Tax-Free Wines, Design Review, Senior Citizens, Water Rates

South Pasadena's only boutique wine store, Mission Wines, located on 1114 Mission St., will offer its typically delicious flight of wines today, Tuesday, Jan. 7, without charging sales tax. www.mission-wines.com. (626) 403-9463.

The South Pasadena Design Review Board is scheduled to meet today, Tuesday, