Board of Commissioners of Cook County - File #: 19-3082

• File #: 19-3082
• Version: 2
• Name: ESTABLISHING THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION OF COOK COUNTY
• Type: Ordinance Amendment
• Status: Approved
• File created: 4/19/2019
• In control: Environment and Sustainability Committee
• On agenda: 4/25/2019
• Final action: 5/23/2019
• Title: PROPOSED ORDINANCE SUBSTITUTE to File 19-3082 PROPOSED ORDINANCE SUBSTITUTE ESTABLISHING THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION OF COOK COUNTY WHEREAS, Cook County Government and the Forest Preserves of Cook County commit herein to combat global warming, which according to National Aeronautics and Space Administration ("NASA") has resulted in detrimental impacts to the Midwest including extreme heat, heavy downpours and flooding affecting infrastructure, health, agriculture, forestry, transportation, air and water quality, and exacerbating risks to the Great Lakes. How Climate is Changing, NASA: GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE, VITAL SIGNS OF THE PLANET (April 12, 2019), https://climate.nasa.gov/effects/. Global warming is expected to depress economic development, while decreasing gross domestic product per capita 23% lower by 2100 and widening income inequality. Marshall Burke, et al., Global non-linear effect of temperature on economic production, 527 NATURE INT'L J. SCI. 235 (2015). BE IT ORDAINED, ...
• Sponsors: BRIDGET DEGNEN, JOHN P. DALEY, BRIDGET GAINER, ALMA E. ANAYA, LUIS ARROYO JR, SCOTT R. BRITTON, DENNIS DEER, BRANDON JOHNSON, BILL LOWRY, DONNA MILLER, STANLEY MOORE, KEVIN B. MORRISON, SEAN M. MORRISON, PETER N. SILVESTRI, DEBORAH SIMS, LARRY SUFFREDIN, JEFFREY R. TOBOLSKI

Date	Ver.	Action By	Motion	Result
5/23/2019	1	Board of Commissioners	approve as substituted	Pass
5/22/2019	1	Environment and Sustainability Committee	waive the rules	Pass
5/22/2019	1	Environment and Sustainability Committee	accept as substituted	Pass
5/22/2019	2	Environment and Sustainability Committee	recommend for approval as substituted	Pass
4/25/2019	1	Board of Commissioners	refer	Pass

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PROPOSED ORDINANCE SUBSTITUTE to File 19-3082
PROPOSED ORDINANCE SUBSTITUTE
ESTABLISHING THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION OF COOK COUNTY

WHEREAS, Cook County Government and the Forest Preserves of Cook County commit herein to combat global warming, which according to National Aeronautics and Space Administration ("NASA") has resulted in detrimental impacts to the Midwest including extreme heat, heavy downpours and flooding affecting infrastructure, health, agriculture, forestry, transportation, air and water quality, and exacerbating risks to the Great Lakes. How Climate is Changing, NASA: GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE, VITAL SIGNS OF THE PLANET (April 12, 2019), https://climate.nasa.gov/effects/. Global warming is expected to depress economic development, while decreasing gross domestic product per capita 23% lower by 2100 and widening income inequality. Marshall Burke, et al., Global non-linear effect of temperature on economic production, 527 NATURE INT'L J. SCI. 235 (2015).
BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners that Chapter 2. Administration Article VI, Boards, Commissions and Committees, Division 6. Environmental Commission, Section 2-550 - 2-570 is hereby enacted as follows:
Sec. 2-550. Short Title
This Division shall be known and may be cited as the Cook County Environmental Commission (Commission).
Sec. 2-551. Purpose
There is hereby created an Environmental Commission to serve the following purpose:
a) Ensure Cook County is a leader in combating global warming.
b) Create a working group of environmental professionals from Cook County's public and private sectors working together to devise and implement initiatives to combat global warming.
c) Promote sustainable legislation and policy aimed at reducing the carbon footprint within the geographic borders of Cook County.
d) Serve as a model for other governments by proactively combatting climate change with innovative and practical environmental initiatives.
Sec. 2-552. Cook County C...