HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTION - 122-80 - 12/16/1980 - DUPAGE CTY MEMORAN OF UNDERSTANDINGRESOLUTION NO. 122-80
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
BETWEEN DU PAGE COUNTY REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE VILLAGE
OF ELK GROVE VILLAGE CONCERNING INPUTS TO THE COUNTYWIDE WATER QUALITY
COORDINATING COMMITTEE AND THE AREAWIDE WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT PLAN
WHEREAS, the maintenance of the quality of the surface and subsurface
waters in Du Page County area is essential to the protection of the public
health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of the area and the quality of
these waters is threatened by point and non -point source pollutants; and
WHEREAS, the Areawide Water duality Management Plan for Northeastern
Illinois recommends strategies and processes for controlling these pollutants
and for maintaining and enhancing water quality in the county area; and
WHEREAS, the designated water quality management agencies in DuPage County
have accepted their responsibilities to implement portions of that plan, which
will require coordinated and cooperative action by the management agencies; and
WHEREAS, the DuPage County Regional Planning Commission has agreed to serve
as the countywide water quality coordinating committee as; called for in the Area -
wide Water Quality Management Plan and the Memorandum of Understanding attached
hereto and made a part hereof; and
WHEREAS, the objective of this committee is to aid in implementing the
Areawide Water Quality Management Plan, and the State Water Quality Management
Plan of which it is a part, by providing an advisory, cooperative forum through
which the designated management agencies, non-governmental groups and private
citizens interested in water quality can communicate with each other and reach
joint advisory decisions on management matters; resolve conflicts or refer them
to appropriate authorities for resolution; monitor progress in implementing the
plan; and maintain liaison with coordinating bodies in other counties and at the
drainage basin and areawide scales; and
WHEREAS, the Regional Planning Commission in this role is not intended to
be an enforcement agency having the capacity to require compliance by local
governments with the plan, nor will it provide direct services to the general
public, or to the local governments in this regard,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the undersigned designated management
agency agrees to become a party and authorizes the Village President to sign the
attached Memorandum of Understanding which continues in effect until September 30,
19$1 and from year to year thereafter. The undersigned has the right to discontinue
participation by providing 30 days written notice to the Regional Planning Commission
prior to any anniversary date. Any requests for amendment of this Memorandum of
Understanding shall be provided in writing to the undersigned designated management
agency for its concurrence.
Section 1. That this resolution shall be in full force and effect from
and after its passage and approval according to law.
PASSED this
16th
day
of
December
1980.
APPROVED this
16th
day
of
December
1980.
Charles J. Zettek
Village President
ATTEST:
Village Clerk