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Joint resolution authorizing, on behalf of the Lake County Coordinated Transportation Services Committee (LCCTSC), separate applications, to the Regional Transportation Authority (RTA), for Section 5310 grants for the continuation of the Ride Lake County Central and West Projects in cooperation with Pace and the participating townships and municipalities and subject to further County Board approval.
Staff Summary
* The RTA Section 5310 grant cycle is underway and RTA Section 5310 Grant Applications have been made for the Ride Lake County Central and Ride Lake County West Projects.
* The Ride Lake County Central Project was created by LCCTSC in 2016, with support from the Townships of Fremont and Libertyville, and the Villages of Libertyville and Mundelein and is operated by Pace.
* The Ride Lake County West Project was created by the LCCTSC in 2010, with support from the Townships of Antioch, Avon, Fremont, Grant, Lake Villa and Wauconda and is operated by Pace.
* The Section 5310 grant applications will continue coordination of expanded dial-a-ride services for Ride Lake County West and Ride Lake County Central.
* The County's role will be grant coordinator on behalf of the LCCTSC.
* The local match, to be supplied for the grants, will be in accordance with the Lake County Division of Transportation Paratransit Coordination with LCCTSC Policy.
* This resolution authorizes the County to apply for the two grants, on behalf of the LCCTSC and, if approved, they will be brought back to the Lake County Board for acceptance and allocation of the necessary 1/4% Sales Tax for Transportation funds.
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R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, this Lake County Board, by prior resolution at its meetings of November 14, 2006, and March 15, 2011, adopted resolutions in support of the LCCTSC goal to develop a plan to provide borderless paratransit service in Lake County to meet the needs of those mobility challenged constituent populations in Lake County, which may include t...
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