Vote: approved

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36. RESOLUTION TO IMPLEMENT MARICOPA COUNTY MEASURE 19 (MAG MEASURE 33) TO POST SPEED REDUCTION LIMITS ON HIGH TRAFFIC DIRT ROADS Approve a Resolution that will allow Maricopa County Department of Transportation (MCDOT) to proceed with the implementation of Maricopa County Measure 19 (MAG Measure 33) as identified in Maricopa County’s commitment for the MAG 2007 Five Percent Plan for PM10 for the Maricopa County Nonattainment Area as outlined in the previous Resolution submitted by the Maricopa County Air Quality Department and approved by the Board on September 10, 2007 under agenda item C-85-08-004-6-00. The previously approved Resolution describes Maricopa County ’s commitment to implement additional measures for the MAG 2007 Five Percent Plan for PM10 for the Maricopa County Nonattainment Area which was due to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) by December 31, 2007. The Resolution included a list of applicable measures that would be distributed throughout various County agencies for facilitation and implementation of each measure. The Maricopa County Department of Transportation (MCDOT) is responsible to facilitate and implement Maricopa County Measure 19 which will install speed limit reduction signs on high traffic dirt roads. The approval of this Resolution will allow MCDOT to proceed with the implementation and installation of the speed limit reduction signs on selected dirt roadway segments with the average daily traffic (ADT) greater than 50 vehicles per day. A list of identified roadway segments is attached for reference. Supervisorial Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 (C-91-09-079-M-00)