Title
Joint resolution authorizing an agreement with Pace Suburban Bus Division of the Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) providing terms and conditions for extension of the current Ride Lake County West and Ride Lake County Central paratransit services.
Staff Summary
• The County has two agreements with Pace in place for the current Ride Lake County West and Ride Lake County Central paratransit services: a subsidy agreement that expired December 31, 2021, and an intergovernmental agreement that will expire on April 30, 2022.
• The subsidy agreement extends the term of Pace’s contribution of the current paratransit services up until the targeted May 1, 2022, start of the new Countywide borderless service.
• Pace will continue to provide 25 percent of the local match to the grant funds, up to $100,000, for the Ride Lake County West Service, and $7,013 for the Ride Lake County Central Service.
• This project is included in the Transportation Improvement Program, and designated as Sections 19-00280-07-ES and 20-00280-08-ES.
Body
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Lake County has two agreements with Pace that provide for the current Ride Lake County West and Ride Lake County Central paratransit services: a subsidy agreement that expired December 31, 2021, and an intergovernmental agreement that will expire on April 30, 2022; and
WHEREAS, Lake County and Pace Suburban Bus Division of the RTA are desirous of entering into a Pace subsidy agreement that will extend the term of Pace’s contribution towards the current services until the May 1, 2022 start of the new Countywide paratransit service.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by this Lake County Board, that the County Engineer of Lake County is authorized and directed to execute the agreement, and any subsequent amendments, between Lake County and Pace Suburban Bus Division of the RTA pertaining to the Ride Lake County West Service and the Ride Lake County Central Service, and designated as Sections 19-00280-07-ES and 20-00280-08-ES.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on February 8, 2022.