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McHenry County Hazard Mitigation Plan met November 29. 

Here is the agenda as provided by the committee:

Welcome

Introductions

Review Process

       The Natural Hazard Mitigation Committee formed in 2008, the plan was adopted by resolution in 2010, updated from 2015-2017 and adopted by resolution again in 2017. The approved plan is to be reviewed every year for changes and updates to the action items, with a full plan update every 5 years.

Review of the Action Items 1 - 31

       Changes

       Deletions

County Actions

       Project Updates

           o Action Item 5 Expand Stream Gaging Network (Christensen)

           o Action Item 14 Mitigation of Floodplain Properties (Colletti)

           o Action Item 16 Community Rating System Participation (Colletti)

           o Action Item 19 Strengthen Building Codes and Code Enforcement Training (UDO –Sandquist) updated Building Code requirements, which assisted in increasing CRS rating.

       Future Projects

Jurisdiction Actions

       Project Updates

            o Action Item 17 Participation in Tree City USA (Ellsworth)

            o Action Item 18 Participation in StormReady (D/C Boulden)

            o Action Item 25 Power Outages for the Community of Algonquin (Kilcullen)

            o Action Item 30 Develop a Reliable Means for Citizens in Crystal Lake to receive official information from the city (Chief DeRaedt)

       Future Projects

State of Illinois Updates

       Potential Projects and Available Funding

       Considerations

Public Comments

Adjournment

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