2014
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 14-025
       
       
       BY SENATOR(S) Hodge, Aguilar, Balmer, Baumgardner, Brophy,
       Cadman, Crowder, Grantham, Guzman, Harvey, Heath, Herpin, Hill,
       Jahn, Johnston, Jones, Kefalas, Kerr, King, Lambert, Lundberg, Marble,
       Newell, Nicholson, Renfroe, Rivera, Roberts, Scheffel, Schwartz,
       Steadman, Tochtrop, Todd, Ulibarri, Zenzinger, Carroll;
       also REPRESENTATIVE(S) Priola, Becker, Buck, Buckner, Conti,
       Coram, Court, DelGrosso, Dore, Duran, Everett, Exum, Fields, Fischer,
       Foote, Garcia, Gardner, Gerou, Ginal, Hamner, Holbert, Hullinghorst,
       Humphrey, Joshi, Kagan, Kraft-Tharp, Labuda, Landgraf, Lawrence,
       Lebsock, Lee, May, McCann, McLachlan, McNulty, Melton, Mitsch
       Bush, Moreno, Murray, Navarro, Nordberg, Pabon, Peniston, Pettersen,
       Primavera, Rankin, Rosenthal, Ryden, Saine, Salazar, Schafer, Scott,
       Singer, Sonnenberg, Stephens, Swalm, Szabo, Tyler, Vigil, Waller,
       Williams, Wilson, Wright, Young, Ferrandino.
       
       
          CONCERNING THE DESIGNATION OF THE PEDESTRIAN
       OVERPASS ACROSS UNITED STATES HIGHWAY 85 AT
       SOUTHERN STREET IN BRIGHTON AS THE "ARREDA
       HAMILTON OVERPASS". 
       
       
          WHEREAS, Arreda Hamilton, a resident of the Crown Home area  in
       Brighton, Colorado, who served on the Brighton Parks and Recreation
       Board for many years, began advocating for a pedestrian overpass to be
       built over United States Highway 85 after a young child was killed
       crossing the highway; and
       
          WHEREAS, Many of the children in the area attend either South
       Elementary School or North Elementary School, both of which are mere
       blocks from the highway, which had no safe pedestrian crossing until the
       overpass was built; and
       
          WHEREAS, Mrs. Hamilton worked diligently against many odds to
       ensure that the pedestrian overpass would be completed; and
       
          WHEREAS, Today many people use the pedestrian overpass to safely
       cross United States Highway 85, and many bikers and joggers use the
       overpass to safely access the Platte River Trail; and
       
          WHEREAS, In the fall of 2013, the City of Brighton received a
       naming petition requesting that the pedestrian overpass across United
       States Highway 85 at Southern Street be named the "Arreda Hamilton
       Overpass"; and 
       
          WHEREAS, On September 17, 2013, the City of Brighton City
       Council approved a resolution to name the overpass the "Arreda Hamilton
       Overpass"; and
       
          WHEREAS, Mrs. Hamilton was instrumental in working with the
       State of Colorado to have the pedestrian overpass constructed; now,
       therefore,  
       
          Be It Resolved by the Senate of the Sixty-ninth General Assembly of
       the State of Colorado, the House of Representatives concurring herein:
       
          (1)  That the pedestrian overpass across United States Highway 85 at
       Southern Street in Brighton, Colorado, be renamed the "Arreda Hamilton
       Overpass".
       
          (2)  That the Colorado Department of Transportation may accept and
       expend gifts, grants, and donations for the purpose of the initial
       placement of the signs to mark the pedestrian overpass across United
       States Highway 85 at Southern Street in Brighton, Colorado, as the
       "Arreda Hamilton Overpass".
       
          (3)  That the Colorado Department of Transportation may explore a
       cooperative agreement with City of Brighton City Council for the
       maintenance of the markings for the "Arreda Hamilton Overpass".
       
                    Be It Further Resolved, That copies of this Joint Resolution be sent to
       Arreda Hamilton; the Mayor of Brighton Dick McLean; the City Council
       of Brighton; the Colorado Transportation Commission; and the Executive
       Director of the Department of Transportation.
       
       
       
       
       
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       Morgan Carroll                       Mark Ferrandino
       PRESIDENT OF                    SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
       THE SENATE                        OF REPRESENTATIVES
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Cindi Markwell                        Marilyn Eddins
       SECRETARY OF                CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE
       THE SENATE                        OF REPRESENTATIVES