Odds and ends of other Town Council actions Tuesday night:
- Sheriff Detective Greg Kaplan gave a report on the June 11 survey of three Altadena neighborhoods. Kaplan said that of 310 homes in the survey area, 150 were completed. The majority felt their neighborhood was safe after dark (19.6 percent "very safe," 32.1 percent "safe"), with 30.1 saying "somewhat safe, 8.4 percent "unsafe," and 9.8 percent "very unsafe."
28.7 percent of those surveyed felt that theft was the greatest criminal activity concern of the neighborhood, with 25.2 percent saying narcotics, and 19.9 percent gang activity.
The biggest perceived nuisance was traffic (42.5 percent) followed by transients (21.2), loud parites (18.6) and junk cars (10.6). - Capt. Steven Strull was introduced as the new commander of the Altadena CHP station.
- Penny Daniels of the Parks and Recreation Dept. said that the summer programs are taking care of 115 kids ages 3-13 on a daily basis, the Loma Alta pool is opened seven days a week, and the parks' free lunch programs are also being kept busy.
- The council decided to appoint a three member committee to look at "Welcome to Altadena" signs. The county has said it will place three monument-type signs at entrances to town. The council's committee is charged with looking at the signs, ensuring that they are consistent in look, and that they refer only to Altadena and have no other signage attached. This effectively puts the kibosh on the proposal to have a "Welcome to Altadena" sign share space with a tribute to 9/11 sign floated at last month's council meeting. Gino Sund was appointed to the committee, with two others to be named later.
