Development Proposed Along Foothill

I hope you all had a fun festive Fourth of July with your family and friends. Some celebrated our nation’s Independence Day at Crescenta Valley High School with a full display of fireworks. This display was organized by the CV Fireworks Association. Big thanks to everyone who made it such a wonderful event.

Once again, the summer beach bus is available, thanks to our Supervisor Kathryn Barger and the City of La Cañada. The beach bus will take riders from La Crescenta to Santa Monica. You can check out the schedule at LAGoBus.com.

For those not into climbing aboard the summer beach bus but still need to stay cool, there are plenty of options for pools and splash pads in every community. Visit parks.lacounty.gov to find one near you.

Let me once again warn the residents of our community that bulky item dumping is a violation of county ordinance. Please keep our community clean and safe.

The Land Use Committee has discussed with the Dept. of Regional Planning (DRP) the possibility of a more even distribution of housing units proposed for Montrose that would include the commercial portions of the Foothill Boulevard corridor. The development of this corridor is governed by the La Crescenta-Montrose Community Standards District. The LUC requests that the CVTC reach out to the community as we continue to pursue this option with DRP. A public hearing by the Planning Commission will take place in August.

Attorney Jennifer Oden, representing Walgreens, will make a presentation regarding the store’s conditional use permit renewal application for the continued sale of alcohol at its 3001 Foothill Blvd. location. The presentation will be made at the CVTC general meeting on July 15 (rescheduled from June 17). Corporate has determined that it will request the following condition be deleted:

8(s): The permittee shall provide an area near the front of the store at which customers will be required to place their backpacks or similar bags upon entering the store.

Several local modifications are being sought including Plan RPPL2019004236; Project 2019-002386 at 5221 Ramsdell Ave. (R-1-1000) A yard modification is requested to demolish an existing retaining wall within the side yard and replace it with a 10’-0” high retaining wall at the property line.

At 2434 Foothill Blvd. (SE corner of Sunset), Mr. Garo Nazarian of Domus Design, Project PRJ2020-001576; Plan RPPL2020005035, filed Aug. 10, 2020: A four-story, 31-unit apartment building with two-level sub-garage, providing three affordable units at 50% AMI and requesting one incentive – 10 feet height. (Note that Mr. Nazarian is the developer of record for the proposed lot at 3411-3437 Foothill Blvd.)

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And lastly, do not forget our monthly Town Council meetings. For those who have an interest in attending and participating in our virtual meetings and want to submit comments and/or questions, we encourage you to please contact CVTC at contact@thecvcouncil.com.

Harry Leon, President
Crescenta Valley Town Council