BILL NUMBER: SCR 73	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	ADOPTED IN SENATE  AUGUST 20, 2015
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Senator McGuire
   (Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Olsen)
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Dodd and Wood)

                        JUNE 8, 2015

   Relative to the Lowell C. Allen Memorial Bridge.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SCR 73, 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.



   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.