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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 $375,000 of 1/4% Sales Tax for Transportation funds, and designated as Section 18-00280-06-ES.
Staff Summary
* RTA Agreement for Ride Lake County West in Antioch, Avon, Fremont, Grant, Lake Villa and Wauconda Townships.
* Two previous "New Freedom" grants and one "Job Access Reverse Commute" (JARC) grant were secured for this project in the past.
* One "New Freedom" grant and one JARC grant were expended for this project and the funds from the second "New Freedom" grant have almost depleted.
* The "New Freedom" grant program has become the Section 5310 grant program.
* The Lake County Board, at its meeting on February 11, 2014, authorized the Division of Transportation (DOT) to apply for a grant from the RTA on behalf of the Lake County Coordinated Transportation Services Committee (LCCTSC), to provide the Ride Lake County West Coordinated Transportation Service Paratransit Program.
* DOT received notification on April 24, 2014 from the RTA that it was approved to receive $177,000 of 2014 federal Section 5310 funds.
* The funds from the previous grants needed to be mostly expended prior to the RTA entering into an agreement with the County for the 2014 Section 5310 grant funds.
* These Section 5310 grant funds administered by the RTA will continue to be used for expanded paratransit service in Lake County during the weekdays to meet the needs of the mobility challenged constituent population in the Townships of Antioch, Avon, Fremont, Grant, Lake Villa and Wauconda; this program is known as the Ride Lake County West Coordinated Transportation Service (formerly known as "Lake County Northwest Demonstration Project").
* The RTA will reimburse the County 50 percent of the transportation service cost, up to $177,000, with federal Section 5310 grant funds a...
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