DOWNTOWN PLAN UP FOR COMMENTS.Byline: Usha Sutliff Staff Writer LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE - A public meeting will be held Monday night to discuss the Downtown Village Center in La Canada Flintridge. The area is bounded by the Foothill Freeway on the north, Foothill Boulevard The following streets are named Foothill Boulevard:
``This whole document is . . . a planning document for the future. (The plan's) window is 15 to 20 years down the road,'' said Robert Stanley –Test pilot and engineer Robert M. Stanley (1912 - 1977) became the first American to fly a jet aircraft on October 2, 1942, as a civilian test pilot for Bell Aircraft. He flew the Bell XP-59A Airacomet, which was the United States' first turbojet aircraft. , the city's director of community development. This isn't the first time city officials have sought public feedback on the issue. Five public workshops have been held since November, the results of which are posted on the city's Web site. Surveys were mailed and made available online and a steering committee steer·ing committee n. A committee that sets agendas and schedules of business, as for a legislative body or other assemblage. steering committee Noun was formed. The issues being discussed include how to make the downtown area more accessible to pedestrians and bicyclists and how to pay for improvements. ``What came out of the community input was they wanted a downtown village that was pedestrian-friendly. . . . They wanted something brought down to more of a human scale,'' Stanley Stanley, town (1991 pop. 1,557), capital of the Falkland Islands, S Atlantic Ocean, on East Falkland island. It is the main port and trading center of the islands. The name is sometimes written as Port Stanley. said. That could mean, for example, more one-story buildings along Foothill Boulevard, he added. Having completed its community outreach Outreach is an effort by an organization or group to connect its ideas or practices to the efforts of other organizations, groups, specific audiences or the general public. program, the city is now entering the state-required public hearing process, he said. ``If everybody is pleased with the results, it could be one meeting,'' he said. The meeting will start at 6 p.m. at Descanso Gardens Descanso Gardens is a 160-acre botanical garden and historical site located at 1418 Descanso Drive, La Cañada Flintridge, California, USA. Situated in a natural “bowl” in the San Rafael Hills, this calming, urban retreat is just 14 miles north of downtown Los Angeles. , 1418 Descanso Drive. For more information on Internet on the specific plan, go to lacanadaflintridge.com. |
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