WPRA
West Pasadena Residents' Association 
Neighborhood Update
Saturday, October 26, 2013

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City Council and commission meetings
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MONDAY, OCTOBER 28
 

City Council

6:30 p.m.

City Hall

Room S249

100 N. Garfield Ave.

On the agenda: Amend the Fiscal Year 2014 Capital Improvement Program Budget to add the Rose Bowl Donor Plaza and Rose Bowl Court of Champions; and resolution in support of a humane and comprehensive immigration reform proposal. 

 
Neighborhood in motion
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Kendall Brown to appear at Storrier Stearns Japanese Garden

Historian, author and curator Kendall Brown will present a slideshow of exquisite photographs and discuss his book "Quiet Beauty: The Japanese Gardens of North America" Sunday, Oct. 27, at 2 p.m. at Storrier Stearns Japanese Garden, 270 Arlington Dr. The garden will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tickets are $7.50.  

 

County schedules DEIR public meetings for Devil's Gate sediment removal  

The L.A. County Department of Public Works has completed a draft environmental impact report (DEIR) for the Devil's Gate Reservoir sediment removal and management project. The report will be posted on the project's website in late October. The county will host a community meeting Wednesday, Nov. 6, from 6 to 8 p.m. in the visitors' locker room at the Rose Bowl Stadium; park in Lot F and enter at Gate A.

 

Expect dust, noise, San Rafael Bridge Closure
Beginning Monday, Oct. 28, an electrical conduit and vault system are being installed on Arroyo Boulevard from Madeline Drive to San Rafael Avenue and on San Rafael Avenue from Arroyo Boulevard to Laguna Road. Pasadena Water and Power tells us a variety of heavy equipment will be used, including backhoes, loaders and construction trucks, so expect additional noise and dust through the completion of the project in January. During this period, the San Rafael Bridge will be closed from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information contact John Orolfo, principal engineer with PWP, at jorolfo@cityofpasadena.net or (626) 744-4175. 

Rose Bowl Roundup Newsletter
Find out what's going on with the Rose Bowl Stadium: renovation, updates, the tours program, Legacy Campaign and more. 

Editor's top news picks
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Photos of Terry Donahue Pavilion 

"The newly completed Rose Bowl and Terry Donahue Pavilion in Pasadena is seen October 22, 2013." -- Pasadena Star-News  

 

Councilman Steve Madison sponsors global warming forum
"The public is invited to attend a panel discussion on global warming from 7:00 p.m. to 8:15 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013 at the Pasadena Convention Center, 300 E. Green St. The event is sponsored by District 6 Councilmember Steve Madison." -- Pasadena Now  

  

Caltrans needs help in selling 710 corridor homes
"...After five decades, the state transit agency is now being directed by the Legislature to sell the homes in the so-called 710 Corridor, once dubbed the 'Corridor of Shame' by this newspaper for the shoddy way Caltrans has historically handled its duties as landlords, or, more accurately, slumlords." -- Pasadena Weekly

Meet Rose Queen Ana Marie Acosta
"The Pasadena Tournament of Roses Association named Ana Marie Acosta as the 96th Rose Queen in an official ceremony at First Church of the Nazarene of Pasadena Thursday evening."-- Pasadena Now
Leisure
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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'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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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.