BILL NUMBER: ACR 172	CHAPTERED  08/25/98

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER   140
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   AUGUST 25, 1998
	ADOPTED IN SENATE   AUGUST 20, 1998
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY   JULY 20, 1998

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Cunneen

                        JUNE 18, 1998

   Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 172--Relative to the CHP
Officer Scott M. Greenly Memorial Freeway.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 172, Cunneen.  CHP Officer Scott M. Greenly Memorial Freeway.
   This measure would designate the northbound and southbound
portions of State Route 85 between Quito Road and Prospect Road in
the City of Saratoga the "CHP Officer Scott M. Greenly Memorial
Freeway."
   The measure would also request the Department of Transportation to
determine the cost of appropriate plaques and markers showing that
special designation, and, upon receiving donations from nonstate
sources sufficient to cover that cost, to erect those plaques and
markers.




   WHEREAS, Scott M. Greenly, at age 10, moved with his family from
Los Gatos, California to Newark, California, where he subsequently
graduated from Newark High School in 1984, and
   WHEREAS, Prior to beginning his career with the Department of the
California Highway Patrol, Scott M. Greenly attended Chabot College
and the College of Alameda, and
   WHEREAS, Scott M. Greenly began his career with the Department of
the California Highway Patrol on January 30, 1995; and
   WHEREAS, Officer Greenly graduated from the California Highway
Patrol Motorcycle Training Course on August 22, 1997; and
   WHEREAS, On January 7, 1998, Officer Greenly, at age 31, was
killed in the line of duty; and
   WHEREAS, While conducting an enforcement stop on northbound State
Highway Route 85, north of the Quito Road overcrossing in the City of
Saratoga, Officer Greenly was struck and fatally injured by an
errant driver; and
   WHEREAS, The driver was subsequently arrested and charged with
second degree murder of a police officer; and
   WHEREAS, Officer Greenly was survived by his parents, Phyllis and
Ron Bell, his four siblings, Mark, Denyse, Cassandra, and Karen, and
his fiancee, Christine Nielsen; and
   WHEREAS, Officer Greenly was known by his fellow officers for his
dedication to the Department of the California Highway Patrol and to
the protection of the citizens of this state; and
   WHEREAS, It is appropriate that the northbound and southbound
portions of State Highway Route 85 between Quito Road and Prospect
Road in the City of Saratoga be dedicated to the memory of this
officer who made the ultimate sacrifice in the service of the people
of this state, now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the northbound and southbound portions of
State Route 85 between Quito Road and Prospect Road in the City of
Saratoga be officially designated the "CHP Officer Scott M. Greenly
Memorial Freeway"; 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
that 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 Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the Department of Transportation and to the author
for appropriate distribution.