(70 ILCS 1707/15)
Sec. 15. Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning; structure.
(a) The Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning is established as a political subdivision, body politic, and municipal corporation. The Board shall be responsible for developing and adopting a funding and implementation strategy for an integrated land use and transportation planning process for the northeastern Illinois region.
(b) (Blank.)
(c) The Board shall consist of 15 voting members as
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(1) One member from DuPage County appointed |
| cooperatively by the mayors of DuPage County and the chief elected county official of DuPage County. | |
(2) One member representing both Kane and Kendall |
| Counties appointed cooperatively by the mayors of Kane County and Kendall County and the chief elected county officials of Kane County and Kendall County. | |
(3) One member from Lake County appointed |
| cooperatively by the mayors of Lake County and the chief elected county official of Lake County. | |
(4) One member from McHenry County appointed |
| cooperatively by the mayors of McHenry County and the chief elected county official of McHenry County. | |
(5) One member from Will County appointed |
| cooperatively by the mayors of Will County and the chief elected county official of Will County. | |
(6) Five members from the City of Chicago appointed |
| by the Mayor of the City of Chicago. | |
(7) One member from that portion of Cook County |
| outside of the City of Chicago appointed by the President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners. | |
(8) Four members from that portion of Cook County |
| outside of the City of Chicago appointed, with the consent of the President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners, as follows: | |
(i) One by the mayors representing those |
| communities in Cook County that are outside of the City of Chicago and north of Devon Avenue. | |
(ii) One by the mayors representing those |
| communities in Cook County that are outside of the City of Chicago, south of Devon Avenue, and north of Interstate 55, and in addition the Village of Summit. | |
(iii) One by the mayors representing those |
| communities in Cook County that are outside of the City of Chicago, south of Interstate 55, and west of Interstate 57, excluding the communities of Summit, Dixmoor, Posen, Robbins, Midlothian, Oak Forest, and Tinley Park. | |
(iv) One by the mayors representing those |
| communities in Cook County that are outside of the City of Chicago and east of Interstate 57, and, in addition, the communities of Dixmoor, Posen, Robbins, Midlothian, Oak Forest, and Tinley Park. | |
The terms of the members initially appointed to the Board |
| shall begin within 60 days after this Act takes effect. | |
(d) The CMAP Board may appoint non‑voting members of the Board.
(e) (1) The CMAP Board shall create a Wastewater Committee with the responsibility of recommending directly to the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) the appropriateness of proposed requests for modifications and amendments to the established boundaries of wastewater facility planning areas, requests for the creation of new wastewater facility planning areas, requests for the elimination of existing wastewater facility planning areas, requests for new or expanded sewage treatment facilities, or any other amendments to the State of Illinois Water Quality Management Plan required under the federal Clean Water Act. The Chairmanship of the Wastewater Committee shall rotate every 24 months between the individuals described in subsections (e)(2)(iv) and (e)(2)(v) with the individual identified in subsection (e)(2)(v) serving as chairman for the initial 24‑month period commencing on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly.
(2) The Wastewater Committee shall consist of 5 |
| members of the CMAP Board designated as follows: | |
(i) One member of the Wastewater Committee shall |
| be one of the CMAP Board members designated in subsection (c)(1) through (c)(5). | |
(ii) One member of the Wastewater Committee shall |
| be one of the CMAP Board members designated in subsection (c)(6). | |
(iii) One member of the Wastewater Committee |
| shall be one of the CMAP Board members designated in subsection (c)(7) or (c)(8). | |
(iv) One member of the Wastewater Committee shall |
| be a person appointed by the President of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (and who does not need to serve on the CMAP Board). | |
(v) One member of the Wastewater Committee shall |
| be a person appointed by the President of the largest statewide association of wastewater agencies (and who does not need to serve on the CMAP Board). | |
(3) Terms of the members of the Wastewater Committee |
| shall be consistent with those identified in Section 25, except that the term of the member of the Wastewater Committee appointed by the President of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago shall expire on July 1, 2009, and the term of the member of the Wastewater Committee appointed by the President of the largest statewide association of wastewater agencies shall expire on July 1, 2009. | |
(f) With the exception of matters considered and |
| recommended by the Wastewater Committee directly to the IEPA, which shall require only a concurrence of a simple majority of the Wastewater Committee members in office, concurrence of four‑fifths of the Board members in office is necessary for the Board to take any action. | |
(Source: P.A. 94‑510, eff. 8‑9‑05; 95‑677, eff. 10‑11‑07.) |
(70 ILCS 1707/25)
Sec. 25. Operations.
