Title
Joint resolution authorizing the execution of a Technical Service agreement between the Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) and Lake County providing the terms and conditions by which the RTA will grant to Lake County $260,930 of Innovation, Coordination and Enhancement (ICE) grant funds, for one year, to be utilized to expand Pace Route 570 which serves Gurnee, Fox Lake, and the College of Lake County (CLC), and to provide an additional Pace circulator bus route serving the Round Lake Beach commercial retail district. This resolution also appropriates $400,000 of the ¼% sales tax for transportation and public safety funds for this project designated as Section 09-00280-02-ES.
Staff Summary
· RTA: Lake County Northwest Circulator Route 570: Technical Services Agreement
· ICE grant funds will be used to expand the hours, days and reduce the headway of service on Pace Suburban Route 570 serving Gurnee, Fox Lake and the College of Lake County (CLC).
· These funds will also be used to expand the complimentary ADA service associated with Pace Route 570.
· This project will also add an additional Pace circulator bus route, at Pace’s expense, serving the Round Lake Beach commercial retail district.
· This resolution authorizes the execution of an agreement for the receipt of these funds.
Body
WHEREAS, this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, 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 population; and
WHEREAS, the LCCTSC has also incorporated the role of the now disbanded “Getting to Work” Ad Hoc Task Force dealing with the issue of how to connect
workforce to area jobs by accessible transit service; and
WHEREAS, a report of the said Getting to Work Task Force identified desired improvements to the operation of P...
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