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RESOLUTION NO. � <br /> RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF GRANT AGREEMENT WITH <br /> ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION,FOR FY 2022 TRANSIT <br /> OPERATING ASSISTANCE (DOAP) <br /> WHEREAS, the provision of public transportation service is essential to the people of <br /> Illinois; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Downstate Public Transportation Act (30 ILCs740/2-1 et seq) ("Act") <br /> authorizes the State of Illinois,acting by and through the Illinois Department of Transportation,to <br /> provide grants and make funds available to assist in the development and operation of public <br /> transportation systems; and <br /> WHEREAS, grants for said funds will impose certain obligations upon the recipient, <br /> including provision by it of the local share of funds necessary to cover costs not covered by funds <br /> provided under the Downstate Public Transportation Act. <br /> NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br /> DECATUR, ILLINOIS: <br /> Section 1. That the City of Decatur Illinois enter into a Downstate Public Transportation <br /> Operating Assistance Agreement ("Agreement") with the State of Illinois and amend such <br /> Agreement, if necessary, for Fiscal Year 2022 in order to obtain grant assistance under the <br /> provision of the Act. <br /> Section 2. That the City Manager, or designee, of the City of Decatur, Illinois, is hereby <br /> authorized and directed to execute the Agreement or its amendments(s) on behalf of the City of <br /> Decatur Illinois for such assistance for Fiscal Year 2022. <br /> Section 3. That the Mass Transit Administrator of the City of Decatur, Illinois, is hereby <br /> authorized to provide such information and file such documents as may be required to perform the <br /> Agreement and to request and receive the grant funding for Fiscal Year 2022. <br /> Section 4. That while participating in said operating assistance program the City of <br /> Decatur, Illinois, shall provide all required matching funds <br /> PRESENTED AND ADOPTED this 21d day of August,2021. <br /> Julie Mo re Wolfe,Ma br <br /> __ BEST: <br /> Kim Althoff, City Clerk <br />