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Town Council Recap: Street Construction, Block Clean-up, Burglaries

News and updates from Tuesday's Town Council meeting.

The Altadena Town Council meeting on Tuesday was devoted almost entirely to a hearing on a proposed school on Palm Street.

However, there were a few other tidbits that came out of the meeting, including the following:

  • The County will be starting a four-month street improvements project next summer in Central Altadena, with intensive work to be done on Maiden Lane and Holliston Avenue between Mendocino and Altadena, and also on Hill between New York and Holliston, and on Atchison Street and Lexington Avenue.  The work will include repaving, curb and gutter repair, and replacement of speed bumps on streets that already have them.  During construction there may be short periods where roads and people's driveways are blocked, but the County will be asking affected residents to call them and work out a schedule for access to minimize impact.  People with questions can contact Christopher Hudson at 626-458-3988 or at chudson@dpw.lacounty.gov

 

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  • Capt. Steve McLean spoke to the council and noted that he worked with Athens Trash Service to clean out a high volume of street debris (including couches, stoves, and old appliances) around the Mountain View Cemetery at a location where deputies were encountering high levels of petty crime.  Following an incident earlier this month where a during an arrest, the department .

 

  • Town Council member Doug Colliflower noted that a constituent in the La Vina neighborhood sent him a photo of a bear in the area.  Regular readers may recall we , and some commenters who hike nearby mentioned they've seen a lot of bear scat in the area.

 

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  • Barbara Pearson of the announced that the library has received a $23,500 grant from a Pasadena-based foundation to improve handicapped access to the library's satellite branch on Lincoln Avenue.

 

  • Also on the library front, librarian Pauli Dutton reminded the public that the is up and running.

 

  • Lt. Joe Dempsey of the noted that there have been 23 residential burglaries in the last four weeks.  He noted there have been recent cases when burglars have knocked on doors, and having received no answer, have tried to enter the home even though people are inside.  He said that people, even kids, should make some indication that they are home even if they don't answer the door - say something like "I can't come to the door right now" as a way to avoid a burglar entering the home because they think no one is there.

 


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