1978-06-26 - Resolution 1978-25 - Statement of BG President and Board of Trustees on the Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission's Areawide Water Quality Management Plan (208) RESOLUTION NO. 78- 25
STATEMENT OF BUFFALO GROVE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES
ON THE NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS PLANNING COMMISSION'S AREAWIDE
WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT PLAN (208)
WHEREAS, the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments
of 1972 (Public Law 92-500) were directed to "restoring and main-
taining the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the
nation's waterways" , and
WHEREAS, Section 208 of this law required that areawide plans
for controlling pollution from all sources be developed in urban-
industrial areas such as Northeastern Illinois, and
WHEREAS, pursuant to this law, the Northeastern Illinois
Planning Commission has developed an areawide Water Quality Manage-
ment Plan.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the President and Board of
Trustees of the Village of Buffalo Grove, Cook and Lake Counties,
Illinois that:
1. The Village of Buffalo Grove hereby supports the following
statements regarding the Areawide Water Quality Management Plan:
a. There is a serious water quality problem in
Northeastern Illinois due to combined sewer
overflows, urban storm water runoff, agricultural
runoff, unsatisfactory septic systems, soil
erosion, and sewage treatment plant discharges.
The Village of Buffalo Grove has recognized this
problem and has enforced various ordinances and
programs in order to alleviate the problem.
b. There are areas within Northeastern Illinois
which have not adequately met the obligation
of reducing pollution in our waterways.
c. Pollution is not strictly a local problem. It
transcends governmental boundaries. Therefore,
what one entity does affect others in the area.
d. An effort needs to be made to find ways to end
pollution, identify its sources, and coordinate
local efforts in solving the problem. The Northeastern
Illinois Planning Commission, through its Areawide
Water Quality Management Plan, has made this effort.
2 . The Village of Buffalo Grove cannot fully support the North-
eastern Illinois Planning Commission's Areawide Water Quality Manage-
ment Plan until the following conditions are met and questions are
answered:
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a. The year 2000 service area within the Southeast
Lake Facilities Planning Area should be expanded
to include Buffalo Groves entire planning area
as defined in the Village's adopted 1990 Land Use
Plan.
b. The plan states that "Municipalities should work
toward a reduction of pollutants in storm water
runoff from already urbanized areas of 25 percent
and of 50 percent from newly urbanizing areas of
present 1976 surface loadings on impervious areas" .
This is not an equitable statement. Under this
recommendation, communities who have actively
worked at methods of reducing pollution due to urban-
ization would have to do much more to reduce their
1976 levels by 25 and 50 percent than communities
which, up until now, have done nothing. All of the
recommendations in the plan for reducing urban storm
water runoff should be given a percentage value. In
this way, each community could implement its own
program for reducing pollution by the recommended levels.
c. The actual cost of this program to the Village of
Buffalo Grove and other local units of government should
be determined in order that the costs of this Plan
to the Village can be anticipated, evaluated, and
budgeted. Also, it is not clear if the Illinois
Environmental Protection Agency would have the authority
to review our annual budget in order to determine
whether or not we are spending enough on water quality
management.
d. The Village of Buffalo Grove cannot support the North-
eastern Illinois Planning Commission recommendation for
a County Water Quality Committee management system. Be-
cause water quality maintenance transcends county
boundaries and the fact that the Village would have to
contend with two different and separate management
systems to implement a Village wide water quality
program, the county management system will not be an
efficient and effective means of managing and implementing
a water quality program. Rather, the Village would
support a management system based upon river basin
designation which will better provide for a coordinated
effort by all jurisdications affected by a specific
water quality issue.
The President and Board of Trustees vigorously urges the North-
eastern Illinois Planning Commission to give serious consideration
to these questions and recommendations prior to final adoption of
the Plan and submittal to the ,Governor of the State of Illinois.
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AYES: 5 - Bogart, Marienthal , Stone, Mendenhall , Kandel
NAYES: 0 None
ABSENT: 1 - Rech
PASSED: June 26, , 1978
APPROVED: June 26, , 1978
APPROVED
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Village President
ATTEST:
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