Arcadia High School and the Police Department will work together in the Youth and Educational Support (YES) program. A police officer will be assigned to the high school as a resource officer.
The City Council voted to allow the developer, Anoakia Oaks, to proceed with the tearing down of Anoakia, the 1913 Anita Baldwin mansion, and to build 31 houses on the property.
Since the bond for an $8 million police facility passed last month, City Council has clashed over whether to set a $16 million spending cap for a new police headquarters.
The preliminary design for the Arcadia Historical Museum has been approved by the city council but more money is still needed to build the museum. Fundraising will be done by the Arcadia Historical Society.
A profile of Roger and Lilah Strangeland, major donors to the new cardiac catheterization laboratory at Methodist Hospital. The lab will be named in honor of the Strangelands. Mr. Strangeland is former Chairman and CEO of The Vons Companies, Inc.
The four-acre Foulger Ford site and the 5.73-acre Santa Anita Inn were discussed by the Arcadia City Council as properties that are not living up to their economic potential.
The Arcadia Historical Museum has been approved for a $100,000 grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development for construction of a new museum.
The city is exploring means to provide low-income senior housing by 2005 as required by the San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments "Fair Share" housing formula.