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West Pasadena Residents' Association
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Saturday, June 23
, 2018
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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, JUNE 25
TUESDAY, JUNE 26
6:30 p.m.
City Hall, Council Chambers, 100 N. Garfield Ave.
On the agenda: Call for review of 272 Bellevue Dr.; Preliminary consultation of 150 E. Colorado Blvd.; Design concept review of 417 N. Madison Ave.; Final design review of 635 E. Union St.
4 p.m.
300 E. Green St.
On the agenda: Not available by press time.
6:30 p.m.
City Hall, Council Chambers, 100 N. Garfield Ave.
On the agenda:
- 272 Bellevue Drive (District 6) Call for review of staff's previous approval of an application for consolidated design review for new construction of a seven-unit, multi-family residential development with grade level parking.
- 150 East Colorado Boulevard (District 1) Preliminary consultation - New construction of a 328 story, mixed-use project of commercial space with 88 to 100 residential units.
- 417 North Madison Avenue (District 3) Concept design review - New construction of a three story, 35-unit multi-family residential development with subterranean parking.
- 635 East Union Street (District 3) Final design review - New construction of a 2 to 4 story mixed-use project of commercial space and 40 residential units.
THURSDAY, JUNE 28
4 p.m.
221 E. Walnut St., Suite 210
On the agenda: Not available by press time.
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VERBATIM
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"I'm chastened by this process. We acquired this building because the previous owner was guilty of neglect. We are now as complicit as those previous owners were."
-Mayor Terry Tornek, on the Julia Morgan/YWCA building in the Civic Center (read more in the Editor's Top News Picks section below)
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WPRA'S POINT OF VIEW
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The public is invited to attend the regular WPRA board meetings, held at 6:30 p.m. the first Wednesday of the month (except May, August, and December) in the Westridge School Community Room (unless otherwise noted), 324 Madeline Dr. Park in the State St. lot and walk north across campus to the Community Room. Please note: the July meeting will be held on July 11, since the first Wednesday falls on July 4.
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 a year in which you'd serve. We'll train you.
Correction
In last weekend's Special Update about the Civic Center, we inadvertently stated that the city acquired the Julia Morgan/YWCA building in 2003. In fact, the city acquired it in 2013.
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UPCOMING MAJOR ROSE BOWL STADIUM/AREA EVENTS
Arroyo Seco Weekend is a world class culture event featuring three stages of live music along with curated menus from Los Angeles' celebrated restaurants and chefs, plus craft beer and wine.
Event hours (both days)
9-11 a.m.: Sound checks sporadically
10 .m.: Box office at Parsons & credential office opens
10:30 a.m.: Parking lots open; Shuttle operations begin from Old Town Pasadena
12 p.m.: Festival begins on Brookside Golf Course
11 p.m. (approximately): Event and amplified sound concludes
Est. Attendance: 25,000
This event will include a full bowl closure to recreational users and bicycle traffic beginning at 3 a.m. on Saturday, June 23, and concluding at 12 a.m. on Monday, June 25. Streets will remain open for one lane of vehicle traffic. The Equestrian Trail will remain open at all times.
The concerts will have the typical impacts on the nearby neighborhoods including traffic and noise. The noise level will be high, as expected, for the concerts and enhanced amplified music will take place from approximately 12-11 p.m. on Saturday, June 23, and Sunday, June 24. Sound checks are also expected to occur sporadically on Friday, June 22, between 4-9 p.m., including both event days on Saturday and Sunday sporadically from 9-11 a.m.
Due to the load-in, event operations and load-out, please note that Brookside Golf Course lighting will be on throughout much of the night from June 19-25, 2018.
To receive assistance on either Saturday, June 23rd or Sunday, June 24th please contact the Rose Bowl Event Day Resident Hotline at
(626) 397-4141.
