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THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 2017 - MARCH 8, 2017 - VOLUME 7, NO. 8

Temple City to Develop Senior Master Plan Seniors will soon comprise 40% of the local population; residents are asked to help shape plan BY SHEL SEGAL, COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST CITY OF TEMPLE CITY COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE As Temple City's senior population continues to grow at a faster rate than other age segments, city officials are developing a master plan that will guide how decisions regarding seniors are made in the coming years. Cathy Burroughs, the city's parks and recreation director, said developing the senior master plan is of the utmost importance."In Temple City, seniors are the one age group that is going to see an increase over the next two decades," she said. "We are doing the master plan because we want to start planning now so that we are prepared." Part of that preparation, Burroughs added, will involve determining what kinds of people will be receiving the title "senior," as well as what age range the title will span. "The main reason we're doing the senior master plan is because demographics are changing, not just locally, but across the country," she said. "Trends in senior issues are changing. And even the age of being a senior is going downward. Whereas being a senior was the age of 80, now some places have it at being 60, 55, even 50." The number of local seniors has increased steadily over the years, Bur-

roughs said. During the past decade the percentage of seniors in Temple City grew 5 percent to nearly 29 percent in 2010. By 2027, that number is expected to climb to nearly 40 percent, making it the largest age segment in town. Dick Guthrie, a consultant who is working to develop the senior master plan, agreed with Burroughs. "Temple City is, percentage-wise, larger in terms of its numbers of older adults," he said. "You have a very demographically diverse population. And you have special needs of a population when you have this kind of diversity." Guthrie added that as Baby Boomers - now between the ages of 53 and 71 - have matured, notions regarding how to plan and care for seniors have changed, too. "Now you have folks who are active well into their 80s and living well into their 90s, and their needs have become more complex," he said. "And the range of seniors is huge. A 50-year old is not going to have the same needs as a 95-year old." Some of the areas the master plan will address include public safety, transportation, housing, health, quality of life, socialization and keeping active.

City officials are developing a master plan that will guide how decisions regarding seniors are made in the coming years.

To tackle development of the plan, a senior master plan committee is being formed. It will meet at least monthly through the spring and into the summer to help develop recommendations. Burroughs said the committee is open to any community member who has an interest in shaping

‘Beyond The Box’ Call for Artists Twelve Glendale utility box murals to be painted on April 7, 2017

The Glendale Arts and Culture Commission has issued a call for artists to apply to paint murals on City of Glendale utility boxes on April 7 – 9, 2017. Twelve utility box murals will be painted in downtown Glendale, along Glendale Avenue between Monterey Road and Broadway, and on Broadway between Chevy Chase Drive and Louise Street. Interested artists must submit their applications by March 7, 2017. For more information see the website:

http://ow.ly/Wy8i308KdNE Beyond The Box is a utility box mural project supported by the City of Glendale and the Glendale Arts & Culture Commission, with funding from the Urban Art Program. Now in its fourth year, Beyond The Box beautifies the city’s streetscape with colorful and interesting murals installed by selected artists on cityowned utility boxes. To date murals on over 80 boxes have been completed by the program, which has been very well received by residents

and visitors to Glendale. The mission of the Glendale Arts & Culture Commission is to enrich the human experience, reinforce Glendale’s identity and civic pride through arts and culture, and to recognize the importance of arts to our quality of life and to the local economy. This is accomplished by consciously integrating arts and culture into the daily life of the people of Glendale through urban design, planning, economic development, and education.

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how the city develops plans for seniors for the next 20 years. "If you have an interest or expertise, we are inviting you to join us on this project," she said. "This has to be a very inclusive process and varied in participants - young, old, different cultures."

She added that the variety of demographics found in Temple City make building this plan especially challenging. "We know we've got different ethnicities and we know that each one has different needs," Burroughs said. "We want to make sure we're looking at the entire

population and not just segments. We want all types of representatives." For more information or to receive an application to join the committee, please call Steve Lawson, parks and recreation manager, at (626) 285-2171, ext. 4530. Applications are due March 31.

The Long Beach Police Department today was awarded a $30.1 million contract over a 5-year period, to provide law enforcement services for the eight station platforms of the Blue Line that are in the City’s jurisdiction. "Long Beach will now be able to control its own public safety destiny on the Blue Line and our eight stations," said Mayor Robert Garcia. "Over the next year we will make the Blue

Line safer and hire approximately 30 new police personnel to assist in this important effort.” The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Board approved a New MultiAgency Law Enforcement Contract to improve safety and security on Los Angeles County’s Metro Bus and Rail System. Mayor Garcia made the motion that passed unanimously. “We are very happy

with the MTA Board’s decision to allow LBPD to be a part of the multi-agency security plan. We have a strong and unique knowledge of our community and believe that this is the best option for serving the needs of our City. Through this contract, we will be able to reduce response time to call for service, increase law enforcement visibility, and deter crime

Long Beach Police Department Awarded Blue Line Security Contract

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