R2010-85 AUTHORIZING AGREEMENT WITH AOK TRAVEL NETWORK, INC.

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. 1� � AGREEMENT This Agreement is made and entered into by and between the City of Decatur, Illinois, a municipal corporation hereinafter referred to as the "City", and AOK Travel Network, Inc., an Illinois corporation, authorized to do and doing business in the City of Decatur as AOK TNI Taxi, hereinafter referred to as the "Cab Company". s WHEREAS, as a recipient of U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration (FTA) funding assistance, and as required by FTA regulations, the City provides complementary paratransit service for people with disabilities who are unable to use the City's fixed-route bus system, through vehicles owned and operated by the City, and through user-side subsidies to disabled passengers who choose to use the taxicab services of licensed,private vendors. The City's complementary paratransit service is hereinafter referred to as "Operation Uplift"; and WHEREAS the Cab Company is duly licensed by the City as an operator of taxicabs; and WHEREAS the Cab Company is willing and able to accept the responsibilities, obligations and terms of this Agreement; and WHEREAS the Cab Company understands and acknowledges that this Agreement does not grant exclusive rights to the Cab Company, and that the City reserves the right to enter into a similar agreement with one or more private vendors. NOW THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the promises, covenants, agreements and conditions hereinafter set forth to be performed, kept and met by the respective parties hereto, this Agreement is made by and between the City of Decatur, Illinois„ and AOK Travel Network, Inc., as follows: PURPOSE AND SCOPE The purpose of this Agreement is to facilitate the City's complementary paratransit service for people with disabilities who are unable to use the City's fixed-route bus system, and who choose to use the taxicab services of licensed, private vendors, by establishing a streamlined method of fare subsidy reimbursements. This Agreement is not intended to establish the framework for the City's purchase of transportation services from the Cab Company; this Ageement is intended to establish the most cost effective method of paying user-side fare subsidies to people with disabilities who choose to use the paratransit services of licensed, private vendors. Through this Agreement the City will pay fare subsidies directly to the Cab Company for all eligible rides provided by the Cab Company, in lieu of fare subsidy reimbursements to each individual Operation Uplift rider for each eligible ride. COMMENCEMENT AND TERM This Ageement shall become and be effective beginning on June 1, 2010 and shall continue in effect through May 31, 2015, or until one party or the other shall give notice of its intention and desire to terminate the same, not less than sixty(60) days prior to the desired date of termination. - 1 -