BILL NUMBER: ACR 122	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER  32
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JUNE 2, 2010
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  JUNE 2, 2010
	ADOPTED IN SENATE  MAY 27, 2010
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 19, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Logue

                        FEBRUARY 12, 2010

   Relative to the Eric W. Rood Memorial Expressway.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 122, Logue. Eric W. Rood Memorial Expressway.
   This measure would designate a specified portion of State Highway
Route 20 in Nevada County as the Eric W. Rood Memorial Expressway.
The measure would request the Department of Transportation to
determine the cost of appropriate signs showing this special
designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources
covering that cost, to erect those signs.



   WHEREAS, Eric W. Rood was a California native who graduated from
California State University at Sacramento, and furthered his
education by receiving a master's degree in management from George
Washington University. He also graduated from the Air War College and
Harvard Business School; and
   WHEREAS, Eric W. Rood enlisted in the United States Air Force in
1942. He earned his wings and commission in mid-1943 and went on to
complete an honorable tour of military service. Thereafter, he taught
at the Bombardier School at Mather Air Force Base near Sacramento
before being deployed to the Philippines for three years. He retired
from the Air Force as a colonel in 1973 at McClellan Air Force Base.
While stationed with the Pentagon, he played a role in bringing a
missile program to Beale Air Force Base; and
   WHEREAS, Eric W. Rood served as Nevada County's 4th District
Supervisor from 1975 to 1986, inclusive, including two terms as
chair; and
   WHEREAS, As Nevada County's 4th District Supervisor, Eric W. Rood
was instrumental in securing state funding for the State Highway
Route 20 bypass between Grass Valley and Penn Valley. Today, the
highway is a busy thoroughfare that has been critical to growth and
economic development in Penn Valley; and
   WHEREAS, Eric W. Rood worked with the state for more than two
decades to resolve the many special problems faced by the rural
communities of Nevada County; and
   WHEREAS, While serving as a county supervisor, Eric W. Rood was
president of the state's powerful Regional Council of Rural Counties,
director of the County Supervisor's Association of California, vice
chairman of the California Local Agency Formation Commission, and
served on the board of the Sierra Economic Development District, the
Sierra Planning Organization, and the Foothill Strategy Advisory
Committee. He also served on the Nevada County local agency formation
commission, the Golden Chain Council of the Mother Lode, the
Foothill Airport Land Use Commission, Mountain County Air Basin, the
Area 4 Agency on Aging, and the Foothill Strategy Advisory Committee.
He was a founder of the Western Gateway Recreation and Park District
that helped build Western Gateway Park in Penn Valley and he was
also a member of various other organizations; and
   WHEREAS, Eric W. Rood retired in January 1987 and passed away in
1998; and
   WHEREAS, It is a fitting tribute to recognize the contributions of
Eric W. Rood to the people of California; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby designates State
Highway Route 20 between its junction with State Highway Route 49 and
the intersection of the Rough and Ready Highway and Penn Valley
Drive, in Nevada County, as the Eric W. Rood Memorial Expressway; and
be it further
   Resolved, That the Department of Transportation is requested to
determine the cost of appropriate signs, consistent with the signing
requirements for the state highway system, showing this special
designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources
sufficient to cover that cost, to erect those signs; and be it
further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the Department of Transportation and to the author
for appropriate distribution.