Lake County Illinois - File #: 13-1214

• File #: 13-1214
• Version: 1
• Name: Regional Transportation Authority (RTA): Lake County Northwest Demonstration Project in Antioch, Avon, Fremont, Grant, Lake Villa and Wauconda Townships Contribution Agreements
• Type: resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 10/23/2013
• In control: Public Works and Transportation Committee
• Final action: 11/12/2013
• Title: Joint resolution authorizing the execution of agreements with Antioch, Avon, Fremont, Grant, Lake Villa and Wauconda Townships providing the terms and conditions for the receipt of Township funds for the Lake County Northwest Demonstration project, and designated as Section 09-00280-01-ES.

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
11/12/2013	1	Lake County Board	adopted	Pass
10/30/2013	1	Financial & Administrative Committee	recommended for adoption to the regular agenda	Pass
10/30/2013	1	Public Works and Transportation Committee	approved and referred on to the Financial and Administrative Committee	Pass

Title
Joint resolution authorizing the execution of agreements with Antioch, Avon, Fremont, Grant, Lake Villa and Wauconda Townships providing the terms and conditions for the receipt of Township funds for the Lake County Northwest Demonstration project, and designated as Section 09-00280-01-ES.

Staff Summary
· Regional Transportation Authority (RTA): Lake County Northwest Demonstration project in Antioch, Avon, Fremont, Grant, Lake Villa and Wauconda Townships Contribution Agreements.
· New Freedom and Job Access Reverse Commute (JARC) grant funds administered by the RTA are being used for weekday paratransit service in a portion of Lake County.
· These funds are being 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.
· RTA is providing $250,000 of federal New Freedom grant funds and $250,000 of federal JARC grant funds for this demonstration project.
· Pace Suburban Bus Division of the RTA is coordinating operations of the expanded paratransit program, and supplying up to $100,000 of the required local match in the first year and is expected to supply an additional $100,000 in the second year of the grants.
· The County Board authorized the local match for the RTA New Freedom and JARC grant funds in the total amount of $400,000 of ¼% sales tax for Transportation and Public Safety funds ($200,000 each for the New Freedom and JARC grants) at its prior meetings of August 14, 2012 and November 20, 2012.
· The Townships of Antioch, Avon, Grant, Lake Villa, Fremont and Wauconda desire to provide additional local funding towards the Northwest Demonstration project to extend the use of the project’s awarded federal funding between November 1, 2013 and October 31, 2014.
· The Townships of Antioch, Avon, Grant and Lake Villa have agreed to contribute $8,000 each for this demonstration project due to the established r...