WPRA request the City Council postpone voting on the proposal for the Lower Arroyo Archery Range with its new agreement with Pasadena Roving Archers
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WPRA News Summer 2013
In this issue
Opinion: How will a 710 tunnel impact Pasadena?
Opinion: Think the 710 freeway extension won’t be completed?
Local update from Sacramento by Chris Holden: Gold Line extension – Hahamongna Watershed Park – 710 Freeway
Briefs: Recreation and Parks Commission questions Desiderio park budget – City celebrates new Defenders Parkway lighting – Grove Manor apartments sell for $3.4 million – City recognizes contributions to historic preservation – New hotel may be rising at Paseo – City Council approves EIR for Glenarm “repowering” project
Recreation and Parks Commission and Pasadena Roving Archers try to reach a new agreement
Pasadena Heritage: Former YWCA project negotiations announced with Kimpton Hotels – La Loma Bridge design continuing
General Plan moves forward to draft EIR
Arroyo Seco Canyon project to increase and improve
Renovation plans advance to bid phase for La Casita del Arroyo
Orange Grove Avenue: “A splendid park”
| President | Bill Urban |
| Vice President | Catherine Stringer |
| Secretary | Robert Holmes |
| Treasurer | Blaine Cavena |
WPRA News Spring 2013
In this issue
Opinion: The more folks know, the more they oppose the 710 tunnels
City breaks ground on Fire Station 39 retrofit, rehab
Opinion: What happened to the NFL?
NFL at the Rose Bowl
Briefs: Arroyo Seco Foundation comments on Urban Land Institute’s Central Arroyo proposal – Pasadena’s first “bicycle boulevard” opens – City takes possession of Desiderio – Pasadena plastic bag ban yields positive results – Dispose of unwanted firearms through Pasadena Police – Police report 2011 “use of force” stats
Ambassador West goes into high gear
General Plan update
Recreation and Parks Commission briefing: Hahamongna and soccer fields – City trees – Public Works project in the Arroyo – Changes to recreation programs
The Pasadena Cycleway
| President | Bill Urban |
| Vice President | Catherine Stringer |
| Secretary | Robert Holmes |
| Treasurer | Blaine Cavena |
WPRA thanks Council for helping residents with SR-710 studies
WPRA thanks City Council for working with residents in conjunction with the SR-710 studies
WPRA News Winter 2013
In this issue
WPRA supports suit against City’s certification of the NFL EIR
WPRA battles over the 710 Freeway tunnels
Community fights for San Rafael Elementary’s future
Briefs: Ambassador West construction update – EIR underway for new Marriott hotel
Historic preservation can pay off with the Mills Act
Arroyo Seco Foundation wins $3.3M grant for Hahamongna
Pasadena Beautiful completes mission to replace wind-storm trees
Haddads restore Japanese garden for historical, cultural and personal reasons
City releases the Glenarm Power Plant DEIR for major upgrades
Work to begin on retrofit of Fire Station 39
A letter from San Rafael Elementary – San Rafael Elementary is rising to the challenge
La Casita Foundation launches community campaign
The Lowe mansion: “A noble house”
| President | Bill Urban |
| Vice President | Catherine Stringer |
| Secretary | Robert Holmes |
| Treasurer | Blaine Cavena |
WPRA takes issue with DEIR for NFL’s Rose Bowl use
To the Planning Dept. – WPRA take issue with the Draft Environmental Impact Report about the NFL’s temporary use
WPRA News Fall 2012
In this issue
WPRA board opposes all Metro 710 Freeway options
Arroyo sewer line to undergo rehab
Briefs: City will continue to observe Brown Act – Windstorm tax relief bill signed into law – Pasadena joins regional homeless effort – Residential burglaries – PUSD adopts $174 million budget
An explanation of environmental impact reports
WPRA comments on Devil’s Gate sediment removal project
Urban Land Institute recommends strategies to better manage Central Arroyo
Notes from Pasadena Beautiful Foundation
Foundation partners with City to refurbish La Casita del Arroyo
Opinion: Are you ready for NFL football?
Crime rate remains low
Historic Orange Grove Fenyes mansion reopens for tours
| President | Bill Urban |
| Vice President | Catherine Stringer |
| Secretary | Robert Holmes |
| Treasurer | Blaine Cavena |
WPRA News Summer 2012
In this issue
PUSD and the community consider San Rafael Elementary’s fate
News Briefs: Voters OK PUSD sub-districts – WPRA voices concerns about use of Rose Bowl by NFL – the Rose Bowl renovation – Green Hotel apartments – Ambassador West under construction – County grants sediment-removal plan review extension – Berkshire Creek to be restored – Pasadena Police improve access to public information and use five helicopters
City Ventures purchases Sunrise parcels
A brief history of planning in Pasadena
Planting street and replacement trees
Pasadena Community Gardens breaks ground and launches fundraising campaign to build first garden
Summary of WPRA’s annual meeting
City considers first balanced budget in 10 years
METRO and Caltrans push for 710 freeway extension
San Rafael news briefs
Henry H. Markham’s ‘most pretentious mansion’
| President | Bill Urban |
| Vice President | Catherine Stringer |
| Secretary | Robert Holmes |
| Treasurer | Blaine Cavena |
WPRA News Spring 2012
In this issue
Mayor delivers sobering State of the City address
City OKs Rose Bowl-NFL study
City Briefs: Art Center buys former Post Office to expand South Campus – New radio system boosts first-responder efficiency – Pasadena deals with results from state budget, prison crowding – Postal Service will close Pasadena processing operations – City to lay off 14; brings total cuts since 2009 to 300 – City transfers more money from Water & Power
Education Briefs: PUSD sees service needs rise and funding fall – Current projected PUSD deficit $7.2 to $17 million – Private-school enrollment in Pasadena is triple state average
Pasadena Beautiful tree fund up to $40,000
Arroyo Realty and Management reverses its prior intention to develop the senior-living portion of the Ambassador College campus
The Rose Bowl Legacy Campaign continues to raise money for Rose Bowl renovation
What is the role of the Design Commission?
Pasadena Community Service Area 1 crime statistics – Jan 2010 to Feb. 2012
PUSD prepares to change the shape of board representation
Census prompts City to redraw Council lines
President Theodore Roosevelt visits west Pasadena in 1903
| President | Michael Udell |
| Vice President | Bill Urban |
| Secretary | Robert Holmes |
| Treasurer | Blaine Cavena |
WPRA News Winter 2012
In this issue
The NFL at the Rose Bowl survey results
What the 2010 census reveals about Pasadena
Briefs: Lincoln Property Company envisions mixed-use complex on Parsons’ property – Desiderio Army Reserve Center transfer underway – Planning Commission sconsiders use of Residential Impact Fee – Agreement with Roving Archers nears – Gold Line reports crimes – City uses power fund to close budget gap – Third bailout for City pension plan
City Council approves new scaled down IDS design for Playhouse Plaza
YMCA building acquisition proceeds
Opinion: Devil’s Gate project should stress sustainability
Pasadena Beautiful rallies to replace lost trees
Pasadena opens new ice skating center
City decides to retrofit Fire Station 39
‘Hurricane Rose’: A mighty Pasadena wind
West Pasadena considers future growth in Central District
WPRA recommends three principles for General Plan EIR scoping
B.F. Ball’s 1889 brick home
| President | Michael Udell |
| Vice President | Bill Urban |
| Secretary | Robert Holmes |
| Treasurer | Blaine Cavena |
