BILL NUMBER: SCR 60	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER   114
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   AUGUST 25, 2000
	ADOPTED IN SENATE   AUGUST 18, 2000
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY   AUGUST 10, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   AUGUST 7, 2000

INTRODUCED BY   Senators Rainey and Perata
   (Coauthor:  Assembly Member Leach)

                        JANUARY 25, 2000

   Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 60--Relative to the Officer John
Paul Monego Memorial Freeway.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SCR 60, Rainey.  Officer John Paul Monego Memorial Freeway.
   This measure would designate that portion of Interstate Highway
Route 680 between Alcosta Boulevard and the intersection with
Interstate Highway Route 580 the "Officer John Paul Monego Memorial
Freeway."
   This measure would also request the Department of Transportation
to determine the cost of appropriate plaques and markers showing that
special designation, and, upon receiving donations from nonstate
sources sufficient to cover that cost, to erect those plaques and
markers.




   WHEREAS, Dublin Police Officer John Paul Monego, who served a
distinguished nine-year peace officer career, died on December 12,
1998, in the line of duty at the age of 33 years, while responding to
a takeover robbery; and
   WHEREAS, John Monego, who was the youngest of three children born
to John and Dorothy Monego, was born in Passaic, New Jersey on
November 5, 1965; and
   WHEREAS, John Monego graduated from Amador High School in
Pleasanton, and, in November 1989, was hired as a Deputy Sheriff with
the Alameda County Sheriff's Department, graduating from the 97th
Basic Academy; and
   WHEREAS, Officer John Monego had a short break in service with the
Alameda County Sheriff's Department when he took a job with the Los
Angeles Police Department; and
   WHEREAS, Feeling the need to return home, John Monego returned to
the Alameda County Sheriff's Department; and
   WHEREAS, In 1995, John Monego married his wife Tammy, and, in
1997, they had a son, Dominic John; and
   WHEREAS, Prior to being appointed by the Alameda County Sheriff's
Department to work as a police officer for the City of Dublin, John
Monego received several commendations from the sheriff's office,
including a commendation for assisting in the capture of the suspect
in the Alameda County Fair shooting incident in July of 1998.  He
worked at the Santa Rita County Jail as a Classification Officer,
worked in Law Enforcement Services at Highland Hospital, and was
assigned to patrol at Eden Township and AC Transit Police Services;
and
   WHEREAS, Officer John Monego was a consummate professional and
deeply respected police officer, and, more importantly, John Monego
was a friend to everyone, exhibiting a willingness to always lend a
helping hand, and was a devoted husband and father; and
   WHEREAS, It is appropriate that the portion of Interstate Highway
Route 680 between Alcosta Boulevard and the intersection with
Interstate Highway Route 580 be dedicated to the memory of this
outstanding officer; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly
thereof concurring, That the portion of Interstate Highway Route 680
between Alcosta Boulevard and the intersection with Interstate
Highway Route 580 be officially designated the "Officer John Paul
Monego Memorial Freeway"; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Department of Transportation is requested to
determine the cost of appropriate plaques and markers, consistent
with the signing requirements for the state highway system, showing
that special designation, and, upon receiving donations from nonstate
sources sufficient to cover that cost, to erect those plaques and
markers; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this
resolution to the Department of Transportation and to the authors
for appropriate distribution.