WPRA
West Pasadena Residents' Association 
Neighborhood Update
Saturday, July 6, 2013

   

Founded in 1962, the WPRA is dedicated to maintaining the character of our communities and enhancing the quality of life in West Pasadena. 

  

Editor  

Ann Erdman 

 

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City Council and commission meetings
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MONDAY 

JULY 8              

 

6:30 p.m.

City Hall  

Council Chambers

100 N. Garfield Ave.

On the agenda: Appropriation of $125,000 of private funds from La Casita Foundation to the capital improvement project (CIP) for renovation of La Casita del Arroyo; and consideration of mandatory spay/neuter ordinance for cats and dogs more than 4 years old.

 

Design Commission

6 p.m.

George Ellery Hale Building (Permit Center)

Hearing Room

175 N. Garfield Ave.

On the agenda: 50 percent advisory review of a new, 12,008-square-foot mixed-use residential/retail property at 175 E. Del Mar Blvd.; and final design review of the Ambassador West development site, parcels 3 and 5, at 100 S. Orange Grove Blvd.

  

WEDNESDAY

JULY 10  


Planning Commission

6:30 p.m.

City Hall

Council Chambers

On the agenda: General Plan update/report on community meetings and environmental work.

 

WPRA notes
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Congratulations to us!  

WPRA will be one of the honorees at Pasadena Heritage's annual fundraising gala "Pillars of South Orange Grove" Saturday, July 13, at the historic Hulett Merritt Mansion. 

 

710 meeting 

Metro and Caltrans will host informational meetings, including one at Blair High School on July 20, regarding the proposed 710 Freeway extension and potential alternatives. Pasadena Heritage encourages everyone to speak out in support of the historic resources that would be affected. 

 

The News, WPRA style

View the latest issue of The News, the WPRA quarterly magazine.   

Neighborhood notes
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Old Pasadena Film Festival

All this month, 20 free movies will be presented at three locations - Central Park, One Colorado Courtyard and Distant Lands. Films include "Annie Hall," "Chicago," "Mildred Pierce," "The Ring," "The Third Man," "Young Frankenstein" and many more.

 

Be prepared for traffic and noise

Special events are scheduled at the Rose Bowl Stadium on July 7 (soccer double header) and July 28 (Justin Timberlake/Jay-Z concert). Stadium parking lots on both dates will open several hours in advance, so expect potential traffic delays; the concert will feature amplified sound. 

 

Free summer concerts continue

Memorial Park will be filled with great music Tuesday evenings this summer. Mariachi Bella, The Salty Suites, Tumbleweed Rob and the Southwest Junction, and Pasadena Summer Youth Chamber Orchestra are featured this month.

 

Family Free Day 

Be sure to visit the Pasadena Museum of History's popular exhibition "I Do! I Do! Pasadena Ties the Knot 1850 to 1950" before it ends on July 14, which is also Family Free Day.

 

ARTS Bus update  

There has been a schedule adjustment for Pasadena ARTS Bus route 51/52 to improve on-time arrivals. This route serves Old Pasadena, the South Raymond corridor, both of the Art Center College of Design campuses and JPL. Certain other routes, including the South Lake and Playhouse districts, have been updated as well.

  

Rose Bowl renovation update
Find out what's going on with the Rose Bowl Stadium renovation. 

Editor's top news picks
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The Sun sets on Pasadena

"This is a column no editor wants to write, but here it is: The Pasadena Sun's last issue is today [June 29]." Pasadena Sun (L.A. Times community news)

 

Campaign to recall Councilman Steve Madison officially fizzles 

"The campaign to recall Councilman Steve Madison has officially died after petitioners failed to meet a filing deadline for the required 2,866 signatures needed for a recall election." Pasadena Star-News     

 

Portantino, Robinson square off
"Former Assemblyman Anthony J. Portantino and Pasadena Vice Mayor Jacque Robinson announced this week plans to run for State Sen. Carol Liu's seat when she terms out of office in 2016." Pasadena Now

Leisure
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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.

Attend WPRA board meetings each month 

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."


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'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.   
To learn more

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To submit information for the Neighborhood Update, send it to update@wpra.net. 

 

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.