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COMPLIMENTARY COPY VOLUME 20, NO. 24
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Thursday, June 16, 2016 - June 22, 2016
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As the noted architectural historian Robert W. Winter noted in writing about Monrovia’s beloved monstrosity, The Aztec Hotel,“Words fail.”
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Council and Commission to Discuss Historic Preservation BY SUSAN MOTANDER The city council and Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) will hold a joint meeting on June 20 at 7 p.m. in the council chambers at city hall. For the last two years, the city has been discussing the issue of
“mansionization” in the community. While most of the work to date has focused on refining development standards, the city is also looking at updating our overall historic preservation efforts. The city has been justifiably proud of its preservation efforts, having received an A- rating from
the Los Angeles Conservancy for its work (in contrast both Duarte and Arcadia garnered F ratings). The city is working to improve that grade and is looking at its overall preservation program. To that end, city staff has developed a series of options for consideration by the HPC and the city council.
Letter Raises Questions Regarding Management of Monrovia’s Community Access Station
BY SUSAN MOTANDER A copy of a letter sent to the board members of Community Media of the Foothill (CMF) was recently forwarded to this publication. Due to the length of the letter, it is not possible to print the letter in its entirety in the print edition. The complete text of the letter is available at www.
Lance Mungia, executive director.
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As the noted architectural historian Robert W. Winter noted in writing about Monrovia’s beloved monstrosity, The Aztec Hotel, “Words fail.” Fortunately, when words fail, actions can sometimes succeed and the Hotel (whose architectural style is actually neo preColumbia or Mayan, not Aztec) has
been granted Historic status by the city and even has a Mills Act contract. On Monday, June 20, the City Council and Historic Preservation Commission will meet jointly to review the city’s preservation policies and options. These options will be reviewed at the joint meeting next week.
Old Town Report
MonroviaWeekly.com. It is important to note that the City of Monrovia owns KGEM, the community access station, and that the city has a contract with CMF to manage that station and to provide certain services for the city, including broadcasting city council meetings and such. SEE PAGE 17
BY PAM FITZPATRICK We talk a lot about the new businesses that are coming to Old Town and the existing businesses that are expanding or updating their offerings, but there is a group we have been missing in our past reports. As our popularity in the SEE PAGE 16