BILL ANALYSIS �
SENATE TRANSPORTATION & HOUSING COMMITTEE BILL NO: scr 125
SENATOR MARK DESAULNIER, CHAIRMAN AUTHOR: corbett
VERSION: 5/29/14
Analysis by: Carrie Cornwell FISCAL: yes
Hearing date: June 10, 2014
SUBJECT:
California Highway patrol (CHP) Officers Frederick Wayne Enright
and Adolfo Martinez Hernandez Memorial Bridge
DESCRIPTION:
This resolution designates the Interstate 680 (I-680) bridge
that crosses Auto Mall Parkway in Alameda County as the CHP
Officers Frederick Wayne Enright and Adolfo Martinez Hernandez
Memorial Bridge.
ANALYSIS:
The committee has adopted a policy regarding the naming of state
highways or structures. Under the policy, the committee will
consider only those resolutions that meet all of the following
criteria:
The person being honored must have provided extraordinary
public service or some exemplary contribution to the public
good and have a connection to the community where the highway
is located.
The person being honored must be deceased.
The naming must be done without cost to the state. Costs for
signs and plaques must be paid by local or private sources.
The author or co-author of the measure must represent the
district in which the facility is located, and the measure
must identify the specific highway segment or structure being
named.
If the segment of highway is being named for a specific
individual or individuals, it must not exceed five miles in
length.
The proposed designation must reflect a community consensus
and be without local opposition.
The proposed designation may not supersede an existing
designation unless the sponsor can document that a good faith
effort has uncovered no opposition to rescinding the prior
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designation.
This resolution :
1.Designates the bridge on which I-680 crosses over Auto Mall
Parkway in Alameda County as the CHP Officers Frederick Wayne
Enright and Adolfo Martinez Hernandez Memorial Bridge.
2.States that this designation supersedes the designation for
these two officers contained in ACR 100 (Lowenthal),
Resolution Chapter 109, Statutes of 2012.
3.Requests that the Department of Transportation erect
appropriate signs upon receiving donations from non-state
sources to cover the costs.
COMMENTS:
1.Purpose . The author introduced this resolution to change the
highway facility named to honor the life and service of CHP
officers Frederick Wayne Enright and Adolfo Martinez
Hernandez. ACR 100 of 2012 named 26 highway facilities;
among them was the Grimmer Boulevard Bridge on I-680, in the
City of Fremont, as the CHP Officers Fredrick Wayne Enright
and Adolfo Martinez Hernandez Memorial Bridge.
Later, according to the author, family members of the two
fallen officers asked that instead the designation be at a
different location on I-680. Caltrans has already placed a
sign at this new location, the bridge where I-680 crosses over
Auto Mall Parkway. This resolution confirms that action by
rescinding the designation done in ACR 100 and instead
designating the I-680 bridge where the sign memorializing the
two officers is already placed.
2.Background on Frederick Wayne Enright and Adolfo Martinez
Hernandez . Officers Frederick Wayne Enright and Adolfo
Martinez Hernandez died in a helicopter crash on October 27,
1975, while patrolling highways near the City of Fremont. The
crash resulted from mechanical failure, and both were killed
instantaneously.
Frederick Enright was born in Missouri in 1944, graduated from
Canoga Park High School in Canoga Park, California, and then
served in the U.S. Army from 1965 until 1970. He graduated
from the CHP Academy in 1972 and within six months of entering
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the Highway Patrol achieved the rank of pilot. He worked as a
pilot in the Golden Gate Division, conducting traffic
observation and participating in rescue operations. Officer
Enright was survived by his wife, Sheila, and their daughter,
Robyn Alise, who was born in 1973.
Born in Etiwanda, California in 1940, Adolfo Hernandez
graduated from Fontana High School and then attended Chaffey
Community College. He served in the U.S. Army from 1960 until
1968. He graduated from the CHP Academy in 1966 and served in
the patrol for nine years. Officer Hernandez was survived by
his wife, Genevieve, and their two children, Lisa Mercedes,
born in 1972, and Sebastian Heriberto, born in 1974.
3.Consistent with the committee's policy . This resolution is
consistent with all the provisions of the committee's policy
on highway designations.
POSITIONS: (Communicated to the committee before noon on
Wednesday, June 4,
2014.)
SUPPORT: California Association of Highway Patrolmen
OPPOSED: None received.