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Joint resolution authorizing the execution of Amendment No. 1 to the agreement between Lake County and Pace providing for expansion of the service area to include Fremont and Wauconda Townships, and designated as Section 09-00280-01-ES.
Staff Summary
· Pace: Lake County Northwest Demonstration Project in Antioch, Avon, Grant and Lake Villa Townships.
· “New Freedom” grant funds administered by the Regional Transportation Authority are being 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 WaucondaTownships.
· In 2008, the County received $400,000 federal grant funds with Pace Suburban Bus Division of the RTA to supply 50% of the required local match funds and coordinate operations.
· The current Pace service agreement was approved on December 13, 2011, and included service to Antioch, Avon, Grant and Lake Villa Townships.
· Amendment No.1 to the Pace service agreement includes the expansion of the service area to include Fremont and Wauconda Township.
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R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, this County Board, 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 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 “New Freedom” 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 fede...
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