The City Council was embarrassed to learn that the reservoirs at Orange Grove and Baldwin, where it was thought that tennis courts could be added for nominal costs due to an earlier reinforcing of the reservoir surfaces, will not support such a project. No tennis courts will be added.
Five tennis courts have been proposed for the top of two water reservoirs at the corner of Baldwin and Orange Grove. The Parks and Recreation Department has set aside $25,000 for the project. The City Council must approve.
A tennis club planned for a county debris basin on the north Arcadia-Monrovia border will come before an open meeting of the Highland Oaks Homeowners Association. Dennis Alfieri, one of the development's planners, said it will include 14 tennis courts, a 20,000 square foot clubhouse with locker rooms, a dining facility, saunas and jacuzzi, 2 racquetball courts and a room that could be used for basketball, volleyball and aerobic dancing.
A petition of 732 signatures of people opposed to the planned tennis club in the Santa Anita Debris Basin in north Arcadia was presented to the Arcadia City Council. Residents of the Highland Oaks section of Arcadia have vowed to fight the proposed tennis club by legal means if necessary.
Residents on and near Elkins Avenue in North Arcadia are
circulating a petition objecting to a proposed tennis club in the county debris basin next to Arcadia wash.
Officers of a homeowner's group fighting a proposed tennis club in the Highland Oaks area of Arcadia say that opposition to the development is mounting despite efforts by developers to win support.
Polo grounds and equestrian facilities, though listed on a lease agreement with L.A. County, are not included in plans for a proposed tennis club in a county debris basin above Arcadia and Monrovia.
Homeowners in the Highland Oaks area of Arcadia showed up at City Hall to list their concerns about a private tennis club proposed for flood control land near their homes.
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.
Developers of a proposed $3.2 million tennis club in the foothills of Arcadia and Monrovia plan to take the first step toward building the controversial facility by filing for conditional use permits in both cities.
Among matters discussed at City Council meeting: new lighting systems for the tennis courts; salary increases for part-time employees; code enforcement.
ID #1960-1965 are print sheets of swimming pool construction at Arcadia High School. Two images on each print sheet #1960-1964. Top image shows the hole dug out for the swimming pool. There is a car and some kids playing at basketball courts in the background. Bottom image shows the two men from photo #1960 looking at plans or blueprints.
Basketball team of 8 unidentified boys, posing in two rows, in an indoor basketball court (gym). They are wearing numbered tank tops and shorts. This photo was in an envelope marked "Forum Basketball February 26, 1971."
