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CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
AGENDA REPORT
NEW BUSINESS City Manager Approval:
Item to be presented by: Jo Anne Darcy
DATE: December 8, 1998
SUBJECT: NAMING OF THE NEWHALL METROLINK STATION
DEPARTMENT: City Manager
RECOMMENDED ACTION
Officially name the City's third Metrolink Station "Tbe Jan Heidt Newhall Metrolink Station."
BACKGROUND
Mayor Janice H. Heidt has historically demonstrated tremendous leadership, especially in the
area of transportation. She was selected by her colleagues to represent the San Fernando
Valley/North County region of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) as an alternate
board member to promote regional interests. Since inception of Metrolink service in October of
1992, Mayor Janice H. Heidt has been a respected board member of the Southern California
Regional Rail Authority. From 1992-1997 she spearheaded various actions, attended dozens of
meetings, and generated volumes of correspondence to gain MTA approvals for grants totaling
$10,639,012 that benefited the City of Santa Clarita.
This funding was used in building river trails, commuter bikeways, Metrolink Corridor projects
in Canyon Country, Saugus and Newhall, bicycle pedestrian connector access, Rail Station trails,
connections to Intermodal Transportation Centers, the Lyons Interconnect Project, the Sierra
Highway Six Lane Project, the Valencia Soledad and Bouquet/Seco Interconnect Project, the
Santa Clarita Transit Center and Bike Station, Santa Clarita Commuter Connection, Santa Clarita
pedestrian access to transit stops and the Newhall Metrolink Station.
In addition to this, she has been actively involved in MTA, Metrolink and Budget Committees,
the North County Transportation Coalition, the Northern Corridor Cities Committee covering
Agoura Hills, Burbank, Glendale, Hidden Hills, LaCanada/Flintridge, Malibu, San Fernando,
Santa Clarita, Westlake Village, LA County, Palmdale, and Lancaster, the Call for Projects
Committee, League of California Cities LAC Division and Contract Cities Assn. This
representation of Santa Clarita in a regional forum helped to bring Santa Clarita's issues to the
forefront for funding and action.
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ALTERNATIVE ACTIONS
None
FISCAL IMPACT
None by this action.
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