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The City Council approved an application for $9 million in state funds to build a new library. If the state awards the funds and the council accepts them, the city would have to contribute $7 million toward the new library.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 13, 1991
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 13, 1991
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library 1961 -
Item ID
1954AN
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Charles Walton Associates, the architect selected to design the $3.5 million library renovation, will hold a "design camp" at the library where the public, library staff and city officials will informally discuss possible design plans.

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Newspaper
Star Tribune
Date
January 13, 1993
Pages
p. A-3
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Star Tribune
Date
January 13, 1993
Pages
p. A-3
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library, 1990-1999
Item ID
255AN
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Newspaper Index
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Due to a shrinking budget the audio-visual department of the Arcadia Public Library has been closed by the City Council. The Arcadia school system has been offered the films and equipment, worth approximately $100,000. The cuts in the library budget will also mean reduction in personnel and operating hours. These matters are discussed.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 1, 1982
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 1, 1982
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library 1961 -
Item ID
1948AN
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Newspaper Index
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In an informal, long-range planning session, City Council members made a new library and police station two of their top priorities. Last month, the council approves spending $55,000 to hire a consultant, to be chosen at the June 19th meeting, to draw up plans for a new library to replace the overcrowded library.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 13, 1990
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 13, 1990
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
City Council 1990 - 1999
Item ID
1038AN
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A new $340,000 computer system will be installed in the library. using Inlex software and Hewlet Packard hardware, the library will automate the card catalog and the circulation desk providing better control of the library's 150,000 books and 240 periodicals.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 9, 1988
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 9, 1988
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library 1961 -
Item ID
1951AN
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A new or improved public library could become a reality in the near future. The current library is bursting at the seams with increasing amounts of books, computer equipment and an increasing number of people using the 28-year-old library.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 20 1990
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 20 1990
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library 1961 -
Item ID
1952AN
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City Council recently approved a five-year $34.6 million capital improvement program that will include some refurbishing of City Hall and library facilities, along with a new fire department and preparations for a new police facility.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 16, 1992
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 16, 1992
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Budget
Item ID
39AN
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Newspaper Index
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The City Council gave preliminary approval Wednesday to an expansion of the Arcadia Public Library that may add 15,000 square feet of space at a cost of about $3.5 million.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 28, 1992
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 28, 1992
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library, 1990-1999
Item ID
88AN
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Tuesday's City Council meeting saw a 4-1 approval of a recommendation to direct staff to prepare to place a 2% utility tax on the ballot in April 1998.

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Newspaper
Sierra Madre News
Date
November 20, 1997
Pages
p. 9
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Sierra Madre News
Date
November 20, 1997
Pages
p. 9
Subjects
City Council, 1990-1999
Item ID
11454AN
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"Notes from the Library," a new monthly column in the Arcadia Tribune make its debut in the December 14 issue of the paper. Dennis Petticoffer will author the column.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 14, 1988
Pages
p. A-2
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 14, 1988
Pages
p. A-2
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library 1961 -
Item ID
1950AN
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The Arcadia Public Library is being renovated and the Arcadia Public Library Foundation is seeking to raise $1.2 million for new library resources.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News Hometown
Date
August 24, 1995
August 31, 1995
Pages
p. H3 photos
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Pasadena Star News Hometown
Date
August 24, 1995
August 31, 1995
Pages
p. H3 photos
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library, 1990-1999
Item ID
4694AN
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The annual Friends of the Arcadia Public Library booksale will feature 50,000 used books ranging in price from $.75 to $7. This is potentially the last sale since a book shop is part of the design for the library expansion project, scheduled for ground-breaking in November, 1994.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 5, 1994
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p. H-2 photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 5, 1994
Pages
p. H-2 photo
Subjects
Friends of the Arcadia Public Library
Item ID
3525AN
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Area librarians agree that recessionary periods create a greater demand for library services. It is ironic that this comes at a time when libraries are hurting from budget cuts. Arcadia and Monrovia have suffered most in this regard, cutting down on personnel and new book purchases and, in Arcadia's case, closing it's audio-visual department and reducing hours.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 25, 1982
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 25, 1982
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library 1961 -
Item ID
1949AN
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To help reach its goal of raising $1.2 million to provide interior details for the new Arcadia Public Library, the Library Foundation is sponsoring a Day at the Races during the Oak Tree Meet at Santa Anita Park.

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Newspaper
Sierra Madre News
Date
October 26, 1995
Pages
p. 10
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Sierra Madre News
Date
October 26, 1995
Pages
p. 10
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library Foundation
Item ID
5403AN
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Edie O'Hair is in charge of the battle against overdue books at the Arcadia Library. Approximately 1,500 overdue notices are logged each month with a grand total of about 5,000 missing books.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 21, 1982
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 21, 1982
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library - Employees - O'Hair, Edie
Item ID
1937AN
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The Policeman on Campus program will be reinstated in the city's three junior high schools. The program has been inactive for two years due to Proposition 13 cutbacks The city will pay the entire cost of the program - approximately $53,000 for the school year.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 24, 1980
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 24, 1980
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Junior High Schools
Item ID
3031AN
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The Arcadia Planning Department has been asked by the City Council to prepare amendments to the municipal code which would limit building bulk and visual intrusion of new commercial buildings adjacent to residentially zoned properties. Various recommendations are discussed.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 25, 1982
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 25, 1982
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
City Planning
Item ID
1197AN
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A consultant has recommended a sewer project that would cost Arcadia $180,000. The city's engineering division has come up with an alternative plan that will cost $55,000. Construction should be completed before the beginning of the Oak Tree racing meet.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 5, 1982
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 5, 1982
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Sewers
Item ID
3207AN
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Library Volunteer Program participants were honored at the recent Friends of the Arcadia Public Library general membership meeting in the Mortenson Art & Lecture Room.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 29, 1987
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 29, 1987
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Friends of the Arcadia Public Library
Item ID
1645AN
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The Arcadia City Council approved a $57.4 million budget for 1993-94 that includes a new fire station, renovation of the library and revitalizing the downtown area.

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Newspaper
Los Angeles Times, San Gabriel Valley Section
Date
June 20, 1993
Pages
p. J-2
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Newspaper
Los Angeles Times, San Gabriel Valley Section
Date
June 20, 1993
Pages
p. J-2
Subjects
Budget
Item ID
205AN
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Newspaper Index
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