R97-70 AUTHORIZING DOWNSTATE OPERATING ASSISTANCE AGREEMENT

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This Agreement is made by and between the State of Illinois (hereinafter the "State"), acting by and through the Illinois Department of Transportation, Division of Public Transportation(hereinafter the "Department"), and the City of Decatur (hereinafter the "Grantee," which term shall include its successors and assigns). WHEREAS, the Grantee proposes to provide public transportation services in a downstate area of Illinois; WHEREAS, the Grantee has made application to the Department under Article II of the Illinois Downstate Public Transportation Act, (30 ILCS 740/2-1 ��., hereinafter the "Act"); the Department's implementing regulations thereunder(92 Illinois Administrative Code Part 653, hereinafter the "Rules") and the forms included in the Department's current "Downstate Public Transportation Operating Assistance Program" (hereinafter the "Standard Forms"); and , WHEREAS, the Department has approved the Grantee's application and has I certified to the Illinois Department of Revenue the Grantee's boundaries and its ' I eligibility to participate under the Act; NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants set forth herein, this Agreement is made to provide state operating assistance funds to Grantee and to set forth the terms and condrtions of such assistance. ITEM 1 - PROJECT SCOPE Grantee agrees to provide the public transportation services described in its final approved application and program of proposed expenditures approved by the Department, and in accordance with the Act, the Rules,the Standard Forms and all other applicable laws and regulations. Grantee shall not reduce, terminate, or substantially change such public transportation services without prior written notification to the Department. ITEM 2 - PROJECT BUDGET Under the Act, the Department may enter into a grant agreement to implement Grantee's approved program of expenditures, within the following limitations: 1) not to exceed forty-seven percent (47%) of Grantee's eligible operating expenses incurred by the Grantee during fiscal year�in the provision of such public transportation services as have been approved by the Department; and 2)in no event shall state funding under this Agreement together with any operating assistance received from any federal, state or local agency in fiscal year]�Z exceed Grantee's actual operating deficit for that year. The Department has approved and agrees to make a grant in the amount of$990,900, subject to the limitations contained in this Item, the Act and the Rules. The Approved Project Budget is shown in Exhibit A, attached to and incorporated into this Agreement.