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�, . <br /> COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT <br /> MEMORANDUM <br /> 92-12 <br /> January 28, 1992 <br /> TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members <br /> FROM: James C. Bacon, Jr. , City Manager <br /> David A. Clark, Director of Department of Community <br /> Development <br /> Robert S. Reed, Mass Transit Administrator <br /> SUBJECT: Capital Grant Agreement with IDOT for New Buses <br /> Upon City Council approval, the attached resolution will <br /> authorize the execution of a capital grant agreement with the <br /> Illinois Department of Transportation. Such agreement will <br /> provide $1 .8 million for the purchase of 9 new transit coaches, <br /> radios, and fareboxes. The buses will all be equipped with <br /> wheelchair lifts and will replace 9-1979 Grumman Flxible 870 <br /> transit coaches. Delivery is expected by December, 1992 . <br /> The Illinois Department of Transportation received a Section <br /> 3 discretionary grant from the Federal Transit Administration to <br /> fund the replacement of buses in Downstate Illinois. The State <br /> will contribute 25$ of the cost of the vehicles to match the <br /> federal government' s 75� share; thus, there will be no cost to <br /> the City of Decatur. <br />