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Monrovia Station Dedication Program

The document provides information about the dedication of the new Monrovia Station for the Foothill Gold Line light rail project. Key details include: - The event will take place on September 12, 2015 at 10:00am and will include remarks from elected officials, recognition of project partners, and an open house. - The Foothill Gold Line is a $2 billion project to extend the Metro Gold Line light rail from Pasadena to Montclair, built in two segments from Pasadena to Azusa and from Azusa to Montclair. - The Monrovia Station artwork was created by Cha-Rie Tang and features ceramic tiles, glass, and rock to reference Monrovia

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Monrovia Station Dedication Program

The document provides information about the dedication of the new Monrovia Station for the Foothill Gold Line light rail project. Key details include: - The event will take place on September 12, 2015 at 10:00am and will include remarks from elected officials, recognition of project partners, and an open house. - The Foothill Gold Line is a $2 billion project to extend the Metro Gold Line light rail from Pasadena to Montclair, built in two segments from Pasadena to Azusa and from Azusa to Montclair. - The Monrovia Station artwork was created by Cha-Rie Tang and features ceramic tiles, glass, and rock to reference Monrovia

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Foothill Gold Line

Lifes Journey
Life is like a journey
Taken on a train,
With a pair of travelers
At each window pane.
I may sit beside you,
All the journey through,
Or I may sit elsewhere,
Never knowing you.
But if Fate should mark me
To sit at your side,
Lets be pleasant travelers -Its so short a ride!

Two Bells, April 1932

The Foothill Gold Line from Pasadena to Azusa is fully funded by LA


Countys Measure R half-cent sales tax, approved by voters in 2008.

/iwillride

@iwillride

Monrovia Station Dedication

iwillride.org

www.foothillgoldline.org
Saturday, September 12, 2015
10:00 a.m.

About the Foothill Gold Line


The Foothill Gold Line is a $2 billion, 24-mile extension of the Metro Gold
Line light rail line that currently runs between Pasadena and East Los
Angeles. The Foothill Gold Line will add 12 new light rail stations from
Pasadena to the city of Montclair and is being built in two segments
Pasadena to Azusa and Azusa to Montclair.
The line is being planned, designed and built by the Foothill Gold Line
Construction Authority, an independent transportation planning and
construction agency created in 1999 by the California State Legislature.
The Construction Authority completed the 13.9-mile Downtown Los
Angeles to Pasadena segment in 2003, on time and under budget; and
immediately began planning work on the Foothill Gold Line.
The 11.5-mile Foothill Gold Line from Pasadena to Azusa is fully funded
by Los Angeles Countys Measure R and includes new stations in
Arcadia, Monrovia, Duarte, Irwindale and Azusa. The project broke
ground in 2010 and will be substantially complete with construction in
late-September 2015. At that time, it will be turned over to Metro for
pre-revenue service (a phase of training and other activities). Metro
anticipates passenger service beginning in 2016; no start date has yet
been determined.
The Azusa to Montclair segment is currently undergoing advanced
engineering in preparation for construction. The segment will include
stations in Glendora, San Dimas, La Verne, Pomona, Claremont and
Montclair. Advanced engineering work began in 2014 and will advance
the project to a point that it will be ready for a design-build procurement.
The Construction Authority is currently seeking $1 billion to fund
construction of the project. If funding is identified, the project will be
ready to break ground in 2017 and be completed in 2023.
The Monrovia Station is part of the Foothill Gold Line light rail project
from Pasadena to Azusa. The station is located north of Duarte Road
and west of Myrtle Avenue at the southern end of Primrose Avenue.
The side platform station has two platforms with tracks in the center.
A 350-space parking structure has been built to service the station.

Metro Board of Directors


Mark Ridley-Thomas, Chair
Los Angeles County Supervisor
Second Supervisorial District

Paul Krekorian
Council Member, City of Los Angeles

John Fasana, First Vice Chair


Council Member, City of Duarte

Sheila Kuehl
Los Angeles County Supervisor
Third Supervisorial District

Eric Garcetti, Second Vice Chair


Mayor, City of Los Angeles

Ara Najarian
Council Member, City of Glendale

Michael D. Antonovich
Los Angeles County Supervisor
Fifth Supervisorial District

James Butts
Mayor, City of Inglewood

Mike Bonin
Council Member, City of Los Angeles
Diane DuBois
Council Member, City of Lakewood
Jacquelyn Dupont-Walker
City of Los Angeles Appointee
Don Knabe
Los Angeles County Supervisor
Fourth Supervisorial District

City of Monrovia Partners


JPA Members
Larry J. Spicer, Mayor Pro Tem
Gloria Crudgington, Council Member
(Alternate)
TAC Members
Oliver Chi, City Manager
Lauren Vasquez, Senior Management
Analyst (Alternate)

Design-Build Teams

Hilda L. Solis
Los Angeles County Supervisor
First Supervisorial District
Carrie Bowen
Caltrans District 7 Director
Non-Voting,
Appointed by the Governor of California
Phillip A. Washington
Chief Executive Officer

City of Monrovia - Additional Key Staff


Tina Cherry, Public Works Director
Steve Sizemore, Community
Development Director
Brad Merrell, City Engineer
Buffy Bullis, City Finance Department
Alice Atkins, City Clerk
Steve Baker, City Treasurer
Mark Alvarado, Assistant City Manager
Richard Cortez, Public Works Inspector
Chief Chris Donovan, Monrovia Fire
Captain Alan Sanvictores, Monrovia
Police
Captain Nels Ortlund, Monrovia Police

Three design-build contractor teams completed elements of the Foothill Gold Line
project. Foothill Transit Constructors, a Kiewit-Parsons Joint Venture designed
and built the Alignment Project made up of all elements of the Foothill Gold Line
project with the exception of the Gold Line Bridge (designed and built by the
Skanska USA team) and the intermodal parking facilities (designed and built by
the Webcor team).

