Mountain Views News, Combined Edition Saturday, January 23, 2021

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Mountain Views-News Saturday, January 23, 2021 


Council 
to Discuss 
Police 
Oversight 
Commission



Pasadena Tournament of 
Roses Association President 
Dr. Robert Miller (pictured), 
Thursday night, addressed 
the volunteer members to 
highlight the Association’s 
accomplishments of the past 
year and present his goals for 
the year ahead.

 In January, the Tournament of 
Roses traditionally announces 
the new President and a 
theme for the upcoming Rose 
Parade®. However, with the 
cancellation of the 2021 Rose 
Parade, the Board of Directors 
confirmed that Miller 
will remain President and 
Chairman of the Board for the 
2022 Pasadena Tournament of 
Roses Association, providing 
leadership for the 133rd Rose 
Parade and 108th Rose Bowl 
Game on January 1, 2022.

 The Board of Directors 
previously approved 
amendments to the bylaws that 
will allow for the rollover of 
all members of the Executive 
Committee, including officers, 
vice presidents and at-large 
members who will maintain 
their current positions for 
the upcoming year and then 
resume their usual rotations 
in 2022 -2023 parade year. 
The year which the future 
presidents will preside has been 
moved by one year.

Tournament of Roses 2021-
2022 Executive Committee 
Includes:

Dr. Bob Miller, 2022 President

Amy Wainscott, Executive Vice 
President – 2023 President

Alex Aghajanian, Treasurer – 
2024 President

Ed Morales, Secretary – 2025 
President

Mark Leavens, Vice President – 
2026 President

Terry Madigan, Vice President 
–2027 President

Pam Knapp, Vice President –
2028 President 

Craig Washington, Vice
President – 2029 President

Laura Farber, Immediate
Past President, serves on the
Executive Committee as well
as the five appointed at-large
members; Zabrina Alibadbad,
Tiffany Gardner, Cecil Griffin,
David Thaxton and Susy Woo.

 The next Rose Parade is 
scheduled, January 1, 2022 and 
will feature elements that were 
planned for the 2021 parade, 
including the theme “Dream. 
Believe. Achieve.”


Leadership 
for 2022 Rose 
Parade, Rose 
Bowl Game

 The Pasadena city 
council is set Monday 
to discuss policies for 
the appointment of 
members to the city's 
new Community Police 
Oversight Commission. 

 They will also look at 
rules, regulations and 
compensation for the 
commission members.

 According to the agenda 
report, the commission 
consists of 11 members to 
be appointed by the city 
council. All 11 members 
must be a resident of 
the city, but council 
nominees need not reside 
in the nominating council 
member’s district. Each 
council member, including 
the mayor, has one nominee 
to the commission, for a 
total of eight members. 
Three additional members 
representing community-
based organizations must 
also be nominated. The 
Municipal Code is silent 
as to how the community-
based organizations 
would be nominated. The 
Municipal Code also states 
a goal of having at least half 
of the filled positions on 
the commission be filled 
by women.

 For the eight commission 
positions nominated by 
council members and the 
mayor, the resolution does 
not limit the means for 
nomination. As proposed, 
each council member and 
the mayor can determine 
how they will arrive at their 
nominee. Several council 
members discussed a 
public application process 
for nominees.

 The city manager 
or designee would 
publicize the opportunity 
to community-based 
organizations, and to refer 
applicants to the Public 
Safety Committee.

 If the council approves 
a policy for appointment 
of commission members 
(by resolution), a $100 per 
meeting stipend would be 
set for commissioners.

 The city attorney is also 
in the process of issuing 
a Request for Proposals 
for Independent Police 
Auditor, which will be a 
contractor (not employee) 
position within the city 
attorney’s office the report 
reads.

 The commission is 
expected to hold 12 
meetings a year, at a cost of 
$13,200 per year.

 The council will meet 
by videoconference/
teleconference at 2 p.m. 
and a livestream with 
captioning will be available 
at: pasadenamedia.org.

 Members of the public 
may submit comments of 
any length up to two hours 
prior to the start of the 
meeting, at the following 
email address: 

 correspondence@
cityofpasadena.net. Or 
during the meeting, with 
a 200 word limit, online at: 
cityofpasadena.net/city-
clerk/public-comment.

