Title
Joint resolution authorizing the execution of an agreement between Lake County and Pace Suburban Bus Division of the Regional Transportation Authority providing the terms and conditions by which Pace Suburban Bus Division of the Regional Transportation Authority will expand Bus Route 570, serving Gurnee, Fox Lake and the College of Lake County (CLC), and also provide an additional Pace circulator bus route serving the Round Lake Beach commercial retail district and designated as Section 09-00280-02-ES.
Staff Summary
• Lake County Northwest Circulator Route 570: Agreement
• Lake County has received ICE grant funding from the RTA for the expansion of the hours, days and the reduction of the headway of service on Pace Bus Route 570.
• The ICE grant funds will also be used for the expansion of the complimentary ADA service associated with Pace Route 570.
• Pace will fund the addition of a circulator bus route serving the Round Lake Beach commercial retail district.
• Pace Suburban Bus Division of the Regional Transportation Authority is the operator and coordinator of said bus routes.
• This resolution authorizes the execution of an agreement with Pace Suburban Bus Division of the Regional Transportation Authority for these additional services for a one year time duration.
Body
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, by prior resolution at its meeting of November 14, 2006, adopted a resolution in support of the Lake County Coordinated Transportation Services Committee (LCCTSC) goal to develop a borderless paratransit system service in Lake County to meet the needs of the mobility challenged population; and
WHEREAS, the LCCTSC has also incorporated the role of the now disbanded “Getting to Work” Ad Hoc Task Force dealing with the issue of how to connect workforce to area jobs by accessible transit service; and
WHEREAS, a report of the said Getting to Work Task Force identified desired improvements to the operation of Pace Route 570; and
WHEREAS, Lake County by prior resolution authorized an agreement for the receipt of “ICE” grant funds from the Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) to provide partial funding for the expansion of Pace Bus Route 570 serving Gurnee, Fox Lake and the College of Lake County (CLC) and also for the addition of a Pace circulator bus route serving the Round Lake Beach commercial retail district, for a one year time duration; and
WHEREAS, Lake County and Pace Suburban Bus Division of the Regional Transportation Authority are desirous of entering into an agreement stating the terms and conditions by which Pace Suburban Bus Division of the Regional Transportation Authority will expand said Bus Route 570 serving Gurnee, Fox Lake and the College of Lake County (CLC), and add an additional Pace circulator bus route serving the Round Lake Beach commercial retail district, for a one year time duration, a draft copy of said agreement attached hereto.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, that the Chair of the County Board, the County Clerk and the County Engineer are hereby authorized and directed to execute an agreement between Lake County and Pace Suburban Bus Division of the Regional Transportation Authority stating the terms and conditions by which Pace will expand existing Bus Route 570 serving Gurnee, Fox Lake and the College of Lake County (CLC) and also add an additional Pace circulator bus route serving the Round Lake Beach commercial retail district. This project is designated as Section 09-00280-02-ES.
Dated at Waukegan, Illinois, on this 10th day of November A.D., 2009