WPRA
West Pasadena Residents' Association 
Neighborhood Update
Saturday, March 8, 2014
Stoddard: Amb College Trees
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City Council
and commission meetings
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Monday, March 10

  

City Council - CANCELLED 

 

Tuesday, March 11 

 

Design Commission

6 p.m.

George Ellery Hale Building - Hearing Room

175 N. Garfield Ave. (enter through Ramona Street door)

On the agenda: Review of draft environmental impact report for a new mixed-use project at 86 S. Fair Oaks Ave. with 5,000 square feet of ground-floor commercial space and 64 residential units with underground and ground-level parking (Green Hotel Apartments) 

 

Wednesday, March 12 

   

Arts & Culture Commission 

5:30 p.m.

George Ellery Hale Building - Hearing Room 

175 N. Garfield Ave. (enter through Ramona Street door)

On the agenda: Public Art Master Plan implementation.

 

Urban Forestry Advisory Committee 

6 p.m.

Public Works Building, City Yards

233 W. Mountain Street, Room 210-220

On the agenda: Public tree protections for the mixed-use development project at 86 S. Fair Oaks Ave. (Green Hotel Apartments)

 

Thursday, March 13

 

Code Enforcement Commission 

4 p.m.

George Ellery Hale Building - Hearing Room

175 N. Garfield Ave.

On the agenda: Decision on appeal case regarding unpermitted construction of a circular driveway at 2390 Cooley Place. 

WPRA in motion
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Public hearings set to determine San Rafael Elementary School's future

The 7-11 Community Advisory Committee, established to develop a priority list of uses for Pasadena Unified School District's potential excess property and surplus space, will conduct a public hearing on  Monday, March 24, at 7 p.m. in the auditorium at San Rafael Elementary School, 1090 Nithsdale Rd. The committee will gather input from the community regarding the future of the property after it is vacated, possibly in about three years. The WPRA strongly encourages neighborhood residents, parents of enrolled students and others interested in the future of San Rafael Elementary School, the last public school in West Pasadena, to attend. A second public hearing is scheduled tentatively for April 7.

 

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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ArtNight Pasadena! 

Enjoy an evening of art, music, dance, drama and more when ArtNight Pasadena returns Friday. March 14, from 6 to 10 p.m. Nearly 20 of Pasadena's most prominent arts and cultural institutions will open their doors for free! Iconic food trucks will be stationed at many of the institutions! And check out the many options on the website for getting from venue to venue.

  

 Tour historic homes with Pasadena Heritage 

Join Pasadena Heritage Sunday, March 30, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. for an extraordinary tour of four magnificent architectural treasures designed by distinguished architects. Docents will guide you through each residence, telling its story and pointing out unique architectural details. Go at your own pace on this drive-yourself tour. 

  

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 on those segments between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. The City will notify residences, businesses and neighborhood associations, and provide more specific guidance to residents and businesses directly affected by the street resurfacing. 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.
 
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 
 
Editor's top news picks
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"Where was a climatologist like Bill Patzert when we needed him in 1938? The weekend storm brought desperately needed rain in the Los Angeles basin...but did extremely little to ease drought conditions...because of a decision made after that 1938 flood." Pasadena Now 

 

"Dr. Frances Arnold is being inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame for her pioneering work in bioengineering and directed evolution. She joins the distinguished ranks of some of the nation's top inventors such as Alexander Graham Bell, Eli Whitney, George Washington Carver and Henry Ford." Pasadena Independent  

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.