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Jack Saelid has proposed a cap on the utility tax: when a yet-to-be-determined sum has accrued, collection would cease. City Attorney Charles Liberto will research and report on a possible ordinance.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 25, 1981

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 25, 1981

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: Taxation

Item ID: 3329AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Tax rates are being increased in the city's five lighting districts. Article discusses status of other tax rates and notes an increase of 9.2% in the total assessed valuation of all properties in Arcadia.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 7, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 7, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Taxation

Item ID: 3327AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Santa Anita Park pays 38.5% of the overall tax revenue of the City of Arcadia. It pays the usual taxes plus a unique admission tax. Article outlines a history of the tax and the projects it has helped finance.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune Special Supplement

Date: October 16, 1980

Pages: p. 8

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune Special Supplement

Date: October 16, 1980

Pages: p. 8

Subjects: Taxation

Item ID: 3328AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

El Monte city officials have scheduled a town hall meeting to discuss the draft environmental impact report on the proposed landfill.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 11, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 11, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Rodeffer Landfill

Item ID: 1900AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

City Council has renewed an examination of the admission tax Santa Anita pays compared to other race tracks. The track provided 34.1% of the city's total annual revenues in the fiscal year 1980-81. Traffic control costs in Arcadia are higher than in other cities with race tracks.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 16, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 16, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Taxation

Item ID: 3330AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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

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

Dr. Darrell Holman withdrew his application for a proposed medical office building prior to a scheduled public hearing, but residents still expressed their opinions.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 20, 1984

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 20, 1984

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Buildings

Item ID: 710AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

A public hearing before City Council concerning a proposed landfill on Lower Azusa Road has been scheduled.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 4, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 4, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Rodeffer Landfill

Item ID: 1899AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

City Council met with representatives of Santa Anita Park race track to discuss the possibility of raising the admissions tax. Council is concerned with the cost of traffic control. Benefits to the city from the track have increased 22.6% in the past two years and 43% the previous season.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 30 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 30 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Taxation

Item ID: 3331AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia City Council lowered the city's utility tax from 7 to 5% and rescinded the street-sweeping assessment.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 8, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 8, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Taxation

Item ID: 3326AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia City Council candidate Johanna A.M. Hofer is circulating petitions asking for a reduction in the city's utility tax rate.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 9, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 9, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Taxation

Item ID: 3333AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Atlantic Richfield Company has contributed $25,000 to the Arboretum to ensure resumption of several programs cut with the passage of Proposition 13.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 8, 1980

Pages: p. A-2

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 8, 1980

Pages: p. A-2

Subjects: Arboretum

Item ID: 448AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

October has been declared Adolescent Drug Abuse Education Month honoring the efforts of Parent Alert, a community group whose goal is to encourage residents to educate themselves regarding the problems of drug abuse. Activities of the group and programs scheduled for the month are outlined.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 8, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 8, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Drug Abuse

Item ID: 1449AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Results of the primary election are discussed. Residents voted overwhelmingly in favor of Proposition B, the advisory measure concerning low rent housing for senior citizens.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 5, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 5, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Primaries

Item ID: 2252AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

At a Sierra Madre City Council meeting, Arcadia and Sierra Madre residents spoke against a joint plan by the two cities to widen Orange Grove Avenue to 40 feet.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 15, 1989

Pages: p. A-1 photos

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 15, 1989

Pages: p. A-1 photos

Subjects: Streets - Orange Grove Avenue

Item ID: 3284AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

A new surgical wing to the Arcadia Methodist Hospital is scheduled to open December 13.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 7, 1986

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 7, 1986

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Hospitals - Arcadia Methodist Hospital

Item ID: 1798AN

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

Mayor Don Pellegrino has declared October to be Drug Abuse Education Month. Dr. Robert E. Bell, president of Parent Alert, discusses the group's programs and activities. Talks are scheduled at PTA and service club meetings.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 2, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 2, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Drug Abuse

Item ID: 1442AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The school board has begun studying the proposed $17.4 million budget. It does not include salary increases. The budget includes all eight elementary schools. Depending on the election, two schools may be closed.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 14, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 14, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Budget

Item ID: 2638AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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Jack Saelid has proposed a cap on the utility tax: when a yet-to-be-determined sum has accrued, collection would cease. City Attorney Charles Liberto will research and report on a possible ordinance.

Tax rates are being increased in the city's five lighting districts. Article discusses status of other tax rates and notes an increase of 9.2% in the total assessed valuation of all properties in Arcadia.

Santa Anita Park pays 38.5% of the overall tax revenue of the City of Arcadia. It pays the usual taxes plus a unique admission tax. Article outlines a history of the tax and the projects it has helped finance.

El Monte city officials have scheduled a town hall meeting to discuss the draft environmental impact report on the proposed landfill.

City Council has renewed an examination of the admission tax Santa Anita pays compared to other race tracks. The track provided 34.1% of the city's total annual revenues in the fiscal year 1980-81. Traffic control costs in Arcadia are higher than in other cities with race tracks.

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.

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

Dr. Darrell Holman withdrew his application for a proposed medical office building prior to a scheduled public hearing, but residents still expressed their opinions.

A public hearing before City Council concerning a proposed landfill on Lower Azusa Road has been scheduled.

City Council met with representatives of Santa Anita Park race track to discuss the possibility of raising the admissions tax. Council is concerned with the cost of traffic control. Benefits to the city from the track have increased 22.6% in the past two years and 43% the previous season.

Arcadia City Council lowered the city's utility tax from 7 to 5% and rescinded the street-sweeping assessment.

Arcadia City Council candidate Johanna A.M. Hofer is circulating petitions asking for a reduction in the city's utility tax rate.

The Atlantic Richfield Company has contributed $25,000 to the Arboretum to ensure resumption of several programs cut with the passage of Proposition 13.

October has been declared Adolescent Drug Abuse Education Month honoring the efforts of Parent Alert, a community group whose goal is to encourage residents to educate themselves regarding the problems of drug abuse. Activities of the group and programs scheduled for the month are outlined.

Results of the primary election are discussed. Residents voted overwhelmingly in favor of Proposition B, the advisory measure concerning low rent housing for senior citizens.

At a Sierra Madre City Council meeting, Arcadia and Sierra Madre residents spoke against a joint plan by the two cities to widen Orange Grove Avenue to 40 feet.

A new surgical wing to the Arcadia Methodist Hospital is scheduled to open December 13.

Mayor Don Pellegrino has declared October to be Drug Abuse Education Month. Dr. Robert E. Bell, president of Parent Alert, discusses the group's programs and activities. Talks are scheduled at PTA and service club meetings.

The school board has begun studying the proposed $17.4 million budget. It does not include salary increases. The budget includes all eight elementary schools. Depending on the election, two schools may be closed.