The West Pasadena Residents’ Association held its 54th annual meeting on Wednesday, May 18, at the Maranatha High School Student Center. About 200 people attended event, with the theme “Imagining the Future of West Pasadena.”
Mayor Terry Tornek covered a number of important topics during his remarks, including: His continuing interest in repealing Measure A; the City’s efforts to ensure that next year’s Arroyo Seco Music & Arts Festival does not become another Coachella; how the City will benefit from Kaiser Permanente’s planned medical school at Los Robles Avenue and Green Street; Striking the right balance between growth and development and maintaining the city’s unique character; the ongoing search for a new City manager, which he hopes will be completed by early summer; PUSD’s flourishing public schools; the restructuring and other internal changes that the City made in response to the embezzlement scandal; and the City’s current budget process.
