BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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Date of Hearing: June 27, 2016
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
Jim Frazier, Chair
ACR 178
(Gipson) - As Introduced May 3, 2016
SUBJECT: Kevin Burrell and James MacDonald Memorial Highway and
the Dess K. Phipps Memorial Highway
SUMMARY: Designates a portion of State Route (SR) 91 in Los
Angeles County, California as the "Kevin Burrell and Dess K.
Phipps Memorial Highway" and the "Dess K. Phipps Memorial
Highway." Specifically, this resolution:
1)Recounts the life and accomplishments of City of Compton
police officers Kevin Michael Burrell, James Wayne MacDonald,
and Dess K. Phipps.
2)Designates portions of SR 91 in Los Angeles County, California
as the "Kevin Burrell and Dess K. Phipps Memorial Highway" and
the "Dess K. Phipps Memorial Highway."
3)Requests that the California Department of Transportation
(Caltrans) determine the cost of the appropriate signs,
consistent with the signing requirements for a state highway
system, showing special designation and, upon receiving
donations from non-state sources covering that cost, to erect
those signs.
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EXISTING LAW: Assigns the California Department of
Transportation (Caltrans) the responsibility of operating and
maintaining state highways, including the installation and
maintenance of highway signs.
FISCAL EFFECT: Unknown, but the measure requests that Caltrans
only erect the appropriate signage upon receiving donations from
non-state sources covering the cost.
COMMENTS: Police officers for the City of Compton Kevin Michael
Burrell, James Wayne MacDonald, and Dess K. Phipps were killed
in the line of duty. To memorialize their service and
contribution to their community, ACR 178 seeks to name two
separate segments of SR 91 in their honor.
Suggested amendments: The resolution fails to distinguish the
exact locations designated for the memorial namings. Caltrans
has suggested, and the author has agreed, that the portion of SR
91 from the junction of SR 91/SR 710 at approximately post mile
12.97 south to Alondra Boulevard at approximately post mile
13.95 in the County of Los Angeles be named the "Kevin Michael
Burrell and James Wayne MacDonald Memorial Highway." Caltrans
has also suggested, and the author has agreed, that the portion
of SR 710 at Alondra Boulevard, approximate post mile 13.945,
north to Rosecrans Avenue at approximate post mile 14.96 in the
County of Los Angeles be named the "Dess K. Phipps Memorial
Highway."
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REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION:
Support
None on file
Opposition
None on file
Analysis Prepared by:Victoria Alvarez / TRANS. / (916) 319-2093
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