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Joint resolution authorizing the execution of a technical services agreement between the Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) and Lake County providing the terms and conditions for the receipt of federal Job Access Reverse Commute (JARC) grant, appropriating $450,000 of the ¼% Sales Tax for Transportation and Public Safety funds, and designated as Section 09-00280-01-ES.
Staff Summary
· RTA: Lake County Northwest Demonstration Project in Antioch, Avon, Fremont, Grant, Lake Villa and Wauconda Townships.
· JARC grant funds administered by the RTA will be used for weekday paratransit service in Lake County.
· These funds will be used for the Lake County Northwest Demonstration Project, which provides services for the mobility challenged constituent population in Antioch, Avon, Fremont, Grant, Lake Villa and Wauconda Townships.
· Over two years, RTA will provide $250,000 of federal JARC grant funds for this demonstration project.
· Pace Suburban Bus Division of the RTA will coordinate operations of the expanded paratransit program, supply $50,000 of the required local match in the first year and is expected to supply an additional $50,000 in the second year of the grant.
· This resolution authorizes the execution of an agreement for these grant funds and appropriates the necessary funds.
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R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, this Lake County Board, 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 constituent population; and
WHEREAS, this Lake County Board, by prior resolution, authorized professional services to undertake the development of said Lake County paratransit transportation plans; and
WHEREAS, this County Board at its meeting of August 12, 2008, authorized the Chairman of the County Board, the County Clerk and the County Engineer to apply for a technical assistance grant from the Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) to provide for the implementation of a Lake County Northwest Demonstration paratransit program in cooperation with Pace and the Townships of Antioch, Avon, Grant and Lake Villa; and
WHEREAS, this County Board at its meeting of June 12, 2012, authorized an amendment to the RTA agreement to expand the Northwest Demonstration Project service area to include the townships of Fremont and Wauconda; and
WHEREAS, Lake County, by and through its Division of Transportation on May 29, 2012, was notified by the RTA that it was approved to receive $250,000 of federal "JARC" grant funds to provide partial funding over two years for said Lake County Northwest Demonstration Project.
WHEREAS, Pace Suburban Bus Division of the RTA will supply 40% of the required local match of this grant (guaranteed for one year only at this time) and will coordinate operations of this expanded paratransit program.
WHEREAS, the RTA and Lake County are desirous of entering into an agreement stating the terms and conditions by which the RTA will provide said $250,000 grant to Lake County for the expansion of said paratransit services, a draft copy attached hereto.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by this Lake County Board, that the Acting County Engineer and the State's Attorney of Lake County be authorized and they are directed to execute an agreement, and any subsequent amendments, for the receipt of $250,000 of federal "JARC" grant funds, over two years, from the RTA to be used to expand paratransit service in Lake County during the weekdays in Antioch, Avon, Fremont, Grant, Lake Villa and Wauconda Townships.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the said paratransit services during the weekday in Antioch, Avon, Fremont, Grant, Lake Villa and Wauconda Townships will continue to be designated as the "Lake County Northwest Demonstration Project."
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that there is hereby appropriated $450,000 of the ¼% Sales Tax for transportation and public safety funds for the RTA and the County's portion of the expansion of said "Lake County Northwest Demonstration Project", of which $250,000 will be reimbursed by the RTA.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on August 14, 2012.