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Joint resolution authorizing the execution of a Technical Services agreement with the Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) providing the terms and conditions for the receipt of 2011 federal "New Freedom" grant funds, over 2 years beginning October 1, 2012, through September 30, 2014, appropriating $450,000 of 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.
· "New Freedom" grant funds administered by the RTA will continue to be used to expand paratransit service in Lake County during the weekdays.
· These funds will be used to expand paratransit service in Lake County to meet the needs of the mobility challenged constituent population in Antioch, Avon, Fremont, Grant, Lake Villa and Wauconda Townships; this program to be known as the "Lake County Northwest Demonstration Project."
· The RTA will provide $250,000 of 2011 federal "New Freedom" grant funds, over 2 years, for this demonstration project beginning October 1, 2012, through September 30, 2014.
· This resolution authorizes the execution of an agreement for these 2011 grant funds and appropriates $450,000 of the ¼% Sales Tax for Transportation and Public Safety funds for the County's portion of this project.
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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, at its meeting of August 12, 2008, authorized the County Board Chair, the County Clerk and the County Engineer to apply for a technical assistance grant from the 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, Lake County, by and through its Division of Transportation, on November 13, 2008, was notified by the RTA that it was approved to receive $400,000 of 2008 federal "New Freedom" grant funds to provide partial funding over 2 years for said Lake County Northwest Demonstration Project.
WHEREAS, this Lake County Board, at its meeting of July 12, 2011, authorized the County Board Chair, the County Clerk and the County Engineer to apply for a 2011 technical assistance grant from the RTA, in cooperation with LCCTSC, to provide for the continuation 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 August 14, 2012, expanded the service area to include Fremont and Wauconda Townships; and
WHEREAS, Lake County, by and through its Division of Transportation, was notified by the RTA that it was approved to receive an additional $250,000 of 2011 federal "New Freedom" grant funds to provide partial funding over 2 years, beginning October 1, 2012, through September 30, 2014, for said Lake County Northwest Demonstration Project; and
WHEREAS, Pace Suburban Bus Division of the RTA will supply 50% of the required local match of this new grant (guaranteed for one year only at this time) and will continue to coordinate operations of this expanded paratransit program; and
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 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 2011 federal "New Freedom" grant funds, over 2 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 expansion of said paratransit services during the weekday in Antioch, Avon, Fremont, Grant, Lake Villa and Wauconda Townships will 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 County's portion of the expansion of said "Lake County Northwest Demonstration Project."
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on November 20, 2012.