Bill Text: IL HR0393 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Expresses gratitude to the dedicated professionals of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources for their tireless efforts to protect Illinois' people and communities during the historic Spring 2011 flooding in southern Illinois.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: (Passed) 2011-05-20 - Resolution Adopted [HR0393 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HR0393-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, In April and May 2011, many communities in | ||||||
3 | southern Illinois were impacted by historic flooding of the | ||||||
4 | Ohio River and other rivers, streams, lakes, and waterways; and
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5 | WHEREAS, The Illinois Department of Natural Resources | ||||||
6 | (IDNR) launched into action and responded to the call to save | ||||||
7 | lives and protect communities across southern Illinois from the | ||||||
8 | unprecedented flooding; along with scores of boats, trucks, and | ||||||
9 | ATVs, IDNR committed over 200 staff persons to assist in the | ||||||
10 | State's response; and
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11 | WHEREAS, More than 30 members of IDNR's Office of Resource | ||||||
12 | Conservation, Scott Bartell, Rob Bartlett, Chris Bickers, Doug | ||||||
13 | Carney, Ken Clodfelter, Kurt Daine, Bill Ernest, Les Frankland, | ||||||
14 | Mike Garthaus, Nate Goetten, Wayne Herndon, Rob Hilsabeck, Jana | ||||||
15 | Hirst, Shawn Hirst, Mike Hooe, Frank Jakubicek, Steve Jenkins, | ||||||
16 | Gary Lutterbie, Jim Mick, Barry Newman, Steve Pallo, Jeff | ||||||
17 | Pontnack, Dan Sallee, Randy Sauer, Mack Sitzes, Dan Stephenson, | ||||||
18 | Mike Warnick, Andy Plauck, Randy Petges, Whitney Schlueter, and | ||||||
19 | Lisa Bulinski participated in the State's flood response | ||||||
20 | operations; and
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21 | WHEREAS, Over 50 conservation police officers from IDNR's | ||||||
22 | Office of Law Enforcement, Director Rafael Gutierrez, Captain |
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1 | Joe Morelock, Captain Tim Daiber, Captain Jerry Hiller, | ||||||
2 | Lieutenant Jay Danner, Lieutenant Eric Bumgarner, Sergeant | ||||||
3 | Jason Sherman, Sergeant Hank Frazier, Sergeant Tony Rendleman | ||||||
4 | and Conservation Police Officers Brandon Barnes, Steven | ||||||
5 | Beltran, William Bergland, Kevin Bettis, Philip Boston, Dallas | ||||||
6 | Bowman, Steven Bruce, Jeffrey Cariens, Eric Charles, Robert | ||||||
7 | Compton, Brian Cork, William Cottrell, Kurt Defenbaugh, | ||||||
8 | Charles Diggins, Steven Drone, Marc Folden, Joshua Geltz, | ||||||
9 | Daniel Greuel, Douglas Heusner, David Holland, David Hyatt, | ||||||
10 | Steven Jourdan, Timothy Lay, Daniel Lewis, Robert Liebl, Debbie | ||||||
11 | Mansell, Ray Maul, Chris Mohrman, Jason Moody, Michael | ||||||
12 | Phillips, Richard Riedel, Eric Rollins, Gregory Rowe, Daniel | ||||||
13 | Sandman, Don Schachner, Eric Schreiber, Ralph Sievers, Steven | ||||||
14 | Swance, Dustin Taylor, Kristin Taylor, Heath Tepovich, Donn | ||||||
15 | Thetford, Mike Thompson, Steven Vasicek, Dale Warren, Greg | ||||||
16 | Weishaupt, Karl Wheatley, William Wichern, Raymond Wichus, | ||||||
17 | Troy Williams, John Williamson, Chris Winters, and Douglas | ||||||
18 | Zulauf provided emergency response to victims of the flood; and
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19 | WHEREAS, Conservation Police Officers and the Office of | ||||||
20 | Resource Conservation's Division of Fisheries provided | ||||||
21 | on-the-water security and welfare checks to flooded homes and | ||||||
22 | possible occupants; delivered food, water and medical supplies | ||||||
23 | to citizens; evacuated over 700 residents and their pets; | ||||||
24 | secured more than 500 pieces of large floating debris that | ||||||
25 | could be a safety hazard; monitored low-hanging power lines |
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1 | supplying electricity to a water treatment facility; delivered | ||||||
2 | feed to isolated agricultural facilities to prevent starvation | ||||||
3 | of livestock; coordinated emergency response assets with | ||||||
4 | State, federal, county, and municipal agencies; transported | ||||||
5 | sand bags; conducted over 500 levee inspections; and protected | ||||||
6 | residents, first responders, and property by immediately | ||||||
7 | responding to levee failures; and
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8 | WHEREAS, IDNR's Office of Land Management, William | ||||||
9 | Johnson, Jim Waycuilis, Gary Manley, Keith Spivey, Ronnie | ||||||
10 | Flynn, Randy Tucker, Chuck Hughes, Frank Hileman, Bill | ||||||
11 | Reynolds, Mark Anderson, Jason Tanner, Joe Nelson, Chris | ||||||
12 | McGinness, Ron Coram, Jay Massie, Debra Lewis, John Owens, Bob | ||||||
13 | Martin, Bob Gross, Micheal Cralley, Chris Treece, Michael | ||||||
14 | Lewis, Tim Smith, Joey Thurston, Jeff Durham, David Beasley, | ||||||
15 | Jeff Scherer, Dolly Ruiz, David Tucker, David Gearing, Alex | ||||||
16 | Washam, Mike Dietz, James Carter, Chris McGinness, Larry | ||||||
17 | Sommer, James Lang, Kenneth Heern, Pat Conley, Ignatius | ||||||
18 | Campanella, Kaleb Miller, Todd Carns, Dave Miller, Brent | ||||||
