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Joint resolution authorizing a grant agreement and an emergency appropriation of $176,576.94 for the Timber Lake Shoreline Stabilization Project by the Stormwater Management Commission (SMC), funded by the US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) Nonpoint Source Implementation Program (section 319 of the Clean Water Act) through the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IL EPA).
Staff Summary
• SMC has received an agreement from the IL EPA for a grant (3192410) to implement the Timber Lake Shoreline Project in unincorporated Cuba Township.
• The amount of the grant agreement and award is $176,576.94.
• Funding will support implementation of shoreline stabilization practices in and along Timber Lake and project administration costs by SMC.
• Emergency appropriations are needed for project costs of $176,576.94, which are not included in the current year's budget.
• SMC will use the funding for project expenditures and administrative costs, which will be reimbursed by the IL EPA.
• Required match will be provided by the local project partner, the Timber Lake Civic Association.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the goal of the Stormwater Management Commission’s (SMC) Timber Lake Shoreline Stabilization Project is to restore and protect the shoreline of and improve water quality in Timber Lake and the Fox River Watershed; and
WHEREAS, the project is funded by a grant from the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IL EPA) through the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s Nonpoint Source Implementation Program; and
WHEREAS, the SMC has been awarded a grant (3192410) with the IL EPA to receive $176,576.94 in grant funding, which is not included in the current year’s budget; and
WHEREAS, the timely initiation and completion of the project is crucial for meeting the grant requirements and achieving project goals.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that an emergency appropriation in the amount of $176,576.94 is hereby
authorized in the Stormwater Management Commission Fund for the IL EPA Nonpoint Source Implementation Program (3192410) as indicated in the attached.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on June 9, 2026.