• The Initiative builds on years of feasibility studies conducted by the US Army Corps of Engineers (1999-2006). Review a summary of work conducted by the US Army Corps of Engineers under Section 206.
• In 2006, the Army Corps turned over key findings to City of Milwaukie, stating that the project was unlikely to move forward under Section 206 due to ongoing funding limitations.
• Late 2006, the City of Milwaukie applied for and received about $1m of regionally-allocated federal transportation funds to complete the planning phase and begin preliminary engineering and design.
• March 2009, the City was awarded a $45,000 grant from American Rivers Foundation and the NOAA Community-based Habitat Restoration Program to fund hydrologic modeling to determine channel width and design parameters.
• April 2009, a proposal was submitted to NOAA for about $12m in Federal Stimulus funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).
• May 2009, CH2MHILL was selected as the lead contractor for the planning phase of the project.
• July 2009, Projects to be funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA, i.e. federal "stimulus") were chosen and KFCI was not selected. Statewide, Oregon will receive approximately $7 million from ARRA to fund a dam removal on the Rouge River, multiple habitat restoration projects in key areas on the main-stem Willamette, and to remove commercial fishing debris from the ocean floor off the Oregon Coast.
• Fall 2009, Joint grant agreement developed and finalized between ODOT and City of Milwaukie, contractor set to move forward on the expenditure of approximately $300,000 in federal transportation funds on project planning.
• Winter 2010, US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) contacted City staff with interest in completing feasibility studies that were abandoned in 2006 under Section 206. USACE is naming a Project Manager and coordinating with the City on scoping the conclusion of these studies.
• Winter 2010, Oral History of Kellogg Lake Project is completed. Thanks to generous interviews with many long-time citizens, the Oral History of Kellogg Lake captures and archives the memories and role this lake has provided to Milwaukie and its residents.

Click here to view a diagram of the OR 99 E box culvert and bridge structure that will be removed from the mouth of Kellogg Creek. For more KFCI project information, please contact Alex Campbell at 503-786-7608 or campbella@ci.milwaukie.or.us .