WPRA
West Pasadena Residents' Association 
Neighborhood Update
Saturday, January 4, 2014

Happy New Year!

  On behalf of the WPRA board,
we wish you and your family
a happy and prosperous year in 2014! 
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City Council and commission meetings
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Monday, January 6

 

City Council

The Jan. 6 meeting of the Pasadena City Council has been canceled. 

Wednesday, January 8 

                  

Planning Commission

6:30 pm

Council Chambers

Room S249 

100 N. Garfield Ave.
On the agenda: Consideration of environmental consideration of categorical exemption and an amendment to the Zoning Code regarding recycling centers.

Neighborhoods in motion
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ESPN Radio "On the Road" live in front of City Hall 

The community is invited to Holly Street at Marengo Avenue -- just west of Pasadena City
Hall -- Monday, Jan. 6, from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. to be part of the special live audience for ESPN Radio's "On the Road" program focusing on the BCS National Championship. There will be three shows and attendance is free! 

 

Traffic alert: BCS Championship Game 

The BCS National Championship Monday, Jan. 6, at 5 p.m. between the Florida State Seminoles and the Auburn Tigers is a sellout. Parking lots will open early in the day, so expect traffic delays in areas near the Rose Bowl Stadium. If you live on a street that is barricaded during major Rose Bow Stadium events, get your 2014 resident vehicle parking passes at the administrative office, 1001 Rose Bowl Dr., from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., on any weekday. 

 

Help protect the environment by recycling your Christmas tree. Place it curbside on your regular pickup day no later than Friday, Jan. 17. Remove stands, ornamments, lights and tinsel. Flocked and fire-retardant trees will be accepted but artificial trees will not.

 

Due to the high volume of content in the Devil's Gate Reservoir Sediment Removal and Management Project Draft EIR and requests for additional time to review the document, the L.A. County Department of Public Works has extended the deadline for comments to Tuesday, Jan. 21 -- an additional 15 days, and 90 days in total. Comments emailed to reservoircleanouts@dpw.lacounty.gov or mailed or faxed will be included in the official Response to Comments log that will be attached to the final EIR.    

 
Editor's top news picks
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City officials and local residents join forces against sediment removal plans 

"Pasadena officials opposed to a five-year, $70-million sediment clean-up of Devil's Gate Dam in Hahamongna Watershed Park, which they say could increase health risks and negatively impact local traffic, are making their feelings known in a letter to Los Angeles County officials pushing the controversial project." Pasadena Weekly      

 

Pasadenans awake to city freshly scrubbed and almost magically cleaned

"Pasadenans awoke Thursday with very fresh memories from the flawless 125th Rose Parade and the 100th Rose Bowl Game in a city which almost magically shows few signs that hundreds of thousands of revelers filled the streets 24 hours ago." Pasadena Now 

 

Celebrating the new year should include a fight for Rose Bowl independence 

"A crucial and overlooked aspect of Wednesday's game was that in a way it was the last Rose Bowl as well as the 100th big annual college bowl game played in Pasadena. That's because with next season's jettisoning of the BCS system in favor of a four-team playoff, the matchup scheduled here in 2015 is so far known as the NCAA Semi-Final Game at the Rose Bowl presented by Vizio."Pasadena Star-News

 

Pasadena Humane Society set to open $20 million animal care center Jan. 9 

"The center will include a new wellness clinic that will house a high-volume spay/neuter clinic, a larger behavior and training center, dog daycare and boarding, the Shelter Shop-a larger onsite pet store; and ample underground parking."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 (alphabetical order).

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.   
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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.