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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 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 News Summer 2018

5 Jul 2018

In this issue

Housing, planning experts react to state threat to local control

710 tunnel is only “mostly dead”

Marijuana ballot measures pass. Now what?

District 6 town hall focuses on traffic and crime

First draft anti-mansionization guidelines revealed

City on brink of solving mansionization challenge

Swirl over Desiderio restroom continues, but is unfunded for FY 2019

City strengthens tree protection ordinances

Arroyo Seco tributary finally getting its long over-due attention

City acts to meet state climate goal

How zoning changed on South Orange Grove Avenue

PresidentDan Beal
Vice PresidentAvram Gold
SecretaryJustin Chapman
TreasurerBlaine Cavena

Tagged With: Arroyo Seco Desiderio Project Pasadena accessory dwelling units (ADU) Pasadena affordable housing Pasadena City Council Pasadena crime Pasadena density Pasadena General Plan Pasadena governance Pasadena history Pasadena mansionization Pasadena planning & development Pasadena public transportation Pasadena social scene Pasadena traffic Pasadena trees and open spaces SR-710 tunnel proposal - closing the gap - DEIR & FEIS

To Dept. of Transportation, Caltrans District 7 – the SR-710 North Study FRDEIR/SDEIS is deficient

2 Jul 2018

To Dept. of Transportation, Caltrans District 7 – WPRA reviews and responds to the SR-710 North Study FRDEIR/SDEIS – report is deficient

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

WPRA News Winter 2018

4 Jan 2018

In this issue

WPRA urges Council to Cite Caltrans for code violations and call out Caltrans’ unethical tactics

City wrestles with financial challenges

Briefs: Street Bridge task force addresses suicide uptick – Fire station assessment is mixed – Report proves cost of a well-maintained urban tree canopy is quite a bargain – City Council passes resolution to align elections with State cycle

Colorado Street Bridge task force gathers community suggestions and input

Green Hotel project preview at City Council in January

City approves amended ADU rules to conform to State law

Council settles on how to regulate the profit from short-term rentals

“One Arroyo Day” highlights advisory group’s efforts on behalf of Pasadena’s great city park

Community task force begins study of Civic Center’s future

Supervisors reduce scope, negative impacts of Big Dig

At long last the City begins to clear flammable brush from Lower Arroyo to reduce risk of fire

Arlington Garden rebrands and passes leadership to next-gen “constant gardeners”

Police report crime stats for Gold Line

The essentially domestic life at Mrs. Dexter’s tourist home

PresidentKenyon Harbison
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 accessory dwelling units (ADU) Pasadena affordable housing Pasadena City Council Pasadena Civic Center and YWCA Pasadena crime Pasadena governance Pasadena history Pasadena maintenance & utilities Pasadena neighborhood associations Pasadena ordinances Pasadena short term rentals (STR) Pasadena social scene Pasadena trees and open spaces SR-710 tunnel proposal - closing the gap - DEIR & FEIS

WPRA News Summer 2017

14 Jul 2017

In this issue

Is it time to celebrate the end of the SR-710 freeway tunnel?

La Loma bridge reopens and takes a new name – John Van de Kamp Bridge

Council suspends controversial YWCA/Kimpton project and sends it back to task force, staff

WPRA survey finds support for City’s approach to regulating short-term rentals

City struggles to accommodate State’s housing mandates

City updates Hillside zoning code to address mansionization

Aquatic Center devises plan to address long-term growing demand

New Arroyo Advisory Group shares its vision for ‘One Arroyo’ at WPRA’s 55th annual meeting

What ‘One Arroyo’ means to us

The epic and ugly battle over what to do about the 710 Freeway – a history of the project

First Arroyo Seco Weekend said to be “mellow”

It takes a city to stage a Tournament of Roses parade and Rose Bowl Game

Crime in west Pasadena: Attempted burglaries in 1887

PresidentKenyon Harbison
Vice PresidentAvram Gold
SecretaryJustin Chapman
TreasurerBlaine Cavena

Tagged With: Arroyo Seco Pasadena accessory dwelling units (ADU) Pasadena City Council Pasadena Civic Center and YWCA Pasadena governance Pasadena history Pasadena maintenance & utilities Pasadena mansionization Pasadena ordinances Pasadena planning & development Pasadena short term rentals (STR) Pasadena social scene Pasadena traffic Pasadena trees and open spaces SR-710 tunnel proposal - closing the gap - DEIR & FEIS WPRA surveys

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

PresidentKenyon Harbison
Vice PresidentSarah Gavit
SecretaryJustin Chapman
TreasurerBlaine Cavena

Tagged With: Devil’s Gate Dam Sediment Removal “Big Dig” Pasadena density Pasadena governance Pasadena history Pasadena maintenance & utilities Pasadena Orange Grove Boulevard Pasadena planning & development Pasadena short term rentals (STR) Pasadena social scene Pasadena traffic Rose Bowl SR-710 tunnel proposal - closing the gap - DEIR & FEIS

WPRA supports nomination of the Rose Bowl Stadium for Driehaus Preservation Award

24 Feb 2017

WPRA supports the nomination of the Rose Bowl Stadium for a Driehaus Preservation Award from the National Trust for Historic Preservation

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

WPRA News Winter 2017

5 Jan 2017

In this issue

LA County Flood Control District and environmentalists face off over “Big Dig” at Devil’s Gate

Rose Bowl Stadium lists major 2017 events

City considers regulating short-term rentals

La Loma Bridge road deck poured

ArtCenter views south campus as expression of art

Cycle track’s on track; Playhouse alliance forms

City proceeds with Rose Bows Loop enhancement, but wrestles with naming-signage rules

Pasadena Department of Transportation Fact sheet about the SR710 tunnel project

Cultivating our neighborhood arboreal canopies

A magical evening in Arlington Garden

Home burglaries up, theft and car burglaries down; Police don cameras

Early Pasadena: an astonishing garden of flowers

PresidentKenyon Harbison
Vice PresidentSarah Gavit
SecretaryJustin Chapman
TreasurerBlaine Cavena

Tagged With: Arroyo Seco Devil’s Gate Dam Sediment Removal “Big Dig” Pasadena Central District Pasadena crime Pasadena history Pasadena maintenance & utilities Pasadena ordinances Pasadena planning & development Pasadena short term rentals (STR) Pasadena social scene Pasadena traffic Pasadena trees and open spaces Rose Bowl SR-710 tunnel proposal - closing the gap - DEIR & FEIS

WPRA News Fall 2016

13 Oct 2016

In this issue

How should we recognize donors in the Arroyo?

Diets and parklets and bulb-outs, oh my!

La Loma Bridge update

City Council approves YWCA/Kimpton Hotel project

The YWCA – Citizens deserve more transparency when City develops public property

Making the case for a strong mansionization ordinance

Our trees are worth the investment to keep them

We can bring back native fish to the Arroyo Seco

San Rafael Elementary issues and outlook

Crime rates down, but theft and burglary rising

The G.T. Marsh Tea Garden: A Glimpse of Flowery Japan

PresidentKenyon Harbison
Vice PresidentSarah Gavit
SecretaryJustin Chapman
TreasurerBlaine Cavena

Tagged With: Arroyo Seco Pasadena City Council Pasadena Civic Center and YWCA Pasadena crime Pasadena history Pasadena mansionization Pasadena neighborhood associations Pasadena ordinances Pasadena planning & development Pasadena social scene Pasadena traffic Pasadena trees and open spaces Rose Bowl San Rafael Elementary

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