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For Information - Appointment of Nancy Rotering as the Lake County representative to the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) Board.
Staff Summary
• CMAP was created by the Illinois Legislature in 2005 in order to better coordinate transportation and land use planning.
• CMAP’s governing structure has two distinct layers: the CMAP Board created as a political subdivision and body politic under state law and the Metropolitan Policy Organization (MPO) which is designated under federal law.
• Pursuant to Public Act 95-0677, the CMAP Board consists of 15 voting members responsible for: hiring the CMAP Executive Director, approving a policy framework under which all regional plans are developed, coordinating regional transportation and land use planning, and identifying, promoting regional priorities and other duties as provided by state statute.
• Public Act 95-0677 dictates that Lake County shall appoint one member of the CMAP Board and that the appointment shall be made “cooperatively by the mayors of Lake County and the chief elected county official of Lake County.”
• This appointment is effective from Thursday, July 1, 2021 to Monday, June 30, 2025.