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Joint resolution authorizing a technical services agreement with the Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) providing the terms and conditions for the receipt of federal "Section 5310" funds, appropriating $350,000 of 1/4% Sales Tax for Transportation funds, and designated as Section 16-00280-04-ES.
Staff Summary
* RTA: "Ride Lake County" Central Lake Partners Coordinated Transportation Service for the Townships of Fremont, Libertyville and Shields, and the Villages of Libertyville and Mundelein.
* The Lake County Board, at its meeting on June 10, 2014, authorized the County to apply for a Section 5310 grant from the Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) on behalf of the Lake County Coordinated Transportation Services Committee (LCCTSC), to provide the "Ride Lake County" Central Lake Partners Coordination Transportation Service paratransit program.
* These funds will be used to expand paratransit service in Lake County to meet the needs of the mobility challenged constituent population in the Townships of Fremont, Libertyville and Shields, and the Villages of Libertyville and Mundelein; this program is to be known as the "Ride Lake County" Central Lake Partners Coordinated Transportation Service.
* The RTA will reimburse the County 50 percent, or $163,975, of the federal "Section 5310" grant funds and the County will provide the 50 percent local share match.
* Pace will provide the paratransit bus service.
* This resolution authorizes the execution of an agreement for these grant funds and appropriates $350,000 of the 1/4% Sales Tax for Transportation funds for 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; a...
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