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Council liaison briefs Design Review Board on Gold Line opening timeline, waste‑hauler extension and air‑quality rulemaking
Summary
The council liaison updated the board on regional projects including a Metro Gold Line passenger service start expected in summer, a tentative extension and price freeze on the city's waste‑hauler contract, and forthcoming South Coast AQMD rules to phase in electric water and space heaters.
The council liaison provided multiple regional and city updates at the Design Review Board’s May 1 meeting, covering Metro service, a waste‑hauler contract and air‑quality rulemaking affecting household appliances.
“Metro won’t tell us… they told us sometime in the summer, passenger service will start to the 4 new stations,” the council liaison said, summarizing Metro’s schedule for the Gold Line extension into the eastern San Gabriel Valley. The liaison listed the four stations — Glendora, La Verne, San Dimas and Pomona — and said the new terminus in Pomona will connect with a Metrolink station. The liaison said travel time from Pomona to Union Station will be about 62 minutes and from La Verne to Union Station about 60 minutes.
On refuse collection, the liaison said the city is considering an extension of its current provider’s contract and a temporary price freeze. “We’re going to extend Athens Evergreen’s provision of the contract… for 2 years, we’ll freeze all prices,” the liaison said, adding staff will return with written recommendations.
The liaison also briefed the board on air‑quality rulemaking in the South Coast basin that would encourage a shift from gas water heaters and space heaters to lower‑NOx or electric equipment. “We’re going to try to… encourage the manufacturers to start manufacturing more 0 emission… electric water heaters and space heaters,” the liaison said, and described a multi‑year phase‑in starting around 2027.
The liaison referenced SB 1383 in the context of waste and food recovery and noted other regional planning items under discussion. Interim Community Development Director Brad thanked the board for its service and noted two board members will move to the Planning Commission in June.
