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Joint resolution authorizing separate agreements with the Townships of Antioch, Avon, Fremont, Grant, Lake Villa, and Wauconda providing the terms and conditions for the receipt of Township funds for the Ride Lake County West service.
Staff Summary
* The Townships of Antioch, Avon, Fremont, Grant, Lake Villa, and Wauconda desire to collectively provide $40,000 of additional local funding toward the Ride Lake County West service to extend the use of the project's awarded federal funding from January 1, 2022, to December 31, 2022.
* Avon Township has also agreed to reimburse fares of specified riders for the Ride Lake County West service for trips the Township desires to subsidize.
* Upon launch of the new countywide paratransit service, the Townships financial obligations under these agreements will end.
* The agreements have been approved by the respective Township Boards.
* This project is included in the Transportation Improvement Program, and designated as Section 20-00280-08-ES.
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R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, this Lake County Board, by prior resolutions, authorized the Chair 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 Ride Lake County West service paratransit program in cooperation with Pace and the Townships of Antioch, Avon, Fremont, Grant, Lake Villa, and Wauconda; and
WHEREAS, the Townships of Antioch, Avon, Grant, Lake Villa, Fremont, and Wauconda desire to collectively provide an additional $40,000 of local funding towards the Ride Lake County West service to extend the use of the project's awarded federal funding between January 1, 2022, to December 31, 2022; or until the new countywide paratransit service begins; and
WHEREAS, Avon Township has agreed to reimburse fares of specified riders for the Ride Lake County West service for trips that Avon Township desires to subsidize; and
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