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West Pasadena Residents' Association
Neighborhood Update
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Saturday, March 30, 2013
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Founded in 1962, the WPRA is dedicated to maintaining the character of our communities and enhancing the quality of life in West Pasadena.
Editor
Chuck Hudson
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Pasadena Council and commission meetings
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Neighborhood notes
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City Council, on Monday, April 8 at 7 pm in the City Hall Council chamber, will review recommendations from staff and City commissions and committees on the General Plan. These recommendations include changes to the Guiding Principles, new policy-topic areas, changes to the land-use diagram and development levels. Staff is seeking direction before preparing the environmental impact report. The City encourages you to attend the meeting and comment.
Sister Cities celebrates 65th & 30th anniversaries on May 7The Pasadena Sister Cities Committee is celebrating both its 65th anniversary of relations with Ludwigshafen, Germany, and its 30th with Jarvenpaa, Finland, with a dinner, at 6:30 pm on Tuesday, May 7. For tickets, contact event chair Michael Warner at (626) 798-3541.
A series of modern, color-coordinated "way finding" signs are popping up in Pasadena to make it easier to get around and find key destinations, attractions, parking and other points of interest.
Rose Bowl renovation update
Find out what's going on with the Rose Bowl Stadium renovation.
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WPRA notes
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Save the date:
WPRA schedules 51st annual meeting for May 1 at the Rose BowlThe West Pasadena Residents' Association cordially invites its members and other West Pasadena residents to attend its 51st annual meeting on Wednesday, May 1. The event will be held in the storied, historic Rose Bowl Home Team locker room. "Celebrating success and inspiring change" is the theme. The annual meeting is open to the public and free of charge. Free parking is available to all in Lot F. Enter the stadium through Gate A. T he evening starts at 4:45 pm with tours of the stadium to witness, firsthand, the remarkable progress the City has made in modernizing America's Stadium. During the reception period, which begins at 5:30 pm, attendees can enjoy light dinner fare, while visiting with the many community organizations that'll be exhibiting. The main program opens at 6:30 pm. More to come.LVAA opposes 710 Freeway tunnel optionThe Linda Vista~Annandale Board of Directors, during its February 2013 monthly meeting, voted to join with many other groups, including the West Pasadena Residents' Association, and individuals in Pasadena in opposing Metro's F-7 Alternative Tunnel Project option for the 710 Freeway Project. It's opposition to the tunnel is based on the project's negative impacts, including the potential for an increase in air pollution and traffic congestion on local streets and in our neighborhoods, and public safety concerns. WPRA supports move of multi-benefit/multi-use field to Muir HS The WPRA has expressed to the City its support of the recently revised proposal (also known as the multi-benefit/multi-use project) to construct a multi-use sports field at Muir High School, rather than, as was originally proposed, in the Hahamongna Watershed. "This project" wrote the WPRA in the letter to the City, "would improve the existing south field (at Muir) to include a full-size soccer field, reconfigured softball field, turf renovation, irrigation system upgrades, lighting and various on-site furnishings. The fields would be available for public use during non-school hours." The letter concluded with "Hahamongna Watershed Park should be permanently removed from consideration for this project." Terms for the State's $1 million grant require the project to be completed by June 2015. NOTE: In preparation for its formal submission for the grant, the City is now seeking letters of support for the Muir field project. City Public Works project manager Loren Pluth must receive the letters by 5 pm on Tuesday, April 2. Send your letter of support by email to lpluth@cityofpasadena.net or by mail to: California Dept. of Parks and Recreation
Office of Grants and Local Services
c/o Mr. Loren Pluth, Project Manager for Parks and Landscape
City of Pasadena
Department of Public Works - Engineering Division
100 N. Garfield Avenue, 3rd Floor
Pasadena, CA 91109
ROSE BOWL EIR LAWSUIT The WPRA Board of Directors supports a lawsuit filed recently by the Coalition for Preservation of the Arroyo that challenges City Council's certification of an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) related to the potential temporary lease of the Rose Bowl Stadium by a National Football League team. If you share that view, the WPRA encourages you to contribute to the related legal fees. It's easy with EZ Donate on the WPRA website. And don't forget to check the box to indicate that your donation, which will be tax-deductible, is for the Rose Bowl EIR lawsuit. MORE The News, WPRA style
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"Pasadena City Councilman Steve Madison and several neighborhood groups took advantage of some face time with Los Angeles County Supervisor Mike Antonovich on Wednesday to lobby against a possible 4.5-mile tunnel connecting the Foothill (210) and Long Beach (710) freeways." Pasadena SunJPL parking lot, soccer field project to be removed from Hahamongna Park"Jet Propulsion Laboratory is preparing to remove its ecological footprint from neighboring Hahamongna Watershed Park, which also will be freed from a controversial soccer field plan if the state approves a change in grant funding. Both projects are being welcomed by open space advocates who have taken a keen interest in Hahamongna." Pasadena Star-NewsSubmissions sought for Rotating Public Art program in Pasadena"As sculpture proposals come in from artists, artist teams and galleries for the next phase of the city's popular Rotating Public Art Program, the community will be asked to weigh in at a 6:30 p.m. meeting Tuesday at the Armory Center for the Arts. 145 N. Raymond Ave. Rochelle Branch, the city's cultural affairs manager, said the submissions deadline is 5 p.m. on April 22, and the artworks must be ready for installation by June 30." Pasadena Star-NewsArt Center expansion gets $1 million Parsons Foundation grant"The planned expansion of Art Center College of Design's South Campus recently received a significant endorsement when the College was awarded a grant of $1 million from The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation." Pasadena Now
Sheriff: No safe trail to Eaton Canyon's second waterfall
"No safe route exists to the second waterfall at Eaton Canyon, according to a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and Pasadena Fire Department warning, which follows the death of a 17-year-old girl and injuries suffered by an 18-year-old man who were hiking at the canyon on Friday." Pasadena Patch
"In an effort to shield the pristine Southern California forest back country from the habitat-bruising effects of cars, roads and in some cases, mountain bikes, the U.S. Forest Service forest has proposed protecting more than 100,000 roadless acres by redesignating them as wilderness areas." Pasadena Star-News
"The unemployment rate in Pasadena in January rose slightly to 8.3% from 7.8% in December, according to preliminary data released by the state on Friday. The state of California as a whole saw a similar trend with a slight increase to 10.4% from 10.3% in December." Pasadena Patch
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The WPRA needs you ...
If you'd like to serve your community and do it with a group of your neighbors who are equally dedicated, the WPRA encourages you to join your neighborhood residents' association. 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 1,000 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 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 and serve our membership so we can do more for our members
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 us about your interests.
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Joseph Stoddard's watercolors: The WPRA wishes to express its appreciation to local artist Joseph Stoddard, who has generously allowed us to display his watercolors in our quarterly magazine, WPRA News, on the WPRA website and in this publication. To explore Mr. Stoddard's work, visit josephstoddard.com.
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