Title
Resolution accepting the Annual Evaluation Report of the (County-Wide) All Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan for Unincorporated Lake County, Illinois and directing the Planning, Building and Development Department to make the report available on the Department’s website and issue a press release to meet Community Rating System (CRS) recertification requirements.
Staff Summary
• The Lake County Planning, Building and Development Department participates in the Community Rating System (CRS), offered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which has secured flood insurance premium discounts of up to 20 percent for residents of unincorporated Lake County
• The CRS program offers flood insurance premium discounts to residents of communities that have demonstrated an extraordinary commitment to protecting residents and reducing flood damages.
• The FEMA CRS Program requires annual recertification.
• An Annual Evaluation Report for the All Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan must be reviewed by the Lake County Board, posted on the Lake County website, issued in a press release, and submitted for recertification each year.
• The attached resolution accepts the Annual Evaluation Report of the All Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan for Unincorporated Lake County, Illinois and directs the Planning, Building and Development Department to make the report available on the Department’s website and issue a press release to meet CRS recertification requirements.
• Following the PWPT Committee’s review of the report and recommendation on the resolution, the resolution proceeds to the County Board for final action.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the Lake County Planning, Building and Development Department participates in the Community Rating System (CRS), offered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) as an optional program for communities participating in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP); and
WHEREAS, the CRS program offers flood insurance premium discounts to residents of communities that have demonstrated an extraordinary commitment to protecting residents and reducing flood damages; and
WHEREAS, the Lake County Planning, Building and Development Department is required to apply for CRS recertification annually, before February 1st of each year; and
WHEREAS, a requirement of annual recertification is to compile an Annual Evaluation Report of the All Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan for Unincorporated Lake County, Illinois, summarizing the implementation of the goals described in the All Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan; and
WHEREAS, the report is required to be submitted to the governing body as part of the annual CRS recertification, made available on the Lake County Planning, Building and Development Department website, and a press release is required to be issued; and
WHEREAS, at its meeting on October 5, 2022, the Public Works, Planning and Transportation Committee reviewed the report and recommends its acceptance.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Lake County Board accepts the Annual Evaluation Report of the All Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan for Unincorporated Lake County, Illinois and directs the Planning, Building and Development Department to make the report available on the Department’s website and issue a press release.
DATED, at Waukegan, Illinois, on October 11, 2022.