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Kane County staff: RTA funding award ~ $2.7M for ride program; public hearing set for impact‑fee land‑use assumptions
Summary
Staff told the committee the RTA awarded roughly $2.7 million in formula funds for the county's ride program, and the county set a Nov. 18 public hearing for land‑use assumptions supporting an impact‑fee analysis; staff also sought funds to update an ADA transition plan and announced new printed highway and bike maps.
KANE COUNTY, Ill. — Planning and programming staff told the Transportation Committee Sept. 16 that the Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) recently awarded approximately $2,700,000 in formula funds to support the county's ride program and that the county will apply to the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to secure the FTA share.
"They still need to apply for those funds for the FTA," the presenter said, adding the RTA funds are formula funds and therefore "pretty much guaranteed." Staff said the award would fund next year's — and potentially two years' — of operations at a 50% federally funded level.
Staff also said the county is seeking funds to update an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) self‑evaluation and transition plan that is currently nine years old. "Anytime we are touching a roadway, or making changes, we have to bring the pedestrian, in ADA, facilities up to the latest standards by law," staff said.
The division recently printed 15,000 updated highway/bikeway maps and a two‑sided highway/bike map that will be distributed to bike shops, libraries and municipalities. Staff highlighted a proposed public hearing on Nov. 18 from 4 to 7 p.m. in the county auditorium to consider land‑use assumptions (households, population, employment projections to 2035 and 2045) used in a travel demand model and the impact‑fee analysis. A public engagement site will be open two weeks before the hearing and the county will publish newspaper notices as required by law.
Committee members approved setting the Nov. 18 public hearing date and thanked volunteers involved with the impact‑fee process; discussion focused on outreach to municipalities and distributions of the printed materials.
