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Miscellaneous Resolution 87184
BY : Transportation Committee, John J. McDonald, Chairperson
IN RE: (SUPPORT) Southeastern Michigan Transportation Authority (SEMTA)
Plan toOperate Lift-Equipped Transit Service in the City of Detroit
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Mr. Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS, the SEMTA Elderly and Handicapped Advisory Committee has
requested the support of Oakland County in attempting to resolve the lack
of available lift-equipped transit service in the City of Detroit; and
WHEREAS, the Detroit Department of Transportation is currently
unable to provide the needed lift-equipped transit service within the City
of Detroit for those handicapped citizens in need of it; and
WHEREAS, the SEMTA Board of Directors at its meeting on May 27,
1987, adopted a resolution requesting Detroit's approval of a plan in which
SEMTA is permitted to pick up and discharge wheelchair-using handicapped
persons within the City of Detroit, while the Detroit Department of
Transportation works to achieve a 100% wheelchair-accessible fleet
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of
Commissioners supports the actions taken by the Southeastern Michigan
Transportation Authority Board of Directors at their meeting on May 27,
1987, to provide lift-equipped transit service to wheelchair-using
handicapped persons within the City of Detroit on SEMTA's regular linehaul
routes within the city.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution be
forwarded to the SEMTA Board of Directors; the Mayor of the City of
Detroit, Coleman Young; and the President of Detroit City Council, Erma
Henderson.
Mr. Chairperson, on behalf of the Transportation Committee,
move adoption of the foregoing resolution.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the County
of Oakland, Pontiac, Michigan this 23rd day of Adift3 EY
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RESOLUTION 87184
July 23, 1987
Moved by McDonald supported by Ruel McPherson the resolution be adopted.
AYES: Ruel McPherson, Moffitt, Nelson, Page, Perinoff, Pernick, Rewold,
Skarritt, Wilcox, Aaron, Caddell, Calandro, Doyon, Gosling, Jensen, Richard Kuhn,
Susan Kuhn, Lanni, Law, McConnell, McDonald, Angus McPherson. (22)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution was adopted.
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND
I, Lynn D. Allen, Oakland County Clerk/Register of Deeds, 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 July 23 1987 with the original
record now remaining in my office.
ALLEN, Oakland County Clerk L `14,11LI