HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1990.02.22 - 16711Miscellaneous Resolution 90044 February 22, 1990
BY : GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE-
Richard G. Skarritt, Chairperson
RE: ( SUPPORT) INSTALLATION OF EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION SYSTEM ON
1-696
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Mr. Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS several communities near the recently opened final section of
1-696 have expressed concern about the lack of an emergency communication
system on this heavily traveled roadway ; and
WHEREAS most of the through lanes are twenty feet below grade level
which makes it extremely difficult, and possibly hazardous, to walk to an
exit for assistance in case of a vehicle accident or breakdown; and
WHEREAS THE Michigan Department of Transportation (M-DOT) has been
deluged with resolutions and other correspondence from Oakland County
citing the need for some sort of emergency communication system; and
WHEREAS M-Dot has issued a statement saying, "the matter is being
studied; " and
WHEREAS among the possible emergency communication system
alternatives presumably included in the M-DOT study, are individual
telephones and a cellular network of emergency stations, each with a push
button for activation and a slot to speak into.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of
Commissioners urges M-DOT to expedite its study and install an Emergency
Communication System on the new section of the 1-696 freeway.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution be sent to
Governor Blanchard, State Legislators from Oakland, the County's Legislative
Agent and the Oakland County Road Commission.
Mr. Chairperson ,-I move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
Resolution # 90044 Feb. 22, 1990
Moved by Skarritt supported by Chester the resolution be adopted.
AYES: S. Kuhn, Law, Luxon, McConnell, McCulloch, Moffitt, Oaks, Olsen,
Pappageorge, Pernick, Price, Rewold, Skarritt, Wolf, Aaron, Caddell, Chester,
Gosling, Huntoon, Johnson, R. Kuhn. (21)
NAYS: Crake (1)
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution was adopted.
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND
I, Lynn D. Alien, Clerk of the County of Oakland, do hereby certify that the foregoing
resolution is a true and accurate copy of a resolution adopted by the Oakland County
Board of Commissioners on February 22, 1990
with the original record thereof now remaining in my office.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the County
of Oakland at Pontiac, Michigan this 22nd day)d) F4.4 1,;.4n?„..17 1990
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