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Mountain Views News Saturday, October 26, 2013

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instructions. Those ballots would be returned to City Hall and held unopened until the public can
come in at the specific date and time to watch while the ballots are all opened, checked, and tallied.
Before, if nobody protested, the act of silence was considered an agreement. In order to protest all you
had to do was write a letter, but now the city will be creating a ballot and letter to be sent to residents,
ending the process with the community viewing of the tallied ballots. This is the only section of the
process that would change. Action taken after would all stay the same. The council members and
audience all gave their insights and City Manager Elaine Aguilar received additional direction to
report back.

This week’s meeting ran smoothly and efficiently. The members of the council and audience seemed
to be very pleased to be able to cover everything in a timely manner. The next meeting should be filled
with plenty to discuss.

Mountain Views-News Saturday, October 26, 2013

OPEN LETTER OF GRATITUDE TO THE COMMUNITY OF SIERRA
MADRE

I am writing this letter as a parent of an adolescent child with special needs who had an incident in
town this last week that was very unsettling to me and I’m sure to many of you. First of all, it goes
without saying, I apologize to any of you who were negatively affected by her loud screaming. It was
something I did not see coming and is not something that has happened in town but I can at home
and at school. Basically, what I saw happen this past week in town felt like an unbelievable outpouring
of care and kindness. I had to call the police to help me get her home. They know her behavior as
I’ve had to call them to the house on more than one occasion and they have been incredibly sensitive
to her emotional and developmental disability.

However, this time nothing was working to get her to calm down and the paramedics had to take her
to the hospital. To the woman who came up to me to ask if she could do anything to help me with
her, I thank you. To the man who walked by with his dog and asked if his dog could help calm her,
I thank you. To Larry, for disrupting your karate class, I thank you for your kindness and apologize
for the major disruption. To the man who said he was praying for me and my daughter, I thank you.
It is rare to live in a town like Sierra Madre where people genuinely care and show they care by words
and actions. The police and paramedics and offers of support helped me through this very difficult
ordeal. Thank you so much,

AM, Sierra Madre

WALKING SIERRA MADRE……THE SOCIAL SIDE
By Deanne Davis

Sierra Madre’s newest restaurant,
Monsieur Crepe!

You won’t need to parlez any Francais at all when your walk
takes you to Sierra Madre’s newest restaurant, Monsieur Crepe!
Right across the street from the old city hall and just a door or
so down from The Bottle Shop, 54 W. Sierra Madre Blvd, to be
exact.

The patient and hungry John and I stopped in for lunch on
Monday after hearing rave reviews from our daughter, Leah,
and her husband, Chuck, who dined there on Sunday. They
gave Monsieur Crepe two thumbs up and we’re adding our
thumbs up, too.

Host and owner, Aurelien Mosconi, took our order and our
crepes were out in short order. John had L’Indienne, which
is shredded grilled chicken in a homemade curry sauce,
fresh spinach, julienned apple and a touch of cream. My
choice was L’Oceane, smoked wild salmon, dill, avocado,
lemon and another touch of cream. We shared and both
were absolutely delicious.

Monsieur Crepe serves a selection of Sweet Crepes which
involve jams, ice cream, fruit and even one entitled La
Banana Split, which is exactly that! We had Savory Crepes
which are more of a main course. Monsieur Crepe will please
just about anybody with choices such as La Forestiere, white
mushrooms cooked in cream, caramelized onions, arugula
and bits of crispy bacon; or La Vegan, which is spinach,
roasted bell peppers, caramelized onions, asparagus and a
dash of pesto. So many choices! La Mediterranee, which
involves grilled shredded chicken, cucumbers, kalamata olives, red onions, romaine lettuce, feta
cheese and homemade mayonnaise! I’m ready to go back for more right now!!

Gluten free buckwheat ($2.00 additional) or whole wheat are your crepe choices and for a couple
of dollars you can add a Caesar or baby greens salad. Speaking of salads, there is quite a variety of
them: Quinoa or Nicoise, Spinach Mango, Kale, Beet just to name a few. AND there are croissant
sandwiches of every variety imaginable. AND Les Baguettes sandwiches, which looked incredible as
other patrons were served.

We are going to be walking down to Monsieur Crepe a lot! While we were devouring our freshly
made whole wheat crepes, we watched one of the Monsieur Crepe chefs creating Aioli sauce. Their
mayonnaise and other sauces are made right there, fresh is wonderful!

For dessert, they have chocolate mousse, tiramisu, and several others which are made in house and
looked delicious. Unfortunately, we were too full to continue to the dessert portion of our lunch but
we’ll be going back to try those another day.

The décor is bright, minimalist, with framed scenes of Parisian landmarks. Monsieur Crepe serves
coffee, espresso, cappuccino and a variety of sodas. There is inside and al fresco dining available and,
on a day like today, al fresco is divine. Monsieur Crepe’s hours are: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. every day and 7
a.m. to 9 p.m. on Friday and Saturday.

So! Stop for coffee and a croissant while you’re walking, or possibly the La Douceur crepe: salted
caramel and homemade Chantilly cream or L’Americaine: peanut butter, strawberry jam, banana
slices, almond bits and more of that Chantilly! Elvis would have loved that one! Bon Appetit! And
Bonne Chance, Monsieur Crepe!

Editor’s Note: Contributor Deanne Davis is a woman of many, many talents. Among other things,
she is a published novelist.

You can read her latest book, A Treasure Map, A Drunken Owl, and 47 Rattlers in a Bag will be free on
Kindle. The promo will go till Monday midnight.

HOUSING ELEMENT WORKSHOP

The City of Sierra Madre has initiated the process to update the Housing Element of the General Plan
for the 2014-2021 period as required by State law. The workshop will be held on Thursday, November
7 at 7:00 pm in the City Council Chambers, 232 W. Sierra Madre Boulevard. At the meeting, an
informational presentation will be provided to address: an overview of the process, accomplishments
of the most recent housing element cycle, proposed programs and the City’s RHNA (regional housing
needs) requirements. We encourage you to attend the meeting if you are interested in contributing
to Sierra Madre’s 8-year Housing Plan. If you have any questions, or if you cannot attend but wish to
submit comments, please contact Danny Castro, Director of Development Services at 626.355.7138 or
by e-mail at dcastro@cityofsierramadre.com.

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