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Joint resolution authorizing an emergency appropriation in the amount of $9,427,455.61 for the North Chicago Storm Sewer Project by the Stormwater Management Commission (SMC) funded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Legislative Pre-Disaster Mitigation (LPDM) program through the Illinois Emergency Management Agency (IEMA).
Staff Summary
• SMC has entered into an agreement with the IEMA for a grant (LPDM-PJ-05-IL-2022-002) to develop and implement the North Chicago Storm Sewer Project.
• The amount of the grant agreement is $9,427,455.61 of which $7,070,591 is federal contributions and $2,356,864.61 is the required non-federal contributions.
• The improvements include removing and replacing undersized storm sewers at Berwyn and Bittersweet Avenue, installing a new relief stormsewer at Bittersweet Avenue/IL Route 41, removing existing culvert at Virginia Drive, upgrading the culvert at Alabama Avenue, and modifying the Skokie River channel to create a widened two-stage channel from Buckley Road south to the Elgin Joliet and Eastern Railway at the Naval Station Great Lakes.
• Emergency appropriations are needed for the project cost of $9,427,455.61 which is not included in the current fiscal year budget. SMC will use funding for project expenditures which will be reimbursed by the IEMA.
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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the Lake County Stormwater Management Commission (SMC) is undertaking one of four of the Lake County’s 2022 Priority Flood Mitigation projects through the Illinois Emergency Management Agency (IEMA) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Legislative Pre-Disaster Mitigation (LPDM) Program to in Lake County which are subject to ravine erosion and repetitive flooding; and
WHEREAS, the Stormwater Management Commission has entered into an agreement with the Illinois Emergency Management Agency to develop and implement the North Chicago Storm Sewer Project, which includes design, engineering, construction, and final site restoration; and
WHEREAS, the SMC has authorized staff time for grant management and technical services toward the cost of implementing the North Chicago Storm Sewer Project grant; and
WHEREAS, the local units of government, the Illinois Department of Transportation, and SMC will provide the non-federal cost share in the form of cash and in-kind services for project costs and program administration revenue; and
WHEREAS, the SMC has entered into an agreement with IEMA to receive $9,427,455.61 for the LPDM Grant and this amount is not included in the current fiscal year budget.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that an emergency appropriation in the amount of $9,427,455.61 is hereby authorized in the Stormwater Management Commission Fund Revenue Account (212-4208102-45350-000-000-000-00000); for the FEMA Legislative Pre-Disaster Mitigation (LPDM-PJ-05-IL-2022-002) Program grant; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a corresponding emergency appropriation be made in the amount of $9,427,455.61 in the Stormwater Management Commission Fund Expense Account (212-4208102-79950-000-000-000-00000); for the FEMA Legislative Pre-Disaster Mitigation (LPDM-PJ-05-IL-2022-002) Program grant.
DATED, at Waukegan, Illinois, on November 15, 2022.