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MARCH/APRIL
2006 |
A Healthy Pasadena
Affordable New Homes
Planned
Pasadena
Business Licensing Gets a Little More Muscle
Visit Arts
Institutions for Free!
Trees Near Power
Lines Need Special Care
PWP Takes
First Delivery of Geothermal Energy
The
Power of Planning: PWP Looks Ahead
Centennial Celebration Rolls
On
Etcetera...Etcetera
Noticias en Breve
Open wide and say "ah" –
Pasadena is getting a checkup this spring. In honor of National Public Health
Week in April, we're kicking off a citywide campaign to boost
our health and fitness.
The campaign calls for plenty of fun activities for residents of all ages, aimed
at improving Pasadena's health care system, helping people without insurance get
the care they need, boosting our exercise and other healthy habits through a
citywide fitness challenge, encouraging children and teens to think about
careers in the field of health care and focusing on the health of children,
teens and young adults, starting with a youth session during the Pasadena
Neighborhood Summit in May.
The activities are part of an action plan for the MAP Campaign, an ongoing
community health assessment and planning process with the title "Charting a
Course for Our Healthy Future." The plan was created by an enthusiastic team of
residents, business leaders, health care providers, schools, non-profits and
city departments.
To get involved, visit
www.cityofpasadena.net/publichealth or call 744-6149.
Just when you thought owning your own home
was out of reach, help is on the way! Pasadena has teamed up with
the city of Glendale and Heritage Housing Partners (HHP) to build 78 new homes
for sale to buyers in all income categories from low-income to unrestricted.
HHP has purchased land in Pasadena and Glendale to build the homes. The Pasadena
development, called Fair Oaks Court, will offer three locations.
The site at North Fair Oaks Avenue and Peoria Street will include 31 new
condominiums and eight rehabilitated single-family homes. Thirty-five of
these
units will be affordable to low-and moderate-income families while the rest will
be sold at market rates.
The site at 171 Carlton Ave. will include two rehabilitated single-family homes
- one for a moderate-income family earning up to 120 percent of the county's
median income and one for a "workforce" income family earning 121 to 180
percent.
The site at 504 Cypress Ave. will include two brand-new homes - one for a
moderate-income family and one for a workforce-income family. All three projects
will follow strict design standards to make sure they fit well with existing
neighborhoods.
Funded in part by the cities of Pasadena and Glendale, Los Angeles County and
the state of California, this partnership may be the first in the nation to use
New Market Tax Credits (NMTC) - tax breaks that encourage improvements in
low-income communities - to provide affordable housing to first-time buyers.
Watch for sales announcements by fall 2007. For more information call (626)
403-4663.
When the friendly
neighborhood ice cream truck
stops at your curb this spring, check to see if a city business license decal is
affixed to the window.
The city council has passed new regulations that require every “mobile business”
to have a business license and display an official decal. This includes
gardeners, taco trucks, pool service providers, housecleaning crews, painters,
contractors, ice cream vendors, etc. The rule ensures that anyone who does
business in Pasadena – on wheels or not – plays by the same rules.
Business tax inspectors now have the authority to issue citations to businesses
that are not licensed, so be sure to remind the mobile business operators that
service your home that the fine is $100 for the first citation, $200 for the
second and $500 for the third within a one-year period. If a business license is
not obtained even after these fines, the case may be referred for prosecution as
a misdemeanor and the punishment may include jail and an additional fine of up
to $1,000.
Pasadena business licenses can be obtained weekdays from 7:30 a.m. to 5:15 p.m.
at 280 Ramona St. (one block south of Walnut Street between Garfield and Marengo
avenues). For more information call 744-4166.
A related new city regulation requires commercial building owners, hospitals and
medical facilities to provide a quarterly report of tenant listings, independent
contractors and physicians engaged in business on the premises.
Arts and cultural
institutions will open their doors for free
on Friday, March 10, from 6 to 10 p.m. during ArtNight Pasadena.
Participating venues include Armory Center for the Arts, Armory Northwest,
Williamson Gallery at Art Center College of Design, Art Center South Campus,
Norton Simon Museum of Art, One Colorado, Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena Central
Library, Pasadena City College, Pasadena Conservatory of Music, Pasadena Museum
of California Art, Pasadena Museum of History and Pasadena Symphony at the Civic
Auditorium. Free shuttle service will be available at all of the venues.
This fifteenth ArtNight Pasadena is a partnership of the cultural institutions
and the Cultural Affairs Division of the city's Planning and Development
Department. The event is sponsored by the Pasadena Arts and Culture Commission.
For more information visit
www.artnightpasadena.org or call 744-7887.
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