Goals and Objectives

Short Term Goals (To be completed by the end of FY 2012)

• STORM READY COMMUNITY
  Implement the Storm Ready program from the National Weather Service to improve emergency response and to gain credit in the CRS program.

• STREETS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
  Create a new capital improvement program for street maintenance based upon the implementation of a Pavement Management System.

• PARKS COMMUNITY BEAUTIFICATION PILOT PROGRAM
  Implement a pilot project to determine if there is sufficient community interest to conduct work days in nearby parks.

Long Term Goals

• SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY
  Investigate additional methods and alternatives to improve municipal operations with "green" initiatives which are economically and environmentally sound through education, research and evaluation.

• EMERGENCY PLANNING
  Conduct annual exercises and evaluations of the Village's Emergency Response Plan.

• VILLAGE IDENTITY
  Implement the Corridor Identity Plan adopted in 2008 for landscape and hardscape improvements in the main transportation corridors in the Village including Route 22, Riverwoods Road, Milwaukee Avenue, Aptakisic Road
  and Olde Half Day Road.

• COMMUNITY RATING SYSTEM
  Review the changes incorporated into the 2012 Community Rating System Coordinators Manual to determine the feasibility of moving the Village from a Class 5 to Class 4 under the National Flood Insurance Program's CRS Program to stress floodplain management, to improve emergency response to floods and to reduce property insurance premiums for residents.