19 | Chestnut, Cha Hill, Shawn Chesnek, Heath Bastien, Jim Kiehn, | ||||||
20 | Zach Elliet, Mike Brand, Eric Nording, Tim Pryor, Jerry | ||||||
21 | Landolt, John Lay, Richard Daugherty, Carl Aten, Leslie West, | ||||||
22 | Larry Loudermilk, James Akers, Jason Newell, Rod Bennett, Tom | ||||||
23 | Owens, Dan Harmon, John Pankey, Eric McClusky, Dennis Massie, | ||||||
24 | Dan Dare, Larry Ward, Bob Easley, Jim Gillespie, Scott | ||||||
25 | Fritschle, Glenn Wegener, Greg Branch, Theresa Kreke, Duane |
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1 | Snow, John Irvin, Remington Irwin, Jim Eaton, Neil Coleman, Sue | ||||||
2 | Nawojski-Toler, Steve Graves, Sam Richardson, Bill Douglass, | ||||||
3 | Doug Allen, Mark Clary, Rocky Smith, Dylan Kirk, Ralph | ||||||
4 | Hamilton, Walt Garrison, Jim Bechtel, Jerry Bell, Riley Blair, | ||||||
5 | David Young, Greg Conner, Richard Rice, Troy Potts, Chad Hille, | ||||||
6 | Ron House, Nick Dolce, and Mitch Ingold secured homes, | ||||||
7 | businesses, levees, state parks, and critical infrastructures | ||||||
8 | by filling and hauling sandbags; monitored and repaired levees; | ||||||
9 | assisted residents with evacuations; replaced critical | ||||||
10 | culverts; and coordinated flood response efforts with federal, | ||||||
11 | State, county, and local officials; and
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12 | WHEREAS, IDNR's Office of Water Resources, Arlan Juhl, Ted | ||||||
13 | Montrey, Jerry Bishoff, Lee Woodward, David Mick, Mike Steskal, | ||||||
14 | Paul Schmidt, Brad Hoene, Bill Carrino, Loren Wobig, Brad | ||||||
15 | Winters, Wes Cattoor, Bill Milner, Rita Lee, Rick Gosch, and | ||||||
16 | Robin Church coordinated with State and federal agencies on a | ||||||
17 | daily basis regarding impacts to communities and facilities | ||||||
18 | from current and projected flood stages, information that was | ||||||
19 | essential to understanding the risks to lives and critical | ||||||
20 | infrastructure; and
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21 | WHEREAS, This information involved flood inundation maps | ||||||
22 | showing the aerial extent of current and forecasted flooding; | ||||||
23 | maps and tables identifying the amount of freeboard available | ||||||
24 | at leveed areas and non-leveed communities; identification of |
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1 | potential areas of concern resulting from sand boils, levee | ||||||
2 | slumps, excessive interior seepage and other potential levee or | ||||||
3 | floodwall failures; and identification of actual levee | ||||||
4 | failures or overtopping of levees; and
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5 | WHEREAS, 'Additionally, the Office of Water Resources used | ||||||
6 | field personnel and other technical contacts to back-check and | ||||||
7 | confirm field reports provided to the Illinois Emergency | ||||||
8 | Management Agency; set highwater marks at various locations | ||||||
9 | that will be used in post-flood evaluations; and provided | ||||||
10 | technical assistance to IDNR legal staff regarding activation | ||||||
11 | of the Birds Point-New Madrid Floodway in Missouri; and
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12 | WHEREAS, IDNR's Office of Legal Services participated in | ||||||
13 | the State's emergency response efforts on behalf of IDNR and | ||||||
14 | coordinated with the Governor's Office regarding IDNR's flood | ||||||
15 | emergency statutory authority; Chief Legal Counsel Mitchell | ||||||
16 | Cohen and Staff Attorney Robert Mool also assisted the Illinois | ||||||
17 | Attorney General's Office in responding to a series of legal | ||||||
18 | actions by Missouri regarding the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' | ||||||
19 | activation of the Birds Point-New Madrid Floodway; with IDNR's | ||||||
20 | legal and technical services, Illinois and the Army Corps of | ||||||
21 | Engineers ultimately prevailed in federal court and the | ||||||
22 | floodway was activated, reducing the flood threat facing many | ||||||
23 | Illinois communities; and
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1 | WHEREAS, IDNR Deputy Director Travis Loyd was on the ground | ||||||
2 | in southern Illinois, helping to coordinate IDNR's emergency | ||||||
3 | response operations with local communities impacted by the | ||||||
4 | flooding; therefore, be it
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5 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
6 | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
7 | we express our gratitude to the dedicated professionals of the | ||||||
8 | Illinois Department of Natural Resources for their tireless | ||||||
9 | efforts to protect Illinois' people and communities during the | ||||||
10 | historic Spring 2011 flooding in southern Illinois; and be it | ||||||
11 | further
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12 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
13 | presented to Governor Pat Quinn and the Illinois Department of | ||||||
14 | Natural Resources Director Marc Miller as a symbol of our | ||||||
15 | respect and esteem for the indispensable work of the Illinois | ||||||
16 | Department of Natural Resources.
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