Council to Select At Large Members for 710 Stub Group

The City Council will nominate and select at-large members to the City’s 710 Stub working group on Monday.

Last week, the Council appointed nine residents to the working group, which will provide guidance and advisory to the City Council with respect to the redevelopment of a nearly 50-acre swath of land known as the 710 Stub.

The Council will fill the final four remaining at-large member positions of the working group at Monday’s meeting and will also consider the possibility of expanding the group.

At least two members of the total 13 members, must be descendants of displaced community members. Five remaining candidates would satisfy this requirement: Edgar Riddle, Barbara King, Michelle Bailey, Jose Luis Correa and Lisa Wilson.

Last week, the Council appointed Cynthia Kurtz and Wayne Brandt, nominated by Mayor Victor Gordo; Nevil Green, nominated by Vice Mayor Felicia Williams; Tina Williams, nominated by Councilmember Tyron Hampton; Danny Parker, nominated by Councilmember Justin Jones; Bryan Takeda, nominated by Councilmember Gene Masuda; Blair Miller, nominated by Councilmember Jess Rivas; Ali Barar, nominated by Councilmember Steve Madison, and Randy Shulman, nominated by Councilmember Jason Lyon.

The Council agreed to extend the application period until Wednesday, March 1 at 5 p.m. to give the public more time to submit an application and the Councilmembers more time to review them.

For over 50 years, the state planned a freeway through the heart of Pasadena, extending the 710 to connect the 110, 134, and 210 freeways.

In 1964, the State of California took possession of a half-mile swath of land, displacing an established portion of the City made up of homes, businesses and institutional uses.

After over 20 years of opposition, the State abandoned the highway expansion effort and relinquished the land to the City in August of 2022.

According to a City staff document, the 710 Community Advisory Working Group “will provide input to the City Council on the vision, land use, massing, circulation, and other urban design aspects of the plan, as well as other key policy issues, including potential restorative justice efforts relating to the displacement caused by the proposed freeway expansion.”