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Joint resolution authorizing the renewal of two agreements between Lake County and Pace Suburban Bus Division of the Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) providing terms and conditions for the year of 2015, by which Pace will coordinate operations of, and partially fund, the Lake County Northwest Demonstration Project for the expansion of the paratransit services to meet the needs of the mobility challenged constituent populations in Antioch, Avon, Fremont, Grant, Lake Villa and Wauconda Townships, and designated as Section 09-00280-01-ES.
Staff Summary
* Lake County Northwest Demonstration Project in Antioch, Avon, Fremont, Grant, Lake Villa, and Wauconda Townships: Pace Suburban Bus Service 2015 Intergovernmental and Subsidy Agreements.
* The County, on behalf of the Lake County Coordinated Transportation Services Committee (LCCTSC), has received "New Freedom" grant funding from the RTA in 2008 and 2011.
* The County, on behalf of the LCCTSC, has received 2011 "Job Access Reverse Commute" (JARC) grant funding from the RTA.
* The County has two agreements, a Subsidy Agreement and an Intergovernmental Agreement, with Pace that expired December 31, 2014.
* The two new agreements provide for Pace to operate paratransit services for the Lake County Northwest Demonstration Project and to reimburse the County a portion of the grant's local match for 2015.
* Pace intends to supply 25% of the local match up to $100,000 for this project in the year of 2015.
* The resolution authorizes the two new agreements to have a termination date of December 31, 2015, with other terms being substantially the same as previous agreements.
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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 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 it...
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