SATURDAY, JANUARY 27, 2018 
VOLUME 12 NO. 04 
SIERRA MADRE EDITION 

SATURDAY, JANUARY 27, 2018 
VOLUME 12 NO. 04 
SIERRA MADRE EDITION 
Last week, Monrovia lost one of its icons. Pat 
Ostrye – former Mayor, City Council Member,
City Clerk, and City Treasurer – passed away onJanuary 13, 2018, at the age of 94. Pat served as 
an instrumental individual in helping to developMonrovia into the premier community that weknow today. Funeral services for Pat have been 
scheduled to take place on January 27, 2018, atImmaculate Conception Catholic Church in 
Monrovia at 10:00 a.m. 
Mary Patricia "Pat" Ostrye died peacefully onJanuary 13, 2018. Pat was born January 12, 1924in Minneapolis the oldest of five children born toWilliam and Cecelia O'Brien. After high school,
Pat worked at Butler Bros in Minneapolis andattended Beck School for Radio at night. She 
subsequently landed a radio show on KYSM inMankato, Minnesota. 
In 1944, she joined the Navy (WAVES)
and was ultimately stationed at Naval DistrictHeadquarters Air Control in San Diego whereshe served as a Telegrapher, 3rd Class. In early1945, while visiting her aunt in Monrovia, 
FORMER MOUNTAIN VIEWS CONTRIBUTOR AND 
MONROVIA ICON PAT OSTRYE PASSES AWAY 
California, she met Peter Ostrye in the choir ofImmaculate Conception Church. They marriedlater that year.

Between 1946 and 1959, they had eightchildren. In 1974 Pat successfully ran forMonrovia City Council on a slate that includedRobert Bartlett and Eric Faith. She was the first 
woman to serve on the City Council and, in 1978,
the first elected Mayor of the City. Prior to that 
election, Mayors were selected by and among theCouncil members. With the help of talented Citystaff and dedicated members of the community,
she was able to fulfill her campaign promises tobring to Monrovia Meals-on-Wheels, Dial-a-
Ride, home library, and a federally-funded seniorlunch program (SNAP).

In 1980, at the end of her mayoral term she waselected City Clerk and held that position untilretiring in 1986. In 1992, she ran unopposedfor the part-time position of City Treasurer,
thus having served in all four of the City's thenelective offices. In the 1990's she was active 

in Quota International serving for a time asGovernor of the 25th District. For more than 
20 years she wrote human interest columns forvarious community newspapers and publicationsincluding the Mountain Views News, formerlythe Mountain Views Observer. 

Pat was preceded in death by her husband Peter,
her daughter Mary Cecelia who died in infancy,
son Michael and grandson Azja. She is survived 
by her children Colette, Anne Macdonald(Bruce), Madonna Tyler (Carl), Joseph (Louise),
Maureen, and Martin (Gail); grandchildren Erin,
Elise, Sarah, James, Soleil and Ian; her sister Rita 
Smith and brother Roger; and multiple niecesand nephews.

Funeral Mass will be held on Saturday, January27 at 10:00 a.m. at Immaculate ConceptionCatholic Church, 740 S. Shamrock Avenue, 
Monrovia. In lieu of flowers, please consider adonation in honor of Pat to the Foothill UnityCenter, (626) 358-3486. 

Sierra Madre Resident Helen Stapenhorst was one of many who shared their views on theproposed library changes. Photo by D. Lee/MVNews


MAKING LIFE A LITTLE SAFER ON THE TRAILS 


Teen creates Sign-In Stations for Hikers 


Sierra Madrean Diego Martinez is Senior at La SalleSierra Madre as well as another one located at BaileyHigh School and completed his Eagle Scout ProjectCanyon.
in October. He raised close to $2000.00 to assist Young Mr. Martinez was inspired to do thiswith designing, building, and installing two hikerproject in order to keep hikers safe. After losing asign-in stations at the Mount Wilson Trail Head in local resident at Jones Peak last year,(cont. on pg 7 ) 

HOOPS UP!! 

Santa Anita jockeys Kent Desormeaux, Drayden Van Dyke, Tiago Pereira, Santiago Gonzalez, MattGarcia, Stewart Elliott and Cesar Franco welcome a group of Holy Angels Middle School cagers onThursday as both squads ready for their 51st annual tip off on Feb. 1 at La Salle High School in Pasadena. 

 
On Wednesday, at a special jointmeeting of the Sierra Madre Library 
Board of Trustees and theSierra Madre Community Services 
Commission was held in the 
Sierra Madre Room at the Recreation 
Center. The purpose of themeeting was to discuss the city'scurrent dilemma on what to do 
about the Sierra Madre Library'sphysical condition.

The Forum was actually thesecond of its kind and was requested 
by the community afterCity Manager Gabe Engeland introduced 
the options the city hasfor dealing with the aging and outof compliance current Library facility. 
This was the first meeting 

City of Sierra Madre 

with the commissioners present.

 A survey is in the processe of being 
mailed to all 91024 residentsto get their opinion on which option 
they feel is best for the city.

 The options under consideration 
are: 

1. Move the Library from its current 
location to the Sierra Madre 
Recreation Center at 611 E. Sierra 
Madre Blvd. and co-locate 
with the Community ServicesDepartment. This would requireexpanding the Recreation Center 
building and will allow for theenhancement of all Library andCommunity Services programs.
Funding for the move would beprovided by the sale of the cur-
ORDINANCE NO. 1398 

rent Library properties for development. 
(No tax increase) 

2. Keep the Library at its currentlocation, move some Library programs 
to other city locations inorder to maintain current service 
levels, and fund repairs by sellingthe back lot for development. (Notax increase) 
3. Enhance and expand the Library 
at its existing location, expand 
Library services and programming, 
and fund expansionwith a property tax increase. (Taxincrease, do not sell any city-
owned property)
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SIERRA MADRE, CALIFORNIA,
REAUTHORIZING THE CITY’S PUBLIC, EDUCATIONAL, AND GOVERNMENTAL (PEG) ACCESS SUPPORTFEE. 

WHEREAS, Section 5870(n) of the Public Utilities Code, which was enacted as part of the Digital Infrastructure and VideoCompetition Act of 2006, authorized the City adopt an ordinance establishing a fee on state-franchised video service providersto support public, educational, and governmental access channel facilities; and

WHEREAS, under DIVCA, the City may continue to collect a franchise fee from State Franchise holders equal to five percent

(5%) of their gross revenue, and the City also may collect a fee from State Franchise holders equal to two percent (2%) of their
gross revenues provided the City imposes such a fee to support PEG access channel facilities by ordinance; and
WHEREAS, Section 5870(n) of the Public Utilities Code states that such an ordinance shall expire, and may be reauthorized,
upon the expiration of a state franchise.


WHEREAS, a final Implementation Plan will be submitted for review and adoption by the Board of Directors of the LACCE

Authority as soon after the formation fo the Authority is reasonably practicable; and 

NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SIERRA MADRE, CALIFORNA, DOES HEREBY 
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. The City Council hereby reauthorizes the fee on state-franchised video service

providers to support public, educational, and governmental channel facilities and which fee shall remain unchanged and in full

effect as to all state-franchised video service providers. 

PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED ON this 23rd day of January, 2018.
AYES: Mayor Rachelle Arizmendi, Mayor Pro Tem Denise Delmar, CouncilMembers John Capoccia, Gene Goss, and John Harabedian 

NOES: None 


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