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Volume 22, NO. 25
DEVELOPMENT UPDATE: RICHMAN RESIDENTIAL PROJECT UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION Two additional significant development projects pending for review this summer Staff WRITER editorial@beaconmedianews.com
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The 296-unit Richman Residential Project will now come before the City Council on July 3. – Courtesy photo
Athens Solid Waste Service Rates Set to Increase in Monrovia Rates will increase by 5% beginning July 1; typical customer will see an increase of $1.50 per month Staff WRITER editorial@beaconmedianews.com
Pursuant to the City’s current contract with Athens Services (Athens), the company is allowed annual rate increases, pursuant to an agreed upon schedule which factors in mandated State of Califor-
nia minimum wage adjustments, along with CPI related cost increases. Late last week, representatives from Athens notified the City of their formal request to institute a 5% increase for solid waste services effective July 1. This particular adjustment takes SEE WASTE RATES PAGE 10
Monrovia City Council Approves General Fund Budget Susan MOTANDER motander@yahoo.com
Buffy Bullis, the City of Monrovia’s administrative services director, outlines the General Fund Budget for the upcoming fiscal year. The budget which the council adopted is, according to Bullis, “structurally balanced” and expected to run a surplus of $8,000. Expected revenues are expected to equal expendi-
tures at $39.99 million. Full details of the budget can be found online on the City’s website (www.cityofmonrovia.org) by clicking first on “Your Government,” then on “Meetings, Agendas and Minutes”, then on “All Past” and on the June 19 Council Meeting. Scroll down to the Administrative Report on the budget (AR-1) and click to SEE FUNDS BUDGET PAGE 11
Staff WRITER editorial@beaconmedianews.com
This past week, the Planning Commission unanimously approved regulations that would allow for tattoo services on a limited basis in Old Town Monrovia. This determination concluded a long period of study and review that began in the fall of
ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT
SPORTS
The Craft Distillery
Tarzan Returns to the Arboretum in Arcadia
Monrovia Track & Field Crosses The Finish Line
Stark Spirits
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SEE PROJECT PAGE 10
MONROVIA PLANNING COMMISSION VOTES TO ALLOW LIMITED TATTOO SERVICES IN OLD TOWN
BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT that Could:
he Planning Commission voted unanimously to recommend that the City Council approve the proposed project submitted by Richman Residential for a 296-unit multi-family housing development located just south of the Gold Line stop at Station Square (located at the NE corner of Duarte Ave. and Magnolia Ave.). The agenda materials that have been prepared for the item can be found at the City’s website. By way of background, you may recall that on Tuesday, May 15 the Development Review Committee (DRC) voted unanimously to recommend that the Planning Commission approve the proposed project, and additional details related to the proposed initiative include the following: -The Richman Residential Project is being devel-
2017, when the City received a request to consider amending the Monrovia Municipal Code (MMC) to allow for tattooing services in Old Town. Currently, tattoo parlors are conditionally permitted to operate only in the heavy commercial and industrial zones in the City. The restrictive nature of the City’s reguSEE TATTOO PAGE 11
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