Title/Name/Summary
CMAP LTA Water Use Conservation Strategic Plan & Ordinance - Informational
History
QUICKFACTS
Project
Water Use Conservation Strategic Plan and Ordinance - 2012-0035
Petitioner
Village of Orland Park
Purpose
The purpose of this item is to inform the Village Board of Trustees about the status of the Water Conservation Strategy using a draft project breakdown summarizing all the components of the strategy prepared by CMAP through the Local Technical Assistance program in 2012.
The intent of the project breakdown is to consider and implement each component of the CMAP strategy report separately rather than adopt the report wholesale. In this way, the Village Board will see and decide each component systematically and comprehensively.
Requested Actions: This is an informational report. No actions are requested.
Attachments: Water Conservation Strategy Project Breakdown
BACKGROUND
In 2011, the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) awarded the Village a Local Technical Assistance (LTA) grant to develop a new water conservation strategy and ordinance. That strategy was developed through public and stakeholder meetings through 2011 and 2012. The intent of the project was to develop a new Village-wide water use conservation strategy and ordinance that is in line with the Northeastern Illinois Regional Water Supply/ Demand Plan (a.k.a. Water 2050 Plan) and the Model Water Use Conservation Ordinance, both coordinated by CMAP steering committees.
A completed strategy report by CMAP was presented to the Village Board in June 2012 with a set of recommendations to undertake water conservation measures and practices. At that time, the Board requested that the Village work with neighboring municipalities to develop a combined regional approach toward water conservation.
Throughout 2012 and into the first quarter of 2013, the Village worked with high level representatives from Tinley Park, Mokena, New Lenox and Oak Forest to devel...
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