Stormwater Management

Stormwater Management
Cory Horton, Chief Stormwater Engineer

Planning & Development
Director Dennis Sandquist AICP
Phone: 815/334-4560 Fax: 815/337-3720

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Environmental & Wetland Consultants	Stormwater Technical Reference Manual	Watershed Map	Floodplain Resources

Stormwater Information

The McHenry County Stormwater Management Ordinance may be purchased at the Department of Planning and Development or downloaded from this page.

Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRM) are maps which are prepared by FEMA that depict the Special Flood Hazard Area within a community. These maps are available from FEMA a Division of U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Map Service Center. Link to FEMA website. Note: Click option 4 to get FEMA issued Flood maps (index is last item on page 5).

Stormwater Commission

The purpose of the McHenry County Stormwater Commission is to manage and mitigate the effects of development on stormwater drainage in McHenry County by enforcing a countywide Stormwater Management Ordinance that sets minimum standards for floodplain and stormwater management.

The Commission meets the fourth Thursday of every other month at 7:30 a.m. McHenry County Administrative Building, 667 Ware Rd. Woodstock, Conference Room B.

Click here to view the 2012 Stormwater Commission meeting calendar including agendas and minutes

Stormwater Commission Members

Paula Yensen, County Board Member (Stormwater Commission Chairman)

Tom Kierna, Village of Cary, (Stormwater Commission Vice-Chair)

Nick Provenzano, County Board Member (Stormwater Commission Secretary)

Robert Wagner, President of Union (Stormwater Commission Treasurer)

Peter Merkel, County Board Member
Aaron Shepley, Mayor of Crystal Lake

Erik Morimoto, Alternate,
Sue Low, Mayor of McHenry

Douglas Martin, Alternate
Stan Duda, President of Prairie Grove

Jeannine Smith, Alternate
Brian Sager, Mayor of Woodstock

Alan Wilson, Alternate
Mary McCann, County Board Member,

Donna Kurtz, County Board Member

Technical Advisory Committee
The purpose of the Technical Advisory Committee is to assist the McHenry County Stormwater Commission by providing technical recommendations on matters such as amendments to the Stormwater Management Ordinance and the Technical Reference Manual. The Committee meets the fourth Thursday of every month.

667 Ware Rd. Woodstock, Conference Room B.

Click here to view the 2012 Technical Advisory meeting calendar including agendas and minutes

Members	Alternate Representatives
Stephen Bicking – SEC Group (Vice-Chair)	Ralph Stark – HR Green
Pat Bleck, Bleck Engineering	Joy Corona, Bleck Engineering
John Isbell, City of Woodstock	Jeff VanLanduyt, City of Woodstock
Fred Mullard, Village of Lake in the Hills	Guy Fehrman, Village of Lake in the Hills
Graig Neville, Manhard (Chairman)	Peter Manhard, Manhard
David Olson, Pearson Brown	John Cerbus, Pearson Brown
Gabe Powers MCCD	Ed Collins, MCCD
Andrea Pracht, Baxter & Woodman	Mark Phipps, Baxter & Woodman
Gary Shaefer, Hey & Associates	Vince Mosca, Hey & Associates
Randy Stowe, Biotechnical Erosion Control	Dick Hilton, MCSWCD
Ed Weskerna, MCSWCD	Spring Duffy, MCSWCD
Wally Dittrich, MCDOT	Wynnth Adair, MCDOT
Kim Sarmento, GHA	Mei Zhu, GHA

Ex-Officio Members

Scott Breeden, McHenry County Board

Karen Katamay, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
Keith Wozniak, United States Army Corps of Engineers

Erika Turner, USDA/NRCS

Dave Brandt, Member Emeritus