If you’ve been traveling along east Altadena Drive, you’ve seen ’em — the signs! And we hope they’ll work!  What’s the story behind them?  This note from town councilman Gino Sund of CT 4601:

The residents along Altadena Drive and adjacent streets, whom we refer to as the East Village Homeowners, have been working since October on many construction and traffic issues related to Altadena Drive.  There have been several important successes for the neighborhood related to both areas.

With respect to traffic, we were able to get the CHP to assigned a full time community policing officer to Altadena, a first for Altadena. Also, we are getting a major step-up  in traffic enforcement East of Lake, an area that was, in our opinion, under patrolled for years. As a part of this traffic calming program,  a gorilla [sic] marketing/education program is being started to augment the enforcement effort.  Thus, the signs along Altadena Drive. Today I have had a couple of requests from residents along Holliston for slow down signs to start a program on their street.

In my two years on Town Council, I have found that neighborhood organization and communication is the best way to address important issues and to get input from individuals who are informed and interested in issues important to the neighborhood.

As representative of census tract 4601, I have been attempting to communicate with as many residents as possible to keep them informed of issues as they arise.

The experience of the East Homeowners group has demonstrated the importance of organization and communication within a community group.

I know that I will need to continue to increase my communications with the residents of our census tract as issues, such as the upcoming changes in the trash hauling contracts implemented by the County, will start to effect the services of all of our neighbors.

I welcome any neighbors in census  tract 4601 to contact me with their interests or concerns.  esund@charter.net or (626) 794-9609

Gino Sund
Altadena Town Council
Census Tract 4601

Thanks to Altadenablog reader Deborah Graff for the photo!