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CONSENT
Bill No: SCR 84
Author: Aanestad (R)
Amended: 4/13/10
Vote: 21
SENATE TRANSPORTATION & HOUSING COMM : 8-0, 4/6/10
AYES: Lowenthal, Huff, Ashburn, DeSaulnier, Kehoe,
Oropeza, Pavley, Simitian
NO VOTE RECORDED: Harman
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : Senate Rule 28.8
SUBJECT : Patricia Ann Weston Memorial Highway
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This resolution designates the portion of SR 99
in Sutter County between mileposts 36 and 40 as the
"Patricia Ann Weston Memorial Highway." The resolution
further requests the Department of Transportation to erect
appropriate signs upon receiving donations from non-state
sources to cover the costs.
ANALYSIS : Patricia Ann Weston began her career with the
Department of Transportation (Caltrans) on January 9, 1979,
in the planning branch of the Marysville District 3 Office.
Ms. Weston later transferred to Caltrans headquarters,
first to the Division of Mass Transportation and finally to
the Division of Transportation Planning as the Office Chief
of the Advance System Planning and Economics Office.
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Ms. Weston was instrumental in the development of the
Transportation Development Act to provide funding to
counties and cities for transit projects. She also secured
the initial Urban Mass Transportation Administration grants
that provided funding to private and nonprofit groups for
handicap services. Ms. Weston wrote the 1998 Interregional
Strategic Plan, and later on she was instrumental in
writing GoCalifornia and the Governor's Strategic Growth
Plan, which established the framework for the subsequent
Proposition 1B Program.
Throughout her career, Ms. Weston was a champion and
advocate for rural agencies working to ensure that rural
projects were included in the State Transportation
Improvement Program as well as a mentor for generations of
planners and engineers at Caltrans, transportation planning
agencies, and private planning firms statewide.
On September 8, 2009, Patricia Ann Weston peacefully and
quietly passed away following a short illness.
By naming a segment of SR 99 for Ms. Weston, this
resolution seeks to memorialize her 30 years of service to
the state of California and her numerous contributions to
California's transportation network.
FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: Yes
JA:nl 4/27/10 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
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