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                                      CONSENT 


          Bill No:  ACR 163
          Author:   Atkins (D) 
          Introduced:4/4/16  
          Vote:     21 

           SENATE TRANS. & HOUSING COMMITTEE:  10-0, 6/28/16
           AYES:  Beall, Cannella, Allen, Bates, Gaines, Leyva, McGuire,  
            Mendoza, Roth, Wieckowski
           NO VOTE RECORDED:  Galgiani

           SENATE APPROPRIATION COMMITTEE: Senate Rule 28.8

           ASSEMBLY FLOOR:  77-0, 5/16/16 (Consent) - See last page for  
            vote

           SUBJECT:   Blue Star Memorial Highway


          SOURCE:    Author


          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 Department of Transportation  
          (Caltrans) the responsibility of operating and maintaining state  
          highways, including the installation and maintenance of highway  
          signs.

          This resolution:  










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          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 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.


          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 the  
          City of Coronado has the reputation of being a "navy town," and  
          has a long history with the U.S. Armed Forces.  

          Specifically, this designation is intended to be in conjunction  
          with the City of Coronado's Avenue of Heroes Banner Program.









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          FISCAL EFFECT:   Appropriation:     No         Fiscal  
          Com.:YesLocal:   No 


          SUPPORT:   (Verified8/1/16)


          Bridge and Bay Garden Club of Coronado
          National Garden Clubs, Inc.


          OPPOSITION:   (Verified8/1/16)


          None received

          ASSEMBLY FLOOR:  77-0, 5/16/16
          AYES:  Achadjian, Alejo, Arambula, Atkins, Baker, Bigelow,  
            Bloom, Bonilla, Bonta, Brough, Brown, Burke, Calderon, Campos,  
            Chang, Chau, Chávez, Chiu, Chu, Cooley, Cooper, Dahle, Daly,  
            Dodd, Eggman, Frazier, Beth Gaines, Gallagher, Cristina  
            Garcia, Eduardo Garcia, Gatto, Gipson, Gomez, Gonzalez,  
            Gordon, Gray, Grove, Hadley, Harper, Roger Hernández, Holden,  
            Irwin, Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Kim, Lackey, Levine, Linder,  
            Lopez, Low, Maienschein, Mathis, Mayes, McCarty, Medina,  
            Melendez, Mullin, Obernolte, O'Donnell, Olsen, Patterson,  
            Quirk, Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas, Santiago, Steinorth,  
            Mark Stone, Thurmond, Ting, Wagner, Waldron, Weber, Wilk,  
            Williams, Wood, Rendon
          NO VOTE RECORDED:  Travis Allen, Dababneh, Nazarian


          Prepared by:Randy Chinn / T. & H. / (916) 651-4121
          8/3/16 18:32:02


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