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Sound barriers closer to reality. Following the last City Council meeting, well-attended by embattled residents, Mayor Dennis Lojeski said he had scheduled a meeting on the subject with Assemblyman Dick Mountjoy, R-Arcadia.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 14, 1983

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 14, 1983

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Foothill Freeway - (210)

Item ID: 1633AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Council balks at ramp metering plan. Arcadia City Council Tuesday night approved a staff recommendation to file an amendment to the Regional Transportation Improvement Program with the county Transportation Commission. Council will ask that instead of proposed ramp metering on 210 Freeway, a fifth lane should be installed.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 23, 1982

Pages: p. A-1, 2

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 23, 1982

Pages: p. A-1, 2

Subjects: Foothill Freeway - (210)

Item ID: 1630AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Caltrans completes noise level tests along Foothill Freeway. Tests confirm that noise level along freeway did not exceed 70 decibels.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 24, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 24, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Foothill Freeway - (210)

Item ID: 1637AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Mayor urges citizens to join forces to get new sound barriers erected along the length of the freeway from Santa Anita Avenue east to Fifth Avenue.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 28, 1983

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 28, 1983

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Foothill Freeway - (210)

Item ID: 1632AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Eighty signed petitions urging construction of a sound wall barrier from Santa Anita Avenue east to Fifth Avenue were presented at a recent Arcadia City Council meeting.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 7, 1983

Pages: p. A-2

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 7, 1983

Pages: p. A-2

Subjects: Foothill Freeway - (210)

Item ID: 1631AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Prospects for a sound wall in Arcadia bordering the Foothill Freeway appear pretty dim at the moment, according to Mayor Dennis Lojeski.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 12, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 12, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Foothill Freeway - (210)

Item ID: 1635AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Caltrans recently held an open house at the Arcadia Public Library to introduce the concept of ramp metering on the 210 (Foothill) Freeway.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 3, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 3, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Foothill Freeway - (210)

Item ID: 1636AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Assemblyman Richard Mountjoy's staff is trying to obtain a special waiver to save the Arcadia School District much of the $250,000 it was allotted to rectify old violations of state law.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 26, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 26, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Finance

Item ID: 2940AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

City Council to receive report on ramp metering proposal. Staff opposed because Arcadia would be severely impacted because of racing.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 19, 1982

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 19, 1982

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Foothill Freeway - (210)

Item ID: 1629AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

After a personal appearance before the Arcadia City Council, State Assemblyman Richard Mountjoy won his appeal to have an office in an industrially zoned office. His office will be at 214 North First Avenue.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 26, 1987

Pages: p. A-2

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 26, 1987

Pages: p. A-2

Subjects: California - Legislature - Mountjoy, Richard

Item ID: 881AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

A noise barrier wall 8 to 10 feet tall-the height most commonly found on local freeways-would do little to reduce the level of annoyance for Arcadia residents who live alongside the 210 freeway, according to a recent study by the engineering firm of J. J. Van Houten and Associates. In spite of the report, the Arcadia City Council will continue to study possible ways of funding the sound barrier, and residents who live near the freeway say they will continue to fight to get a wall built.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 23, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 23, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Noise

Item ID: 2021AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia school officials have declined an offer by local Assembly- man Richard Mountjoy to try to get a legislative waiver for the district so it won't have to replace classrooms that were never inspected by the state architect.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 6, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 6, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools

Item ID: 2618AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Arcadia City Council added a new amendment to the city building code reducing the size of new houses.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 6, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 6, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Ordinances, Municipal

Item ID: 2076AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia won approval last week of a dial-a-ride program with 50-cent fares from the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission who agreed to let Arcadia use its Proposition A transit funds to subsidize the program's half-dollar fares until June.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 20, 1983

Pages: p. A-2

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 20, 1983

Pages: p. A-2

Subjects: Dial-A-Ride

Item ID: 1425AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The C.I.A. (Citizens Infuriated With Arcadia) under the leadership of Ervin Nichols, is working to have the barriers removed that were erected at San Carlos road and Orange Grove Avenue in Arcadia.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 4, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 4, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Organizations - Citizens Infuriated With Arcadia

