A discussion of the proposed changes in high school graduation requirements. Proposed changes include an increase from 2 to 3 years of English and a minimum of 1 year of U.S. history rather than the 3 quarters now required.
The Arcadia Planning Commission voted 4-2 to recommend against the proposed subdivision of a lot on South 8th Avenue into 5 separate properties, ruling it would not be suitable for the area, which is heavily populated by horse owners.
Council has voted 3-2 in favor of the disposition and development agreement with Hometel Development Corporation to construct a 150 suite Granada Royale Hometel. The hotel is considered the key to redevelopment of the area. Office buildings proposed for the surrounding area want hotels.
Arcadia City Council moved forward Tuesday night in effort to bring a Vons supermarket into West Arcadia. First action was consolidation of nine lots at 745-809 West Naomi Ave. and 812-828 West. Duarte Road into one parcel. Approved 3-1
Aerial photo of Charles Bluth's new home, named Peacock Manor. Under construction, the house is being built on 7 1/2 acres and will contain 24 rooms and 8 baths.
After narrowly rejecting a Target Department Store as a suitable use for a property on Huntington Drive Tuesday night, the Arcadia City Council will have to await another proposal if it still plans to redevelop the property. The vote was 2-2 with and abstention. the measure needed 3 votes to win.
The office building proposed for the grass park at the northwest corner of Huntington Drive and 1st Avenue may not be built. The Arcadia City Council let lapse the contract guaranteeing an exclusive right to negotiate between the city & the developer, Sam Falzone.
The developer for the proposed Target Department Store on Huntington Dr., which was defeated on a 2-2 vote of the Arcadia City Council, is trying to salvage the project by perhaps making a new offer to the city. If the difficulties are not resolved, Monrovia may be interested in acquiring the store, but Duarte is not.
The Arcadia City Council has decided to allow horses to remain within 35 feet of a neighbor's home as long as the horse was there first. Previously the city code would have required horses to move if a new home was built within 100 feet of the horse.
Arcadia will not be voting on whether to have combined school board/city council elections next April. On a 3-2 vote, the City Council turned down the idea.
The Arcadia Redevelopment Agency is looking for developers to submit building proposals for 2 new major development projects on 5 acres of downtown property. The agency wants to house corporate headquarters, business and professional offices, retail stores and restaurants.
The draft environmental impact report for the proposed Target Department Store was attacked at Tuesday night's meeting of the Arcadia City Council as failing to adequately address possible traffic problems and the loss of moderate-income housing.
Susan Clavey, the mother of Tanya Clavey (the 16-year old girl who died following a 400-foot plunge off the Santa Anita Canyon Road) asked the Arcadia City Council to close the road's gate at dusk to prevent further fatalities. The gate, normally locked at 10 PM, was unlocked when the accident occurred at 10:15 PM.
Hundreds of Arcadians attended the reception held at historic Anoakia where they toured the house and grounds and picked up their copies of the new history book ARCADIA: WHERE RANCH AND CITY MEET.