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The Arcadia City Council voted to raise the Uniform Transient Occupancy Tax (a hotel/motel "bed tax") from 5% to 8% effective October 1.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 22, 1986

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 22, 1986

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Taxation

Item ID: 3332AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Granada Rouale Hometel is interested in building a $10 million hotel at the northeast corner of Second Avenue and Huntington Drive, according to Mike Lloyd, a consultant to Republic Development Company.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 24, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 24, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Community Redevelopment

Item ID: 1272AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Granada Royale Hometel is interested in building a $10 million hotel at the northeast corner of Second Avenue and Huntington Drive, according to Mike Lloyd, a consultant to Republic Development Company.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 24, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 24, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Hotels, Motels, Etc. - Hometel Corporation

Item ID: 1825AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The City Council has approved a new home occupation ordinance that allows certain occupations to be carried out in the home. A city permit is required.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 23, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 23, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Business and Industry

Item ID: 720AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia Methodist Hospital is studying the possibility that it may have to pull out of the L.A. County trauma care system due to lack of funds.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 5, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 5, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Hospitals - Arcadia Methodist Hospital

Item ID: 1803AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The city is expecting a 4.5 percent increase in its general fund budget. This does not include salary increases which are currently under negotiation.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 17, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 17, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Budget

Item ID: 664AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadian Luben Balabanoff, a Bulgarian by birth, was in Dresden, Germany when it was bombed during World War II. Retired now, he has spent the last 10 years making travel films and touring with them.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 15, 1981

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 15, 1981

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: Balabanoff, Luben

Item ID: 588AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The 121-unit Marriott Residence Inn is scheduled to open for business on January 23. An "all-suites" hotel, the inn offers kitchens in every unit to entice "extended-stay" travellers.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 11, 1989

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 11, 1989

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: Hotels, Motels, Etc. - Marriott Residence Inn

Item ID: 1832AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Arcadia City Council approved a 5% tax on interstate and international telephone calls over the strong objections of residents. The tax, which will cost about $.40 per person per month, is expected to generate $225,000 in city revenues, which will help close the gap between the city's general fund expenditures and revenue.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 6, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 6, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Telephone

Item ID: 3337AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Board of Education voted to close two elementary schools but delayed deciding which two pending possible bail-out by the city.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 25, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 25, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Closure

Item ID: 2670AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Drivers in Arcadia who display courteous driving habits will be pulled over by Arcadia police during the month of April and be rewarded with a free prime rib dinner at the Cask 'n Cleaver Restaurant in a good driving incentive program.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 10, 1988

Pages: p. A-2 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 10, 1988

Pages: p. A-2 photo

Subjects: Automobile Safety

Item ID: 586AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

With Arcadia's Foulger Ford now following Arcadia Suzuki out of town, Arcadia stands to lose about $230,000 in sales tax revenue per year, just short of 1% of the city's $23.699 million budget.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 25, 1987

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 25, 1987

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Foulger Ford

Item ID: 771AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

City Council unanimously agreed to hold a June election to attempt to bail the school district out of its financial troubles. Proposition A would increase the utility tax by 2%, bringing in $550,000. Proposition B would raise the tax an additional 1% bringing $250,000 more. The funds would be for maintenance of school property and facilities used by the city.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 12, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 12, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Finance

Item ID: 2923AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Due to Los Angeles County budget cuts which will take a $154,465 bite out of the outpatient center's funding the Arcadia Mental Health Center will be losing five therapists who have been seeing 450 to 500 patients a year and keeping them out of hospitals and institutions.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 18, 1982

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 18, 1982

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Arcadia Mental Health Service

Item ID: 497AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

L.A. County plans to contract out both the maintenance and operation of area parks to private companies. Many fear such a move will result in charging tennis players to use the city's 12 tennis courts.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: Paril 7, 1985

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: Paril 7, 1985

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Parks

Item ID: 2136AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

200 people turned out to honor retired Arcadia Tribune editor, Helen Schrader. The retirement party included mayors and public officials from surrounding communities served by the Foothill Inter-City newspapers which were edited by Mrs. Schrader.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 30, 1984

