BILL ANALYSIS Ó
SENATE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND HOUSING
Senator Jim Beall, Chair
2015 - 2016 Regular
Bill No: ACR 14 Hearing Date: 6/16/2015
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|Author: |Irwin |
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|Version: |1/29/2015 |
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|Urgency: | No |Fiscal: |Yes |
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|Consultant|Holly Glasen |
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SUBJECT: Deputy Sheriff Yevhen "Eugene" Kostiuchenko Memorial
Highway
DIGEST: This resolution designates a specified portion of State
Highway Route (SR) 101 in the County of Ventura as the Deputy
Sheriff Yevhen "Eugene" Kostiuchenko Memorial Highway.
ANALYSIS:
The committee has adopted a policy regarding the naming of state
highways or structures. Under the policy, the committee will
consider only those resolutions that meet all of the following
criteria:
1)The person being honored must have provided extraordinary
public service or some exemplary contribution to the public
good and have a connection to the community where the highway
or structure is located.
2)The person being honored must be deceased.
3)The naming must be done without cost to the state. Costs for
signs and plaques must be paid by local or private sources.
4)The author or co-author of the resolution must represent the
district in which the facility is located, and the resolution
must identify the specific highway segment or structure being
named.
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5)The segment of highway being named must not exceed five miles
in length.
6)The proposed designation must reflect a community consensus
and be without local opposition.
7)The proposed designation may not supersede an existing
designation unless the sponsor can document that a good faith
effort has uncovered no opposition to rescinding the prior
designation.
This resolution designates the 2.040-mile portion of SR 101
between Lewis Road/Junction State Route 34 at mile post 13.848
and Las Posas Road at mile post 15.888 in the County of Ventura
as the Deputy Sheriff Yevhen "Eugene" Kostiuchenko Memorial
Highway. The resolution further requests that the Department of
Transportation erect appropriate signs upon receiving donations
from non-state sources to cover the costs.
COMMENTS:
Purpose. The author introduced this resolution to honor the
life and service of Ventura County Deputy Sheriff Yevhen
"Eugene" Kostiuchenko.
Background on Deputy Sheriff Kostiuchenko. Ventura County
Deputy Sheriff Yevhen "Eugene" Kostiuchenko was born in Kiev,
Ukraine, on January 30, 1973. He was raised in Kiev, and later
attended the Military University of Defense of Russian
Federation in Moscow where he received a master's degree in
linguistics. He spoke four languages fluently and served as a
captain in the Ukranian Armed Forces from 1995 to 1999.
Deputy Sheriff Kostiuchenko worked as a Military Intelligence
Officer and served as a liaison with the Federal Bureau of
Investigations, the Drug Enforcement Administration, and the
Central Intelligence Agency, and also served as the adjutant to
the General of the Ukranian Army.
Deputy Sheriff Kostiuchenko began his career with the County of
Ventura in 2003, first as the program administrator with the
Sheriff's Office of Emergency Services and later as a deputy
sheriff trainee. He was sworn in as a deputy sheriff on
November 29, 2007. He worked in the Detention Services Division
until 2013 and was later transferred to patrol in the City of
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Camarillo.
On October 28, 2014, after completing an early morning traffic
stop, Deputy Sheriff Kostiuchenko was struck and killed by a
drunk driver as he was walking back to his patrol car.
Consistent with committee policy. This resolution is consistent
with the provisions of the committee's policy on highway
designations.
Assembly Votes:
Floor: 80-0
Appr: 16-0
Trans: 16-0
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
POSITIONS: (Communicated to the committee before noon on
Wednesday,
June 10, 2015.)
SUPPORT:
None received
OPPOSITION:
None received
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