BILL NUMBER: ACR 109	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Nestande
   (Principal coauthor: Senator Ducheny)

                        JANUARY 26, 2010

   Relative to the Roy Wilson Memorial Highway.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 109, as introduced, Nestande. Roy Wilson Memorial Highway.
   This measure would designate a portion of State Highway Route 74
in the City of Palm Desert and Riverside County as the Roy Wilson
Memorial Highway. The measure would also 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, Supervisor Roy Wilson was best known for his role as
Riverside County Supervisor for the 4th District, where his
commitment to serving his community greatly advanced the quality of
life in Coachella Valley until his death in 2009; and
   WHEREAS, Roy Wilson was known to his constituents, colleagues,
neighbors, and friends as an exceptional leader and a selfless,
dedicated public servant in the Coachella Valley; and
   WHEREAS, Roy Wilson was also a strong advocate for conservation of
the scenic lands along State Highway Route 74, including the Santa
Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument; and
   WHEREAS, Roy Wilson was involved in ongoing efforts to protect the
scenic beauty and improve the safety of State Highway Route 74 as
well as promote involvement of the communities along State Highway
Route 74 in its betterment; and
   WHEREAS, as Riverside County Supervisor for the 4th District, Roy
Wilson was also instrumental in the successful effort to prepare and
implement the Coachella Valley Multiple Species Habitat Conservation
Plan/Natural Community Conservation Plan, which will result in the
establishment of a comprehensive and coherent Multiple Species
Reserve System including lands along State Highway Route 74 in the
Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains; and
   WHEREAS, It is therefore appropriate to designate a portion of
State Highway Route 74 in recognition of the numerous achievements
and contributions of Roy Wilson; now, therefore, be it,
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby designates the
portion of State Highway Route 74 beginning at the entrance to the
Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument visitor center
and extending four miles to the west thereof, in the City of Palm
Desert and Riverside County, as the Roy Wilson Memorial Highway; and
be it further
   Resolved, That the Department of Transportation is requested to
determine the cost of appropriate signs, consistent with the signing
requirements for the state highway system, showing this special
designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources
sufficient to cover the cost, to erect those signs; and be it further

   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the Department of Transportation and to the author
for appropriate distribution.