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RESOLUTION NO. 188
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF DANIA TRANS-
FERRING TO BROWARD COUNTY RESPONSIBILITY
FOR PLANNING, INSTALLATION, OPERATION OR
MAINTENANCE OF TRAFFIC SIGNALS WITHIN THE
CITY OF DANIA.
WHEREAS , Section 316 .006 (2) Florida Statutes grants
municipalities original jurisdiction over all streets and high-
ways located within their boundaries , except State roads , and
grants said cities authority to place and maintain traffic con-
trol devices which conform ro the manual and specifications of.
the State Department of Transportation upon all streets and high-
ways under their original jurisdiction, as they shall deem neces-
sary, to indicate and to carry out the provisions of Chapter 316
or to regulate , warn or guide traffic ; and
n WHEREAS , the City of Dania has previously entered into
a contractual arrangement whereby the County Traffic Engineering
Division was authorized and directed to carry out certain func-
tions within the City for certain monetary reimbursement; and
WHEREAS, it has been determined that a centralized
agency responsible for the installation, operation and maintenance
of traffic control devices throughout Broward County, Florida, is
the most economical and efficient means of providing such needed
service; and
WHEREAS, as part of this centralization of functions ,
City and County have agreed to transfer the authority of the City
pertaining to the planning, installation operation or maintenance
of traffic control devices within the City to the County pursuant
to the terms of this Resolution ; and
WHEREAS , the Broward County Charter, Section 1.050, pro-
vides that County Government shall have the power and authority
to assume and perform all functions and obligations now or here- I
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after performed by any municipality whenever such municipality
shall request the performance or transfer of the function to the
County; and
WHEREAS , it is the expressed intention of the County
to immediately assume , upon passage of this Resolution, authority
and responsibility for the planning, installation, operation or
maintenance of traffic signals within the City; and
WHEREAS , in order for the County to properly assume all
other responsibility for the planning, installation, operation and
maintenance of all traffic control devices in the City of Dania,
it will be necessary for the County to increase its available
supply of personnel, material and equipment ; and
WHEREAS , when sufficient personnel, material and equip-
ment is available, the County Administrator shall send written
notification of same to the City ; and
WHEREAS , it is the intention of the City to transfer the
full responsibility for planning, installation, operation and
maintenance of all traffic control devices in the City upon receipt
of such written notification, without more , NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF DANIA that:
Section 1. That the City, effective immediately upon
passage of this Resolution, hereby transfers to Broward County and
requests the County to assume full authority and responsiblity for
the planning, installation, operation or maintenance of traffic
signals within the City.
Section 2 . That the City hereby requests that the County,
when it has sufficient personnel, materials and equipment to ade-
quately provide for the assumption of full authority and responsi-
bility for all traffic control devices within the City, so notify
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the City by letter addressed to the City from the County Adminis-
trator, and that effective immediately upon receipt of such noti-
fication, said full authority and responsibility for traffic con-
trol devices within the City is hereby deemed transferred to the
County.
Section 3 . This Resolution shall be effective immediately
upon its passage.
ADOPTED this / day of �� F i.�. •, 1,k 1976 .
Mayor-Commissioner
ATTEST :
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