Title
Resolution approving the 2015 Strategy for a Sustainable Lake County.
Staff Summary
* The Strategy for a Sustainable Lake County is the operation or implementation plan for County departments to implement the Board's Strategic Goal of promoting a sustainable environment.
* The Lake County Board last approved an operations plan for sustainability in 2009.
* Most of the tasks identified in the original plan have been accomplished; examples include energy efficiency retrofits in County facilities; research and testing of alternative fuel vehicles and technology in County fleets and the creation of watershed based plans and working groups. These accomplishments have paved the way for additional action steps toward achieving the County's goals and guiding principles.
* Departments have met to report past accomplishments, showcase sustainability aspects of current plans and projects, and identify goals, actions steps and performance measurements for future implementation programs and projects.
* Staff researched other local government operational plans and sustainability metrics, and developed a draft update. The draft categorizes departmental goals into six areas: Leadership; Energy; Resource Conservation; Protecting Our Environment; Waste Diversion; and, Sustainable Transportation Options. Departments reviewed, edited and approved the draft to tailor the proposed goals and metrics to align with county wide policies and performance measures.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the five year update to the Strategy for a Sustainable Lake County is due; and
WHEREAS, an thorough departmental input and review process was conducted to develop the draft; and
WHEREAS, the Lake County Board in April 2009 approved the Strategy for a Sustainable Lake County; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that the recommended first update to the 2009 Strategy for a Sustainable Lake County is hereby approved.
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