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RESOLUTION 05-1577 "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF CASSELBERRY, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING AN ACTION BY THE SEMINOLE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TO LEVY AN ADDITIONAL ONE CENT LOCAL OPTION GAS TAX FOR THE DEDICATED PURPOSE OF FUNDING TRANSIT SERVICES WITHIN SEMINOLE COUNTY; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, SEVERABILITY AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE." WHEREAS, LYNX, the Central Florida Regional Transportation Authority, is the transit agency for Seminole, Orange and Osceola Counties and has been designated the Community Transportation Coordinator since 1992 by the State Commission for the Transportation Disadvantaged; and WHEREAS, LYNX provides door-to door van paratransit service called ACCESS LYNX for medically qualified, physically challenged customers through its contracted carrier, MV Transportation and that currently the County and Cities pay LYNX for providing paratransit trips to those eligible individuals who in their jurisdiction qualify for the van paratransit service specified by the American Disabilities Act (ADA); and WHEREAS, approximately 39,000 ADA paratransit trips are projected to occur county-wide in Seminole County in Fiscal Year 2004/05, of which approximately 19,300 are projected to occur within municipal boundaries; and WHEREAS, the Cities and Seminole County Government have cooperated in the past in allotting the "9th Cent Local Option Gas Tax" to be dedicated to the payment of operating expenses for LYNX transit services; and WHEREAS, the revenues from the 9th Cent Local Option Gas Tax have not covered the entire cost of fixed bus route services, ADA paratransit services and membership in the regional transportation authority for a number of years, thus requiring supplemental funding /Tom the Cities and the County; and WHEREAS, additional revenue is needed to ensure that paratransit services continue for those residents of Seminole County qualifying for ADA paratransit transportation /Tom LYNX; and WHEREAS, Seminole County currently levies in full the "Six Cent Local Option Fuel Tax" and the "9th Cent Local Option Gas Tax" and has the ability to levy additional fuel revenues under section 336.025(1)(b), Florida Statutes and that these revenues may be used for public transportation (transit) expenditures.