(a) Each appointing authority shall give notice of its Board appointments to each other appointing authority, to the Board, and to the Secretary of State. Within 30 days after his or her appointment and before entering upon the duties of the office, each Board member shall take and subscribe to the constitutional oath of office and file it with the Secretary of State. Board members shall hold office for a term of 4 years or until successors are appointed and qualified. The terms of the initial Board members shall expire as follows:
(1) The terms of the member from DuPage County and
| the member representing both Kane and Kendall Counties shall expire on July 1, 2007. | |
(2) The terms of those members from Lake, McHenry, |
| and Will Counties shall expire on July 1, 2009. | |
(3) As designated at the time of appointment, the |
| terms of 2 members from the City of Chicago shall expire on July 1, 2007 and the terms of 3 members from the City of Chicago shall expire on July 1, 2009. | |
(4) The term of the member appointed by the President |
| of the Cook County Board of Commissioners shall expire on July 1, 2007. | |
(5) The terms of those members appointed, with the |
| consent of the President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners, by the mayors representing those communities in Cook County that are outside of the City of Chicago and north of Devon Avenue shall expire on July 1, 2007. | |
(6) The terms of those members appointed, with the |
| consent of the President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners, by the mayors representing those communities in Cook County that are outside of the City of Chicago, south of Interstate 55, and west of Interstate 57, excluding the communities of Summit, Dixmoor, Posen, Robbins, Midlothian, Oak Forest, and Tinley Park, shall expire on July 1, 2007. | |
(7) The terms of those members appointed, with the |
| consent of the President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners, by the mayor representing those communities in Cook County that are outside of the City of Chicago, south of Devon Avenue, and north of Interstate 55, and, in addition, the Village of Summit, shall expire on July 1, 2009. | |
(8) The terms of those members appointed, with the |
| consent of the President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners, by the mayors representing those communities in Cook County that are outside of the City of Chicago and east of Interstate 57, and, in addition, the communities of Dixmoor, Posen, Robbins, Midlothian, Oak Forest, and Tinley Park, shall expire on July 1, 2009. | |
(b) If a vacancy occurs, the appropriate appointing authority shall fill the vacancy by an appointment for the unexpired term. Board members shall receive no compensation, but shall be reimbursed for expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.
(c) The Board shall be so appointed as to represent the City of Chicago, that part of Cook County outside the City of Chicago, and that part of the metropolitan region outside of Cook County on a one man one vote basis. Within 6 months after the release of each certified federal decennial census, the Board shall review its composition and, if a change is necessary in order to comply with the representation requirements of this subsection (c), shall recommend the necessary revision for approval by the General Assembly.
(d) Regular meetings of the Board shall be held at least once in each calendar quarter. The time and place of Board meetings shall be fixed by resolution of the Board. Special meetings of the Board may be called by the chairman or a majority of the Board members. A written notice of the time and place of any special meeting shall be provided to all Board members at least 3 days prior to the date fixed for the meeting, except that if the time and place of a special meeting is fixed at a regular meeting at which all Board members are present, no such written notice is required. A majority of the Board members in office constitutes a quorum for the purpose of convening a meeting of the Board.
(e) The meetings of the Board shall be held in compliance with the Open Meetings Act. The Board shall maintain records in accordance with the provisions of the State Records Act.
(f) At its initial meeting and its first regular meeting after July 1 of each year thereafter, the Board from its membership shall appoint a chairman and may appoint vice chairmen and shall provide the term and duties of those officers pursuant to its bylaws. Before entering upon duties of office, the chairman shall execute a bond with corporate sureties to be approved by the Board and shall file it with the principal office of the Board. The bond shall be payable to the Board in whatever penal sum may be directed and shall be conditioned upon the faithful performance of the duties of office and the payment of all money received by the chairman according to law and the orders of the Board. The Board may appoint, from time to time, an executive committee and standing and ad hoc committees to assist in carrying out its responsibilities.
(Source: P.A. 94‑510, eff. 8‑9‑05; 95‑677, eff. 10‑11‑07.) |
(70 ILCS 1707/35)
Sec. 35. General powers and authority. In addition to any other rights, powers, duties, or obligations granted to the Board under this Act or specifically granted to the Board under any other law, the Board has all of the following general powers and authority:
(1) To sue and be sued in its official name.
