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

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FOOD & DRINK Pg. 8

Peter Dills

Recipe of the Week


WORLD Pg. 9

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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 

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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


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