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Pasadena Civic Center and YWCA

Pertaining to pertaining to the YWCA renovation and the final development of Centennial Square with its open spaces

WPRA Newsletter Winter 2021

7 Jan 2021

In this issue

WPRA streams 2020 annual meeting to elect, reflect, protect

Are you prepared for the next natural disaster?

President’s column: Pandemic or not, WPRA continues to be engaged on your behalf

Gordo rallies community to meet collective challenges

Q&A with John Perez, Chief, Pasadena Police Department

City staff preparing final mansionization code

Pasadena Heritage: Accommodating a new reality

City appeals RHNA allocation

Council revises ordinance to further preserve heritage

Pasadena Senior Center turns 60

History: 1895: The streets of west Pasadena

PresidentDan Beal
Vice President, AdministrationEvan Davis
Vice President, CommunicationsAvram Gold
SecretaryKenyon Harbison
TreasurerBlaine Cavena

Tagged With: Pasadena Civic Center and YWCA Pasadena crime Pasadena density Pasadena governance Pasadena history Pasadena mansionizasion Pasadena neighborhood associations Pasadena planning & development Pasadena social scene Pasadena Unified School District

WPRA expands policy about Civic Center development while maintaining 107′ setback from Garfield

14 Jun 2018

WPRA expands policy about the Civic Center development and advises guidelines – maintain 107′ setback from Garfield

Filed Under: Letters Tagged With: Pasadena Central District Pasadena Civic Center and YWCA Pasadena General Plan Pasadena governance Pasadena neighborhood associations Pasadena planning & development

WPRA News Spring 2018

27 Mar 2018

In this issue

PUSD struggles as revenues decline and expenses rise and unique services expand

Mayor sounds fiscal alarm

State mandates usurp City’s control over development

State launches flights of bills intended to fix housing shortage

City Council reacts negatively to Green Hotel project…again

City, school board approve ballot measures for city election changes

City approves new accessory dwelling unit regulations

Task force searches for ways to discourage bridge suicides

City OKs ballot measure for new sales tax

Marijuana regulation measure to be on June 5 municipal ballot

Civic Center Task Force moving toward recommendations

WPRA supports all but one proposed mobility improvement

San Rafael Elementary celebrates 100 years

West Pasadena in 1893: healthful prosperity

PresidentKenyon Harbison
Vice PresidentAvram Gold
SecretaryJustin Chapman
TreasurerBlaine Cavena

Tagged With: Colorado Street Bridge Green Hotel Project Pasadena accessory dwelling units (ADU) Pasadena affordable housing Pasadena City Council Pasadena Civic Center and YWCA Pasadena density Pasadena governance Pasadena history Pasadena neighborhood associations Pasadena ordinances Pasadena planning & development Pasadena public transportation Pasadena State of the City address Pasadena traffic Pasadena Unified School District San Rafael Elementary

WPRA News Winter 2018

4 Jan 2018

In this issue

WPRA urges Council to Cite Caltrans for code violations and call out Caltrans’ unethical tactics

City wrestles with financial challenges

Briefs: Street Bridge task force addresses suicide uptick – Fire station assessment is mixed – Report proves cost of a well-maintained urban tree canopy is quite a bargain – City Council passes resolution to align elections with State cycle

Colorado Street Bridge task force gathers community suggestions and input

Green Hotel project preview at City Council in January

City approves amended ADU rules to conform to State law

Council settles on how to regulate the profit from short-term rentals

“One Arroyo Day” highlights advisory group’s efforts on behalf of Pasadena’s great city park

Community task force begins study of Civic Center’s future

Supervisors reduce scope, negative impacts of Big Dig

At long last the City begins to clear flammable brush from Lower Arroyo to reduce risk of fire

Arlington Garden rebrands and passes leadership to next-gen “constant gardeners”

Police report crime stats for Gold Line

The essentially domestic life at Mrs. Dexter’s tourist home

PresidentKenyon Harbison
Vice PresidentAvram Gold
SecretaryJustin Chapman
TreasurerBlaine Cavena

Tagged With: Arroyo Seco Colorado Street Bridge Devil’s Gate Dam Sediment Removal “Big Dig” Green Hotel Project Pasadena accessory dwelling units (ADU) Pasadena affordable housing Pasadena City Council Pasadena Civic Center and YWCA Pasadena crime Pasadena governance Pasadena history Pasadena maintenance & utilities Pasadena neighborhood associations Pasadena ordinances Pasadena short term rentals (STR) Pasadena social scene Pasadena trees and open spaces SR-710 tunnel proposal - closing the gap - DEIR & FEIS

WPRA News Fall 2017

28 Sep 2017

In this issue

Reclaim the stubland, re-establish lost social, economic, transportation benefits

Opinion: Caltrans tenants, our neighbors, deserve protection and consideration

City sales, use tax revenue rising slightly

The Playhouse District Association forms Specific Plan advisory committee

Arroyo Advisory Group outreach is underway

Paseo undergoes transformation and gets new owner, name

City Council appoints task force to envision Civic Center future

The Los Angeles County Flood Control District refuses to reduce scale or timing of “Big Dig”

Public Works recommends replacing purple leaf plum street trees

Stand up for San Rafael Elementary’s renovation

South Orange Grove Avenue: “Millionaires’ Row”

PresidentKenyon Harbison
Vice PresidentAvram Gold
SecretaryJustin Chapman
TreasurerBlaine Cavena

Tagged With: Arroyo Seco Connecting Pasadena Project (CPP) Devil’s Gate Dam Sediment Removal “Big Dig” Pasadena affordable housing Pasadena Central District Pasadena Civic Center and YWCA Pasadena governance Pasadena history Pasadena neighborhood associations Pasadena Orange Grove Boulevard Pasadena planning & development Pasadena trees and open spaces Pasadena Unified School District San Rafael Elementary SR-710 tunnel proposal - closing the gap - DEIR & FEIS

WPRA News Summer 2017

14 Jul 2017

In this issue

Is it time to celebrate the end of the SR-710 freeway tunnel?

