The City Council passed a resolution supporting the Arcadia Coalition for Education, a group of educators and community members demanding more state money for schools.
In an informal, long-range planning session, City Council members made a new library and police station two of their top priorities. Last month, the council approves spending $55,000 to hire a consultant, to be chosen at the June 19th meeting, to draw up plans for a new library to replace the overcrowded library.
Eight candidates for City Council spoke at a forum sponsored by the Santa Anita Village Association. William Carpenter and James Neumeister were not present.
A question and answer forum is presented for candidates running for election, including: James Brewer (City Council[CC]), Patrick Gibson (CC), Dennis Lojeski(CC), Robert Margett (CC), June Alford (City Clerk) and Lisa Tomchuk (City Clerk).
The City Council is facing the need to either refurbish and enlarge the existing Council Chambers or to build a new building. the second alternative seem the most likely, as the space vacated in the present City Hall could be used for crowded city departments.
The Arcadia City Council Tuesday night approved a 1982-83 budget of $16,894,463, slightly higher than that proposed originally by the staff, but lower than the 1981-82 budget. Most of the reductions came in the form of positions abolished and lay-off of staff.
Mayor Roger Chandler lost his bid for re-election as challengers George Fasching and Joseph Ciraulo and incumbent Robert Harbicht were elected to the Arcadia City Council. Fasching led with 27.2% of the vote, followed by Ciraulo with 22.1% and Harbicht with 19.8%.
Mary Young, the only woman in Arcadia's history to serve 2 terms as mayor and only the second on the city council, was unanimously elected as mayor while Charles Gilb was elected mayor pro-tem by the newly formed city council.
Eight of Arcadia's 10 City Council candidates told Highland Oaks homeowners Monday night that they were opposed to the construction of a private tennis club in their neighborhood.
The Planning Commission and ultimately the City Council are going to have a very difficult time prohibiting further lot splits in areas where splits were OK'd before the present laws limiting this practice.
Don Pellegrino, incumbent on the ballot for City Council, has definitive opinions, listed in this article, on the election issues: the budget, race track admission, utility tax, etc.