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                                 THIRD READING


          Bill No:  SCR 30
          Author:   Simitian (D)
          Amended:  5/19/09
          Vote:     21

           
           SENATE TRANS. & HOUSING COMMITTEE  :  11-0, 5/12/09
          AYES:  Lowenthal, Huff, Ashburn, DeSaulnier, Harman,  
            Hollingsworth, Kehoe, Oropeza, Pavley, Simitian, Wolk

           SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE  :  Senate Rule 28.8


           SUBJECT  :    Betty Meltzer Memorial Highway

           SOURCE  :     Author


           DIGEST  :    This resolution names a portion of State Route  
          82 in the City of Palo Alto as the "Betty Meltzer Memorial  
          Highway."

           ANALYSIS  :    In the mid-80's Elizabeth T. (Betty) Meltzer  
          began her community organizing for a better Palo Alto, as a  
          co-founder with Ellen Wyman, of Palo Alto Tomorrow, an  
          organization that successfully promoted sensible growth in  
          downtown Palo Alto.

          She taught in the Palo Alto Unified School District for  
          five years.  She also taught blind people to read, and for  
          many years she tutored elementary-school students who had  
          reading disabilities.

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          Mrs. Meltzer was best known in Palo Alto for her  
          environmental efforts, which involved being co-founder with  
          Susan Rosenberg of the "Dream of a Thousand Trees for 

          El Camino Real Project," wherein she tenaciously worked  
          with Caltrans to have them relax their regulations on the  
          planting of trees in road medians. The "Dream of a Thousand  
          Trees for El Camino Real Project" aided the City of Palo  
          Alto in the funding for hundreds of new trees along the 4.3  
          miles of El Camino Real, in Palo Alto.

          She served on the board of the former Peninsula  
          Conservation Center Foundation, now Acterra, and she was  
          especially active in creating the Business Environmental  
          Network, which gives awards to businesses that are  
          environmentally outstanding.

          This resolution names a portion of State Route (SR) 82,  
          south of Glenwood Road, between Page Mill Road and San  
          Francisquito Creek in Santa Clara County, as the "Betty  
          Meltzer Memorial Highway."  The resolution further requests  
          the Department of Transportation to erect appropriate signs  
          upon receiving donations from non-state sources to cover  
          the costs.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :    Fiscal Com.:  Yes

          JJA:do  5/27/09   Senate Floor Analyses 

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