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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 Co...
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