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West Pasadena Residents' Association
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Saturday, September 22
, 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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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, SEPTEMBER 24
4 p.m.
City Hall, Council Chambers, 100 N. Garfield Ave.
On the agenda: Revision to Vina Vieja Park drawing no. 5700 to allow for the expenditure of residential impact fees, revision to capital improvement project "Pickleball Courts-Design and Construction" project title and description, and amendment to FY2019 CIP budget; Amendments to FY2019 operating budget; approval of internal audit framework.
6:30 p.m.
City Hall, Council Chambers, 100 N. Garfield Ave.
On the agenda:
- Amendments to fiscal year 2019 operating budget (staff report)
- Revision to Vina Vieja Park drawing no. 5700 to allow for the expenditure of residential impact fees, revision to capital improvement project "Pickleball Courts-Design and Construction" project title and description, and amendment to FY2019 CIP budget (staff report)
- Proposed adjustments to inclusionary in-lieu fee rate
- 5-minute city attorney briefing on use of public resources for ballot measure
- Predevelopment plan review of a mixed-use development proposed at 150 E. Colorado Blvd. (staff report)
- Predevelopment plan review of a mixed-use development proposed at 83 N. Lake Ave. (staff report)
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25
4 p.m.
City Hall, Council Chambers, 100 N. Garfield Ave.
On the agenda: Updates on Bulky Item Pick Up and Citizen Service Center; North Hollywood to Pasadena Transit Corridor; Draft Pasadena Short Range Transit Plan Update; Receive and File Annual Commission Reports for Fiscal Year July 2017 through June 2018 and Work Plans for Fiscal Year 2018-2019.
5:30 p.m.
Jackie Robinson Center, 1020 N. Fair Oaks Ave.
On the agenda: Not available by press time.
6 p.m.
City Hall, Council Conference Room S246, 100 N. Garfield Ave.
On the agenda: Not available by press time.
6:30 p.m.
City Hall, Council Chambers, 100 N. Garfield Ave.
On the agenda: Advisory review of the Central Arroyo Seco Community Recreation Loop signage (former Rose Bowl Area H); Final design review of 711 E. Walnut St./226 N. El Molino Ave.
4 p.m.
300 E. Green St.
On the agenda: Not available by press time.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27
4 p.m.
221 E. Walnut St., Suite 210
On the agenda: Not available by press time.
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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.
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.
Fall reception
Stay tuned for information on the WPRA's biannual Fall reception for WPRA members! This will be a great opportunity to meet your neighbors and local officials.
Recent WPRA positions (click links to read the full letters)
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UPCOMING MAJOR ROSE BOWL STADIUM/AREA EVENTS
Event hours
3:30 p.m.: Parking lots open
3:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m.: Rose Bowl Happy Hour
4:30 p.m.: Shuttle operation begins
6 p.m.: Stadium gates open
7:30 p.m.-11 p.m.: Concert (timing is approximate)
Est. attendance: 55,000+
The Recreational Loop will be closed from 10:30 a.m. until 2 a.m. both Saturday, September 22, and Sunday, September 23. The Equestrian Loop will remain open at all times.
Lighting hours: Due to the event, including load-in, preparation, and load-out, stadium lights will remain on for most of the evening into the early morning hours beginning Monday, September 17, through Tuesday, September 25, for safety and security purposes. They will be turned off at the earliest possible time. Additionally, there will testing on the videoboard overnight Monday, September 17, and Tuesday, September 18, it will be turned off at the earliest possible time.
Noise levels and sound: This event will bring the usual impacts on the nearby neighborhoods such as traffic and noise. The noise level for this event will be high and residents can anticipate hearing noise associated with this concert. There will be sound checks sporadically on Friday, September 21, from 12 p.m.-10 p.m. and on event days beginning at 10 a.m. until 5 p.m.
Traffic: Residents can anticipate heaviest traffic on Saturday, September 22, and Sunday, September 23, from 4:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m. and again from 10:30 p.m.-12:30 p.m.
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.
More upcoming Rose Bowl events:
Pasadena Police Lt. Sean Dawkins recently met with the WPRA board to discuss the traffic issues related to Rose Bowl events. He said, "We are concerned with the traffic affecting the neighborhoods surrounding the Rose Bowl [particularly at the recent Ed Sheeran concert] and we are working very hard so they do not have a similar experience for the back to back Beyoncé concerts in a couple of weeks." He recommended that residents use the following communication channels during events if they encounter issues: Lt. Mark Goodman, the Traffic Section supervisor, will be providing updates regarding traffic operations during major events. You can follow him on Twitter
@LtMarkGoodman
. Also follow
@PasadenaPD
and
@RoseBowlStadium
. All three Twitter contacts will be updating their accounts with valuable information for residents and attendees alike. Local Pasadena residents will also find Nixle beneficial because the police department does use the tool often to get information to the residents. You can register for a Nixle account at
www.nixle.com
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National Voter Registration Day
This Tuesday, September 25, visit one of the eight sites in Pasadena to register to vote or update your voter registration information. For more information contact the City Clerk's Office at (626) 744-4124 or [email protected]. Volunteers and materials will be available at each of the following locations:
- Pasadena City Hall, 100 N. Garfield Ave., City Clerk's Office, 2nd Floor
- Jackie Robinson Center, 1020 N. Fair Oaks Ave., Reception Desk
- Victory Park Community Center, 2575 Paloma Dr., Reception Desk
- The Paseo Pasadena, 300 Colorado Blvd., Promenade
- Villa Parke Community Center, 363 E. Villa St., Reception Desk
- Pasadena Central Library, 285 E. Walnut St., Circulation Desk
- Pasadena City College, 1570 E. Colorado Blvd., Quad Area
- Brookside Golf Club, 1133 Rosemont Ave., Front Entrance
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EDITOR'S TOP NEWS PICKS
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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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