BILL NUMBER: SCR 85 CHAPTERED BILL TEXT RESOLUTION CHAPTER 67 FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE AUGUST 4, 2010 ADOPTED IN SENATE APRIL 29, 2010 ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY AUGUST 2, 2010 INTRODUCED BY Senators Denham and Maldonado (Coauthors: Assembly Members Beall, Blakeslee, Caballero, and Monning) MARCH 9, 2010 Relative to the Joseph A. Zanger Memorial Flyover. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SCR 85, Denham. Joseph A. Zanger Memorial Flyover. This measure would designate the flyover ramp at the interchange of State Highway Routes 152 and 156 as the Joseph A. Zanger Memorial Flyover. The measure would request the Department of Transportation to determine the cost of appropriate signs showing this designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources covering that cost, to erect those signs. WHEREAS, Joseph A. Zanger was born on December 28, 1927, in San Jose, California; and WHEREAS, After attending college, Joseph moved to the Pacheco Pass area to help manage his family's orchard operations; and WHEREAS, In 1943, the Zanger family founded Casa de Fruta to complement its farming business. The Casa de Fruta business started with a small cherry stand built in 1943 and grew to include a large fruit stand, a restaurant, a park for recreational vehicles, a lodge, wine tasting, a gift shop, a barnyard zoo, a candy store, a service station, and a dried fruit mail order business; and WHEREAS, Joseph studied safety and economic issues related to the transportation system of central California and served as an advocate for the improvement of transportation in that area; and WHEREAS, In 1978, Joseph served on the planning committee for the State Highway Route 5 project from Stockton to Santa Nella/State Highway Route 152; and WHEREAS, In 2005, Joseph also worked to establish a new route from State Highway Routes 152 and 156 to State Highway Route 101; and WHEREAS, Joseph's advocacy for safety and transportation improvements has affected thousands of motorists; now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby designates the flyover ramp at the interchange of State Highway Routes 152 and 156 as the Joseph A. Zanger Memorial Flyover; and be it further Resolved, That the Department of Transportation is requested 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; 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 for appropriate distribution.