Public Notice of Meeting and Meeting Agenda of Pace, the Suburban Bus Division of the RTA, Illinois Board of Directors - Open Session, Wednesday, January 19, 2022, 9:30 A.M.

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill., January 17, 2022 (Newswire.com) - Pace Headquarters will be open to the public to attend this regular meeting of the Board of Directors.

All visitors will be screened for access to the board meeting. Your temperature will be taken, you must complete a questionnaire, and you must wear a mask at all times while you are in the building.

The public is invited to watch the board meeting remotely by clicking on this link: www.pacebus.com/streaming.

If you wish to offer public comment on an agenda item, please submit your name, the agenda item(s) on which you wish to offer public comment, and your comment(s) to: [email protected] no less than 24 hours prior to the start of the meeting. Rules for public comment can be found here: www.pacebus.com/rules-public-comment-virtual-meetings.

Pledge of Allegiance

            1.         Roll Call

            2.         Approval of Minutes

                        Approval of the December 15, 2021, open session minutes. 

            3.         Public Comment

            4.         Chairman's Report

                        Chairman Kwasneski's report on Pace-related activities during the past month.

            5.         Directors' Reports

                        The Directors' reports on Pace-related activities during the past month.

            6.         Executive Director's Report 

                        The Executive Director's report on Pace-related activities during the past month. 

            7.         Approval of Consent Agenda

                        *A.   Ordinance authorizing the award of a contract to Anagnos Door Company for inspections, maintenance, and emergency repairs of overhead doors, in an amount not to exceed $810,330.00.

                        *B.   Ordinance authorizing the award of a contract to Sedia, Inc. for the upholstering and installation of vinyl seat inserts in multiple Pace-owned and operated transit vehicles, in an amount not to exceed $1,138,670.00.

                        *C.   Ordinance authorizing the award of a sole source contract to Oracle America, a subsidiary of Oracle Corporation, for Oracle Market Driven Support, in an amount not to exceed $150,000.00.

                        *D.   Ordinance authorizing the award of a contract to Snow Systems, Shareef & Sons Landscaping, Kaplan Paving LLC, and HL Landscape, for as-needed snow, ice removal, and salting services at 18 Pace facilities in an amount not to exceed $1,700,985.00.

*Denotes Consent Agenda Items.

            8.         Items Removed from Consent Agenda

            9.         Action Items

                        A.     Ordinance approving an IGA with Cook County for $500,000 of Invest in Cook grant funding to support the environmental review and advanced conceptual design phase of the Pulse 95th Street Line project.

                        B.     Ordinance authorizing the award of a contract to ElDorado National (California), Inc. for compressed natural gas (CNG) fixed route buses, in an amount not to exceed $75,896,625.00.

                        C.     Ordinance authorizing a change order for additional funds for the reimbursement of Taxi Access (TAP) and Mobility Direct (MD) program trips. This action increases the contract total from $43,996,494.60 to $78,996,494.60, an increase of $35,000,000.00.

                        D.     Ordinance approving a one-year Transportation Network Companies (TNC) Pilot Project with Uber Technologies, Inc for the reimbursement of trips in DuPage County, in an amount not to exceed $1,100,000.

            10.       Issues/Discussions/Reports

                        A.     Suburban Service and Regional ADA Budget Results - November 2021

                        B.     Financial Statement for the Month Ending November 2021

            11.       Adjournment

Source: Pace Suburban Bus Service