At the Arcadia City Planning Commission meeting of June 13, City Manager Bill Kelly gave a brief overview of the Santa Anita Entertainment Center Project (SAEC).
At the City Planning Commission's General Plan Update meeting on April 29, 1996, an announcement was made that Santa Anita Realty had withdrawn its application for development of an entertainment center.
Dick Closson and Gail Jensen, co-chairs of Arcadia Tomorrow, addressed a recent City Council Meeting to express their support of the proposed Santa Anita Arts and Entertainment Center.
Dr. and Mrs. Robert Ellison hosted an open meeting in their home of a recently formed group called Neighbors for Arcadia. The group has met several times recently and was formed in a effort to unite residents in opposition to the proposed Santa Anita Entertainment Center.
Members of Neighbors for Arcadia, the grass roots organization opposed to Santa Anita's proposed Arts and Entertainment Center, appeared at City Hall to file over 5000 signed initiatives with the city clerk's office.
"Neighbors for Arcadia," a group in opposition to the proposed Santa Anita Entertainment Center, has elected officers and is preparing a petition for a ballot.