Bill Adams operates the only year-round pack train in the country and the last one in the San Gabriel Mountains. Adams carries supplies to the 84 cabins in the Chantry Flat area of the Angeles National Forest.
Senior Citizen Commission members are briefed on $100 million senior center bond issue proposal, which is embodied in Senate Bill 1359 and would provide almost $30 million for Los Angeles area senior centers.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development has approved a site for a federally subsidized $6.2 million, 100-unit senior housing project to be located at 665 West Naomi Avenue.
A shuttle service with Chinese-speaking drivers will begin in November between San Gabriel Valley, including Arcadia, and the LA International Airport.
On July 1, the city of Arcadia expects to have approximately $1.1 million available for expenditure on capital projects. Article describes the proposed capital improvement projects.
Bill requiring cities to pay businesses for signs that are condemned sparks debate. City officials from Duarte, Monrovia, Temple City and Arcadia have sent letters to local legislators opposing the bill.
About 1500 people went to a hearing before the county Commission on School District Organization to discuss the possible transfer of Sierra Madre schools from the Pasadena Unified School District to the Arcadia Unified School District. The hearing is the first step in a long process that involves approval by the state Board of Education and local voters before an area can transfer to another school district.
Senior citizens in Arcadia who use the city's Dial-A-Ride program may have to pay twice what they are paying now to use the system. At a meeting of the Senior Citizens Commission, Brian Gabler, city administrator of the program, said that rates will increase from $.20 to $.40 for seniors on July 1, unless the Arcadia City Council decides to subsidize the program from general funds.
Arcadia Datsun official says next move is up to city. Bruce Low, general manager of Arcadia Datsun, had been granted a conditional use permit for a seven or eight story office building in the redevelopment project area.
A newly released study by H. Wendell Mounce & Associates reports that Arcadia could use a new police station, a new city hall, a recreation center and a theater. Total cost of the project if the city hall is replaced would be $20 million.
The $13.5 million budget for Arcadia, 1980-81, as available for public study and comment. The article outlines the proposed operating budget, capital projects program and proposed use of federal revenue-sharing funds.
The Arcadia City Council has grounded a proposal that would have allowed hang glider pilots to land their grafts on an unused LA County floodplain in the north end of the city. The 30 pilots of the Mr. Wilson Soaring Society need a landing site because the one used for the last 8 years in Pasadena has been developed with the new Pasadena Rose Court homes.
Declining enrollment over the past few years has hurt the Arcadia school system financially, since income is based on attendance. The 1984-85 budget totals over $20 million. Last year the school district went $300,000 over budget. Cuts will have to be made to accommodate the finances for the upcoming school year, but they will mainly be made in areas outside the classroom.