La Loma bridge reopens and takes a new name – John Van de Kamp Bridge

Council suspends controversial YWCA/Kimpton project and sends it back to task force, staff

WPRA survey finds support for City’s approach to regulating short-term rentals

City struggles to accommodate State’s housing mandates

City updates Hillside zoning code to address mansionization

Aquatic Center devises plan to address long-term growing demand

New Arroyo Advisory Group shares its vision for ‘One Arroyo’ at WPRA’s 55th annual meeting

What ‘One Arroyo’ means to us

The epic and ugly battle over what to do about the 710 Freeway – a history of the project

First Arroyo Seco Weekend said to be “mellow”

It takes a city to stage a Tournament of Roses parade and Rose Bowl Game

Crime in west Pasadena: Attempted burglaries in 1887

PresidentKenyon Harbison
Vice PresidentAvram Gold
SecretaryJustin Chapman
TreasurerBlaine Cavena

Tagged With: Arroyo Seco Pasadena accessory dwelling units (ADU) Pasadena City Council Pasadena Civic Center and YWCA Pasadena governance Pasadena history Pasadena maintenance & utilities Pasadena mansionization Pasadena ordinances Pasadena planning & development Pasadena short term rentals (STR) Pasadena social scene Pasadena traffic Pasadena trees and open spaces SR-710 tunnel proposal - closing the gap - DEIR & FEIS WPRA surveys

WPRA News Fall 2016

13 Oct 2016

In this issue

How should we recognize donors in the Arroyo?

Diets and parklets and bulb-outs, oh my!

La Loma Bridge update

City Council approves YWCA/Kimpton Hotel project

The YWCA – Citizens deserve more transparency when City develops public property

Making the case for a strong mansionization ordinance

Our trees are worth the investment to keep them

We can bring back native fish to the Arroyo Seco

San Rafael Elementary issues and outlook

Crime rates down, but theft and burglary rising

The G.T. Marsh Tea Garden: A Glimpse of Flowery Japan

PresidentKenyon Harbison
Vice PresidentSarah Gavit
SecretaryJustin Chapman
TreasurerBlaine Cavena

Tagged With: Arroyo Seco Pasadena City Council Pasadena Civic Center and YWCA Pasadena crime Pasadena history Pasadena mansionization Pasadena neighborhood associations Pasadena ordinances Pasadena planning & development Pasadena social scene Pasadena traffic Pasadena trees and open spaces Rose Bowl San Rafael Elementary

WPRA requests that City Council public comments immediately follow staff presentation about YWCA/Kimpton project

12 Sep 2016

Regarding the YWCA/Kimpton project, the WPRA requests that public comments immediately follow any staff presentation, and precede significant comments or questions by the City Council, as well as any applicant presentation

Filed Under: Letters Tagged With: Pasadena Central District Pasadena City Council Pasadena Civic Center and YWCA Pasadena governance Pasadena neighborhood associations Pasadena planning & development

WPRA opposes the preferred YWCA/Kimpton Hotel alternative 2A

1 Aug 2016

WPRA states that the preferred YWCA/Kimpton Hotel Project Alternative 2A cannot be evaluated without knowing the reasons why the hotel has to be the size it is

Filed Under: Letters Tagged With: Pasadena Central District Pasadena City Council Pasadena Civic Center and YWCA Pasadena governance Pasadena neighborhood associations Pasadena planning & development

WPRA News Summer 2016

7 Jul 2016

In this issue

Mayor warns of SR-710 tunnel threat to region

Progress in the fight against the SR-710 tunnel: Measure M taxes will not fund SR-710 freeway tunnel – PUSD joins opponents to SR-710 freeway tunnel – City Council defers ballot measure to repeal Measure A. – WPRA receives ‘consulting party’ status

La Loma Bridge update

$182.7 million Rose Bowl renovation – project enters final phase

YWCA/Kimpton Hotel Final EIR released; Planning Commission to consider

Briefs: Update on General Plan implementation – Kim Kenne elected president of PUSD Board of Education – Refinancing of PCC bonds will reduce taxes for property owners – City prepares ordinance to restrict use of styrofoam containers

City, Habitat break ground for new Desiderio development and park

San Rafael Elementary issues and outlook

Pasadena receives $100K grant, publishes water quality report

Citywide crime down 15%, but theft, burglary up

Pasadena Transit connects riders with high-tech convenience

Arroyo Seco and Devil’s Gate for early picnics in west Pasadena

PresidentKenyon Harbison
Vice PresidentSarah Gavit
SecretaryJustin Chapman
TreasurerBlaine Cavena

Tagged With: Arroyo Seco Desiderio Project Pasadena City Council Pasadena Civic Center and YWCA Pasadena crime Pasadena drought & water contamination Pasadena General Plan Pasadena governance Pasadena history Pasadena maintenance & utilities Pasadena neighborhood associations Pasadena planning & development Pasadena public transportation Pasadena traffic Pasadena Unified School District Rose Bowl San Rafael Elementary SR-710 tunnel proposal - closing the gap - DEIR & FEIS

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