Cook County Flood Risk Information Open Houses Scheduled
General public invited to review preliminary floodplain maps and learn about risk in their community
Release Date: April 19, 2007
Release Number: R5-07-041
CHICAGO, Ill. -- Representatives from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Illinois Department of Natural Resources will be hosting three Flood Risk Information Open Houses for residents of Cook County.
The Open Houses will provide county residents with an opportunity to review a recently completed preliminary Flood Insurance Study (FIS) and its accompanying preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs). The FIS and the FIRMs provide base flood information, delineate areas subject to significant flood hazards within the county, and offer information public officials may use when permitting development in the floodplain.
Cook County Floodplain Mapping and Flood Risk Information Open Houses will be held from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on the following dates:
May 8, 2007
(Tuesday)
South Holland
Community Center
501 E. 170th Street
South Holland, IL
May 9, 2007
(Wednesday)
Mount Prospect
Public Library
Meeting Room A
10 S. Emerson Street
Mount Prospect, IL
May 10, 2007
(Thursday)
University of Illinois-Chicago
Student Center East, Rm 302
750 S. Halsted Street
Chicago, IL
Convenient parking is available at each location. The South Holland Community Center and the Mount Prospect Public Library offer free parking in adjacent lots; the University of Illinois-Chicago location has a parking structure across the street from the Student Center with reasonable rates, or metered street parking may be available.
The Open House will be staffed with representatives from various local, state and federal agencies, who will provide the most current information about flood risk, flood insurance, floodplain development regulations, and the process for floodplain mapping within Cook County. The newly prepared preliminary floodplain maps will be on display.
Once the maps become effective, they will be used by floodplain permit officials, builders and developers, lenders, realtors, insurance agents, and the general public to determine flood risk, develop mitigation measures, and encourage wise and responsible risk management decision-making.
Property owners, realtors, lenders, and insurance agents are urged to attend and take advantage of this opportunity to learn more about flood risk and hazard mitigation within their community. For more information, contact Shelly Fuller of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources at (847) 608-3100 x2018.
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Last Modified: Friday, 20-Apr-2007 10:02:30