Resolution 2007-179
RESOLUTION NO. 2007- 179
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING IMPLEMENTATION OF SCHOOL ZONE
SPEED LIMIT REDUCTIONS TO 20 MPH DURING SCHOOL ARRIVAL
AND DISMISSAL HOURS AS INDICATED BY FLASHING BEACONS AT
11th STREET ADJACENT TO HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
AND ROBERTS A VENUE SOUTH OF IMMOKALEE MIDDLE SCHOOL
WHEREAS, Chapter 316, Florida Statutes, permits the Board of County Commissioners
(BCC) to alter established speed limits on roads under its jurisdiction; and
WHEREAS, II th Street adjacent to Highlands Elementary School and Roberts Avenue
south of Immokalee Middle School fall under the jurisdiction of the BCC and have a normal
speed limit in excess of twenty miles per hour (20mph); and
WHEREAS, in accordance with Florida Statute ~~ 316.189 and 316.1895, the BCC may
alter existing speed limits within school zones as may be appropriate upon the basis of an
engineering and traffic investigation; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with Florida Statute ~ 316.1895, a school zone speed limit
"may be in force only during those times thirty (30) minutes before, during, and thirty (30)
minutes after the periods of time when pupils are arriving at a regularly scheduled breakfast
program or a scheduled school session and leaving a regularly scheduled school session;" and
WHEREAS, the results of the County's engineering traffic investigation indicate that a
reduction of the existing school zone speed limits to twenty miles per hour (20 mph) is reasonable
and safer under the conditions found to exist during the times that students are traveling to and
from the schools served by the subject school zones.
NOW, THERFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA THAT:
1. There is hereby established a twenty miles per hour (20 mph) school zone speed limit
at II th Street and at Roberts A venue as previously specified herein, that the County Manager or
his designee direct the Collier County Traffic Operations Department to maintain appropriate
school zone speed limit signs at those locations, including installing flashing beacons to inform
motorists of the school zone and school zone speed limit in effect when beacons are flashing.
2. A copy of this Resolution shall be forwarded to the Collier County Sheriff's Office for
proper enforcement of the established school zone speed limit of twenty miles per hour (20 mph)
at the two specified locations.
3. The effective date of the reduced school zone speed limit shall be after written
notification to the Sheriff's Office and upon posting of appropriate signage.
This resolution adopted after motion, second, and majority vote favoring same this 24th
day ofJuly, 2007.
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Scott R. Teach,
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