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RESOLUTION NO. R -06 -06
ADOPTION OF THE LAKE COUNTY MULTI - JURISDICTION
ALL NATURAL HAZARDS MITIGATION PLAN
WHEREAS, one of the most important missions of Lake County is to protect the life
health and safety of the residents of the County; and
. WHEREAS, the mission of the Lake County Emergency Management Agency includes
the charge to identify hazards and vulnerabilities, whether natural or man made, within the
corporate limits of Lake County, and provide programs to eliminate or reduce the affects of such
threats; and
WHEREAS, the Mission of the Lake County Stormwater Management Commission
includes the charge to identify flood hazards and vulnerabilities within the corporate limits of the
County and municipalities, and provide programs to eliminate or reduce the affects of flood
damage; and
WHEREAS, a Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan is required for Village of Deerfield to
receive any state or federal mitigation funding such as flood prone property buy -outs or
improvements; and
WHEREAS, the Village of Deerfield is subject to flooding, tornadoes, winter storms and
.other natural hazards that can damage properties, close businesses, disrupt traffic and present a
public health and safety hazard; and
WHEREAS, the Lake County All Natural Hazards Mitigation Planning Committee,
comprised of representatives of the County, municipalities and stakeholders organizations, has
prepared a recommended All Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan that reviews options to reduce
damage and protect people from the identified hazards; and
WHEREAS, the recommended All Natural Hazards Mitigation plan has been widely
circulated for review by the County's residents and federal, state and regional agencies and has
been supported by those reviewers.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Village of Deerfield Board that:
1. The All Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan is hereby adopted as an official plan of
Lake County.
2. The Mitigation Planning Committee is hereby established as a permanent
advisory body. It shall be composed of representatives from the following
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groups, as appointed by the County Board chairman and approved by the County
Board:
a. The following County Offices and Departments:
1) County Administrator
2) Emergency Management
3) Stormwater Management Commission
4) Planning Department
b. Those municipalities that pass a resolution to adopt the All Natural
Hazards Mitigation Plan that send a representative to attend the meetings
of the committee.
c. Representatives of other interested agencies, organizations and
associations appointed by the Chair of the County Board to represent
stakeholders in hazard mitigation and the general public.
3. The Committee shall meet as often as necessary to prepare or review mitigation
activities and progress toward implementing the All Natural Hazards Mitigation
Plan. It shall meet at least once each year to review the status of ongoing
proj ects.
4. The schedule of Committee meetings shall be posted in appropriate places. All
meetings of the Committee shall be open to the public..
5. The committee shall prepare an annual evaluation report on the All Natural
Hazards Mitigation Plan for the County Board and the member municipalities.
The report will cover the following points:
a. A review of the original plan.
b. A review of any natural disasters that have occurred the previous year.
c. A review.of the action items in the original plan, including any
accomplishments of the previous year.
d. A discussion of why any action items scheduled for completion the
previous year where not completed or why implementation is behind
schedule.
e. Recommendation for new projects, revised schedules or revised actions,
subject to review and approval by the County Board and/or the affected
municipalities governing boards as amendments to th4 previously
adopted plan.
6. The director of each County office identified as "responsible party" for the
Mitigation Plan's action items shall ensure that the action item is implemented
by the listed deadline, subject to fiscal and time constraints, including federal and
state funding, where appropriate.
7. The County Administrators Office, the Emergency Management Agency and the
Stormwater Management Commission shall provide staff support for the
Committee's work.
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AYES: Benton, Feldman, Rosenthal, Seiden, Struthers, Wylie (6)
NAYS: None (0)
ABSENT: None (0)
ABSTAIN: None (0)
ADOPTED this the 5th day of July 12006
this tl# Q6t� h day of July , 2006
Signed thi� day 7 / 6 / 0 6