HomeMy WebLinkAbout2010-10-26 - AGENDA REPORTS - GV BRIDGE NAMING (2)CONSENT CALENDAR
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DEPARTMENT
Agenda Item: 03
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
AGENDA REPORT
City Manager Approval
Item to be presented by
October 26, 2010
Tina Haddad
NAMING GOLDEN VALLEY BRIDGE "SOLDIERS BRIDGE"
City Manager's Office
RECOMMENDED ACTION
City Council approve honoring Santa Clarita residents who have lost their lives while serving the
United States by naming the Cross Valley Connector's Golden Valley bridge "Soldiers Bridge,"
and including a memorial monument on-site which will contain the names of those Santa Clarita
residents who have died in the line of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan. Approve appropriation of
$50,000 from Fund 357 to LMD Zone 15 operations account number 12533-5161.013.
BACKGROUND
At the September 14, 2010, Council Meeting, the City Council expressed interest in naming the
Golden Valley bridge located on the Cross Valley Connector in honor of Santa Clarita residents
who have died while serving the United States in Iraq and Afghanistan. Council directed staff to
agendize this matter at a future Council meeting.
To that end, staff is proposing the Golden Valley bridge be officially named "Soldiers Bridge."
Further, staff is recommending a memorial monument be located at the site which will contain
the names of those who have died in the line of duty while serving the United States in Iraq and
Afghanistan that were residents of the City of Santa Clarita at the time of their death.
The proposed site for the location of the memorial monument is the side panel at the intersection
of Valley Center Drive and Golden Valley Road, just prior to the bridge entrance. This site is
included in the River Village Landscape Maintenance District and staff intends to use funding
from that district to pay for the monument and landscaping surrounding the monument. A
picture of the proposed site is attached to this report as is an example of a similar style of
memorial monument as the one proposed to commemorate Soldiers Bridge.
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Staff is also recommending that the City conduct an annual ceremony on an as needed basis to
honor each resident who has died in the line of duty while serving the United States during the
previous year. At that time, the name of the fallen resident(s) will be added to the memorial
monument. This recommendation is based on precedent established by both the Los Angeles
County Sheriffs Department and the Los Angeles County Fire Department which each hold
annual memorial ceremonies to honor those deputies and fire fighters whom have lost their lives.
In addition, per the request of Councilmember Ender, staff will plant a tree in the rotunda of the
Santa Clarita Aquatic Center in memory of Los Angeles County Sheriffs Deputy Cameron
Glover, a life long Santa Clarita resident who died in an April motorcycle accident while riding
along McBean Parkway.
ALTERNATIVE ACTIONS
Do not approve the naming Golden Valley bridge "Soldiers Bridge."
2. Other action as determined by Council.
FISCAL IMPACT
The cost of the monument, monument installation, and lanscaping around the monument site is
expected to be $50,000 and funds in that amount would need to be appropriated from Fund 357
to LMD Zone 15 operations account number 12533-5161.013. In subsequent years, there will be
a $175 cost for each name added to the plaque. This cost of adding future names is subject to
change due to inflation.
ATTACHMENTS
Memorial Monument Site
Memorial Monument Example
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