Huntington to Renovate Historic Tea Room



 The Huntington Library, 
Art Museum, and Botanical 
Gardens announced Thursday 
their plans to renovate and 
expand the historic Rose 
Garden Tea Room, restoring 
the front of the original 1911 
building. 

 According to staff, plans 
also include creating a new 
outdoor dining experience 
and improving functionality in 
its service areas. The project, 
developed by The Huntington 
with Architectural Resources 
Group, will upgrade the indoor 
dining space, modernize the 
kitchen, develop new restrooms 
and ancillary areas, and create 
a pavilion on its eastern side, 
opening onto the Shakespeare 
Garden for exterior dining 
service. On the west side of the 
building, the room that opens 
out to the Herb Garden will 
also be renovated and made 
available for private rentals, in 
addition to being used for the 
Tea Room’s general service, they 
said.

 The $7.5 million project goes 
into municipal review this 
month, with hopes of breaking 
ground later in the year. The 
Huntington expects to complete 
the project in 2022. Most of the 
funding has been secured.

 “We’re extremely excited to 
be launching this important 
project,” Huntington President 
Karen Lawrence said. “This 
renovation comes on the heels 
of our Centennial and celebrates 
one of our most beloved historic 
structures, acknowledging what 
has been one of the area’s most 
iconic dining destinations 
since it opened to the public 
many decades ago. These 
innovative upgrades will make 
for an absolutely unique tea 
experience. The Shakespeare 
Garden pavilion creates a 
beautifully fluid space between 
indoors and outdoors that our 
visitors will love.” 

 Lawrence further explained, 
built in 1911, The Huntington’s 
Rose Garden Tea Room was 
originally created as a billiard 
room and bowling alley for 
Huntington founder Henry E. 
Huntington. The building was 
designed by architect Myron 
Hunt, who also designed Henry 
and Arabella Huntington’s 
residence (now the Huntington 
Art Gallery), the Library 
building, and the Huntingtons’ 
garage—now the MaryLou and 
George Boone Gallery. “The 
tea room is part of the historic 
core of The Huntington, a small 
classical structure, and a small-
scale partner to the old main 
house,” said Stephen Farneth, 
the project architect for the tea 
room renovation. “Everything 
at The Huntington is about 
indoors and outdoors—a large, 
breezy loggia is a signature 
aspect of the residence, for 
example—and so the tea 
room project will connect the 
building to some of the visual 
and physical elements of the 
surrounding gardens.”

 In 1928, a year after Henry 
Huntington’s death (Arabella 
died in 1924), The Huntington 
opened to the public, and the 
billiard room and bowling alley 
were transformed into a “tea 
room,” serving luncheon for 
visitors, staff, and researchers. 
A menu from 1940 lists options 
such as bread-and-butter with 
jam, toasted English muffins 
with marmalade, and lettuce 
and mayonnaise sandwiches. 
Food service for visitors was 
interrupted between 1943 and 
1959 because the endeavor was 
losing money.

 In the 1960s and 70s, the 
space served as an extension of 
the cafeteria used by staff and 
visiting researchers and was 
also used for casual meetings. 
“Afternoon tea,” drawing on 
the English style of tea service, 
began to be offered in the 1980s 
and has continued (under 
various management) since 
then. The tea room has been 
closed to the public since March 
due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

 For more information visit: 
huntington.org.

 The $7.5 million 
project is set to break 
ground later this year.

Political and Economic Risk 
Intelligence for Businesses

Ian Oxnevad, Ph.D., 
Presents “Political and 
Economic Risk Intelligence 
for Businesses” January 
27th - Exclusive Online 
Presentation for Pasadena 
Business Community 

We have all experienced how 
world events can change 
business plans in an instant. 
We could all benefit from 
being able to analyze how local, 
national and world events 
and circumstances could 
impact our local economy and 
individual businesses. 

 Join the Pasadena Chamber 
of Commerce for an exclusive 
online seminar with Dr. Ian 
Oxnevad exclusively for 
Pasadena businesses and 
(and your employees) on 
Wednesday, January 27 from 
2pm to 3pm. 

