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HEALTH EXCHANGE SHOPPING TIPS FOR UNINSURED BOOMERS AND EARLY RETIREES.......Pg. 11 SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 2013 VOLUME 7 NO. 34 Inside this week: Editor’s Note: Due to an unexpected tragic event in the family of Mountain Views News Publisher and Editor Susan Henderson, several of the regular features will not appear in this week’s edition. NEW SIERRA MADRE MIDDLE SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION GETS UNDERWAY SIERRA MADRE Calendar Page 2 Sierra Madre News Page 3 PASADENA/ALTADENA Pg. 4 WATER AND SEWER RATE STUDY COMMUNITY MEETINGS The second of five informational community meetings has been scheduled to talk about the upcoming Water & Sewer rate study. This is in preparation for the City Council’s consideration of new water and sewer rates in September and October 2013. Each of the five community meetings will cover a different topic. The next meeting is: •August 26 @ 6:30 pm – Sierra Madre Room, 611 E. Sierra Madre Blvd. – “State of System” - Capital and Long Term Master Plan, Sewer & Water System Needs It will be followed by: •September 14 (Saturday) @ 9:00 am – Maintenance Yard, 621 E. Sierra Madre Blvd. - Water System “How the water gets to your tap.” (This tour will involve walking on unpaved and uneven surfaces.) and •September 30 @ 6:30 pm – City Hall Council Chambers, 232 W. Sierra Madre Blvd. – Preview of the Water & Sewer Rate Study •October 10 @ 6:30 – City Hall Council Chambers, 232 W. Sierra Madre Blvd. – Conclusion and highlights from all previous meetings For more information contact the city at 626-355-7135. Pasadena Attacked By Burglars, Too AROUND SGV Pg. 5 Schmidt: AB109 ARCADIA NEWS Pg. 6 Firefighters Fill The Boot MONROVIA/DUARTE Pg. 6 Crime Blotter EDUCATION & YOUTH Pg. 7 ???? FOOD & DRINK Pg. 8 Peter Dills Recipe of the Week WORLD Pg. 9 ????? BEST FRIENDS Pg. 10 The Sierra Madre Middle School Construction appears to be well underway. Mass excavation and grading has begun and according to PUSD Executive Frazier Thompson, they will be removing approximately ...”20,000 cubic yards of material off site to be disposed of at an accepting site in Irwindale. The dust control has been thorough and the contractor has a street sweeper full time on Canon following each truck as it leaves the site.” Approval has been obtained from Southern California Edison to provide the temporary power to the site. According to the latest update from PUSD, “The excavation activities will be completed by Wednesday and the over-excavation and re-compaction stage of the project begins. That means that all the soils that need to be exported from the project site will all be gone and the construction of firm foundations in the remaining soils will be established by digging down between five and fifteen feet, then build ing the foundation up by compacting the replaced soil to 95% of the native value. This activity is projected to continue for the next five weeks now.” For the patient parents, students and the community at large, we are moving closer to seeing the completed structure (inset)! Photo by S. Henderson/MVNews Rendering courtesy PUSD ?????? THE GOOD LIFE Pg. 11 Savvy Senior Senior Happenings Katy Tse - This and That BUSINESS Pg. 12 HEALTHY LIVING Lori Koop Pg. 14 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Pg. 15 OPINION Pg. 16 Snyder -The Amish...... Tolchin - Newspapers Rich Johnson....Who? Gandleman.....Sex, Lies and..... City of Sierra Madre PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE From: The City of Sierra Madre Subject: MUNICIPAL CODE TEXT AMENDMENT 13-03 (MCTA 13-03) Applicant: City of Sierra Madre Project Location: Properties in the City of Sierra Madre, County of Los Angeles, State of California The City of Sierra Madre gives notice, pursuant to State of California law, that the Planning Commission will conduct a public hearing to consider recommending adoption of a text amendment to Chapter 17.22 of the Municipal Code to revise various zoning standards related to second units, including minimum and maximum allowable floor area, height, parking and affordability requirements. The proposed revisions implement a program objective identified in the 2008-2014 Housing Element adopted by the City Council on June 11, 2013 to encourage the creation of second units in order to meet the City’s Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA) allocation. Following a Planning Commission recommendation for approval, the proposed text amendment will be forwarded to the City Council for their consideration. DATE AND TIME OF HEARING PLACE OF HEARING City of Sierra Madre City of Sierra Madre Planning Commission meeting City Council Chambers Thursday, September 5, 2013 232 W. Sierra Madre Blvd. (Hearing begins at 7:00 p.m.) Sierra Madre, CA All interested persons may attend this meeting and the Planning Commission will hear them with respect thereto. ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION: An Initial Study was prepared for the 2008- 2014 Housing Element in accordance with the City’s guidelines implementing the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). This Initial Study was undertaken for the purpose of deciding whether the measures identified in the Housing Element to fulfill the City’s RHNA allocation may have a significant effect on the environment. On the basis of the Initial Study, City staff concluded that they will not have a significant effect on the environment, and a Negative Declaration was adopted by City Council on June 11, 2013. APPEAL: A decision by the Planning Commission is subject to a 10-day appeal period to the City Council. If in the future anyone wishes to challenge the decision of the Planning Commission in court, one may be limited to raising the issues that were raised or presented in written correspondence delivered to the Planning Commission at, or before, the scheduled public hearing. For further information on this subject, please contact the Development Services Department at (626) 355-7138. LEGAL NOTICES Pg. 17 PUBLIC NOTICES Pg. 21 Left Turn/Right Turn Hayes on the Left Welborn on the Right FYI Pg. 22 www.facebook.com/ mountainviewsnews Read The Paper Online At: www.mtnviewsnews.com | |||||||||||||||||||||
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