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Lake County considers aiding Bull Creek Restoration Project

Meeting 07

At a meeting this week, the Lake County Planning, Building and Zoning Committee considered a resolution to allocate $421,618 for the Bull Creek Restoration Project in Beach Park.

The Planning, Building and Zoning Committee is responsible for land use planning, comprehensive planning, and building and zoning issues.

Below is the agenda for this meeting, as provided by the committee.

Tuesday, June 7, 2016

9:00 AM

Lake County Illinois

Lake County Courthouse and Administrative Complex

18 N. County Street

Waukegan, IL 60085-4351

Assembly Room, 10th Floor

Planning, Building and Zoning Committee

Agenda Report - Final

Planning, Building and Zoning June 7, 2016

Committee

Agenda Report - Final

1.0 Call to Order

2.0 Pledge of Allegiance

3.0 Approval of Minutes

3.1 16-0505

Minutes from the March 1, 2016 Meeting

4.0 Added to Agenda

5.0 Public Comment

6.0 New Business

Joint Committe Item

6.1 16-0503

Joint resolution authorizing an Emergency Appropriation (EA) in the amount of $421,618 in the Stormwater Management Commission budget (Fund 212) to be reimbursed by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) through a grant from the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Grant Number (FAIN) GL-00E01926-0 for the Bull Creek Restoration Project in Beach Park, Illinois.

· SMC has entered into an agreement with the United States Environmental Protection

Agency (USEPA) for a grant from the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Program to

stabilize and restore a 1,500 foot reach at Bull Creek in Beach Park, Illinois.

· SMC will administer the grant and will manage the contract and implementation of the

bioengineering practices for the stream and bluff restoration.

· SMC is cooperating with the Village of Beach Park and the Bull Creek Stakeholders

Association on this project.

· No local matching funds are required for this grant.

6.2 16-0504

An ordinance adopting the Buffalo Creek Watershed Based Plan as an Amendment to the

Lake County Comprehensive Stormwater Management Plan.

· SMC worked with multiple watershed stakeholders including; the Buffalo Creek Clean

Water Partnership (BCCWP); 9 municipalities; along with Lake and Cook County to

develop the watershed-based plan.

· SMC held public meetings, a public hearing and a public review period for the draft

watershed-based plan report.

· SMC adopted the Buffalo Creek Watershed Based Plan as an Amendment to the Lake

County Comprehensive Stormwater Management Plan on April 7, 2016.

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Planning, Building and Zoning June 7, 2016

Committee

Agenda Report - Final

Permits and Enforcement

6.3 16-0501

An ordinance amending Chapter 94: Public Nuisances, of the Lake County Code of

Ordinances to expand available pre-violation notice options for enforcement staff.

· Currently, certain violation types in the Public Nuisance Ordinance require an initial

inspection and the issuance of an official warning ticket.

· The Planning, Building & Development Department presented scenarios to the

committee at the March, 2016 committee meeting in which an initial inspection and

warning ticket is unnecessary burdensome and inefficient.

· Staff worked with the State’s Attorney’s Office on proposed amendments to the

Ordinance that gives the department the option to dispense with the pre-violation

inspection and ticket requirement and allows the use of such process on a discretionary

basis, by administrative policy.

7.0 County Administrator's Report

8.0 Director's Report

9.0 Adjournment

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