A plan for a joint fire dispatch center to serve the cities of Arcadia, Monrovia, El Monte and Sierra Madre was unanimously voted down by the Arcadia City Council.
Description of the newly formed Crime Impact Team, which consists of representtatives of 8 cities: Alhambra, Arcadia, El Monte, Monrovia, Monterey Park, San Gabriel and Temple City Station of LA County Sheriff's Dept. The Team is an outgrowth of the West San Gabriel Valley Burglary Investigation Unit, which ran out of federal funds.
Project Alert, a drug education and referral service, offers assistance to teenagers with drug problems. Available 24 hours a day, the officer on duty at the Sierra Madre Police Station will provide a referral to a volunteer staff of professionals.
The City Council on December 16 by a 3-2 vote decided not to apply for federal funds under the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, even though the Council-appointed committee recommended that it apply.
Improvements at the county operated Peck Road Fishing and Conservation area, located between Arcadia and El Monte, are scheduled to be completed in 10 months. Most of the funds will come from a state grant.
Arcadia, Monrovia and Temple City will inaugurate a Tri-Community Juvenile Service Project, which is a Reach Out counseling service with a more in-depth approach. It will be partly financed by Federal revenue sharing funds administered by Los Angeles County.
The ever-present philosophic differences among School Board members over whether or not to accept Federal funds has come up again. It appears that a May-Horstman-Frempter coalition, which is against accepting Federal funds could block Title I applications.
A meeting between the Arcadia and El Monte City Councils did not resolve the situation created by El Monte's attempts to annex 310 acres of Arcadia property south of Live Oak Avenue.
Senior citizens and handicapped persons will pay less for Arcadia's Dial-A-Ride. The reduction is possible because of a grant from the federal Urban Mass Transit Administration.
As of July 1, the City of Arcadia was awarded $31,750 in federal grant funds under the Older Americans Act, Title III. Funds will be used to provide I & R, outreach and volunteer services for older residents of Arcadia and Temple City.
The Arcadia Senior Citizens Commission has received permission for the City Council to apply $45,000 in Federal Funds for counseling, legal aid, transportation, etc.
Firemen Local 986 of Monrovia has obtained a restraining order against the Monrovia Fire Department that precludes participation in mutual aid with Arcadia. Final determination of a solution should be had by March 12, 1974.