New law classes will be given at Arcadia High School. A list of other new classes and other points of discussion from the Board of Education meeting are included.
The Arcadia City Council is considering changes to fees charged by the city through the Development Services Department. One change might be a $25 fee for new business license applications. The fees may increase for design review of new commercial projects and appeals from an architectural review board to the Planning Commission. The General plan amendment fee may drop and tentative tract maps for condos may drop. The city plans to increase fines for code violations.
Massage therapists will have to pay a $265 fee to be licensed in Arcadia under a new city ordinance. A background check will be done on applicants and they will be fingerprinted.
The Arcadia City Council approved a 6% hike in building fees, such as building permits, conditional use permits, and request for modifications. The increase, set for November 17, will be used to offset the 6% salary hike that city employees received in the 1989-90 budget.
Captured Images Photography (CIP) will produce senior portraits and provide materials for photography classes and the yearbook. The Governing Board also adopted a new search policy.
About 400 people joined City officials in the spacious main room of the new Arcadia Community Center on Friday to dedicate the $4.5 million structure that will house the City's Senior Citizens Services and Recreation Department.
Arcadia establishments that serve food will be required to post the health grades they receive from the county under a new ordinance adopted by the City Council.
Arcadia offers virtual recreation classes this fall. Stay active, stay enriched, and learn new things all from the comfort of your own home this fall by joining a virtual class. Classes are available for all ages and interests including Zumba, soccer, video game design, piano, art, and more.
There will be summer school this year, for a price. Classes will be arranged through the Arcadia Department of Recreation and the University of La Verne.
The new Senior Citizen Center, now in the architectural drawing stage of development will replace the Rose Garden at the corner of Huntington and Campus Drives. The center will house the administration offices of the Arcadia Parks and Recreation Department and the Historical Museum.
Discussion of new Postal Alert program, a cooperative effort of the Arcadia Post Office and the Arcadia Senior Citizens office to aid citizens who need help.
For the first time in the history of the Arcadia Chamber of Commerce, 2 women will receive the Citizen of the Year Award. Mrs. Dottie Burnett and Mrs. June Fee were chosen for the honor from among 10 nominees.
Petitions asking the Arcadia City Council to commit itself to the building of a multi-purpose senior citizens center are being circulated by the ad hoc committee of the Arcadia Senior Citizen's Commission.
Los Angeles County Parks and Recreation Proposition A funds will be used to re-do the Civic Center athletic field and light more soccer fields. The City Council also adopted a five-year capital budget.