey was used to measure the impact of those communications on property owners’ understanding of the current situation and future plans to rebuild the community.

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• UPDATE: Operations & Maintenance Assessment Roll
• Next Steps
• Appeals Process

​Operations and Maintenance Assessment Roll summary of changes to the roll as a result of the June 29, 2022 hearing feedback