Title
Joint resolution recommending Lake County’s membership in the Northwest Water Planning Area.
Staff Summary
· The Northeastern Illinois Regional Water Supply Planning Group was created by Governor’s Executive Order in 2006 to study the state’s water needs and develop regional aquifer and watershed plans.
· Lake County was a member of the Planning Group; Member Bonnie Thomson Carter chaired the group as it concluded and released the Water 2050: Northeastern Illinois Regional Water Supply / Demand Plan, the purpose of which is to ensure the availability of clean water for the future.
· In April 2010 the Lake County Board endorsed the Water 2050 Plan, thereby expressing its interest to join with other governments and stakeholders to implement the Plan.
· Lake and four other counties, the Lake County Municipal League, Barrington Area Council of Governments (BACOG), and three other councils of government (COGs), have voluntarily joined together to form the Northwest Water Planning Area in order to implement the Water 2050 Plan.
· This resolution would authorize the execution of an Intergovernmental Agreement providing for Lake County’s membership in the Northwest Water Planning Area.
Body
WHEREAS, in 2004 the Lake County Board adopted the Lake County Regional Framework Plan which included the finding that an abundant, safe, clean, and economical supply of water is essential for prosperity and a desirable quality of life in Lake County; and
WHEREAS, plans and studies produced since the adoption of the Framework Plan; which include the State of Lake County’s Water Supply (2008), The Lake County Strategic Plan (2009), and The Strategy for a Sustainable lake County (2009); have continued to emphasize the critical importance of water; and water resources are prominently featured in Lake County’s vision for sustainability; and
WHEREAS, all Lake County’s adopted plans and studies addressing water recognize that the County’s water resources are not solely contain...
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