San Fernando's Corridors Specific Plan Receives SCAG Award

At its 2018 Regional Conference & General Assembly in Indian Wells, the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) presented Sustainability Awards in six categories, including the "Against All Odds Award" presented to the City of San Fernando for its Corridors Specific Plan. 

Sargent Town Planning prepared the plan through a sometimes contentious public engagement process of almost four years - under a grant from the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) - ending with the City Council's enthusiastic adoption of the Plan in late 2017.  The awards were presented by Randall Winston, the Executive Director of the Strategic Growth Council, the State agency that provides much of the funding that SCAG and Metro award to cities to support planning focused on long-term sustainability.  Accepting the award were (above, left to right); Jack Wong, Interim Community Development Director at plan adoption; Peter VanderWal, senior urban designer with Sargent Town Planning; City Manager Alex Meyerhoff; Vice Mayor Antonio Lopez; Finance Director Nick Kimball; Community Development Director Tim Hou; and David Sargent.