Santa Clarita’s newly appointed Mayor Bob Kellar is sharing his New Year’s resolutions, which include a variety of city-driven efforts planned for 2016.

“It is my honor to serve as your mayor of the great city of Santa Clarita for 2016,” Kellar said. “We have some terrific programs, projects and services on tap for you this year, and it is my pleasure to share just a few of them with you.”

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The following is a partial list of some of the things Kellar and city officials are set to work on throughout the year:

• Continue efforts to permanently prevent large scale mining in Soledad Canyon.
• Identify funding for a new and larger sheriff’s station in the city.
• Develop a funding strategy for the Via Princessa extension between Isabella Parkway and Golden Valley Road.
• Continue the Whittaker Bermite cleanup program with the state and Whittaker.
• Continue the partnerships among the EDC, Chamber, VIA and the city to further strengthen Santa Clarita’s business community and add more jobs.
• Complete the master plan for the new Canyon Country Community Center and 6.5-acre property.
• Advance the city-owned block development with a Laemmle Theatre and commercial-residential development project with Serrano.
• Continue implementing the Santa Clarita 2020 Plan.
• Work with the Santa Clarita Valley Senior Center and the county to build a new Senior Center in the Five Knolls community.
• In concert with the Saugus community, select a site for the new Saugus Community Center and begin master plan.
• Continue the city’s efforts to protect the community from a surface route for the California High Speed Rail project.
• Begin implementing the new Arts Master Plan.
• Increase the city’s budget reserves to 20 percent.

For more details, click here to visit the city of Santa Clarita’s website. To view the city’s five-year plan, click here. Santa Clarita Mayor Bob Kellar can be contacted via email by clicking here.