Item ID: 2088AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Opponents of the proposed charter amendment tell why charter change should be rejected.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 29, 1984

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 29, 1984

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Charter

Item ID: 929AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Candidates discuss their positions on charter change at a forum presented by the Arcadia Republican Women's Club last week. The amendment will be on the April 10 ballot.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 29 ,1984

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 29 ,1984

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: City Council - Elections - 1984

Item ID: 1109AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

An application to construct a Burger King Restaurant on South Santa Anita Avenue at Alice Street was turned down by the Arcadia Planning Commission on a 4-1 vote. Commission members said they were concerned with noise and traffic problems. Residents also objected to the possibility that students from Arcadia High would congregate and make noise at the restaurant following evening sporting events.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 25, 1984

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 25, 1984

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Restaurants, Bars, etc - Burger King Restaurant

Item ID: 712AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

"Be a Read-a-Saurus" is the theme of the Summer Reading Program sponsored by the children's room of the Arcadia Public Library.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 1, 1988

Pages: p. B-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 1, 1988

Pages: p. B-1 photo

Subjects: Arcadia Public Library - Captain Jerry Broadwell Memorial Children's Room

Item ID: 1928AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia voters will have an opportunity to vote for a change in the city charter at the April 10 election. A majority vote will be required to elect future members to the City Council of amendment is passed.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 22, 1984

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 22, 1984

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Charter

Item ID: 928AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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Sound barriers closer to reality. Following the last City Council meeting, well-attended by embattled residents, Mayor Dennis Lojeski said he had scheduled a meeting on the subject with Assemblyman Dick Mountjoy, R-Arcadia.

Caltrans completes noise level tests along Foothill Freeway. Tests confirm that noise level along freeway did not exceed 70 decibels.

Mayor urges citizens to join forces to get new sound barriers erected along the length of the freeway from Santa Anita Avenue east to Fifth Avenue.

Eighty signed petitions urging construction of a sound wall barrier from Santa Anita Avenue east to Fifth Avenue were presented at a recent Arcadia City Council meeting.

Prospects for a sound wall in Arcadia bordering the Foothill Freeway appear pretty dim at the moment, according to Mayor Dennis Lojeski.

Caltrans recently held an open house at the Arcadia Public Library to introduce the concept of ramp metering on the 210 (Foothill) Freeway.

Assemblyman Richard Mountjoy's staff is trying to obtain a special waiver to save the Arcadia School District much of the $250,000 it was allotted to rectify old violations of state law.

City Council to receive report on ramp metering proposal. Staff opposed because Arcadia would be severely impacted because of racing.

After a personal appearance before the Arcadia City Council, State Assemblyman Richard Mountjoy won his appeal to have an office in an industrially zoned office. His office will be at 214 North First Avenue.

Arcadia school officials have declined an offer by local Assembly- man Richard Mountjoy to try to get a legislative waiver for the district so it won't have to replace classrooms that were never inspected by the state architect.

The Arcadia City Council added a new amendment to the city building code reducing the size of new houses.

Arcadia won approval last week of a dial-a-ride program with 50-cent fares from the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission who agreed to let Arcadia use its Proposition A transit funds to subsidize the program's half-dollar fares until June.

The C.I.A. (Citizens Infuriated With Arcadia) under the leadership of Ervin Nichols, is working to have the barriers removed that were erected at San Carlos road and Orange Grove Avenue in Arcadia.

Opponents of the proposed charter amendment tell why charter change should be rejected.

Candidates discuss their positions on charter change at a forum presented by the Arcadia Republican Women's Club last week. The amendment will be on the April 10 ballot.

"Be a Read-a-Saurus" is the theme of the Summer Reading Program sponsored by the children's room of the Arcadia Public Library.

Arcadia voters will have an opportunity to vote for a change in the city charter at the April 10 election. A majority vote will be required to elect future members to the City Council of amendment is passed.