Title
Consider a recommendation from the Legislative Committee to authorize the submittal of a request to Senator Anthony Cannella to introduce legislation designating portions of State Route 183 and State Route 101 in the County of Monterey as memorial highways honoring four Monterey County veterans.
Report
Recommendation
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors consider a recommendation from the Legislative Committee to authorize the submittal of a request to Senator Anthony Cannella to introduce legislation designating portions of State Route 183 and State Route 101 in the County of Monterey as memorial highways honoring four Monterey County veterans.
Summary
The Legislative Committee met on March 13, 2017, and approved a request by Supervisor Luis Alejo to recommend that the Board of Supervisors authorize the submittal of a legislative request to State Senator Anthony Cannella. If introduced and adopted, the legislation would designate portions of State Route 183 and State Route 101 in the County of Monterey as memorial highways honoring four Monterey County veterans. The measure would also request that the Department of Transportation determine the cost of appropriate signs showing these special designations and, upon receiving donations from non-state sources covering the costs, to erect appropriate signage.
Discussion
The legislative proposal would honor four fallen Monterey County veterans as follows:
U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer Edward Balli, age 42, from Salinas, California, a graduate of North Salinas High School, was killed in action in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan on January 20, 2014, of wounds from small arms fire when he was attacked by insurgents. He received two Bronze Stars for his service in Iraq and Afghanistan. The proposed legislation would request the designation of a portion of State Route 183 from Davis Road to Espinosa Road in the City of Salinas, County of Monterey, as the U.S. Chief Warrant Officer Edward Balli Memo...
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