Amended in Assembly June 28, 2016

California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 178

Introduced by Assembly Member Gipson

May 3, 2016

Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 178—Relative to the Kevin begin insert Michael end insert Burrell and James begin insert Wayne end insert MacDonald Memorial Highway and the Dess K. Phipps Memorial Highway.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

ACR 178, as amended, Gipson. Kevin begin insert Michael end insert Burrell and James begin insert Wayne end insert MacDonald Memorial Highway and the Dess K. Phipps Memorial Highway.

This measure would designate begin delete an unspecified end delete begin insert a specified end insert portion of State Highway Route begin delete 91 end delete begin insert 710 end insert in the County of Los Angeles as the Kevin begin insert Michael end insert Burrell and James begin insert Wayne end insert MacDonald Memorial Highway and would designate begin delete an unspecified end delete begin insert a specified end insert portion of State Highway Route begin delete 91 end delete begin insert 710 end insert in the County of Los Angeles as the Dess K. Phipps Memorial Highway. The measure would request the Department of Transportation to determine the costs for appropriate signs, as specified, and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources covering those costs, to erect those signs.

Fiscal committee: yes.

WHEREAS, Kevin Michael Burrell and James Wayne
MacDonald were police officers employed by the City of Compton,
who dedicated their lives to keeping its citizens safe; and

WHEREAS, Kevin Michael Burrell realized that being a police
officer meant more than just making arrests; he possessed a level
of unparalleled compassion and understanding, taking advantage
of every opportunity to help those less fortunate, and was lovingly
known as the “Gentle Giant;” and

WHEREAS, James Wayne MacDonald was admired by his
begin delete peers and end delete begin insert peers, end insert had an amazing begin delete personality end delete begin insert personality, end insert and,
although he was only required to work two shifts a month, begin delete instead end delete
chose to work two shifts a week; and

WHEREAS, James Wayne MacDonald loved being a police
officer and Kevin Michael Burrell was his favorite partner to ride
with; and

WHEREAS, On February 22, 1993, Kevin Michael Burrell and
James Wayne MacDonald, ages 29 and 24, respectively, while
working as patrol car partners in the City of Compton, were fatally
shot by a violent gang member during a traffic stop at the
intersection of Rosecrans Avenue and Dwight Avenue; and

WHEREAS, Kevin Michael Burrell is survived by his son,
Kevin Junior, his mother, Edna, his sister, Bridget, and his brothers,
Biff, Kiki, Reggie, and Anthony, his father, Clark, having
subsequently passed away; and

WHEREAS, James Wayne MacDonald is survived by his
mother, Toni, and his brother, Jon, his father, Jim, having
subsequently passed away; and

WHEREAS, Dess K. Phipps was a police officer employed by
the City of Compton who dedicated his life to keeping the citizens
of the City of Compton safe; and

WHEREAS, Dess K. Phipps was born on June 17, 1925, in the
City of Stidham in the County of McIntosh, Oklahoma, and grew
up on a working farm in the City of Yuma, Arizona; and

WHEREAS, Dess K. Phipps was a member of the United States
Navy from June 16, 1934, to December 29, 1944, and was a veteran
of World War II; and

WHEREAS, At the age of 37, Dess K. Phipps begin delete is end delete begin insert was end insert killed in
the line of duty during a high speed vehicle pursuit of a criminal
on October 12, 1962; and

WHEREAS, Dess K. Phipps is survived by his brother, Williams
Ross Phipps, and begin delete is end delete begin insert was end insert succeeded in death by his loving wife,
Pauline Verna Winder Phipps (2012), his parents Marion (1975)
and Margaret Phipps (1994), and his other brother, Perry Lee
Phipps (1998); now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, begin insert end insert That the Legislature hereby designates begin delete a end delete begin insert that end insert
portion of State Highway Route begin delete 91 end delete begin insert 710 from State Highway Route
91 approximately at post mile 12.97 to Alondra Boulevard
approximately at post mile 13.94 end insert in the County of Los Angeles as
the Kevin begin insert Michael end insert Burrell and James begin insert Wayne end insert MacDonald Memorial
Highway; and be it further

Resolved, begin insert end insert That the Legislature hereby designates begin delete a end delete begin insert that end insert portion
of State Highway Route begin delete 91 end delete begin insert 710 from Alondra Boulevard
approximately at post mile 13.945 to Rosecrans Avenue
approximately at post mile 14.96 end insert in the County of Los Angeles as
the Dess K. Phipps Memorial Highway; and be it further

Resolved, begin insert end insert That the Department of Transportation is requested
to determine the costs of erecting appropriate signs, which would
include these special designations, consistent with the signing
requirements for the state highway system, and, upon receiving
donations from nonstate sources covering the costs, to erect those
signs; and be it further

Resolved, begin insert end insert That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies
of this resolution to the Director of Transportation and to the author
for appropriate distribution.