Bo Astrup at the Altadena Neighborhood Alliance is asking people to submit comments to the city of Pasadena as it considers changes to its telecommunications facilities and equipment rules and regulations. The neighborhood alliance has opposed constructing a cell tower on the property of St. Elizabeth's Church. The church is in Altadena, but Pasadena is just across the street.
The public hearing before the Pasadena Planning Commission is Nov. 12, and the official notice is after the jump. Contact at the city of Pasadena is Jose Jimenez (and we'd just show our age if we did a joke about THAT).
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING / PLANNING COMMISSION:
Notice of Public Hearing for Changes to Title 17, Chapter 17.50.310 (Telecommunications Facilities) and proposed changes to Title 12 Telecommunication Facilities and Equipment Standards.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: As a follow up to a moratorium on ground-mounted commercial wireless facilities in residential zones that was adopted in June 2007 by the City Council (and extended in June 2008) staff is proposing changes to both Title 12 and Title 17 of the Pasadena Municipal Code as it affects equipment cabinets and wireless telecommunications facilities throughout the City. Specifically, staff is proposing new regulations and a permitting procedure in Title 12 for telecommunication equipment facilities (includes video, cable, wireless etc.) that are located in the public right-of-way.
Staff is also proposing updates to section 17.50.310 of Pasadena Zoning Code that regulate wireless facilities on private property. Staff is proposing changes to some of the existing development standards and proposing new development standards. The proposed regulations also include an Opportunities Map that will designate City owned property that may be preferred for such facilities instead of a location in the public right-of-way.
APPROVALS NEEDED: The Planning Commission will conduct a public hearing and consider recommendation of the proposed amendments and take comments on the draft environmental document pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The City Council will consider approval of the CEQA document concurrent with consideration of approval of the Code Amendments. The date for the City Council approval of the CEQA document and project approvals has not been set.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Planning Commission will hold a public hearing to receive testimony, oral and written, on the above proposed Code Amendments and receive comment on the draft CEQA document.
The hearing is scheduled for:
Date: November 12, 2008
Time: 6:15 p.m.
Place: Pasadena City Hall
Council Chambers, Room S249
100 North Garfield Avenue
PUBLIC REVIEW PERIOD: Comments on this matter may be received in writing and orally at the public hearings or meetings considering these documents. Written comments should be sent to Jose D. Jimenez, Planner, Permit Center, 175 N. Garfield Ave., Pasadena, 91109-7215 (626) 744-7137,
josejimenez@cityofpasadena.net
. If you wish to challenge this matter in court you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or written correspondence delivered to the hearing body, at or prior to the public hearing. Website: www.cityofpasadena.net/planning
ADA: In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990, listening assistive devices are available with a 24-hour advance notice. Please call (626) 744-4009 or (626) 744-4371 (TDD) to request use of a listening device. Language translation services may be requested with 48-hour advance notice by calling (626) 744-4009.
Contact info for Jose Jimenez is:
Jose D. Jimenez
Planner
City of Pasadena
175 North Garfield Avenue
Pasadena, CA. 91101
email:
josejimenez@cityofpasadena.net
phone: (626)744-7137
fax: (626) 396-8998
Lisa Hastings said…
“Jose Jimenez (and we’d just show our age if we did a joke about THAT).” What? Why are you perpetuating this negative ethnic stereotype………….I’m sure this individual does not appreciate your associating his name with that offensive stereotype.
Saturday, November 08, 2008 at 05:18 PM
Altadenablog said…
“Why are you perpetuating this negative ethnic stereotype….”
Looking through the post for an ethnic stereotype … looking … looking … looking … where is it, exactly?
I do see where we said we weren’t GOING to make an ethnic joke. Is saying we’re not making an ethnic joke actually as bad as making one? That’s an interesting idea.
If anybody’s getting insulted here, it’s aging boomers. It’s still OK to make fun of them, last we checked. But we could be wrong.
Saturday, November 08, 2008 at 10:52 PM
Lisa Hastings said…
You just don’t get it. That character, Jose Jimenez, was a dumb Mexican/Latino/Hispanic character portrayed by a comedian in the 1950s on the Steve Allen Show (“My name Jose Jimenez”). The comedian himself (Bill Dana) stopped playing the character after pressure from activists critical of his portrayal of a negative ethnic stereotype. I’m sure if you started making references to watermelon or Aunt Jemima when publishing stories about watermelon or someone named Jemima, you’d get a lot of criticism for THAT. NOW, do you get it?
Sunday, November 09, 2008 at 01:03 PM
Altadenablog said…
“I’m sure if you started making references to watermelon or Aunt Jemima when publishing stories about watermelon or someone named Jemima, you’d get a lot of criticism for THAT. NOW, do you get it?”
Yes, but we didn’t do that.
We’re still trying to figure out why mentioning in passing that a government official has a name that carries some pop cultural freight from 40+ years ago is ipso facto offensive. (You’ve given much more detail about the history than we have.) Nobody’s denying that Bill Dana’s character offends the modern sensibility, but that doesn’t mean it didn’t exist nor that people don’t remember it nor can it ever be mentioned, does it? We once had a friend named Dick Nixon — doesn’t mean he was the president. Or crooked. Or that naming him made it so.
And since the story is about a public hearing, that most dreary of governmental processes — we’re not sure how that ties into perpetuating stereotypes like your hypothetical above.
Anyway, that’s all the time we’re going to devote to this issue. The actual story here is the public hearing, anyway.
Sunday, November 09, 2008 at 02:37 PM