BILL ANALYSIS �
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SENATE THIRD READING
SCR 85 (Wolk)
As Introduced April 16, 2012
Majority vote
SENATE VOTE :38-0
TRANSPORTATION 12-0 APPROPRIATIONS 16-1
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|Ayes:|Bonnie Lowenthal, |Ayes:|Gatto, Harkey, |
| |Jeffries, Achadjian, | |Blumenfield, Bradford, |
| |Ammiano, Blumenfield, | |Charles Calderon, Campos, |
| |Buchanan, Eng, Furutani, | |Davis, Donnelly, Fuentes, |
| |Galgiani, Miller, | |Hall, Hill, Cedillo, |
| |Portantino, Solorio | |Mitchell, Nielsen, |
| | | |Solorio, Wagner |
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| | |Nays:|Norby |
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SUMMARY : Designates a segment of State Route (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 : According to the Assembly Appropriations
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Committee, minor costs to Caltrans to make and erect appropriate
signs; sign costs are covered by donations.
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
SR 12 Tower Parkway Glasscock Road intersection, and the
construction contract for this $20 million project. Dana Cowell
passed away this past January.
Analysis Prepared by : Howard Posner / TRANS. / (916) 319-2093
FN: 0004946