BILL NUMBER: SCR 69	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER  120
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JULY 16, 2004
	ADOPTED IN SENATE  JULY 12, 2004
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  JULY 1, 2004
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 3, 2004

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Chesbro

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2004

   Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 69--Relative to the Everett and
Louella Thomas Memorial Highway.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SCR 69, Chesbro.  Everett and Louella Thomas Memorial Highway.
   This measure would designate a portion of State Highway Route 101
in Humboldt County as the Everett and Louella Thomas Memorial
Highway.  The measure would also request the Department of
Transportation to determine the cost of appropriate plaques and
markers showing this designation and, upon receiving donations from
nonstate sources covering that cost, to erect those plaques and
markers.




   WHEREAS, Everett Thomas, a native son of Humboldt County, was born
in Shively, California in 1911; and
   WHEREAS, Mr. Thomas began his career with the Department of Public
Works, the predecessor of the Department of Transportation
(Caltrans) in 1930 as a survey crew member in the Kings River Canyon
near Fresno; and
   WHEREAS, Mr. Thomas rose through the ranks at the Fresno office of
the department in District 06, working in construction, materials,
and right-of-way; and
   WHEREAS, In 1952, Mr. Thomas was promoted and transferred to the
Stockton office of the department in District 10, where he served as
District Materials Engineer and District Maintenance Engineer; and
   WHEREAS, In 1963, Mr. Thomas returned to the county of his birth,
accepting a promotion and transfer to the Eureka office of the
department in District 01, where he served as a supervising highway
engineer in the position of Assistant District Engineer; and
   WHEREAS, Shortly after Mr. Thomas' return to Humboldt County, the
state faced the massive floods of December 1964, during which Mr.
Thomas became the emergency spokesman for the district and was
featured in countless media reports concerning highway conditions,
detours, and road restoration; and
   WHEREAS, Louella Thomas, his wife for 52 years, was born in
Fresno, California in 1911 and served as an elementary school teacher
both in Fresno and in Humboldt County until her retirement in 1973;
and
   WHEREAS, Everett and Louella Thomas contributed to many civic
activities, including the campaign to build a new Humboldt County
Library, the purchase of land for the Azalea State Reserve now
operated by the Department of Parks and Recreation, and various
activities related to the arts; and
   WHEREAS, It is appropriate to recognize their service and
accomplishments by designating the segment of State Highway Route 101
  from Patrick's Point Undercrossing to four miles north of that
undercrossing in the vicinity of Big Lagoon in Humboldt County as the
Everett and Louella Thomas Memorial Highway; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly
thereof concurring, That the Legislature of the State of California
hereby designates the portion of State Highway Route 101  from
Patrick's Point Undercrossing to four miles north of that
undercrossing in Humboldt County as the Everett and Louella Thomas
Memorial Highway; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Department of Transportation is requested to
determine the cost of appropriate plaques and markers, consistent
with the signing requirements for the state highway system, showing
this special designation, and upon receiving donations from nonstate
sources sufficient to cover that cost, to erect those plaques and
markers; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this
resolution to the Department of Transportation and to the author of
this resolution for appropriate distribution.