 During the seminar, Dr. 
Oxnevad will explain how to 
use political and economic 
risk intelligence to plan for the 
future of your business. 

 Register in advance for this 
meeting: zoom.us/meeting/
register. 

 Registrants will receive a 
confirmation email containing 
information about joining 
the meeting. There will be an 
opportunity for Q&A. 

 Ian Oxnevad, Ph.D., will 
discuss the need for small 
businesses, as well as for 
medium-sized enterprises and 
larger corporations, to adapt 
to crises, and foresee changes 
in the political and economic 
landscape that can impact their 
operations. 

 Topics will include: 

1.What political economic
intelligence entails.

2.The difference between
thinking in a political-economy 
mindset and traditional 
business planning. 

3.Threats that exist (from the
surrounding environment vs.
competitors).

4.Adapting intelligence from
the national security world to
your business.

5.. How political economic
intelligence works and moves.

6.Adapting proactive action
based on intelligence and
reasoning to avoid intelligence
failures and maximize business
success.

 Ian Oxnevad, Ph.D., earned 
his doctorate in Political 
Science from the University of 
California in 2019. He earned 
an M.A. in National Security 
Studies, with a Dual Emphasis 
on Middle East Security and 
Terrorism from California State 
University, San Bernardino in 
2011. He holds a B.A. in Arabic 
Language and a B.A. in English 
Literature. 

 The Pasadena Chamber 
of Commerce is a dynamic 
business membership
organization dedicated to the 
prosperity of its members and a 
thriving local economy. 

Dozen Ill 
Cats Found 
After Owner 
Passes Away 

New South Pasadena Library 
No-contact Takeout Hours

 The South Pasadena Public 
Library began offering 
Library Takeout, Back in 
June, a no-contact materials 
check-out and pick-up 
service. In the six months 
since, there have been more 
than 75,000 checkouts to 
appreciative customers. New 
library hours go into effect 
Monday.

Monday 1:00 p.m. – 7:00 
p.m.

Tuesday 1:00 p.m. – 7:00
p.m.

Wednesday 1:00 p.m. – 7:00
p.m.

Thursday 1:00 p.m. – 7:00 
p.m.

Friday 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Saturday 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 
p.m.

The Library is committed
to supporting learning, 
entertainment, and creativity 
through its materials and 
programs. The alarmingly 
high rates of community 
transmission of COVID-19 
in Los Angeles County make 
it necessary for the Library 
to adjust Library Takeout 
hours to mitigate the risk 
of COVID-19 transmission 
among staff. This adjustment 
will ensure that staff are able 
to maintain the physical 
distancing required by 
County of Los Angeles 
Department of Public 
Health protocols when they 
are pulling and processing 
hundreds of items for our 
borrowers every morning. 
(For more information about 
COVID-19, infection rates, 
how to protect yourself, 
testing, and vaccines, visit 
the County’s Department of 
Public Health website.)

 Library Takeout allows 
customers to request 
materials by placing 
holds in the Library 
Catalog, by completing 
an online form for our 
Materials Matchmaker 
recommendation service, 
or by calling the Reference 
Desk at 626-403-7350 
during Library Takeout 
hours. Requested materials 
are checked-out to the 
borrower and made available 
for no-contact pick-up at the 
Library’s main entrance at 
1100 Oxley Street.

 For detailed information 
about the Library Takeout 
visit: southpasadenaca.gov.

 Pasadena Humane is asking 
for the public's help after 
rescuing a dozen cats from a 
home when the owner passed 
away.

 "Imagine stepping into a 
home and finding 12 cats 
packed inside the tiny space," 
they said. "That is exactly what 
happened when a property 
management company made 
the shocking discovery after 
one of their tenants passed 
away." 

 The poor cats were alone and 
hungry, and were in desperate 
need of immediate help. 
The property management 
company contacted Pasadena 
Humane, and we quickly took 
the cats into our care.

 When the cats arrived at 
Pasadena Humane in tiny 
carriers, they were confused 
and scared, and many of 
them appeared to have severe 
upper respiratory infections. 
Our veterinary staff will 
begin the long process of 
carefully examining each of 
the 12 cats to determine their 
condition and provide any 
needed medical care.

 For more information 
on how you can help visit: 
pasadenahumane.org. 


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