BILL NUMBER: ACR 59	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   JUNE 17, 1996
	PASSED THE SENATE   JUNE 13, 1996
	AMENDED IN SENATE   JUNE 10, 1996

INTRODUCED BY  Assembly Member Thompson
   (Principal coauthor: Senator Haynes)

                        FEBRUARY 14, 1996

   Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 59--Relative to Lake
Domenigoni.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 59, Thompson.  Lake Domenigoni.
   This measure would recommend that the East Side Reservoir in the
Domenigoni Valley be officially named "Lake Domenigoni" in
recognition of the valley's historical name, and would recommend
other names for specified features of the reservoir.




   WHEREAS, The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California is
constructing a reservoir in the Domenigoni Valley that is currently
known as the "East Side Reservoir"; and
   WHEREAS, The district has designated an ad hoc committee to
officially name the reservoir; and
   WHEREAS, The valley is named after the Domenigoni family; and
   WHEREAS, Angelo Domenigoni immigrated to America from Switzerland
in 1874 and, with his wife, Maria Antonia, built a successful farming
and dairy business, becoming a founding citizen of the area; and
   WHEREAS, The fifth generation of Angelo and Maria Antonia
Domenigoni's descendants still lives and farms in the Domenigoni
Valley; and
   WHEREAS, The residents of the Domenigoni Valley desire to preserve
the heritage of the valley; and
   WHEREAS, A project of this scale should acknowledge the history of
the valley and the people who have helped to build many of the
businesses and institutions in the area, rather than a single person;
now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby recommends that the
reservoir and its features be officially named as follows:
   1.  The reservoir be named "Lake Domenigoni" in recognition of the
historical name for the valley which will be dammed and filled to
create the reservoir.
   2.  The east side and west side recreation areas at the reservoir
be named the "Searl Ranch Recreation Area" and the "Garbani Farms
Recreation Area," respectively, in recognition of other great farming
families that have lived and farmed hundreds of acres in the
Domenigoni Valley area.
   3.  Where the terrain of the reservoir dictates a specific name
for a geographic point of interest, such as a cove, peak, point, or
bay, the name recognize the Native American heritage of the area; and
be it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the Metropolitan Water District of Southern
California, Andy and Cindy Domenigoni, and the author for appropriate
further distribution.