kendall county board agenda adjourned september meeting

Health & Environment Committee Minutes
March 17, 2010
3:30 pm.
County Board Room
Call to Order: Chair John Shaw called the meeting to order at 3:30p.m. Ms. Flowers, Ms Parr and Ms.
Petrella were present. Also present: Jerry Dudgeon and Jeff Wilkins
Ms. Petrella moved to approve the minutes of the February 17, 2010 meeting. Ms. Flowers seconded
the motion. Motion carried.
Old Business — Jerry Dudgeon and Jeff Wilkins presented information concerning the Northwest Water
Planning Area (NWPA) & Water Planning Area Group to the committee. The purpose of the formation of
this group is to provide regional/sub regional planning for issues relating to water supply with the
designated NWPA. The initial focus of the group is summarized into 10 goals. A geographic delineation
was provided. The Council of Government includes: Lake County Municipal League; McHenry County
Council of Government; Northwest Municipal Conference; Barrington Area Council of Government;
Metro West Council of Government; Kane, Kendall, McHenry, DeKaIb & Lake Counties. There is a nonrefundable
$500 formation fee per Executive Member. Included in the packet was a letter from Tom
Weisner, Mayor of Aurora whose concluding remarks are worth including: “Top-down decisions
imposed by the legislature or by authorized organizations whose leadership is neither local nor elected
are not the answer to the challenges we face. Local entities who supply water to their residents, who
have the greatest concentration of expertise in the water supply field and who invest billions of dollars
in necessary water infrastructure should have the primary role of cooperatively planning for the future
water supply of this region. We are aware of the need and we accept the responsibility.”
Status Reports
4 Farmland Protection —The next meeting is planned for March 2gth at 6PM at the U of I Extension
Office
4 Ground Water—Jerry Dudgeon reported:
> A meeting was held on Wednesday, March 10, 2010 with Valerie Burd, Bart Olson, Anne
Vickery, Jeff Wilkins, Mary Randall and Jerry to discuss a proposal for a joint council of
government/counties partnership for water supply planning in a five-county area of
northeastern Illinois. Metro West along with other COG’s (Councils of Government)in the
western suburbs developed a proposal for a voluntary partnership between municipalities
and counties to address water supply and have been invited to present the proposal at
CMAP’s Water Summit on March 22M1.
> The Stormwater Technical Committee will be meeting Tuesday, March 23rd at 1:00PM.
Adjournment — Ms. Flowers moved to adjourn the meeting at 4:00 p.m. Ms. Parr seconded.
Mimi Bryan
Admin. Asst./Recorder