Item P09
BOARD Olt' COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDAITEMSU~~IARY
Meeting Date: 5/18/05
Division:
BOCCI
Bulk Item: Yes
No
Department: BOCC 1
Staff Contact Person: lana Johnson-Willi
AGENDA ITEM WORDING: Resolution of the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County,
Florida beseeching the Florida Department of Transportation to eliminate most if not all of the dynamic
message sign structures by using roadside signs with flashing lights to be activated only as needed and
to reduce overall the signs on US 1 in the Florida Keys.
ITEM BACKGROUND:
PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION:
CONTRACT/AGREEMENT CHANGES:
STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS:
TOTAL COST:
BUDGETED: Yes
No
COST TO COUNTY:
SOURCE OF FUNDS:
REVENUE PRODUCING: Y cs
No
AMOUNT PER MONTH_ Year
APPROVED BY: County Atty _ OMB/Purchasing _ Risk Management_
DIVISION DIRECTOR APPROVAL:
(Ol;x,;l' j/l. dPldwr
Dixie M. Spehar, Mayor
DOCUMENTATION:
Included
Not Required_
DISPOSITION:
AGENDA ITEM #
Revised 2/05
Mayor Dixie M. Spehar
RESOLUTION NO, _ ~2005
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA,
BESEECHING THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTA TION TO ELIMINATE MOST IF NOT
ALL OF mE DYNAMiC MESSAGE SIGN
STRUCTURES BY USING ROADSIDE SIGNS WIm
FLASHING LIGHTS TO BE ACTIVATED ONLY AS
NEEDED AND TO REDUCE OVERALL THE SIGNS ON
US HIGH'''' A Y 1 IN THE FLORIDA KEYS.
WHEREAS, the Florida Department Of Transportation, District Six has commenced
installation of an Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) Project on the <<Eighteen-Mile Stretch"
leading into the Florida Keys on US Highway 1; and
WHEREAS, the Florida Department Of Transportation, District Six wiU soon begin
installation of an Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) Project on the remainder of US
Highway 1 in Monroe County; and
WHEREAS, the County Commission Monroe County recognizes that the monitoring
of traffic on US Highway 1 throughout the Florida Keys and provision oftime!y information to
motorists as to traffic delays is a valuable service to both the community and to tourists; and
WHEREAS, the County Commission finds that the overhead sign structures are an
unsightly intrusion on the natural emlronment and aesthetic features of the and
WHEREAS, the County Cornmission finds that efforts of the County
municipalities therein to curtail the negative impacts of sign age on the scenic vistas of Keys
would be contravened the installation of the ITS project as pla.'1ned; and
WHEREAS, County Commission finds that overhead messages are likely to generate
inadvertent traffic congestion and possible rear-end coUlsions as some motorists to read
signs:; and
WHEREAS~ County Commission from numerous complaints
including comments printed the local newspapers, that the numerous large including
signs with lights, within the fenced area of Big Pine Key are a bUght on the natural
County Commission finds
critical traffic messages;
are alternatives to
fDOT Res,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF
COMI\llSSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY THAT:
I, The Florida Department OfTransportatiol1, District Six. is hereby requested to:
A. Consider eliminating if not all, of the dynamic message sign structures
in the Florida Keys;
B. Consider using signs on the side of the road with flashing lights which can be
activated when traffic conditions w~'Tantj and which signs direct motorists to tune in to a
certain radio station for the traftlc message; and
C Review aU existing FDOT signs on US 1 to determine if any can he eliminated
and thereafter remove such signs from US 1.
2. This Resolution shaH become effective upon the date of its adoption herein.
3. The Clerk shaH send copies of this Resolution to Representative Ken Sorensen,
Secretary Jose Abreu of the Florida Department Of Transportation (FOOT), FDOT
District Six Secretarj and Director of Operations Gus Pego, as as the
FDOT District Six: Project Manager Dori Vorce and Traffic Operations Engineer Rory
Santana.
PASSED M'D ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County,
Florida at a regular meeting of said board held on May 18, 2005.
Mayor Spehar
Mayor Pro Tem McCoy
Commissioner
Commissioner Neugent
Commissioner Rice
BOARD COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROECOUNTY9 FLORIDA
(SEAL)
ATTEST:
L. KOLHAGE,
By:
MAYOR DIXIE
SPEHAR
By:
FOOT Res.