The Team

Station Dedication Program

The Foothill Gold Line journey began more than a decade ago. Over those
years, elected officials, the community, stakeholders, students and others
rallied and wrote in support of the project that would transform the San
Gabriel Valley and the quality of life for its citizens for generations.
Most important, it took the vision and dedication of elected officials
representing the corridors past, present and future to ensure the journey
continued; and the hard work and service by thousands of individuals
- including planners, designers, engineers, trades workers, support
professionals, and artists to make the vision a reality.
Under the direction of the Foothill Gold Line Construction Authority and
assistance by Metro, three design-build teams, Hill International staff and
consultants, agencies at all levels of government (city, county, state and
federal), local utility companies and the railroads came together and built
the Foothill Gold Line on-time and on-budget. We thank them all for their
dedication to the journey.

Foothill Gold Line Construction Authority Board of Directors


Doug Tessitor, Chair
Sam Pedroza, Vice Chair
Marisol Rodriguez
Paul Leon
John Fasana
Gene Masuda
Carrie Bowen
Daniel Evans
Alan D. Wapner

Appointee, City of Pasadena


Mayor Pro Tem, City of Claremont
Appointee, City of Los Angeles
Mayor, City of Ontario
Council Member, City of Duarte
Vice Mayor, City of Pasadena
Director, Caltrans District 7
Appointee, City of South Pasadena
Mayor Pro Tem, City of Ontario

Former Foothill Gold Line Directors


Bill Bogaard
Vivien Bonzo
Dennis Bertone
Cliff Hamlow
Paul E. Little
Algrid G. Leiga

Dick Stanford
Lara Larramendi
Ed P. Reyes
Keith W. Hanks
Jon Blickenstaff
Rob Hammond

10:10 AM Dedication Ceremony Begins:


Welcome - Mayor Tom Adams
Invocation Minister Terrence Brown
Presentation of the Colors Monrovia Boy Scout
Troop 141 and Cub Scout Pack 66
National Anthem Monrovia High School Jazz Band
10:25 AM - Remarks by Officials:
U.S. Representative Grace Napolitano, 32nd Congressional
District
U.S. Representative Judy Chu, 27th Congressional District
California State Senator Carol Liu, 25th District
California Assembly Majority Floor Leader Chris Holden, 41st
District
Metro Vice Chairman, Foothill Gold Line Board Member and
Duarte City Councilman John Fasana
Metro Deputy CEO, Stephanie Wiggins
10:50 AM- Recognition of Project Partners:
Foothill Gold Line Board Chairman Doug Tessitor
Metro Board Member and Glendale Mayor Ara Najarian
Foothill Gold Line CEO, Habib F. Balian
11:10 AM Refreshments and Open House
Open House Booths: Foothill Gold Line, Metro, and City of Monrovia

Monrovia Station Artist - Cha-Rie Tang

Calling forth the power of earth, water, and light,


artist Cha-Rie Tang uses ceramic tiles, glass, and a
monolithic rock to invite and envelope transit riders
in an environment designed to celebrate Monrovias
rich architectural heritage and natural beauty.
Tangs River of Time combines a treasure trove of
sumptuous materials and is a thoughtful meshing of
natural elements and handcrafted design.

Station Art
At the base of the entrance ramps leading to the station platforms stands
a treasure from China via Rosemead Gardens, a sculptural rock carved
by eons of flowing water. This monument is the mountain to the artists
glittering stream. The stream is a pool of water made of thousands of tiny,
reflective glass triangles handcrafted by Tang. As the artist says, running
water is a potent force guided by the esthetics of chance, and Tang has
created a light-filled tribute to this essential element.
The suggestion of water is carried throughout her station artwork. Along
the ramps leading up to the station platforms, Tang has placed a field of
watercolor tiles hand-glazed to suggest a river flowing up and down the
ramps. Once on the station platforms, riders will find the column bases
lined with decorative relief tiles associated with the California Arts and
Crafts Movement -- Batchelder, Claycraft, CALCO, Alhambra Kilns -- along
with Tangs own contributions. Tiles by Ernest Batchelder (1876-1957) are
well known and are especially treasured by Monrovians. Many residents
generously invited Tang to make impressions of their original Batchelder tiles,
which she then used to make molds, so the stations collection of tiles would
be a comprehensive display of Batchelders renowned designs.

We are travelers, both literally and metaphorically. We experience the


world depending on our frame of reference and by the time we have.
On foot or by train, looking down or looking ahead, close up or from afar
we bring ourselves, our histories with us. At the Monrovia Station the
art reveals patterns and layers of meaning as you experience it in your
travels.
Cha-Rie Tang

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