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WPRA News Winter 2013

5 Jan 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”

PresidentBill Urban
Vice PresidentCatherine Stringer
SecretaryRobert Holmes
TreasurerBlaine Cavena

Tagged With: Ambassador West Housing Development Arroyo Seco Pasadena Central District Pasadena City Council Pasadena General Plan Pasadena governance Pasadena history Pasadena La Casita del Arroyo Pasadena maintenance & utilities Pasadena mansionization Pasadena neighborhood associations Pasadena planning & development Pasadena public transportation Pasadena social scene Pasadena traffic Pasadena trees and open spaces Pasadena Unified School District Rose Bowl San Rafael Elementary SR-710 tunnel proposal - closing the gap - DEIR & FEIS

WPRA takes issue with DEIR for NFL’s Rose Bowl use

8 Oct 2012

To the Planning Dept. – WPRA take issue with the Draft Environmental Impact Report about the NFL’s temporary use

Filed Under: Letters Tagged With: Arroyo Seco Pasadena governance Pasadena neighborhood associations Rose Bowl

WPRA News Fall 2012

21 Sep 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

PresidentBill Urban
Vice PresidentCatherine Stringer
SecretaryRobert Holmes
TreasurerBlaine Cavena

Tagged With: Arroyo Seco Devil’s Gate Dam Sediment Removal “Big Dig” Pasadena crime Pasadena governance Pasadena history Pasadena maintenance & utilities Pasadena neighborhood associations Pasadena ordinances Pasadena planning & development Pasadena social scene Pasadena traffic Pasadena trees and open spaces Pasadena Unified School District Rose Bowl SR-710 tunnel proposal - closing the gap - DEIR & FEIS

WPRA opposes all SR 710 routes through Pasadena

19 Jul 2012

WPRA opposes any consideration of the SR-710 alternatives routed through the San Rafael area of southwest Pasadena, whether they be surface or subsurface.

Filed Under: Letters Tagged With: Pasadena neighborhood associations Pasadena traffic SR-710 tunnel proposal - closing the gap - DEIR & FEIS

WPRA News Summer 2012

22 Jun 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’

PresidentBill Urban
Vice PresidentCatherine Stringer
SecretaryRobert Holmes
TreasurerBlaine Cavena

Tagged With: Ambassador Campus Housing Development Ambassador West Housing Development Devil’s Gate Dam Sediment Removal “Big Dig” Green Hotel Project Pasadena Central District Pasadena City Council Pasadena crime Pasadena governance Pasadena history Pasadena maintenance & utilities Pasadena neighborhood associations Pasadena planning & development Pasadena social scene Pasadena trees and open spaces Pasadena Unified School District Rose Bowl San Rafael Elementary SR-710 tunnel proposal - closing the gap - DEIR & FEIS

WPRA questions San Rafael geology finding about closing school

17 May 2012

WPRA questions whether the geology finding supports PUSD’s position to close San Rafael Elementary

Filed Under: Letters Tagged With: Pasadena neighborhood associations Pasadena Unified School District San Rafael Elementary

WPRA responds to NFL’s use of Rose Bowl and Stadium Renovation DEIR

12 Apr 2012

WPRA’s response to: (1) the NFL temporarily using the Rose Bowl while a permanent stadium is built. (2) the Rose Bowl Stadium Renovation Project Draft Environmental Impact Report

Filed Under: Letters Tagged With: Arroyo Seco Pasadena neighborhood associations Pasadena social scene Rose Bowl

WPRA News Fall 2011

27 Sep 2011

In this issue

City and schools and neighbors wrestle with fire-station closure

City Hall update: Ambassador West – Huntington Hospital master plan EIR – the General Plan – New development in Old Pasadena – PUSD hires new superintendent – Pasadena Roving Archers

Is NFL knocking at the Rose Bowl door again?

Valley Hunt Club revises 20-year master plan

The changing (water-wise) landscape of Pasadena

Arlington Garden: A miracle of vision, hard work & persistence

Country Living in Pasadena: The Arroyo Vista Guest House in 1882

For Pasadena Beautiful, it’s always tree time

At San Rafael Branch Library, it’s new and all about you

PresidentMichael Udell
Vice PresidentBill Urban
SecretaryRobert Holmes
TreasurerBlaine Cavena

Tagged With: Ambassador West Housing Development Arroyo Seco Huntington Hospital Pasadena Central District Pasadena drought & water contamination Pasadena General Plan Pasadena governance Pasadena history Pasadena maintenance & utilities Pasadena neighborhood associations Pasadena planning & development Pasadena social scene Pasadena trees and open spaces Pasadena Unified School District Rose Bowl San Rafael Elementary

WPRA presses Rec & Parks Commission to follow Arroyo Master Plan about Roving Archers

15 Apr 2011

WPRA presses Rec & Parks Commission to follow the Lower Arroyo Master Plan safety guidelines with respect to the Roving Archers

Filed Under: Letters Tagged With: Arroyo Seco Pasadena governance Pasadena neighborhood associations Pasadena ordinances Pasadena trees and open spaces

WPRA urges PUSD remove San Rafael School from closure list

1 Oct 2010

WPRA urges PUSD to remove San Rafael School from the closure list

Filed Under: Letters Tagged With: Pasadena neighborhood associations Pasadena Unified School District San Rafael Elementary

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The WPRA service area is bounded on the north by Colorado Boulevard, on the east by Fair Oaks Avenue and on the south and west by the city limits.
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