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                                                                  SCR 55
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          Date of Hearing:   September 11, 2013

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
                               Bonnie Lowenthal, Chair
                     SCR 55 (Gaines) - As Amended:  July 3, 2013

           SENATE VOTE  :  38-0
           
          SUBJECT  :  Dean Patton Memorial Interchange

           SUMMARY  :  Designates a specific portion of State Highway Route  
          (SR) 99 in Sutter County as the Dean Patton Memorial  
          Interchange.  Specifically,  this bill  :

          1)Recounts the life of Mr. Patton and his lifetime  
            accomplishments.  
              
          2)Designates the interchange between SR 99 and Riego Road in  
            Sutter County as the Dean Patton Memorial Interchange.  

          3)Requests that the California Department of Transportation  
            (Caltrans) determine the cost of appropriate signs, consistent  
            with the signing requirements for the state highway system,  
            showing the special designation and, upon receiving donations  
            from non-state sources covering that cost, to erect those  
            signs.  

           EXISTING LAW  :  Assigns Caltrans the responsibility to determine  
          the cost of appropriate signs, consistent with the signing  
          requirements for the state highway system, showing the special  
          designation and, upon receiving donations from non-state sources  
          covering that cost, to erect those signs.  

           FISCAL EFFECT  :  Costs to make and erect the appropriate signs  
          are covered by donations.

           COMMENTS  :  Dean Patton of Grass Valley started working for the  
          Caltrans in 2006 and spent the vast majority of his tenure at  
          the Marysville Special Crews Yard on the Storm Water and Bridge  
          Team.  Mr. Patton had recently transferred to the Nevada City  
          Maintenance Crew.  In his private life, Mr. Patton was heavily  
          involved in the Twin Cities Church in Grass Valley, worked to  
          help others through Alcoholics Anonymous, and recently began  
          coaching a little league team for children with special needs.









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          Mr. Patton died on May 2, 2013, while riding his motorcycle on  
          SR 99 at Riego Road in Sutter County.  Mr. Patton was  
          participating in the Third Annual Highway Workers Memorial  
          Motorcycle Ride benefiting the children of fallen Caltrans  
          employees.  His final destination for the Ride was the 26th  
          Annual Caltrans Workers Memorial held on the west steps of the  
          State Capitol that day.  This bill designating this interchange  
          on SR 99 in honor of Mr. Patton acknowledges the imperative role  
          he played in his community and for the State of California.  

           REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :

           Support 
           
          None on file
           
            Opposition 
           
          None on file

           
          Analysis Prepared by  :    Manny Leon / TRANS. / (916) 319-2093