House Joint Resolution 25-1026

HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 25-1026

BY REPRESENTATIVE(S) Weinberg and McCluskie, Armagost, Bacon, Barron, Bird, Boesenecker, Bottoms, Bradfield, Brooks, Brown, Caldwell, Camacho, Carter, Clifford, DeGraaf, Duran, English, Espenoza, Feret, Froelich, Garcia, Garcia Sander, Gilchrist, Gonzalez R., Hamrick, Hartsook, Jackson, Johnson, Joseph, Keltie, Lieder, Lindsay, Lindstedt, Lukens, Mabrey, Marshall, Martinez, Mauro, McCormick, Paschal, Phillips, Pugliese, Richardson, Ricks, Rutinel, Rydin, Sirota, Smith, Soper, Stewart K., Stewart R., Story, Suckla, Taggart, Titone, Valdez, Velasco, Willford, Winter T., Woodrow, Woog, Zokaie;

also SENATOR(S) Kirkmeyer and Mullica, Amabile, Baisley, Ball, Bridges, Bright, Carson, Catlin, Cutter, Danielson, Daugherty, Exum, Frizell, Gonzales J., Hinrichsen, Jodeh, Kipp, Kolker, Liston, Lundeen, Marchman, Michaelson Jenet, Pelton B., Pelton R., Rich, Roberts, Rodriguez, Simpson, Snyder, Sullivan, Wallace, Weissman, Winter F., Coleman.

CONCERNING DESIGNATION OF COLORADO STATE HIGHWAY 402 FROM UNITED STATES HIGHWAY 287 TO INTERSTATE 25 AS THE "REP. HUGH MCKEAN MEMORIAL HIGHWAY".

WHEREAS, Representative Hugh Monroe McKean was born on October 27, 1967, to Michael and Janet McKean in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and grew up on a farm in northern Missouri; and

WHEREAS, Representative McKean settled in Colorado, graduating from Colorado State University in 1996, and worked as an independent residential contractor across northern Colorado; and

WHEREAS, After moving to Loveland, Colorado, Representative McKean devoted himself to raising his two young children and went on to become active in local government, serving his community on a charter school board and a school district master planning board; and

WHEREAS, Beginning in 2009, Representative McKean served on the Loveland City Council for two terms, during which time he demonstrated his "love of helping neighbors, supporting his community, and finding durable solutions to local and regional problems"; and

WHEREAS, Representative McKean was first elected to represent Colorado House District 51 in 2016, and went on to serve for six years in the House of Representatives, where he worked tirelessly to build a better future for every Coloradan and was an effective lawmaker, with over 50 of the bills he sponsored being signed by the governor; and

WHEREAS, In 2020, Representative McKean was elected leader of the Colorado House Republican Caucus and gained a reputation as someone whose "ability to forge genuine connections with people [and] educate himself on the deep details of public policy, combined with his infectious sense of humor, boundless energy, and innate curiosity of a seven-year-old, made him not only an effective legislator but an invaluable colleague and friend"; and

WHEREAS, Representative McKean passed away on October 30, 2022, three days after his fifty-fifth birthday; and

WHEREAS, At his memorial, attended by hundreds of colleagues, family, and friends as he lay in state in the capitol rotunda, Representative McKean was remembered as someone whose "laughter filled the state capitol, but not as much as his heart"; now, therefore,

Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Seventy-fifth General Assembly of the State of Colorado, the Senate concurring herein:

(1)  That Colorado State Highway 402 from United States Highway 287 to Interstate 25 be designated as the "Rep. Hugh McKean Memorial Highway".

(2)  That the Colorado Department of Transportation may accept and expend gifts, grants, and donations for the purpose of the initial placement of signs to mark Colorado State Highway 402 from United States Highway 287 to Interstate 25 as the "Rep. Hugh McKean Memorial Highway".

(3)  That the Colorado Department of Transportation may explore

a cooperative agreement with the Board of County Commissioners for Larimer County for the maintenance of the signs marking the "Rep. Hugh McKean Memorial Highway".

Be It Further Resolved, That copies of this Joint Resolution be sent to Amy Parks, Hanna McKean, Aiden McKean, Janet McKean, Summer McKean, Andrew McKean, and Scott James.