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23920 Valencia Blvd. Phone
Suite 300 (661) 259-2489
Santa Clarita Fax
California 91355-2196 (661) 259-8125
Website: www.santa-clarita.com
City of
SANTA CLARITA Celebrating 20 Years of Success

On behalf of the Santa Clarita City Council, it is my pleasure to cordially wish the City of Santa Clarita a very happy 20 th
anniversary.
Our family moved to the Santa Clarita Valley in 1973 for two reasons: a home we could afford to buy and the good reputation
of the schools. We were not disappointed. Our three children are now grown and thriving, and we have six grandchildren. My
husband Dale and I have been business owners in Santa Clarita for more than thirty years.
In the early 1970's and 1980's our area was perceived as remote and therefore a target for
not-so-nice projects such as a toxic dump, and the world's largest landfill in the Angeles National Forest in Elsmere Canyon.
Right next to it was a proposed off-road vehicle park in beautiful Whitney Canyon. In the 1990's the federal government
approved a very large mining operation just outside our City limits. I am proud to say that along with many dedicated citizens,
success has been achieved in preserving our forest; gaining public ownership of Whitney Canyon; advocating for the
preservation of our natural areas and working to keep mining at historic levels.
When we became a City in 1987, we became a force to be reckoned with and today we have a thriving, safe, family oriented,
and business-friendly city. Our City is committed to preserving the greenbelt surrounding our City, looking to the future
to make sure regional development outside of City limits provide adequate roads and transportation, open space, parks,
preservation of the Santa Clara River, law enforcement, medical facilities and a safe water supply.
I am proud to be serving as Mayor in 2007 as we celebrate twenty wonderful and productive years.

Since the City formed just twenty short years ago, so much has been accomplished benefiting Santa Clarita's residential
and business communities. When Santa Clarita incorporated on Dec. 15, 1987, it was during one of the area's most
impressive housing booms. New housing tracts literally sprang up overnight; oak trees disappeared and infrastructure was
not commensurate with the growth that ensued. In fact, an infrastructure study in the late 1980's revealed a $900 million
infrastructure deficit!
The young City of Santa Clarita set to work, bringing local government to its residents, providing a high level of customer
service and constructing an unprecedented number of work projects, including new roads, bridges, parks, trails, landscaped
medians, facilities, sidewalks and more.
Twenty years, a dozen parks, 30 miles of off-street trails, and hundreds of millions of dollars in programs and projects later,
the City of Santa Clarita has made a name for itself as one of California's most desirable communities in which to live, open a
business, visit and recreate.
I am so very proud of the accomplishments made by our City over the last 20 years and I look to the future with great
optimism for what lies ahead. In this new millennium, transportation projects, communication issues, and as always, providing
an unparalleled level of customer service, will continue to define Santa Clarita as one of California's top cities.
Congratulations, Santa Clarita!

Marsha Mclean
Mayor, City of Santa Clarita

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