WPRA presses Public Works to returning Pasadena Avenue to its original width, restoring the sidewalks and parkways with their camphor trees
Pasadena governance
Pertaining to political and management issues addressed by the City Council, the commissions or City Staff
WPRA News Summer 2009
In this issue
San Rafael Elementary and WPRA launch neighborhood volunteer programs
Why are all these buildings being built? Where is all this traffic coming from?
Pasadena General Plan: Speak Up!
City Hall update: City Council adopts new budget – City Council raises water rates – City approves office building for Monty’s restaurant site – Urban Forestry Committee supports new trees on Colorado – New Pasadena listings on National Register
Pasadena adopts new water conservation measures
Neighborhood Safety – crime statistics
The Long Road – Hahamongna Annex Plan Process
Ambassador College update
New Pasadena building design guidelines
Save Beautiful Rubio Canyon
Special Care for A Special Place – the Rose Bowl
| President |
| Audrey O’Kelley Vice President |
| Mic Hansen Secretary |
| Dorothy Lindsey Treasurer |
| Blaine Cavena |
WPRA News Spring 2009
In this issue
West Pasadena development and planning update – Office building proposed for Monty’s Restaurant site – General Plan moves forward – design guidelines ready for comment
Happenings at San Rafael School – New dual language immersion program
City Hall update – budget deficit and no-smoking ordinance
New landscaping for Bellefontaine triangle
Pasadena Beautiful Foundation advocates for street trees
Summary of Steve Madison’s District 6 town hall meeting
La Loma Bridge rehabilitation
Long Beach Freeway (710) tunnel proposal – boring studies and arguments for and against
PUSD update – instruction – budget Measure TT
City develops new policy for telecommunications facilities
| President | Audrey O’Kelley |
| Vice President | Mic Hansen |
| Secretary | Dorothy Lindsey |
| Treasurer | Blaine Cavena |
WPRA News Winter 2009
In this issue
Arlington Garden comes of age – an update
President’s Message – an analysis of Pasadena’s development direction and issues
Pasadena’s General Plan guiding principles
WPRA west Pasadena survey results
City Hall update – administration appointments – budget deficit – online services
City Reviews Tree Protection Ordinance
Ambassador Campus update
Arroyo bird sanctuary and the casting pond areas soon to be renovated
WPRA features local artist Joseph Stoddard
WPRA forms Community Safety Committee
Open space and conservation update – Arroyo Seco Parks and Recreation Historic District
now official
| President | Audrey O’Kelley |
| Vice President | Mic Hansen |
| Secretary | Dorothy Lindsey |
| Treasurer | Blaine Cavena |
WPRA News Fall 2008
In this issue
Images of Pasadena: Research library and archives at Pasadena Museum of History
Wily Coyotes Everywhere!
Update: The open space & conservation element of the General Plan
Biomedical research laboratory proposed for South Fair Oaks
City reviews tree protection ordinance
Pasadena’s renewed water challenge and water supply challenges
An important look into the City’s future and its General Plan – by Mayor Bill Bogaard
AT&T roll-outs U-VERSE service for cable TV and internet
Annandale Canyon Area Benefit Assessment District vote – A park or development?
Updates and happenings at San Rafael School
Ambassador Campus update
| President | Audrey O’Kelley |
| Vice President | Mic Hansen |
| Secretary | Dorothy Lindsey |
| Treasurer | Blaine Cavena |
WPRA News Summer 2008
In this issue
Pasadena’s Arroyo Parks & Recreation District approved for listing in the National Register of Historic Places
Michael Beck accepts City Manager Position
City Council appoints Mark Jomsky as City Clerk
City Council approves Rose Bowl EIR for improvements
City puts the brakes on speed limit increases
Pasadena General Plan update moves forward
Art Center Environmental Impact Report raises concerns
Arroyo Seco Foundation $2.5 million project completed ambitious goals
| President | Audrey O’Kelley |
| Vice President | Mic Hansen |
| Secretary | Dorothy Lindsey |
| Treasurer | Blaine Cavena |
WPRA News Spring 2008
In this issue
Mayor Bogaard visits San Rafael School
A plan to improve Pasadena’s schools by Superintendent Edwin Diaz
Profile: Bernard Melekian, Interim City Manager
Cell tower placement: private and public property
Development and design – the Pasadena process
A vision of beauty – Arlington Garden
The “Pasadena Great Park” project, a proposal to deck over a 1 ? mile-long 210 Freeway section
Central District residents are well educated and well paid
Easier walking in the Central District
Desiderio update
Ambassador West Housing Project is in receivership
| President | Fred Zepeda |
| Vice President | James Hawkes |
| Secretary | Dorothy Lindsey |
| Treasurer | Blaine Cavena |
WPRA News Winter 2008
In this issue
Pasadena Beautiful replacing historic palm trees on Orange Grove
The threat of closure but San Rafael Elementary is on a roll!
Rose Bowl Stadium renovation project
Local Control of Land Use – Fact or Fiction? – an explanation by Steve Madison
Caps, floor area ratios and managing growth
Focus on the West Gateway Specific Plan
Pasadena’s parks and open spaces – what’s needed and how to pay for it
West Pasadena Transportation Update – TAC puts the brakes on speed
limit increases
Ambassador West update
| President | Fred Zepeda |
| Vice President | James Hawkes |
| Secretary | Dorothy Lindsey |
| Treasurer | Blaine Cavena |
WPRA News Fall 2007
In this issue
A conversation with Richard Bruckner, Pasadena’s Director of Planning and Development
An explanation of what EIRs mean for development in Pasadena
The genesis and evolution of the Pasadena’s development boom
The Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG): Friend or foe?
What does “City of Gardens” ordinance signify?
Explaining “Floor area ratios”
Annandale Canyon Nature Park
West Pasadena Transportation update
Speeding cars coming to a residential street near you
| President | Fred Zepeda |
| Vice President | James Hawkes |
| Secretary | Dorothy Lindsey |
| Treasurer | Blaine Cavena |
WPRA News Summer 2007
In this issue
Engaging the community to create a shared vision for the Pasadena Unified School District
What to do with the five acre Desiderio Army Reserve Center site – the planning process
WPRA encourages Pasadena residents to get involved with developing the General Plan
Zoning – an important piece of the planning puzzle
Central District Development Caps: Are they effective?
West Pasadena transportation update – traffic mitigation projects move forward – ARTS bus ridership increases 19 percent – City to buy parking at Gold Line station
La Loma Bridge update
San Rafael Library Associates dedicate the library gardens
| President | Fred Zepeda |
| Vice President | James Hawkes |
| Secretary | Dorothy Lindsey |
| Treasurer | Blaine Cavena |
