Forest Preserve District of Cook County - File #: 20-0463

• File #: 20-0463
• Version: 2
• Name: HONORING AND THANKING WENDY PAULSON FOR HER SERVICE AS THE INAUGURAL CHAIR OF THE CONSERVATION AND POLICY COUNCIL
• Type: Consent Calendar Resolution
• Status: Approved
• File created: 11/22/2020
• In control: FPD Board of Commissioners
• On agenda: 12/15/2020
• Final action: 12/15/2020
• Title: PROPOSED RESOLUTION HONORING AND THANKING WENDY PAULSON FOR HER SERVICE AS THE INAUGURAL CHAIR OF THE CONSERVATION AND POLICY COUNCIL WHEREAS, the Forest Preserve District of Cook County Conservation and Policy Council (the "Council") advises the Forest Preserves' President, Board of Commissioners and General Superintendent; develops and annually updates a strategic plan to operationalize the Next Century Conservation Plan; and reviews and makes recommendations for the annual budget, conservation policies and practices, and long-term strategic issues; and WHEREAS, the Next Century Conservation Plan lays out a set of bold actions to make Cook County a national leader in urban conservation. It highlights the Forest Preserves of Cook County as one of the region's greatest assets for the environment, the economy, and quality of life, while suggesting that its fragile native ecosystems are at risk. The plan calls for Cook County to make a massive commitment to habitat restoration, expand...
• Sponsors: TONI PRECKWINKLE (President), FRANK J. AGUILAR, ALMA E. ANAYA, LUIS ARROYO JR., SCOTT R. BRITTON, JOHN P. DALEY, DENNIS DEER, BRIDGET DEGNEN, BRIDGET GAINER, BRANDON JOHNSON, BILL LOWRY, DONNA MILLER, STANLEY MOORE, KEVIN B. MORRISON, SEAN M. MORRISON, PETER N. SILVESTRI, DEBORAH SIMS, LARRY SUFFREDIN

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
12/15/2020	2	FPD Board of Commissioners	approve	Pass

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PROPOSED RESOLUTION

HONORING AND THANKING WENDY PAULSON FOR HER SERVICE AS THE INAUGURAL CHAIR OF THE CONSERVATION AND POLICY COUNCIL

WHEREAS, the Forest Preserve District of Cook County Conservation and Policy Council (the "Council") advises the Forest Preserves' President, Board of Commissioners and General Superintendent; develops and annually updates a strategic plan to operationalize the Next Century Conservation Plan; and reviews and makes recommendations for the annual budget, conservation policies and practices, and long-term strategic issues; and

WHEREAS, the Next Century Conservation Plan lays out a set of bold actions to make Cook County a national leader in urban conservation. It highlights the Forest Preserves of Cook County as one of the region's greatest assets for the environment, the economy, and quality of life, while suggesting that its fragile native ecosystems are at risk. The plan calls for Cook County to make a massive commitment to habitat restoration, expand protected lands by at least 30%, and make the preserves more accessible to the diverse people of Cook County; and

WHEREAS, the Council was created by this body's ordinance in 2014 and charged with developing and annually updating a five-year strategic and financial plan to operationalize the Next Century Conservation Plan; recommending annual adoption of updated implementation strategies; reviewing the Forest Preserves' annual budget and making recommendations concerning its alignment with strategic and financial plans, conservation policies and practices, and opportunities to maximize public and private financial resources to accomplish conservation goals and initiatives; and providing public recommendations to improve the Forest Preserves' operations and conservation leadership; and

WHEREAS, Ms. Paulson was appointed and approved as the inaugural Chair of the Conservation and Policy Council on November 18, 2014 and quickly established an operational culture within the Coun...