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Joint committee action authorizing the Stormwater Management Commission (SMC) submittal of a grant application to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources Office of Water Resources (IDNR/OWR) Flood Hazard Mitigation Program.
Staff Summary
* The Flood Hazard Mitigation grant funds requested are from IDNR/OWR, administered through the IDNR.
* SMC has managed and operated a voluntary floodplain property buyout program for more than 20 years as a core mission flood mitigation practice.
* The SMC role will be as grant coordinator on behalf of the local government partners.
* The program local match, to be supplied for the grants, is in accordance with the SMC Comprehensive Plan.
* If the grant is approved, they will be brought back to the Lake County Board for acceptance and allocation of the necessary funds.
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To: Chair, Planning Building and Zoning Committee
Chair, Financial and Administrative Committee
From: Mike Warner, Stormwater Management Commission
Date: June 18, 2018
Re: Approval of the submittal of an after-the-fact direct-match grant application
1. Section III.A.6. of the Budget Policy requires SMC to obtain standing committee and Financial and Administrative Committee approval on new grant applications that require a direct County-match. In instances when the deadline to apply for a grant does not allow SMC sufficient time to obtain prior approval, the SMC may apply and submit for approval to the committees at the next available committee meeting(s).
2. SMC staff has applied for a grant, totaling $3,639,394 of project funding, which would require a direct match of $177,647 from the Lake County Stormwater Management Commission.
3. The grants would be utilized to remove at-risk floodplain residents from their flood-damaged homes.
4. The County-match of $177,647 would be funded through the SMC Floodplain property buyout Fund, account 101-1103025-81010. Staff is seeking an after-the-fact authorization for the submittal of this applic...
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