(2) To enter into agreements with units of local
| government, transportation agencies, State agencies, federal agencies, and persons in order to implement any of the provisions of this Act, including agreements for specialized planning services. | |
(3) To accept and expend, for purposes consistent |
| with the purposes of this Act, funds and moneys from any source, including gifts, bequests, grants, appropriations, loans, or contributions made by any person, unit of local government, the State, or the federal government. | |
(4) To enter into contracts or other transactions |
| with any unit of local government, transportation agency, State agency, public or private organization, or any other source in furtherance of the purpose of this Act, and to take any necessary action in order to avail itself of such aid and cooperation. | |
(5) To purchase, receive, take by grant, gift, |
| devise, or bequest, lease, or otherwise acquire, own, hold, improve, employ, use, and otherwise deal in and with real or personal property, or any interest therein, wherever situated. | |
(6) To adopt, alter, or repeal its own bylaws and any |
| rules that the Board deems necessary in governing the exercise of its authority and the performance of its duties under this Act. | |
(7) To make purchases under this Act in compliance |
| with the Local Government Prompt Payment Act. | |
(8) To adopt an annual operating budget and work |
| program for each fiscal year and make appropriations in accordance with the Illinois Municipal Budget Law and to have the power to expend such budgeted moneys. | |
(9) To exercise any other implied powers that are |
| necessary or convenient for the Board to accomplish its purposes and that are not inconsistent with its expressed powers. | |
(10) To cooperate with any planning agency of a state |
| contiguous to the region in order to integrate and coordinate plans for development of urban areas in that state with the regional comprehensive plan developed under this Act. | |
(Source: P.A. 94‑510, eff. 8‑9‑05.) |
(70 ILCS 1707/45)
Sec. 45. Regional comprehensive plan. At intervals not to exceed every 5 years, or as needed to be consistent with federal law, the Board shall develop a regional comprehensive plan that integrates land use and transportation. The regional comprehensive plan and any modifications to it shall be developed cooperatively by the Board, with the involvement of citizens, units of local government, business and labor organizations, environmental organizations, transportation and planning agencies, State agencies, private and civic organizations, public and private providers of transportation, and land preservation agencies. Any elements of the regional comprehensive plan or modifications that relate to transportation shall be developed cooperatively with the Policy Committee. Units of local government shall continue to maintain control over land use and zoning decisions.
Scope of Regional Comprehensive Plan. The Regional Comprehensive Plan shall present the goals, policies, guidelines, and recommendations to guide the physical development of the Region. It shall include, but shall not be limited to:
(a) Official forecasts for overall growth and change and an evaluation of alternative scenarios for the future of the Region including alternatives for public and private investments in housing, economic development, preservation of natural resources, transportation, water supply, flood control, sewers, and other physical infrastructure. It shall present a preferred plan that makes optimum use of public and private resources to achieve the goals of the Plan.
(b) Land use and transportation policies that reflect the relationship of transportation to land use, economic development, the environment, air quality, and energy consumption; foster the efficient movement of people and goods; coordinate modes of transportation; coordinate planning among federal agencies, state agencies, transportation agencies, and local governments; and address the safety and equity of transportation services across the Region.
(c) A plan for a coordinated and integrated transportation system for the region consisting of a multimodal network of facilities and services to be developed over a 20‑year period to support efficient movement of people and goods. The transportation system plan shall include statements of minimum levels of service that describe the performance for each mode in order to meet the goals and policies of the Plan.
(d) A listing of proposed public investment priorities in transportation and other public facilities and utilities of regional significance. The list shall include a project description, an identification of the responsible agency, the timeframe that the facility or utility is proposed for construction or installation, an estimate of costs, and sources of public and private revenue for covering such costs.
(e) The criteria and procedures proposed for evaluating and ranking projects in the Plan and for the allocation of transportation funds.
(f) Measures to best coordinate programs of local governments, transportation agencies, and State agencies to promote the goals and policies of the Regional Comprehensive Plan.
(g) Proposals for model ordinances and agreements that may be enacted by local governments.
(h) Recommendations for legislation as may be necessary to fully implement the Regional Comprehensive Plan.
(i) Developing components for regional functional issues including:
(1) A regional housing component that documents the
| needs for housing in the region and the extent to which private‑sector and public‑sector programs are meeting those needs; provides the framework for and facilitates planning for the housing needs of the region, including the need for affordable housing, especially as it relates to the location of such housing proximate to job sites, and develops sound strategies, programs and other actions to address the need for housing choice throughout the region. | |
(2) A regional freight component, the purpose of |
| which is to create an efficient system of moving goods that supports economic growth of the region and sound regional and community development by identifying investments in freight facilities of regional, State, and national significance that will be needed to eliminate existing and forecasted bottlenecks and inefficiencies in the functioning of the region's freight network; recommending improvements in the operation and management of the freight network; and recommending policies to effect the efficient multi‑modal movement of goods to, through, and from the region. | |
(3) A component for protecting and enhancing the |
| environment and the region's natural resources the purpose of which is to improve the region's environmental health, quality of life, and community well‑being by defining and protecting environmentally critical areas; encouraging development that does not harm environmentally critical areas; promoting sustainable land use and transportation practices and policies by local governments. | |
(4) Optionally, other regional components for |
| services and facilities, including, but not limited to: water, sewer, transportation, solid waste, historic preservation, and flood control. Such plans shall provide additional goals, policies, guidelines, and supporting analyses that add detail, and are consistent with, the adopted Regional Comprehensive Plan. | |
(Source: P.A. 94‑510, eff. 8‑9‑05; 95‑677, eff. 10‑11‑07.) |