Event hours
12 p.m.: Parking lots open
2 p.m.: Family Fun Zone - Area H opens
5 p.m.: Field viewing experience reception doors open
5:30 p.m.: Doors open
7 p.m.: Performances begin
9 p.m.: Fireworks begin
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Avenue 64 roadwork update
A new 8-inch diameter water mainline is being installed on Avenue 64 from Colorado Blvd. to Church St. The work will also include replacing all the fire hydrants and connecting individual water services to the new water main. The pipeline will increase the overall reliability and quality of water service. The project was necessary to replace a water main that was installed in 1921 and 1926. The work has started and will be completed by the end of August. Each property owner along the route will be kept informed if their water must be shut off as the project progresses. Comments, questions, or concerns should be addressed to the PWP Project Manager Adolfo Vargas at (626) 744-4331 or
Arroyo Seco Hahamongna Day
The Arroyo Seco Foundation invites the public to learn what they can do to help save the Hahamongna watershed and to be better stewards of the land. The event will begin at
8 a.m. at 4550 Oak Grove Dr. with a GPS mapping adventure where you'll capture images of wildlife, plants and trees, recreation, and water. Then the group will return to the Hahamongna Native Plant Nursery for a Mapping Visionary Brunch and tour of the nursery from
9-10 a.m., follow by a Water and Wildlife Workshop at
10 a.m.
Joseph Stoddard's art on display at upcoming exhibit
Local artist Joseph Stoddard, whose watercolors we feature at the top of nearly every Neighborhood Update, will exhibit his study sketches, compositional explorations, field observations, and watercolor paintings, all assembled into a single composition and mounted onto a cradled hardboard panel. The art describes the exciting urban landscapes, iconic architecture, and landmarks of downtown Los Angeles and Pasadena. This exhibit features 45 collages and a 6' x 8' canvas Giclee in four panels of a pen and ink sketch of downtown Los Angeles as seen from the observation deck of City Hall. The exhibit will run from June 30-July 27. The opening reception will be held from
5 to 8 p.m. on Saturday, June 30, at Judson Studios, 143 Pasadena Ave., South Pasadena.
Pasadena Heritage cordially invites you to Pasadena's biggest and best block party on the world-famous historic Colorado Street Bridge - a night of music, dancing, vintage cars, children's activities, beverages and food, and more from
6 to 11:30 p.m. on Saturday, July 14. Click the headline for ticket information.
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EDITOR'S TOP NEWS PICKS
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WPRA: Why we care about the Pasadena Civic Center
"Our Civic Center and the open spaces around it must stay as they are - wide and deep expanses that help showcase our striking and majestic City Hall. This space, we believe, is precious, even fragile. If we chip it away for any quick fix, just to fill it, we will smother that initial vision." Pasadena Now
It's back to the drawing board after Civic Center Task Force report fails to galvanize consensus
"Pasadena's City Council sidestepped a Task Force's final report recommending proposed guidelines for the future of the city's historic Civic Center Monday night, deciding instead to go back to the drawing board and ask city staff to draw up alternative recommendations."
Pasadena Now
Interim Police Chief John Perez details policing by the numbers at committee meeting, including a drop in all crime categories
"Perez noted a 43 percent decline in robberies, a 13 percent reduction in assaults, and a 33 percent drop in residential burglaries. Overall, almost all categories of crime have seen drops."
Pasadena Now
City department ramps up to implement Pasadena's commercial cannabis program, says new dispensaries can apply later this year
"The city's Planning Department said last week it is taking the lead on setting up the application process for marijuana dispensaries in the city after voters approved ballot measures allowing them, and that the city should be ready to start the permitting process 'towards the later part of this year.'" Pasadena Now
The complicated case of the Colorado Street Bridge
"Pasadena is struggling to end suicides from the span without diminishing its historic beauty." LA Magazine
Council unanimously approves 2019's $815 million fiscal year budget
"The Pasadena City Council Monday unanimously approved the City's 2019 fiscal year Budget. The new $815 million budget is balanced but represents substantial reductions, concluding months of staff and committee meetings as well as public hearings." Pasadena Now
Pasadena UN Association chapter uses music to help children in some of the world's poorest refugee camps
"The Pasadena chapter of the United Nations Association hosted a concert yesterday to benefit two of the largest, most crowded, and poorest refugee camps in the world. You can still make a donation by emailing [email protected]." Pasadena Weekly
"Preparation for what would become the 710 began in the 1930s. By 1964, the plan was to extend the newly-dubbed Long Beach Freeway into Pasadena. The effects of this decision hit communities immediately when hundreds of properties were purchased in L.A. neighborhood El Sereno, as well as the cities of Pasadena, South Pasadena, and Alhambra with the intent to demolish." L.A. TACO
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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 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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