Office of the City Clerk - Record #: O2017-7836

• Record #: O2017-7836
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• Intro date: 11/8/2017
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Budget and Government Operations
• Final action: 11/21/2017
• Title: Intergovernmental agreement with Chicago Transit Authority and Cook County for allocation of Motor Fuel Tax funds to Chicago Transit Authority as Year 2018 matching grant pursuant to Regional Transportation Authority Act
• Sponsors: Emanuel, Rahm
• Topic: AGREEMENTS - Intergovernmental

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
12/4/2017		City Council	Signed by Mayor
11/21/2017	61906	City Council	Passed	Pass
11/15/2017	60372	City Council	Deferred and Published	Pass
11/13/2017		Committee on Budget and Government Operations
11/8/2017	58419	City Council	Referred

ORDINANCE
WHEREAS, the Regional Transportation Authority Act (70 ILCS 3615/1.01, et seq.) (the "Act") that establishes the Regional Transportation Authority (the "RTA") provides, in Section 4.10 thereof, that the RTA shall not for any fiscal year of the RTA release to the Chicago Transit Authority (the "CTA") any funds except for the proceeds of taxes imposed by the RTA under Sections 4.03 and 4.03.1 thereof which are allocated to the CTA under Section 4.01 (d) of the Act unless a unit or units of local government in Cook County (other than the CTA) enters into an agreement with the CTA to make a monetary contribution for such year of at least Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000) for public transportation; and
WHEREAS, the CTA will, for the foreseeable future, require such financial grants from the RTA in order to meets it operational expenses; and
WHEREAS, every year since the inception of the RTA, the City of Chicago has contributed Three Million Dollars ($3,000,000) and the County of Cook has contributed Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000) to fulfill the condition set forth in Section 4.10 of the Act; now, therefore,


BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO: SECTION 1. There is hereby allocated for the fiscal year of the RTA ending December 31, 2018 the sum of Three Million Dollars ($3,000,000) for use by the CTA as a matching grant from the City of Chicago, to be paid prior to December 31, 2018 from that part of the Motor Fuel Tax Funds which have been or may be allocated to the City of Chicago.
SECTION 2. The sum of Three Million Dollars ($3,000,000) hereby allocated shall be deemed, considered and construed as the payment and fulfillment of the local contribution required of the City of Chicago pursuant to an agreement made under Section 4.10 of the Act among the CTA, the County of Cook, and the City of Chicago. Subject to the approval of the Corporation Counsel as to form and legality, the Mayor is authorized to execute such agreement, substantia...