Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 73

Introduced by Senator McGuire

(Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Olsen)

(Coauthors: Assembly Members Dodd and Wood)

June 8, 2015

Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 73—Relative to the Lowell C. Allen Memorial Bridge.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

SCR 73, as introduced, McGuire. Lowell C. Allen Memorial Bridge.

This measure would designate a specified bridge on State Highway Route 101 in Mendocino County as the Lowell C. Allen Memorial Bridge. The measure would request the Department of Transportation to determine the cost for appropriate signs showing this special designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources covering that cost, to erect those signs.

Fiscal committee: yes.

WHEREAS, Lowell C. Allen was a licensed professional
engineer and widely respected bridge construction engineer who
enjoyed a 39-year career with the California Department of
Transportation (Caltrans), Division of Highways Bridge
Department; and

WHEREAS, As the senior bridge construction engineer for
Caltrans District 1, from 1973 through his retirement in 1990, Mr.
Allen was responsible for bridge construction throughout the
Counties of Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino, including
those bridges constructed by counties and other local agencies;
and

WHEREAS, During his working days and in retirement, Mr.
Allen donated many hours to help build structures up and down
the North Coast; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Allen was a lifelong member of the American
Society of Civil Engineers; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Allen died on December 2, 2014, leaving a
legacy throughout the region; now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly
thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby designates Bridge
No. 10-218 on State Highway Route 101, between postmile
106.574 and 106.670, in the County of Mendocino as the Lowell
C. Allen Memorial Bridge; and be it further

Resolved,That the Department of Transportation is requested to
determine the cost of erecting appropriate signs, consistent with
the signing requirements for the state highway system, showing
this special designation and, upon receiving donations from
nonstate sources covering that cost, to erect those signs; and be it
further

Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of
this resolution to the Director of Transportation and to the author
for appropriate distribution.