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MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION # 07021
BY: Commissioner Tim Greimel, District #11, Karen Spector, District #16, Marcia Gershenson, District #17
IN RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS - SUPPORT FOR HOUSE BILL 4145, SENATE BILL 117, AND
ABILITY TO RETAIN EXISTING SPEED LIMITS ON GRAVEL ROADS
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies, and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS the Oakland County Board of Commissioners unanimously adopted Miscellaneous
Resolution #06257 on December 14, 2006, supporting legislation that would provide local units of
government with the ability to retain existing speed limits on local gravel roads in response to the
enactment of Public Act 85 of 2006; and
WHEREAS Public Act 85 of 2006, which took effect November 9, 2006, amended the Michigan
Vehicle Code (MCL 257.628 and 257.629) to require that "prima facie' speed limits be set accordin g
to the number of access points (driveways, side streets, or intersections) located along a stretch of
road; and
WHEREAS Public Act 85 of 2006 also established that speed limits would not be in effect unless
they were posted properly in the appropriate area, such that if a speed limit sign is not present on
the road, the "general speed limit" of 55 miles per hour applies; and
WHEREAS this could have a negative impact by inappropriately increasing the speed limits on up to
283 gravel roadways within Oakland Count y, which in many instances had previously established 25
mile per hour speed limits on residential portions thereof; and
WHEREAS House Bill 4145 and Senate Bill 117 would reestablish the speed limits that were in
effect on November 9, 2006 within residential districts on dirt or gravel roads unless the cit y council
of a city, the village council of a villa ge, or a township board of a township within whose limits a dirt
or gravel road is located requests that the county road commission increase the speed limit within
such a district and the county road commission determines that the increase is appropriate; and
WHEREAS the purpose of House Bill 4145 and Senate Bill 117 is to enable local officials to retain
the speed limits within residential districts on dirt or gravel roads as such speed limits existed on
November 9, 2006; and
WHEREAS keeping oversight of roads within the control of local officials ensures that the safest and
most responsible speed limits are established within each community,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners hereb y
supports the enactment of House Bill 4145 and Senate Bill 117 in order to provide local units of
government the ability to retain speed limits within residential districts on local dirt or gravel roads.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners hereby urges
members of the Oakland County deleg ation to the Michigan legislature to vote in favor of House Bill
4145 and Senate Bill 117 and urges Governor Jennifer Granholm to sig n the resulting leg islation.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners hereb y requests
the Oakland County Clerk to forward copies of this adopted resolution to Governor Jennifer
Granholm, to members of the Oakland County delegation to the Michigan le gislature. to the Road
Commission for Oakland County, and to Oakland County's legislative lobbyists.
Chairperson, we move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
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Resolution #0702" February 2007
Moved by Greimel supported by Zack to suspend the rules and vote on MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION
#07021 — BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — SUPPORT FOR HOUSE BILL 4145, SENATE BILL 117, AND
ABILITY TO RETAIN EXISTING SPEED LIMITS ON GRAVEL ROADS.
Vote on motion to suspend the rules:
AYES: Gregory. Greimel. Hatchett, Nash, Spector. Suarez, Woodward. Zack, Burns, Coulter,
Gershenson (11)
NAYS: Jacobsen, KowaII, Long. Middleton, Potter, Potts, Rogers. Scott, Bullard, Crawford. Douglas.
Gingell, Gosselin (13)
A sufficient majority not hav:ng voted in favor, the motion to suspend the rules and vote on MISCELLANEOUS
RESOLUTION #07021 — BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — SUPPORT FOR HOUSE BILL 4145, SENATE
BILL -117, AND ABILITY TO RETAIN EXISTING SPEED LIMITS ON GRAVEL ROADS failed.
Discussion followed,
The Chairperson referred the resolution to the General Government Committee. There were no objections.