BILL ANALYSIS Ó
SENATE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND HOUSING
Senator Jim Beall, Chair
2015 - 2016 Regular
Bill No: ACR 163 Hearing Date: 6/28/2016
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|Author: |Atkins |
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|Version: |4/4/2016 |
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|Urgency: | |Fiscal: |Yes |
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|Consultant|Randy Chinn |
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SUBJECT: Blue Star Memorial Highway
DIGEST: This resolution designates a portion State Highway
Route 282 in the City of Coronado as a Blue Star Memorial
Highway.
ANALYSIS:
Existing law assigns Caltrans the responsibility of operating
and maintaining state highways including the installation and
maintenance of highway signs.
This resolution:
1)Describes the history and function of the Blue Star Memorial
Highway program.
2)Designates State Highway Route 282 from Orange Avenue in the
City of Coronado to Naval Air Station North Island as a Blue
Star Memorial Highway.
3)Requests that the Department of Transportation (Caltrans)
determine the costs of erecting appropriate plaques and
markers, showing this special designation, consistent with the
signing requirements for the state highway system, and upon
receiving donations from non-state sources covering the cost,
to erect those signs.
ACR 163 (Atkins) Page 2 of ?
COMMENTS:
After World War II, a nationwide movement was started to pay
tribute to the nation's armed forces by designating various
highways as "Blue Star Memorial Highways." The National Council
of State Garden Clubs approved the Blue Star Memorial Highway
Marker Program in 1946 and the California Garden Clubs initiated
the program in California in 1947. The Legislature has approved
numerous of these designations on state highways since that
time.
The purpose of the Blue Star Memorial Highway project is to
erect highway markers at roadside rest stops, vista points,
historical sites, and other appropriate areas. The markers pay
tribute to all who have served, those presently serving, and
those who will serve in the nation's armed forces. The members
of the Avenue of Heroes Neighborhood Association, from the City
of Coronado, wish to erect markers along State Highway Route 282
from Orange Avenue in the City of Coronado to Naval Air Station
North Island to honor all of the military branches that formed
today's North Island and current service members who are still
making sacrifices for our country. The author notes that City
of Coronado has the reputation of being a "navy town," and has a
long history with the United States Armed Forces.
Specifically, this designation is intended to be in conjunction
with the City of Coronado's Avenue of Heroes Banner Program.
Related Legislation:
ACR 180 (Bogh, Chapter 127, Statutes of 2004) - designates a
portion of State Highway Route 62 as a Blue Star Memorial
Highway.
Assembly Votes:
Floor: 77-0
Appr: 20-0
Trans: 15-0
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
ACR 163 (Atkins) Page 3 of ?
POSITIONS: (Communicated to the committee before noon on
Wednesday,
June 22, 2016.)
SUPPORT:
Bridge and Bay Garden Club of Coronado
National Garden Clubs, Inc.
OPPOSITION:
None received
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