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Pasadena planning & development

Pertaining to city, private and foundation funded projects, residential and commercial

WPRA Newsletter Winter 2020

3 Jan 2020

In this issue

WPRA will host public forum for all candidates for mayor and District 6 council seats

Governor’s ink seals shut the 710 tunnel project & related articles

President’s message – In praise of activism and civic engagement

New state laws undermine Pasadena’s Accessory Dwelling Unit ordinance

Briefs: City elections to align with statewide primary, Caltech, city team up to build seismic-sensing network, PFAs not detected in Pasadena’s water sources, Pasadena again earns Section 8 ‘high performer’ rating

City studies designs and seeks input to discourage bridge suicides

Opinion: Historic Civic Center may still be threatened

Clock ticking for soft-story retrofits

Opinion: Pasadena’s Arroyo Seco belongs to us all

Opinion: Balancing water needs in the Arroyo Seco

History: The boom that blew the petals off the Rose City

History: The 1908 Rose parade – a whale of a time

PresidentDan Beal
Vice PresidentAvram Gold
SecretaryEvan Davis
TreasurerBlaine Cavena

Tagged With: Arroyo Seco Colorado Street Bridge Pasadena accessory dwelling units (ADU) Pasadena affordable housing Pasadena drought & water contamination Pasadena governance Pasadena history Pasadena maintenance & utilities Pasadena planning & development Pasadena social scene SR-710 tunnel proposal - closing the gap - DEIR & FEIS

WPRA Letter Regarding Desiderio Park

8 Oct 2019

WPRA asks that Hayden Melbourn and Public Works abandon plans to build and place large canopies over playground equipment in Desiderio Park

Filed Under: Letters Tagged With: Arroyo Seco Desiderio Project Pasadena maintenance & utilities Pasadena planning & development

Letter to City Council endorsing Staff's IHO changes

16 Aug 2019

Regarding Public Hearing item #11: Zoning Code Amendments relating to Inclusionary Housing and Affordable Housing Concession Menu and Adjustments to Inclusionary In-lieu Fee Rates

Filed Under: Letters Tagged With: Pasadena affordable housing Pasadena City Council Pasadena General Plan Pasadena ordinances Pasadena planning & development

WPRA letter zoning amendments for IHR & affordable housing

7 Aug 2019

WPRA letter to Planning Department supporting staff’s proposals for zoning code amendments to update inclusionary housing requirements and establish an affordable housing concession menu

Filed Under: Letters Tagged With: Pasadena affordable housing Pasadena City Council Pasadena General Plan Pasadena ordinances Pasadena planning & development

WPRA News Summer 2019

28 Jun 2019

In this issue

WPRA’s Annual meeting – Homelessness in Pasadena

Keeping the Civic Center civic and green

City rewards positive contributions to historic preservation

Caltrans houses could be in danger

City signs contract for Colorado Bridge safety fence design

Senate Bill 50 is tabled in Senate Appropriations Committee

More traffic control for Rose Bowl events

“Big Dig” sediment removal begins – protecting air quality

Striving to ban one-time use plastics

John D. Gaylord’s horse and the elixir of life

PresidentDan Beal
Vice PresidentAvram Gold
SecretaryEvan Davis
TreasurerBlaine Cavena

Tagged With: Devil’s Gate Dam Sediment Removal “Big Dig” Pasadena affordable housing Pasadena Central District Pasadena General Plan Pasadena governance Pasadena history Pasadena planning & development Pasadena traffic Pasadena trees and open spaces Rose Bowl SR-710 tunnel proposal - closing the gap - DEIR & FEIS

WPRA requests public hearings on inclusionary housing requirements be continued

4 May 2019

WPRA requests the Commission’s deliberations and the public hearing on inclusionary housing requirements and an affordable housing concession menu be continued to a future date

Filed Under: Letters Tagged With: Pasadena affordable housing Pasadena City Council Pasadena governance Pasadena neighborhood associations Pasadena planning & development

WPRA News Spring 2019

21 Mar 2019

In this issue

Council streamlines pre-sale home inspection program

Waiting for mansionization redux

“Urban Edge” can deliver death sentence to street trees

Pasadena strives to permit multi-unit developments and encourage affordable housing and preserve city character

Definitions of key Pasadena and state housing laws and rules

Is Caltrans finally shutting down the 710-stub batch plant?

The (really) ‘Big Dig’ is underway

A ‘sunny spot’ in west Pasadena: the La Solana Inn

PresidentDan Beal
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 density Pasadena governance Pasadena history Pasadena mansionization Pasadena neighborhood associations Pasadena ordinances Pasadena planning & development Pasadena traffic Pasadena trees and open spaces

WPRA News Winter 2019

9 Jan 2019

In this issue

Officials declare victory over the proposed 710 tunnel project

As 710 tunnel is put to rest, historic homes need protection

MET continues to upgrade water resources and the system

Voters support ballot measures to help fund city and Pasadena Unified School District

New building on Castle Green/Hotel Green block redesigned

City seeks designs for suicide prevention barriers on the Colorado Street bridge

Plans call for replacing the “Darth Vader” building

Pasadena says good-bye to Fuller Seminary and looks to future

County begins destructive four-year sediment removal project

Big Dig mitigation plan is defective on all counts

Check soil moisture, mulch, adjust watering schedule for shorter and cooler winter days

A personal point of view: Going ‘public school’ in Pasadena

Promoting Pasadena as a paradise in the past

PresidentDan Beal
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 Central District Pasadena density Pasadena drought & water contamination Pasadena governance Pasadena history Pasadena maintenance & utilities Pasadena neighborhood associations Pasadena planning & development Pasadena traffic Pasadena trees and open spaces Pasadena Unified School District SR-710 tunnel proposal - closing the gap - DEIR & FEIS

WPRA News Fall 2018

27 Sep 2018

In this issue

710 tunnel opponents hope for the best, but prepare for the worst

Pasadena city sales tax proposal on the ballot

Transparency and trust in City Hall? It is our Desiderio.

Desiderio Park restroom project marches on

‘Big Dig’ likely to start this November

Anti-mansionization plans shift gears

Opinion: WPRA urges tighter mansionization rules

Opinion: WPRA opposes zoning change for Art Center’s external jumbotron

Urban Land Institute study: More ideas about managing the arroyo

Pasadena needs to rethink its priorities for the Arroyo

Extraordinary heat wave damages plants in the San Gabriel Valley

Rose Bowl explains the Ed Sheeran concert traffic gridlock

Major infrastructure projects planned for the upper Arroyo Seco

The controversial 710 Freeway in Pasadena 54 years ago

PresidentDan Beal
Vice PresidentAvram Gold
SecretaryJustin Chapman
TreasurerBlaine Cavena

Tagged With: Arroyo Seco Art Center College of Design Connecting Pasadena Project (CPP) Desiderio Project Devil’s Gate Dam Sediment Removal “Big Dig” Pasadena governance Pasadena history Pasadena mansionization 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 supports Council’s review of the Desiderio Park design and restroom

12 Sep 2018

WPRA supports efforts to call for Council review the Desiderio Park design, restroom and funding issues

Filed Under: Letters Tagged With: Arroyo Seco Desiderio Project Pasadena City Council Pasadena maintenance & utilities Pasadena neighborhood associations Pasadena ordinances Pasadena planning & development Pasadena trees and open spaces

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