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          Date of Hearing:   August 14, 2012

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
                               Bonnie Lowenthal, Chair
                    SCR 85 (Wolk) - As Introduced:  April 16, 2012

           SENATE VOTE  :  38-0
           
          SUBJECT  :  State Route (SR) 12

           SUMMARY  :   Designates a segment of SR 12 as the Dana Cowell 
          Memorial Highway.  Specifically,  this bill  :  

          1)Recounts the life and career of Dana Cowell, a longtime 
            leading transportation professional with both the San Joaquin 
            Council of Governments (SJCOG) and the California Department 
            of Transportation (Caltrans).  

          2)Designates the segment of SR 12 between Potato Slough Bridge 
            and SR 5 as the Dana Cowell Memorial Highway.  

          3)Requests Caltrans 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.  

           EXISTING LAW  :  Assigns Caltrans the responsibility to operate 
          and maintain state highways.  This includes the installation and 
          maintenance of highway signs.  

           FISCAL EFFECT  :  Unknown.  This bill was withdrawn from the 
          Senate Appropriations Committee pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.

           COMMENTS  :  Dana Cowell joined SJCOG in 2006 after serving in a 
          number of key transportation posts over the course of 26 years 
          with Caltrans. In 2011, he was named Transportation Manager of 
          the Year by the California Transportation Foundation for his 
          dedication to overcoming obstacles to transportation projects.  

          Among Mr. Cowell's notable accomplishments are critical safety 
          improvements and construction along SR 12 through San Joaquin 
          County that will begin imminently; his leading a partnership 
          with Caltrans to develop intersection upgrades between SR 5 and 
          Potato Slough Bridge highlighted by the complete redesign of the 








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          SR 12 Tower Parkway Glasscock Road intersection, and the 
          construction contract for this $20 million project.  

          Dana Cowell passed away this past January.  

           REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :

           Support 
           
          San Joaquin Council of Governments
           
            Opposition 
           
          None on file

           
          Analysis Prepared by  :   Howard Posner / TRANS. / (916) 319-2093