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West Pasadena Residents' Association
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Saturday, January 12
, 2019
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Published weekly since 2000
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WELCOME
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Founded in 1962, the West Pasadena Residents' Association is dedicated to maintaining the character of our neighborhoods and enhancing the quality of life in southwest Pasadena.
Subscribe, unsubscribe or update your email address at the bottom of this page.
Send comments to [email protected]
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Neighborhood Update
This weekly WPRA eNewsletter is emailed each Saturday morning to more than 1,600 residents of Pasadena and beyond.
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COMMUNITY MEETINGS
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>CLICK ON HEADLINES FOR MORE INFORMATION<
NOTE: The following meeting dates, times and agenda items are accurate as of Saturday morning.
Click on the appropriate blue headline to ensure the meeting hasn't been cancelled or rescheduled.
MONDAY, JANUARY 14
6:30 p.m.
Council Chambers, City Hall, 100 N. Garfield Ave.
On the agenda:
- Item 9: Approval of Measure H funding recommendations of $1,087,925 for fiscal years 2018 and 2019 and authorization to enter into contracts to provide homeless supportive services | STAFF REPORT
- Item 13: Conduct first reading of an ordinance of the City of Pasadena amending chapter 12.22 of the Pasadena Municipal Code (telecommunications facilities) as it relates to the process for considering wireless facilities proposed in the public right-of-way. The amendment:
- Defines small cells to conform to the Federal Communications Commission's September 2018 Declaratory Ruling and Report and Order accelerating deployment of 5G wireless infrastructure
- Creates three separate tiers for the processing of small-cell applications.
- Provides that incomplete applications not re-submitted 90 days after an incomplete notice are deemed withdrawn
- Clarifies the appeal process for the City Manager and City Council, which, as proposed, will only hear non-small-cell appeals, and makes technical and conforming changes.| STAFF REPORT
6:30 p.m.
Jackie Robinson Center, 1020 N. Fair Oaks Ave.
On the agenda: Agenda not available at press time
TUESDAY, JANUARY 15
Council Chambers, City Hall, 100 N. Garfield Ave.
On the agenda:
Economic Development Strategic Plan workshops, and discussion on local job trends
6 p.m.
Second Floor, City Public Works Yards, 233 W. Mountain St.
On the agenda:
- Item IV-A: proposal for public address system at Jackie Robinson Field (Brookside Park)
- Item IV-B: Human Services and Recreation monthly report
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16
10:15 a.m.
Council Chambers, City Hall, 100 N. Garfield Ave.
On the agenda:
Agenda not available at press time
6 p.m.
Hearing Room #120, Hale Building, 175 N. Garfield Ave.
On the agenda:
- Item B: Modification to Conditional Use Permit #1540: 169 Arlington Dr. (Council District 6) to allow operational changes to an existing day-care facility.
- Item C: Tentative Parcel Map #82352 - 275 Cordova Street (Council District 6) for subdivision of an existing 53,652 sq. ft. parcel to create two parcels. No new development proposed.
10:15 a.m.
Council Chambers, City Hall, 100 N. Garfield Ave.
On the agenda:
Agenda not available at press time
6:30 p.m.
Room 236, 351 S. Hudson Ave.
On the agenda:
- Item V - Chair comments regarding COC purview
- Item VI - Auditor's report FY 2017-2018
- Item VII - Report from board liaison
- Item VII - Review of board reports
- Item IX - COC's annual report
6 p.m.
Hastings Branch Library, 3325 E. Orange Grove Blvd.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 17
11 a.m.
Suite 210, Parking Division, Department of Transportation, 221 E. Walnut St.
On the agenda: Agenda not available at press time
6 p.m.
984 E. Locust Street
On the agenda: Agenda not available at press time
Pasadena High School,
2925 E Sierra Madre Blvd.
Pasadena Mayor Terry Tornek presents the annual State of the City address, which will include financial information about the City, as well as updates about several other important issues.
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WPRA'S POINT OF VIEW
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The public is invited to attend the regular WPRA board meetings, the next one to be held at 6:30 p.m. on February 6. Generally all other meetings are held the first Wednesday of the month (except May, August, and December) in the Westridge School Community Room (unless otherwise noted), 324 Madeline Dr. Parking is in the State Street lot. Walk north across campus to the Community Room.
WPRA seeks email newsletter editors
Do you have organizing and editing skills? If so, you can help the WPRA achieve its mission of informing the community. Send an email to [email protected] to volunteer to serve as one of several co-editors of WPRA's weekly Neighborhood Update email newsletter. It will only take a few hours a week (on your own schedule) in the month or two each year in which you'd serve. We'll train you.
