Taste of Old Pasadena

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Tuesday, September 22, 2009
The PFAR Charitable Foundation proudly presents its 18th annual "A Taste of Old Pasadena."

Sample your way through Old Pasadena's finest restaurants on a walking taste tour! Each participating restaurant will provide maps to guide you on your tour - or you may zsimply follow the signs conveniently placed in front of the establishments.

Join fellow community members for an evening of great food company with proceeds going to support local charities!

Date: Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Time: 5:30 pm to 9:00 pm
Cost: $25 for Adults; $15 for Children (4-12 yrs)*

Tickets are available at the PFAR office. For more information, contact 626-795-2455.


* Save $1 off regular admission by showing a Metro Pass, Metro Rail or Destination Discount Card when purchasing a ticket on the day of the event at Dilbeck REALTORS®, 132 E. Colorado Blvd, Pasadena.

GET UP AND GO!

EXPLORE NEW POINTS OF VIEW ON A COMMUNITY MOVE ABOUT

COME ON, PASADENA - IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO WALK YOUR TALK!

Through a fun community MoveAbout tour, let's get out on the street to really experience and comment on different Pasadena locales. After all, it's one thing to form quick opinions as you zip by on the way to work, but quite another to amble along a sidewalk and get the feel for a place.

City planning staff and GPUAC members have desinged unique tours that highlight some of Pasadena's most challenging issues such as residentail density, the need for safe bike lanes, the walkability of the city and architectural desing. You can walk, bike, drive, or ride a Pasadena ARTS bus or the Metro Gold Line for very different perspectives. (Get a free all-day Metro Gold Line Pass Saturday, Aug. 29, from 9 to 11 am at the Fillmore Station.

But first, pick up a MoveAbout booklet starting August 22 from the information booth at Pasadena City Hall, the Permit Center at 175 N. Garfield Ave., or any Pasadena public library or community center. You can even download a copy from www.cityofpasadena.net/generalplan.

The handy booklet offers maps, commentary on key issues, thought-provoking questions, and spaces for you to get "passport" stamps from retailers. Along the way you'll see local landmarks and have the opportunity to taste the local flavor at neightborhood eateries.

Take as many of the tours as you like through Sept 27; turn in your completed booklet by Sept 28 at any of the locations listed above. The more passopoert stamps you receive, the more chances you have to win fun raffle prizes at the community open house in November.

Your perspective will be important as Pasadena's General Plan is updated.

CITY OF PASADENA ADOPTS NO SMOKING POLICIES

CITY OF PASADENA
ADOPTS NO-SMOKING POLICIES

IN CERTAIN OUTDOOR PLACES



Community Update - New Outdoor No-Smoking Law

On October 27, 2008, City Council unanimously approved a No-Smoking Policy in certain outdoor places.

8.78.071 Smoking prohibited in certain outdoor public places.

A. It shall be unlawful to smoke in the following outdoor public places:


Outdoor areas of shopping malls;


Unenclosed areas of bars and restaurants;


In service waiting lines or within 20 feet of such lines;


Outdoor public gathering events/special events/parades/fairs.



B. Notwithstanding exemptions enumerated under California Labor Code


Section 6404.5, the prohibitions in Section A above shall apply to the
outdoor areas of a private smokers lounge and retailer or wholesale
tobacco shops as defined under state law and to significant tobacco
retailers under the City’s Zoning Code.




8.78.072 Reasonable smoking distance required – 20 feet.

Smoking in unenclosed areas shall be prohibited within a reasonable distance (20 feet) from any doorway, window, opening, or vent into an enclosed area in which smoking is prohibited, except while actively passing on to another destination.

The Ordinance takes effect on November 30, 2008. Staff will also be implementing a proactive public education communications effort, coupled with clear and prominent signage to notify the public about the newly adopted policies. Enforcement of the proposed policies would be built into an existing enforcement mechanism operated by the Public Health Department. This mechanism is a complaint-driven process with a telephone number and website for the public to register complaints. For more information or to report a violation of the new law, please contact call the Pasadena Public Health Department at (626) 744-6014.