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Council Recap: Revolutionary Street Design Guide Approved City attorney directed to draft drone ordinance BY GUS HERRERA
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he Pasadena City Council had a full plate this past Monday, approving items that addressed local businesses, the skies above them, and the streets on which they rest. Council renewed the South Lake Avenue Property and Business Improvement District (SLA PBID), an act that will continue to facilitate economic development and growth for the city’s southern businesses. The SLA PBID is made up of 444 parcels, bounded by Colorado Boulevard to the north, Mentor Avenue to the east, Hudson Avenue to the west, and “an east-west line approximately 260 feet south of California Boulevard on the south,” according to city staff’s report. The SLA PBID was originally established by council in 2007 and was subsequently renewed in 2012. Monday’s approval renewed the SLA PBID for five more years, until December 2022. The SLA PBID allows property owners to tax themselves, essentially creating funds to provide “enhanced services to … stakeholders within the district.” According to staff’s re-
port, services include: - Administration/operations and maintenance. - Cleaning and security services beyond what the city provides. - Advocacy/marketing through ambassadors and promotions. For those interested, a public hearing is set for May 15 at 7 p.m. Council also approved two recommendations from city committees. The first, Item 11, approved a new street design guide, unanimously recommended to the council by both the city’s transportation advisory commission and municipal services committee. The guide is particularly unique in that it fundamentally changes street design’s emphasis – focusing on improving safety for the most vulnerable roadway users (i.e. pedestrians and cyclists), as opposed to the traditional emphasis, which focuses on the functionality/accessibility of streets for drivers. “It’s somewhat revolutionary in the way it thinks about streets and what they’re supposed to do,” said Mayor Terry Tornek. SEE PAGE 8
The city’s new street design guide emphasizes the safety of its most vulnerable users (i.e. pedestrians and cyclists), as opposed to tailoring streets to the needs of drivers - a significant shift in the philosophy of street design. - Photo by Terry Miller / Beacon Media News
Pasadena Named Seventh Best Police Still Seeking Four Suspects in City’s Gang Related City for Graduate School in Nation Double Homicide Jan. 6
On Saturday, Jan. 6 at about 11:51 p.m., Pasadena Police Officers responded to a call of a shooting on the 100 Block of W. Claremont St. Officers arrived at the scene of a shooting and located an AfricanAmerican male victim, age 24, deceased, who was later identified as Pasadena resident Antione Sutphen. A second victim, who died
Pasadena Police are seeking at least four black males in their 20’s in connection with the Jan. homicides-Photo by Terry Miller/Beacon Media News
from a gunshot wound, was later identified as Ormoni Duncan, an African-American male, age 24, and also a Pasadena resident. The suspects (described below) who shot and killed Victim Sutphen and Victim Duncan were seen driving off westbound on W. Claremont St. towards Sunset
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Pasadena is the No. 7 best city for graduate school in the U.S., according to a new study by online testprep company Magoosh. The study ranked 117 American cities according to their success in twelve metrics, which Magoosh experts determined to be key indicators of an area’s economic, social and academic strength for graduate stu-
dents. Among the metrics measured: • “Outing” options per capita (restaurants, bars, arts and entertainment options) • Median salary for graduate degree holders • Percent of population, aged 25+, with a bachelor’s degree or higher
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