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JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS FOR JANUARY 23, 2007The quantities as shown on the contract documents were estimated for bidding purposes only. Thischange represents the difference between the estimated quantities and actual field quantities and materialsfor work performed.I respectfully recommend approval by your Honorable Body._________________________Commissioner Moreno, seconded by Commissioner Gorman, moved that the communication be referredto the Committee on Roads and Bridges. (Comm. No. 284413). The motion carried unanimously.ORDINANCETransmitting a Communication, dated December 22, 2006 fromRUPERT F. GRAHAM, JR., P.E., Acting Superintendent of HighwaysRe:Speed Limit Zoning OrdinanceCounty Line Road,60th Street to 55th Streetin the Village of Hinsdale in County Board District #17I respectfully submit to your Honorable Body and recommend for adoption, an ordinance revising thespeed limit along County Line Road between 60th Street and 55th Street, which is under the maintenancejurisdiction of Cook County. The recommended speed limit was determined by an engineering and trafficinvestigation in accordance with the provisions of Article VI of the Illinois Vehicle Code and as morefully explained in the following ordinance.It is respectfully requested that should your Honorable Body concur in this recommendation, theordinance be adopted.07-O-06ORDINANCESponsored byTHE HONORABLE TODD H. STROGERPRESIDENT OF THE COOK COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERSIT IS HEREBY DECLARED, by the Board of Commissioners of Cook County, Illinois, that the basicstatutory vehicular speed limits established by Section 11-601 of the Illinois Vehicle Code are greater, orless, than that considered reasonable and proper on the road listed below for which the County hasmaintenance responsibility and which is not under the jurisdiction of the Department of Transportation,State of Illinois; andBE IT FURTHER DECLARED, that this Board has caused to be made an engineering and trafficinvestigation upon the road listed below; andBE IT FURTHER DECLARED, that by virtue of Section 11-604 of the above Code, this Boarddetermines and declares that reasonable and proper absolute maximum speed limits upon the roaddescribed below shall be as stated herein; andBE IT FURTHER DECLARED, that signs giving notice thereof shall be erected in conformance withthe standards and specifications contained in the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, the IllinoisSupplement to the National Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, and the Standard Specificationsfor Traffic Control Items; and498