A resident’s call for city officials to move forward with plans to create a long-anticipated BMX track in Santa Clarita prompted a response from City Manager Ken Striplin at Tuesday’s city council meeting.

It wasn’t the first time resident Christian Gadbois has spoken at a council meeting on the issue, and Striplin addressed Gadbois’ requests by acknowledging that the project is a goal of the city and stating that city officials regularly look at funding opportunities “as they present themselves.”

Gadbois requested that city council members consider the creation of the track — which is already part of the Santa Clarita 2020 master plan — in their upcoming budgeting sessions for the fiscal year of 2017, and add the project to next month’s agenda for further discussion.

It was unclear how many of the nearly 800 followers of the Facebook group “Get Santa Clarita a BMX Track” — whose stated purpose is to help ensure a BMX track is built in the city of Santa Clarita — were also in attendance that night.

“I know you have a lot of people handing out grants tonight, which are well-deserved by everybody here, but this is an item that is already in the master plan; this is not something that has to be looked at and approved,” Gadbois said from the podium. “I’d like to start seeing some money put in the account towards that.”

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Gadbois went on to reference the numerous BMX riders from the Santa Clarita Valley who recently attended the first national competition of the year in Las Vegas, Nevada, most of whom he said took home “top honors” in addition to two riders who placed first and second.

Gadbois also pointed out that three riders from the Santa Clarita Valley were among 10 of the best riders in the world chosen to compete in Belgium last year, two of whom are currently training to compete in the Olympics.

“Not only (is) one thing that’s missing from the bicycle element here in Santa Clarita the (BMX) track, but also the sports tourism it brings with it,” he added, noting that events hosted at a track could draw an estimated 6,000 people to Santa Clarita every year.

Striplin responded to Gadbois’ statement following the public participation portion of the council meeting, and confirmed the project is “a long-term goal of the city.”

However, he clarified that city officials have a number of “very aggressive” goals outlined in the Santa Clarita 2020 plan in addition to the track, and that together these projects “are in excess of, probably, $100 million.”

Striplin concluded, “We will continue to look for creative funding opportunities and see if there’s anything that we can make happen.”