BILL NUMBER: SCR 55	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	ADOPTED IN SENATE  AUGUST 15, 2013
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 12, 2013
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 3, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Senators Gaines and Nielsen

                        JUNE 25, 2013

   Relative to the Dean Patton Memorial Interchange.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SCR 55, Gaines. Dean Patton Memorial Interchange.
   This measure would designate the interchange between State Highway
Route 99 and Riego Road in Sutter County as the Dean Patton Memorial
Interchange. The measure would also 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, Dean Patton, of Grass Valley, started his career with the
Department of Transportation as a highway maintenance worker in
2006, initially assigned to the Marysville special crews yard as part
of a stormwater and bridge crew, and more recently assigned to the
Nevada City maintenance yard; and
   WHEREAS, In his private life, Mr. Patton sought to improve his
community through public service, active involvement in the Twin
Cities Church in Grass Valley, helping others better themselves
through Alcoholics Anonymous, and coaching a Little League team for
children with special needs; and
   WHEREAS, On May 2, 2013, Mr. Patton was struck by another vehicle
and killed while riding his motorcycle on his day off on State
Highway Route 99 at Riego Road in Sutter County on the way to the
State Capitol in Sacramento, as a participant in the third annual
Highway Workers Memorial Run, benefiting the children of fallen
Caltrans employees; and
   WHEREAS, Mr. Patton is survived by his wife Trisha Flud, mother
Joann Baldasarra, son Seth Sherman, and daughters Jessica Zeno and
Felisha Dow, as well as three granddaughters, Brianna, Alyssa, and
Savahna; and
   WHEREAS, Mr. Patton will be greatly missed by his family, friends,
coworkers, and community, who will all get a measure of comfort
knowing that the world is a better place because of Dean Patton; now,
therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly
thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby designates the
interchange between State Highway Route 99 and Riego Road in Sutter
County as the Dean Patton Memorial Interchange; 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 the cost, to erect those signs; and be it further

   Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this
resolution to the Director of Transportation and to the author for
appropriate distribution.