HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - R-17-022 - 11/20/2017 - MCHENRY COUNTY NATURAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLANRESOLUTION R-17-022
CITY OF MCHENRY, MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS
ADOPTION OF THE MCHENRY COUNTY
NATURAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN
WHEREAS, McHenry County is subject to flooding, severe summer and winter
storms, tornadoes, drought, and other natural hazards that can damage property, close
businesses, disrupt traffic, and present a public health and safety hazard; and
WHEREAS, the McHenry County Hazard Mitigation Planning Committee has prepared a
recommended the McHenry County Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan that reviews the
County's options to protect people and reduce damage from hazards; and
WHEREAS, the McHenry County Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan was developed as
a multi jurisdictional plan has been submitted and approved by Illinois Emergency
Management Agency (IEMA) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); and
WHEREAS, the recommended McHenry County Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan
has been widely circulated for review by residents and federal, state, and regional agencies and
has been supported by those reviewers; and
WHEREAS the preparation and adoption of a community mitigation plan is
a requirement of FEMA in order for McHenry County to be eligible for federal mitigation
funds under Section 104 of the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 (42 USC 5165), and under
44 CFR (Code of Federal Regulations) Part 201.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the McHenry County Natural
t &ggrot ton Plan, August 2017, is hereby adopted as an official plan of the City
BE IF FURTHER RESOLVED, that Ross Polerecky and Ryan Schwalenberg is
hereby appointed as the City of McHenry representative on the McHenry County Hazard
Mitigation Planning Committee and they will keep the City of McHenry apprised of the
mitigation action items undertaken by or reported to the McHenry County Hazard Mitigation
Planning Committee, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the McHenry County Natural Hazards
Mitigation Plan identifies a series of action items. The following action items are hereby
assigned to the City of McHenry as shown below, or to the McHenry County Hazard Mitigation
Planning Committee or department of the McHenry County government. The City of
McHenry shall be responsible for the implementation of the action item within the
City of McHenry as staff resources and funding permit:
Action Item 1: Plan Adoption — City Council, City of McHenry
Action Item 2: Continuation of Mitigation Committee - McHenry County Board.
Action Item 3: Plan Monitoring and Maintenance - McHenry County Hazard Mitigation
Planning Committee.
Action Item 4: Watershed Studies - McHenry County Planning and Development Department.
Action Item 5: Expand Stream Gaging Network - McHenry County Planning and Development
Department.
Action Item 6: Stream Maintenance Programs — City of McHenry
Action Item 7: Prohibited Waterway Dumping Ordinances — City of McHenry
Action Item 8: Mitigation of Public Infrastructure - City of McHenry
Action Item 9: Continued NFIP Compliance — City of McHenry
Action Item 10: Repetitive Loss Areas Study - McHenry County Planning and Development
Department with cooperation of the City of McHenry
Action Item 11: Identification of Floodplain Structures - McHenry County Planning and
Development and GIS Division.
Action Item 12: Investigation of Critical Facilities - McHenry County Emergency Management
Agency and GIS Division
Action Item 13:
Critical Facilities Design with Natural Hazards Protection —
City of McHenry
Action Item 14:
Mitigation of Floodplain Properties - Property Protection Projects -
[City of McHenry
Action Item 15:
Safe Rooms - No Participation
Action Item 16:
Community Rating System Participation - No Participation
Action Item 17:
Urban Forestry - Participation in Tree City USA — City of McHenry
Action Item 18:
Participation in StormReady - No Participation
Action Item 19:
Strengthen Building Codes and Code Enforcement Training -
City of McHenry
Action Item 20: Seek Mitigation Grant Funding for Additional Mitigation Planning and Cost
Beneficial Projects - City of McHenry
Action Item 21: Implementation of the Water Resources Protection Action Plan — McHenry
County Water Resources Department.
Action Item 22: Development of a Public Information Strategy - McHenry County Hazard
Mitigation Planning Committee.
Action Item 23: Property Protection References - City of McHenry
Action Item 24: Warning System for Dunham Township - No Participation
Action Item 25: Power Outages for the Community of Algonquin - No Participation
Action Item 26: Replace Main Drain Tiles in Hebron Township - No Participation
Action Item 27: Tornado Siren at Public Works Facility in the City of McHenry- No Participation
Action Item 28: Review of Storm Sewers/Drainage System Maintenance for the City of McHenry - No
Participation
Action Item 29: Outreach Projects (Seminars, Pamphlets, etc.) in the City of McHenry
Addressing All Hazards - No Participation
Action Item 30: Develop a Reliable Means for Citizens in the McHenry city to Receive Official
Information from the City - - No Participation
Action Item 31: Remote/Regional Salt Storage for McHenry County - No Participation
Action Item 32: Include the McHenry County Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan into Other Plans; -
And;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Clerk is hereby requested to
distribute a certified copy of this Resolution to the McHenry County Emergency
Management Agency Director and IEMA.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this the 20th day of November 2017.
J,
Cit lerk Lynzi Nevitt
ne . ilt, Mayor
VOTING AYE: SCHAEFER, CURRY, SANTI, GLAB, MIHEVC, DEVINE
VOTING NAY: NONE
ABSTAINING: NONE
NOT VOTING: NONE:
ABSENT: CONDON