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-�, <br /> AGREEMENT <br /> p� This Agreement is made and entered into by and between the CITY OF DECATUR, ILLINOIS, <br /> a municipal corporation hereinafter referred to as the "City", and CU TAXI/ILLINI TAXI, an <br /> Illinois company authorized to do and doing business in the City of Decatur, hereinafter referred <br /> to as the "Cab Company". <br /> �y., WHEREAS, as a recipient of U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration <br /> (FTA) funding assistance, and as required by FTA regulations, the City provides complementary <br /> paratransit service for people with disabilities who are unable to use the City's fixed-route bus <br /> system,through vehicles owned and operated by the City, and through user-side subsidies to <br /> disabled passengers who choose to use the t�icab services of licensed, private vendors. The <br /> City's complementary paratransit service is hereinafter referred to as "Operation Uplift"; and <br /> �WHEREAS the Cab Company is duly licensed by the City as an operator of taxicabs; and <br /> �WHEREAS the Cab Company is willing and able to accept the responsibilities, obligations and <br /> terms of this Agreement; and �' <br /> C�'rWHEREAS the Cab Company understands and acknowledges that this Agreement does not grant I <br /> exclusive rights to the Cab Company, and that the City reserves the right to enter into a similar ' <br /> agreement with one or more private vendors. <br /> �NOW THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the promises, covenants, agreements and <br /> conditions hereinafter set forth to be performed, kept and met by the respective parties hereto, <br /> this Agreement is made by and between the CITY OF DECATUR, ILLINOIS, and CU TAXI/ <br /> ILLINI TAXI, as follows: <br /> .n� PURPOSE AND SCOPE <br /> The purpose of this Agreement is to facilitate the City's complementary paratransit service for <br /> people with disabilities who are unable to use the City's fixed-route bus system, and who choose <br /> to use the taxicab services of licensed, private vendors, by establishing a streamlined method of <br /> fare subsidy reimbursements. This Agreement is not intended to establish the framework for the <br /> City's purchase of transportation services from the Cab Company; this Agreement is intended to <br /> establish the most cost effective method of paying user-side fare subsidies to people with <br /> disabilities who choose to use the paratransit services of licensed,private vendors. Through this <br /> Agreement the City will pay fare subsidies directly to the Cab Company for all eligible rides <br /> provided by the Cab Company, in lieu of fare subsidy reimbursements to each individual <br /> Operation Uplift rider, for each eligible ride. <br /> - 1 - <br />