File #: 25-27    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Informational Report Status: Passed
File created: 12/6/2024 In control: Board of Supervisors
On agenda: 4/8/2025 Final action: 4/8/2025
Title: Resolution Naming a Portion of Highway 101 in Fortuna in Memory of Deputy James (Jim) Mowrey
Sponsors: Michelle Bushnell
Attachments: 1. Staff Report, 2. Resolution Naming a Portion of Highway 101 in Fortuna in Memory of Deputy James (Jim) Mowrey, 3. Resolution No. 25-63

 

To:                                                               Board of Supervisors

 

From:                                          Supervisor Michelle Bushnell                                          

 

Agenda Section:                     Consent                     

 

Vote Requirement:                     Majority

 

SUBJECT:

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Resolution Naming a Portion of Highway 101 in Fortuna in Memory of Deputy James (Jim) Mowrey

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RECOMMENDATION(S):

Recommendation

That the Board of Supervisors:

1.                     Authorize the Chair to sign the resolution; and

2.                     Direct the Clerk of the Boards office to send an executed copy of the resolution to Senator McGuire’s local office and to the Caltrans local office.

 

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STRATEGIC PLAN:

This action supports the following areas of your Board’s Strategic Plan.

 

Area of Focus:  Core Services/Other                     

Strategic Plan Category:  9999 - Core Services/Other

 

DISCUSSION:

An effort is underway to designate a portion of Highway 101 (U.S. 101), between Drake Hill Road and Palmer Boulevard, in Fortuna in memory of Deputy James (Jim) Mowrey who passed away in August 2023.  Deputy Mowrey was a dedicated servant to the community. The Board of Supervisors intends to adopt a resolution to provide to Senator McGuire and to the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) in support of this effort. 

 

SOURCE OF FUNDING: 

General Fund

 

FINANCIAL IMPACT:

There is no financial impact to sending a resolution to the local authority offices.

 

OTHER AGENCY INVOLVEMENT:

Caltrans

 

ALTERNATIVES TO STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS:

Board discretion

 

ATTACHMENTS:

Resolution Naming a Portion of Highway 101 in Fortuna in Memory of Deputy James (Jim) Mowrey

 

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