<html class="apple-mail-supports-explicit-dark-mode"><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">FYI<div><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Leslie Hamric<br>Cello and Braille Music Teacher<br></span><div><div></div></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><b>From:</b> Pace <pace@service.govdelivery.com><br><b>Date:</b> October 9, 2025 at 4:43:34\u202fPM CDT<br><b>To:</b> lhamric930@comcast.net<br><b>Subject:</b> <b>Pace is holding public hearings on its proposed 2026 budget</b><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">\ufeff
<title> Pace is holding public hearings on its proposed 2026 budget
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<h2 style="line-height: 115%; background: white;"><font size="3" color="#000080"><span style="font-size: 25.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue',serif; color: #0070c0;">Pace is holding public hearings on its proposed 2026 Operating Budget, 2027-2028 Two-Year Financial Plan, and 2026-2030 Five-Year Capital Program in accordance with the public hearings schedule below.</span></font></h2>
<p style="line-height: 115%; background: white;"><font size="4">Pace <a href="https://links-2.govdelivery.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fwww.pacebus.com%2Fbudget-hearings-2026/1/01010199cae08921-e870f2c9-d9bf-419e-bae7-8a8ecad11818-000000/l1AmIAjwueDrmWyvPfchPPIsX-PrS-VVHS8oE0V1ook=426" target="_blank" rel="noopener">presents a balanced budget for 2026</a> which includes the following:</font></p>
<p style="line-height: 115%; background: white;"><font size="4">1. A proposed fare increase for all services.</font></p>
<p style="line-height: 115%; background: white;"><font size="4">2. For the Regional ADA Paratransit program, the RTA Board-approved ADA Paratransit budget fully funds federally required ADA Paratransit Services. However, the remaining RTA Board-approved ADA Paratransit funding is expected to only be sufficient to operate the Taxi Access Program (\u201cTAP\u201d) and Rideshare Access Program (\u201cRAP\u201d) for approximately the first quarter of 2026. Pace will operate TAP and RAP service until RTA Board-approved ADA Paratransit funding is exhausted.</font></p>
<p style="line-height: 115%; background: white;"><font size="4">3. Expansions of fixed route services from 2024 and 2025 are proposed to be made permanent.</font></p>
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<p style="line-height: 115%; background: white;"><img src="https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/fancy_images/ILPACE/2025/10/12451927/budget-public-hearings-schedule_original.jpg" alt="budget hearings - schedule" title="" width="825" height="856" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" data-unique-identifier=""></p>
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<p><font size="3"><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">Individuals wanting to offer comments on the topic(s) to be addressed at any of the public hearings may do so:</span></font></p>
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<li><font size="3"><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">at the public hearing</span></font></li>
<li><font size="3"><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">by submitting a completed Public Hearing Comments Form on Pace\u2019s website at <a href="https://links-2.govdelivery.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fwww.pacebus.com%2Fpublic-hearing-comments/1/01010199cae08921-e870f2c9-d9bf-419e-bae7-8a8ecad11818-000000/4WkCuZi9bMPA6O-JKw1Uvr5V4Ehm6-3OB3MebaE0pgQ=426" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.pacebus.com/public-hearing-comments</a></span></font></li>
<li><font size="3"><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">by email to hearings@pacebus.com</span></font></li>
<li><font size="3"><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">by mail to Pace, 550 W. Algonquin Road, Arlington Heights, IL 60005, Attention: Community Relations Department; or</span></font></li>
<li><font size="3"><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">by voicemail to (847) 354-7943. </span></font></li>
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<p><font size="3"><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">Pace must receive comments by 5:00 p.m. on October 28, 2025, for the comments to be part of the official record of the public hearings. Information on Pace\u2019s proposed 2026 budget will be available on Pace\u2019s website at <a href="https://links-2.govdelivery.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fwww.PaceBus.com%2Fbudgets/1/01010199cae08921-e870f2c9-d9bf-419e-bae7-8a8ecad11818-000000/9N__phe26j8E-6ryJUX4hkCqyZ7VN8flBqp_rfi7LUI=426">https://www.PaceBus.com/budgets</a> after October 15, 2025. </span></font></p>
<p><font size="3"><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">Individuals with disabilities who require accommodations other than transportation and individuals who require translation into a language other than English are requested to contact Pace at (847) 364-7223 (Option 3) no less than five business days prior to the date of the public hearing they plan to attend.</span></font></p>
<p><font size="3"><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">For additional information about the Budget and Public Hearings, please visit: <a href="https://links-2.govdelivery.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fwww.pacebus.com%2Fbudget-hearings-2026/2/01010199cae08921-e870f2c9-d9bf-419e-bae7-8a8ecad11818-000000/t_BVdw4DlsSGPG9W2hWIiFWm-Vc0xqxb9vrYEuph12Y=426" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.pacebus.com/budget-hearings-2026</a>.</span></font></p>
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