Pages: p. 1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 30, 1984

Pages: p. 1 photo

Subjects: Arcadia Tribune - Schrader, Helen

Item ID: 508AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

City Council has expressed interest in helping bail the school district out of some of its financial problems. There are a number of areas in which the city could provide assistance. One possibility being considered is a June election to determine public support for such action.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 25, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 25, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Finance

Item ID: 2925AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Former mayor Jim Helms proposed a charter change that would require a runoff election if no candidate for City Council received at least 50 percent of the vote. In the last election, no candidate received 50 percent.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 18, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 18, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Charter; Helms, James

Item ID: 926AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Marriott Corporation is actively seeking a site for a "Courtyard by Marriott" moderately priced hotel in the Arcadia Monrovia area. Craig Lambert, vice president of marketing wants to develop 8 to 12 properties in the Southern California area over the next 3 years and the Arcadia-Monrovia area ranks high on the company's list.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 21, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 21, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Hotels, Motels, Etc. - Marriott Corp.

Item ID: 1831AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

City Council approved a $12 million general fund budget. The budget represents an increase of 13 percent over the 1980-81 budget and includes 9 percent pay raises for all employees (except police who have not completed negotiations).

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 28, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 28, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Budget

Item ID: 665AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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The Arcadia City Council voted to raise the Uniform Transient Occupancy Tax (a hotel/motel "bed tax") from 5% to 8% effective October 1.

Granada Rouale Hometel is interested in building a $10 million hotel at the northeast corner of Second Avenue and Huntington Drive, according to Mike Lloyd, a consultant to Republic Development Company.

Granada Royale Hometel is interested in building a $10 million hotel at the northeast corner of Second Avenue and Huntington Drive, according to Mike Lloyd, a consultant to Republic Development Company.

The City Council has approved a new home occupation ordinance that allows certain occupations to be carried out in the home. A city permit is required.

Arcadia Methodist Hospital is studying the possibility that it may have to pull out of the L.A. County trauma care system due to lack of funds.

The city is expecting a 4.5 percent increase in its general fund budget. This does not include salary increases which are currently under negotiation.

Arcadian Luben Balabanoff, a Bulgarian by birth, was in Dresden, Germany when it was bombed during World War II. Retired now, he has spent the last 10 years making travel films and touring with them.

The 121-unit Marriott Residence Inn is scheduled to open for business on January 23. An "all-suites" hotel, the inn offers kitchens in every unit to entice "extended-stay" travellers.

The Board of Education voted to close two elementary schools but delayed deciding which two pending possible bail-out by the city.

Drivers in Arcadia who display courteous driving habits will be pulled over by Arcadia police during the month of April and be rewarded with a free prime rib dinner at the Cask 'n Cleaver Restaurant in a good driving incentive program.

With Arcadia's Foulger Ford now following Arcadia Suzuki out of town, Arcadia stands to lose about $230,000 in sales tax revenue per year, just short of 1% of the city's $23.699 million budget.

Due to Los Angeles County budget cuts which will take a $154,465 bite out of the outpatient center's funding the Arcadia Mental Health Center will be losing five therapists who have been seeing 450 to 500 patients a year and keeping them out of hospitals and institutions.

L.A. County plans to contract out both the maintenance and operation of area parks to private companies. Many fear such a move will result in charging tennis players to use the city's 12 tennis courts.

200 people turned out to honor retired Arcadia Tribune editor, Helen Schrader. The retirement party included mayors and public officials from surrounding communities served by the Foothill Inter-City newspapers which were edited by Mrs. Schrader.

City Council has expressed interest in helping bail the school district out of some of its financial problems. There are a number of areas in which the city could provide assistance. One possibility being considered is a June election to determine public support for such action.

Former mayor Jim Helms proposed a charter change that would require a runoff election if no candidate for City Council received at least 50 percent of the vote. In the last election, no candidate received 50 percent.

City Council approved a $12 million general fund budget. The budget represents an increase of 13 percent over the 1980-81 budget and includes 9 percent pay raises for all employees (except police who have not completed negotiations).