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Click HERE to help support the WPRA mission.
Your annual membership contribution can help us meet our organizational imperatives: Maintaining the character of our neighborhoods and enhancing the quality of life in southwest Pasadena.
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Samples of recent WPRA positions and correspondence:
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On Saturday, January 12, 9 a.m. to noon, the Friends of the Pasadena Public Library will conduct its monthly used-book sale on the east patio of the Central Library, 285 E. Walnut St.
All Pasadena do-it-yourselfers are invited to safely recycle both their used oil and oil filters (and, in return, get a free new oil filter) from
9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, January 12 at AutoZone Auto Parts, 550 North Lake Ave.
Misinformation on climate change is everywhere. Join Prof. Austin Minnich from Caltech as he reveals the complex processes at work on our planet on Saturday, Jan. 12, 11 a.m. at the Linda Vista Branch library, 1281 Bryant St.
The annual homeless count, between January 22-23, sets in motion a year of education, engagement and action. Each year, volunteers help count men, women and children living on the streets during one night in January. Volunteer training will be conducted on January 16-17.
The city's Planning & Community Development department will conduct the second round of community workshops to share preliminary concept ideas for each of the Specific Plan areas - Central District, East Colorado, East Pasadena, Fair Oaks/Orange Grove, Lamanda Park, Lincoln Avenue, North Lake and South Fair Oaks.
While none of the Specific Plan areas are within WPRA's service territory, the process is extremely important for the entire city. The WPRA encourages you to participate.
January is a busy month at the Pasadena Senior Center, and you don't have to be a member to attend. Movies, health and exercise, life planning and using public transit are among the many topics.
The Pasadena Unified School District's annual Open Enrollment-School Choice for the 2019-2020 academic year has begun. Online applications for students who live within the district's attendance boundaries, as well as children of PUSD employees, will be accepted through February 1, 2019.
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EDITOR'S TOP NEWS PICKS
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"Senate Bill 50, introduced by Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco last month, would force city and county governments to automatically approve qualifying housing projects in 'transit-rich' or 'job-rich' areas. The law does not provide exemptions for cities like Pasadena, which are already generating housing at a rapid pace." - Pasadena Now
"Unlike last March's Orange Grove 'Road Diet' plan meeting, which drew overwhelming opposition, residents at Tuesday night's meeting offered mostly supportive reactions and suggestions." - Pasadena Now
"'This is a terrible story about a government out of control. It's an invading army that has come from the County of Los Angeles, and has not respected the City of Pasadena, or the residents of this area.' Thus Arroyo Seco Foundation Managing Director Tim Brick angrily described the current state of affairs with the Los Angeles County "Big Dig" sediment removal project in the Hahamongna Watershed Park at Devil's Gate Dam." - Pasadena Now
Pasadena's State Of The City Address slated For Jan. 17
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Mayor Tornek's State of the City Address Pasadena Mayor Terry Tornek will present his annual State of the City Address on Thursday, Jan. 17 at Pasadena High School's (PHS) newly renovated gymnasium, 2925 E. Sierra Madre Blvd." - Pasadena Independent
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>CLICK ON HEADLINES FOR MORE INFORMATION<
Looking for other ways to entertain or educate yourself and your family?
For current events around the area, we encourage you to visit our local news outlets. Click on the publication title to visit that publication's events section (alphabetical order).
Monthly WPRA board meeting dates and locations are on the WPRA website. Click on the headline above
or visit our website and look under "Meetings and Events."
... to serve your community and do it with a group of your neighbors who are equally dedicated. If you live within our service area, we'd welcome your help.
- Got the local news bug? Just curious about your city (and would like to share news with 1,600 or so of your closest friends), consider serving as a co-editor of Neighborhood Update. It will only take a few hours a week (on your own schedule) in the month or two a year in which you'd serve. We'll train you.
- We have lots of opportunities to serve on one of our many committees:
- Land use and planning
If you care about how we use our land
- Education
If you want to help save public education for west Pasadena
- Open space & conservation
If you care about preserving open space and conservation of land and natural resources
- Membership
If you'd like to help us continue to build our membership so we can do more
If you'd like to chat about ways we could help you become more involved or, more likely, more effective (by helping us), send an email to WPRA President. Tell him about your interests.
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To submit information for the Neighborhood Update, send it to [email protected].
Joseph Stoddard's watercolors: The WPRA is grateful to local artist Joseph Stoddard, who has generously allowed us to display his watercolors in our quarterly newsletter, The (WPRA) News; on the WPRA website; and in this publication. To explore Mr. Stoddard's work, visit josephstoddard.com.
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