WPRA
West Pasadena Residents' Association 
Neighborhood Update
Saturday, March 1, 2014

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

   
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City Council
and commission meetings
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Monday, March 3

  

City Council

6:30 pm

City Hall

Council Chambers, Room S249

100 N. Garfield Ave.

On the agenda: Pasadena Street Plan, including streets, transit needs, bicycle connectiivity and pedestrian design; second reading of an ordinance establishing the South Grand-Covington Place Landmark Overlay District.

 

Tuesday, March 4

 

Historic Preservation Commission

6 p.m.

George Ellery Hale Building

Hearing Room (enter through Ramona Street door)

On the agenda: Certificate of appropriateness for major change to the primary façade at 280 S. Hill Ave. (District 7); and certificate of appropriateness for demolition of a non-original portion of the street-faciing façade of the house and a slightly larger addition in its place at 6 Richland Place (District 1).

  

Recreation and Parks Commission

6 p.m.

Public Works Building, City Yards

233 W. Mountain Street, second floor

On the agenda: Recommended 2015-2019 Capital Improvement Program; update on residential impact fees nexus study; support of a design for improvements to Linda Vista Park; and update on General Plan draft goals and policies.


Wednesday, March 5

 

Zoning Hearing Officer

6 p.m.

George Ellery Hale Building

Hearing Room (enter through Ramona Street door)

On the agenda: Minor variance to allow a guard rail fence on top of an existing retaining wall to exceed the allowable fence height of four feet within a designated front yard area and minor variance to allow a new eight-foot-tall driveway gate to exceed the maximum allowable height of four feet at 1399 Fairlawn Way.

WPRA in motion
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What will building a 710 freeway tunnel mean to Pasadena? Click here to view a 12-minute video that shows a tunnel is not burrowed quietly underground. See how the  process will affect people who live and work here and how tunnel construction could impact the Rose Parade and other activities...not to mention homes, medical facilities and schools within blocks of the proposed project. Traffic implications, dirt and noise must be considered in determining whether this undertaking is worth all these impacts. Ask yourself: What will Pasadena gain?

Neighorhoods in motion
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March 1 is deadline for buying Rose Bowl Stadium bricks

If you'd like to purchase a Rose Bowl Stadium brick, note that the initial brick installation is slated for this summer; bricks must be purchased by Saturday, March 1. Bricks may still be purchased after this date, but they will not be installed until 2015.

 

Sister Cities pioneers to be honored

Pioneers of the five Pasadena Sister Cities subcommittees - Ludwigshafen, Germany; Mishima, Japan; Jäärvenpää, Finland; Vanadzor, Armenia; and Xicheng, Beijing, China - will be honored Saturday, March 8, at 10 a.m. with plaques installed at the Pasadena Sister Cities monument in the plaza between the Pasadena Conference Center and the Pasadena Civic Auditorium. A reception will follow across the street at Camille's Sidewalk Café. Come learn more about the Pasadena Sister Cities program!

 

Street resurfacing project continues through April

The City of Pasadena will be resurfacing specific streets through April. During this process, street segments listed below may be partially or totally closed to traffic; parking will be prohibited between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m.

 

Street From To 
California Grand Orange Grove 
California Fair Oaks Raymond 
California Hill East City Limit 
California 180 feet west of Fair Oaks 415 feet west of Fair Oaks  
Marengo Green Glenarm  
Marengo Glenarm Los Robles 
State Railroad  East City Limit 

The City of Pasadena will send notices to residences, businesses and neighborhood associations, as well as more specific guidance to residents and businesses directly affected by the street resurfacing. Note: To avoid damaging your vehicle, don't drive in these areas while work is in progress. Also, everyone is urged not to walk on the hot asphalt or allow water from a sprinkler system, for example, to run down gutters or into streets while work is in progress. For more information contact the Pasadena Public Works Department at (626) 744-4720 between 7:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. In case of an after-hours emergency, call (626) 744-4241. 
Editor's top news picks
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Rainstorm prompts safety tips and reminders - sandbags available

"With the first heavy rain of 2014, the City of Pasadena offers residents and businesses the following wet weather tips and reminders." Pasadena Now

  

District must find way to keep San Rafael School open [Opinion]

Regarding the proposed closure of San Rafael School due to an earthquake fault which runs under the original school building, surely there are ways to find the funds to keep the school at its present location. Pasadena Star-News

 

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 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.