Amended in Assembly March 1, 2016

California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 115

Introduced by Assembly Member Mathis

January 11, 2016

Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 115—Relative to the Richard “Dick” Noles Memorial Highway.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

ACR 115, as amended, Mathis. Richard “Dick” Noles Memorial Highway.

This measure would designate a specified portion of State begin delete Highway end delete begin insert Route end insert 168 in the County of Inyo as the Richard “Dick” Noles Memorial Highway. 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 the cost, to erect those signs.

Fiscal committee: yes.

WHEREAS, Richard “Dick” Noles was born in Palo Alto,
California, on June 23, 1933, to Cathryn and Clifford Noles, grew
up in the Bakersfield area, and graduated from Bakersfield High
School in 1951; and

WHEREAS, Dick Noles spent summers on the Kern begin delete River end delete begin insert River, end insert
where he met his wife-to-be, Pat, when they were both 13 years
old, and they begin delete later end delete married in 1952 and had two sons, Rick and
David; and

WHEREAS, Dick went to work for Southern California Edison
in Kernville before transferring to Oxnard, begin delete Torrance end delete begin insert Torrance, end insert
and later to begin delete Bishop end delete begin insert Bishop, end insert where he worked for many years before
retiring in 1990; and

WHEREAS, Dick also enjoyed nearly 50 years of volunteer
work in the Owens Valley, an area he dearly loved; and

WHEREAS, Dick made many contributions as an active
volunteer on projects involving the expansion of parks, the
improvement of water quality for wildlife in the local mountains,
and the establishment of begin delete an end delete begin insert the end insert Eastern Sierra All begin delete Terain end delete begin insert Terrain end insert
Vehicle Adventure Trail System in Inyo County; and

WHEREAS, Dick also helped to establish platforms for
handicapped individuals at local ponds, and gathered volunteers
to monitor radio collars on Buttermilk deer herd winter range areas
so that the deer could be monitored to determine mortality rates
and the cause of fatalities in those deer populations; and

WHEREAS, Dick is survived by his wife of 63 years, Pat, his
two sons, Rick and his begin delete wife end delete begin insert wife, end insert Bonnie of Lee Vining, and David
and his begin delete wife end delete begin insert wife, end insert Jeannie of Bishop, five grandchildren, Pete
Noles, Garrett Noles, Kari Face and her begin delete husband end delete begin insert husband, end insert Dan,
Kristin Noles, Kristi Houston and her begin delete husband end delete begin insert husband, end insert Will, and
four begin delete great grandchildren, end delete begin insert great-grandchildren, end insert Cameron, Corbin,
Riley, and Aidan; now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby designates that
portion of State begin delete Highway 168 from its junction with State Highway
Route 6 to 4090 California, at State Highway Route 168 end delete begin insert Route
168 from 4090 West Line Street to the junction of United States
Highway 395, end insert in the County of Inyo, California, as the Richard
“Dick” Noles Memorial Highway; and be it further

Resolved, That the Department of Transportation is requested
to determine the cost of appropriate signs showing this special
designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources
sufficient to cover that cost, 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.