2016-18 RESOLUTION NO. 2016—18
A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE BUFFALO CREEK WATERSHED-BASED
PLAN
WHEREAS, the Buffalo Creek Clean Water Partnership and Buffalo Creek Watershed
stakeholders have been working since 2012 to prepare a comprehensive watershed-based plan
for the Buffalo Creek Watershed (Buffalo Creek Watershed Plan) in Lake and Cook Counties,
Illinois; and
WHEREAS, the Buffalo Creek Watershed Plan was developed through a series of
thirteen planning meetings with the cooperative effort of more than one hundred and twenty
persons representing forty different watershed entities, ranging from individual homeowners
&homeowner associations, consulting companies, businesses, large landowners and non-
profit environmental organizations to local government, county, state and federal agencies that
attended meetings during the planning process, and
WHEREAS, the purpose of the Buffalo Creek Watershed Plan is to identify
opportunities for watershed communities to integrate multi-objective watershed management
in land use and development activities-9 and
WHEREAS, a second purpose of the Buffalo Creek Watershed Plan is to improve
degraded conditions in the watershed by improving water quality, reducing flood damage, and
protecting and enhancing natural resources by implementing best management practices and
programs to retrofit existing problem areas and prevent future problems from occurring; and
WHEREAS, the Buffalo Creek Watershed Plan can guide the successful
implementation of a series of individual site-specific projects and watershed-wide
programmatic actions to: improve water quality, reduce flood damage potential, protect and
enhance natural resources including the watershed's lakes, streams and wetlands; and in
addition, can provide watershed education and recreation opportunities and improve
community cooperation and participation in watershed improvement activities; and
WHEREAS, all public hearing and meeting requirements have been met in the
preparation of the Buffalo Creek Watershed Plan including the required 60-day comment
period; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD
OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF BUFFALO GROVE, COOK AND LAKE
COUNTIES, ILLINOIS that the Village of Buffalo Grove supports the Buffalo Creek
Watershed-based Plan as a guide for Lake and Cook Counties, Illinois.
AYES: 6 — Ben-nati, TrillHig, Stein, Ottenlicirner, Weidenfeld, Johiison
NAYES: 0 - None
ABSENT: 0 - one
PASSED: June 20, 2016.
APPROVED:
.kale 20, 2016.
APPROVED:
Beverly SusMian, Village President
ATTEST-
Janet M. Sirabian, Village Clerk