[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 111 (Wednesday, July 22, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1884-E1885]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                            HON. JERRY LEWIS

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 22, 2009

  Mr. LEWIS of California. Madam Speaker, pursuant to Republican 
earmark guidance, I am submitting the following in regards to the 
Department of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010:
  Requesting Member: Congressman Jerry Lewis
  Bill Number: Department of Transportation, and Housing and Urban 
Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010
  Project Name: Ranchero Road Corridor Project
  Account: FHWA-Interstate Maintenance Discretionary
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: City of Hesperia, CA
  Address of Requesting Entity: 9700 Seventh Ave., Hesperia, CA 92345.
  Description of Request: Funding will help construct an interchange at 
Ranchero Road and I-15. The project will improve motorist circulation, 
reduce traffic congestion, and promote commerce. This project is 
eligible for Interstate Maintenance (IM) funding as the IM program 
provides funding for resurfacing, restoration, rehabilitation and 
reconstruction work, including adding lanes to increase capacity, on 
most existing Interstate System routes. IM program requires 10% local 
match.
  Amount: $1 million
  Requesting Member: Congressman Jerry Lewis
  Bill Number: Department of Transportation, and Housing and Urban 
Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010
  Project Name: Yucca Loma Bridge/Interstate 15 Congestion Relief 
Project
  Account: FHWA--Surface Transportation Priorities
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Town of Apple Valley
  Address of Requesting Entity: 14955 Dale Evans Parkway, Apple Valley, 
CA 92307
  Description of Request: This project, to design, engineer, and 
construct an east-west transportation corridor across the Mojave River, 
would serve the urban/commercial core of Apple Valley and Victorville. 
The interchange portion of the project will serve as a conduit across 
the I-15 freeway and help disperse traffic from existing interchanges. 
The project will improve motorist circulation, reduce traffic 
congestion, and promote commerce. This project is Surface 
Transportation Program (STP) eligible as those program funds may be 
used to carry out projects involving construction, reconstruction, 
rehabilitation, resurfacing,

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restoration, and operational improvements for highways. STP program 
requires 20% local match.
  Amount: $750,000
  Requesting Member: Congressman Jerry Lewis
  Bill Number: Department of Transportation, and Housing and Urban 
Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010
  Project Name: Potrero Boulevard/SR 60 Interchange
  Account: FHWA-Surface Transportation Priorities
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: City of Beaumont, CA
  Address of Requesting Entity: 550 East 6th St., Beaumont, CA 92223
  Description of Request: The project, to engineer and construct the 
Potrero Boulevard/SR 60 interchange, will relieve congestion and 
improve safety at the Interstate 10 and SR 60 interchange. This project 
is Surface Transportation Program (STP) eligible as those program funds 
may be used to carry out projects involving construction, 
reconstruction, rehabilitation, resurfacing, restoration, and 
operational improvements for highways. STP program requires 20% local 
match.
  Amount: $750,000
  Requesting Member: Congressman Jerry Lewis
  Bill Number: Department of Transportation, and Housing and Urban 
Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010
  Project Name: I-215 and University Parkway
  Account: FHWA-Interstate Maintenance Discretionary
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: City of San Bernardino, CA
  Address of Requesting Entity: 300 N. D St., San Bernardino, CA 92346
  Description of Request: This project would construct a direct 
connector ramp from westbound University Parkway to southbound I-215. 
Constructing an additional southbound entrance ramp will provide the 
necessary relief for traffic on both sides on the interchange. The 
benefits include additional growth for Cal State San Bernardino, 
continued development of upper scale residential units in the vicinity 
of the university and continued commercial and industrial development 
on the west side of I-215. This project is eligible for IM funding as 
the IM program provides funding for resurfacing, restoration, 
rehabilitation and reconstruction work, including adding lanes to 
increase capacity, on most existing Interstate System routes. IM 
program requires 10% local match.
  Amount: $750,000
  Requesting Member: Congressman Jerry Lewis
  Bill Number: Department of Transportation, and Housing and Urban 
Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010
  Project Name: Needles Highway
  Account: FHWA-Public Lands Highway Program
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: San Bernardino Associated 
Governments
  Address of Requesting Entity: 1170 W. 3rd St. 2nd Floor, San 
Bernardino, CA 92410-1715
  Description of Request: The realignment and widening of the Needles 
Highway will facilitate motorist safety, economic development, and 
future capacity needs due to increased freight movement from the Ports 
of Los Angeles and Long Beach. Improvements to the highway are 
necessary for improved motorist safety as well as to reduce road 
flooding and wash-outs. Additionally, improvements are necessary as 
Needles Highway provides access to and from a number of Indian 
reservations in the area. This project is Public Lands Highway Program 
(PLHP) eligible as the PLHP program provides for transportation 
planning, research, engineering, and construction of highways, roads, 
and parkways and transit facilities within public lands, national 
parks, and Indian reservations. PLHP requires no local match.
  Amount: $1 million
  Requesting Member: Congressman Jerry Lewis
  Bill Number: Department of Transportation, and Housing and Urban 
Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010
  Project Name: Verdemont Community Center
  Account: Economic Development Initiative
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: City of San Bernardino
  Address of Requesting Entity: 300 North D Street, San Bernardino, CA 
92418
  Description of Request: Complete phase one of the Verdemont Community 
Center as part of the City of San Bernardino's Capital Improvement 
Program. The San Bernardino region, suffering from high unemployment 
and increasing crime, would benefit from the multipurpose facility with 
gym, meeting rooms, library and amphitheater for low to moderate income 
families.
  Amount: $500,000
  Requesting Member: Congressman Jerry Lewis
  Project Name: Inland Empire Economic Recovery Corporation
  Bill Number: Department of Transportation, and Housing and Urban 
Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010
  Account: Neighborhood Initiative
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: County of San Bernardino, Riverside 
County
  Address of Requesting Entity: County of San Bernardino, 385 N. 
Arrowhead Ave, 5th Floor, San Bernardino, CA 92415
  Riverside County, 4080 Lemon Street, Riverside, CA 92501
  Description of Request: This funding will be used to further an 
Inland Empire regional collaboration between San Bernardino County, 
Riverside County and the not-for-profit Inland Empire Economic Recovery 
Corporation. This collaboration uses innovate ways to address the 
region's foreclosure and unemployment crisis. By purchasing, 
rehabilitating and selling low to moderate income single family homes 
at a market rate, the collaboration will stabilize home prices, create 
job opportunities and revitalize neighborhoods. Because the region 
ranks 6th nationally in foreclosures, surpassed 12% unemployment, and 
faces continued decreases in median home values of over 50% since 2006, 
the collaboration will serve as a model for how other increasingly 
distressed regions across the country address foreclosures, 
neighborhood blight and joblessness.
  Amount: $1,000,000

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