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WPRA News Spring 2017

4 Apr 2017

In this issue

La Loma Bridge will reopen in June (maybe)

Remembering a neighborhood hero, John K. Van de Kamp

City considers ordinances for short-term rentals

WPRA supports a balanced and nuanced approach to short-term rental regulation

South Orange Grove Complete Streets study is underway

Opinion: State mandates limit City’s ability to manage development and zoning

WPRA supports SR-710 North study bill with modifications

Court stays “Big Dig” project and sends EIR back to County for revision

Rose Bowl announces lineup for first Arroyo Seco Weekend

Camp Idle a While: An Arroyo Vacation in 1899

President	Kenyon Harbison
Vice President	Sarah Gavit
Secretary	Justin Chapman
Treasurer	Blaine Cavena

WPRA expresses concerns about donor recognition using signage for Rose Bowl and Area H

1 Oct 2016

To the Mayor and the City Manager addressing concerns about donor recognition using signage for Rose Bowl Drive and renaming Area H

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

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

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

President	Kenyon Harbison
Vice President	Sarah Gavit
Secretary	Justin Chapman
Treasurer	Blaine Cavena

WPRA News Spring 2016

5 Apr 2016

In this issue

Transforming the 710 ditch; making our neighborhoods safer

SR-710 tunnel project DEIR is a dry hole for water data

CPP presses forward in grassroots effort to redesign the 710 ditch

City Ventures nears completion at Ambassador Gardens

Briefs: Q&A’s about the PWP’s Glenarm Repowering Project – 710 Tunnel makes national list of highway boondoggles – City Council approves non-potable water project – Mayor focuses on economics in State of the City address

La Loma Bridge work continues

Hahamongna co-op nursery thrives

WPRA pleased and disappointed by potential Arroyo Seco music festival’s final EIR

An overview of the proposed Arroyo Seco festival

The Italian Sunken Garden of Hulett C. Merritt

President	Geoffrey Baum
Vice President	Sarah Gavit
Secretary	Justin Chapman
Treasurer	Blaine Cavena

WPRA News Winter 2016

4 Jan 2016

In this issue

LA Metro/Caltran’s 710 tunnel plan will take your breath away. Literally.

PUSD saves San Rafael Elementary

Briefs: City Manager resign sand heads to UCLA – City appoints new department directors – Fire Department receives international accreditation

La Loma bridge retrofit, rehabilitation progresses

New law reduces minimum parking requirements for affordable housing

West Pasadena in 1886

City prepares second draft of new urban forest management plan

Neighbors group gathers to mitigate Rose Bowl event challenges

Architectural historian, Robert Winter, donates Batchelder tiles to Pasadena Museum of History

John Van de Kamp fires up the way-back machine

President	Geoffrey Baum
Vice President	Sarah Gavit
Secretary	Justin Chapman
Treasurer	Blaine Cavena

WPRA News Fall 2015

9 Oct 2015

In this issue

Trenching at San Rafael Elementary reveals no evidence of active faults

WPRA analysis finds SR-710 DEIR grossly inadequate

The view from City Hall by Steve Madison

Council adopts General Plan with “hybrid” density levels

Briefs: Paseo Colorado embarks on major redevelopment – Pasadena appoints Selvidge to airport authority – Water update – RPOC says “no” to NFL

The City plans to manage our arboreal wealth and burdens

The Emery home: from South Orange Grove to West Green Street

President	Geoffrey Baum
Vice President	Sarah Gavit
Secretary	Justin Chapman
Treasurer	Blaine Cavena

WPRA urges Council to accept Planning Commission’s recommendations for density expansion

6 Aug 2015

WPRA urges City Council to accept the Planning Commission’s recommendations for reasonable density expansions rather than the recommendations in the Final EIR of Pasadena’s General Plan Land Use Element

WPRA expresses concerns about donor recognition using signage for Rose Bowl and Area H

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

WPRA opposes the preferred YWCA/Kimpton Hotel alternative 2A

WPRA urges Council to accept Planning Commission’s recommendations for density expansion

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