BILL NUMBER: ACR 58 CHAPTERED
BILL TEXT
RESOLUTION CHAPTER 153
FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE SEPTEMBER 3, 2015
ADOPTED IN SENATE AUGUST 27, 2015
ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY JULY 9, 2015
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JULY 9, 2015
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Williams
(Coauthors: Assembly Members Achadjian, Alejo, Atkins, Baker,
Bigelow, Bloom, Bonilla, Bonta, Brown, Burke, Calderon, Campos,
Chang, Chau, Chávez, Chiu, Chu, Cooley, Cooper, Dababneh, Dahle,
Daly, Dodd, Eggman, Frazier, Beth Gaines, Cristina Garcia, Eduardo
Garcia, Gatto, Gipson, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gray, Hadley, Roger
Hernández, Holden, Irwin, Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Kim, Lackey, Levine,
Linder, Lopez, Low, Maienschein, Mathis, Mayes, McCarty, Medina,
Melendez, Mullin, Nazarian, Obernolte, O'Donnell, Olsen, Perea,
Quirk, Rendon, Rodriguez, Salas, Steinorth, Mark Stone, Thurmond,
Ting, Waldron, Weber, Wilk, and Wood)
APRIL 22, 2015
Relative to memorial paths and access ways.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
ACR 58, Williams. Ralph Fertig Memorial Bicycle-Pedestrian Path
and the Peter Douglas Coastal Access Way.
This measure would designate the bicycle-pedestrian path
constructed as part of the project to widen State Highway Route 101
in the County of Ventura as the Ralph Fertig Memorial
Bicycle-Pedestrian Path and the pedestrian undercrossing of State
Highway Route 101 in the community of La Conchita in the County of
Ventura as the Peter Douglas Coastal Access Way.
The measure would also request the Department of Transportation to
determine the cost of appropriate signs showing each of these
special designations and, upon receiving donations from nonstate
sources covering the cost of the signs for which the donations were
made, to erect those signs.
WHEREAS, Ralph Fertig, a longtime bicycle advocate in Santa
Barbara of such consistency, durability, and selflessness that his
presence achieved an almost geologic aspect, passed away on July 18,
2014; and
WHEREAS, Ralph Fertig, a lynch-pin of bicycle activism in the
Santa Barbara area and statewide, raised the profile of bicycling in
Santa Barbara and was responsible for bringing the 1998 ProBike
conference to Santa Barbara; and
WHEREAS, Ralph Fertig also served as the Regional Director of the
California Association of Bicycling Organization (CABO) for the
Central Coast for many years; and
WHEREAS, Quiet, unassuming, and absolutely dogged, Ralph Fertig
made it his mission for more than 20 years to attend every
transportation planning meeting to bear witness to the need for more
space on the roads for bicycles; and
WHEREAS, To an uncommon extent, Ralph Fertig understood the
complicated anatomy of transportation funding; he knew where the
money was hidden, what it had been set aside for, and far better than
most, he understood the rules and regulations guiding the
expenditure of those funds; and
WHEREAS, Ralph Fertig was respectful, positive, and persistent and
was the first local bicycle advocate to consistently assess and
provide public comment on the needs of the bicycling community; and
WHEREAS, Peter Douglas, the former Executive Director of the
California Coastal Commission, passed away during the night on
Sunday, April 1, 2012, at his sister's home in La Quinta, California
at 69 years of age after a long battle with cancer; and
WHEREAS, Peter Douglas was the commission's longest-serving
executive director, a position he held from 1985 to 2011, inclusive.
Prior to working for the commission, he served in the Legislature as
an aide to then-Assembly Member Alan Siertoy (D-Beverly Hills), and
as a committee consultant. During that time he was responsible for
the drafting and passage of Proposition 20 (the Coastal Initiative)
in 1972, as well as the California Coastal Act of 1976 which created
the California Coastal Commission; and
WHEREAS, Over the decades, Peter Douglas' name has become
synonymous with coastal protection. His accomplishments are too
numerous to list, but he played a part in creating, acquiring, or
preserving many coastal parks and state beaches, campgrounds, trails,
and overnight hostels, including Crystal Cove, Garrapata, Tollowa
Dunes, Steep Ravine and Sea West State Parks, San Onofre and Doheney
Beach State Campgrounds, the Monterey Bay Recreational Trail, the
Avila Lighthouse Trail, the Point Buchon Trail, and many others; and
WHEREAS, Peter Douglas also worked to protect California's ocean
waters from offshore oil development and other industrial practices.
During his 34-year tenure at the commission, Peter Douglas earned the
love, respect, and loyalty of his staff, and inspired environmental
advocates and stewards statewide and beyond. He will be forever
remembered for his kind heart and unpredictable sense of humor; and
WHEREAS, Peter Douglas was the first recipient of the national
Julius A. Stratton "Champion of the Coast" award for leadership in
coastal management at Coastal Zone '95, an international, biennial
symposium on coastal zone management. He provided technical
assistance on coastal management issues to other countries and served
on the China-United States panel on integrated coastal management
and was a member of the first National Oceanic Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA) Science Advisory Board and served on the
National Academy of Sciences Committee on Science and Policy for the
Coastal Ocean; and
WHEREAS, In 2008, the Department of Transportation approached the
California Coastal Commission with a plan to improve State Highway
Route 101 in the Counties of Ventura and Santa Barbara. This
ambitious proposal involved adding a carpool lane, bicycle lane, and
a pedestrian undercrossing, and other safety and access improvements.
Peter Douglas suggested changes to the project that involved a major
redesign and, when all was said and done, the department proceeded
with his suggestions; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby designates the
bicycle-pedestrian path (Class 1 Bicycle path) constructed as part of
the project to widen State Highway Route 101 (US 101 Carpool Lane
Improvement Project), from Mobil Pier Road to Bates Road in the
County of Ventura, as the Ralph Fertig Memorial Bicycle-Pedestrian
Path; and be it further
Resolved, That the Legislature hereby designates the pedestrian
undercrossing of State Highway Route 101 in the community of La
Conchita in the County of Ventura as the Peter Douglas Coastal Access
Way; 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 each of these
special designations and, upon receiving donations from nonstate
sources sufficient to cover the cost of the signs for which the
donations were made, to erect those signs; and be it further
Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the Director of Transportation and to the author
for appropriate distribution.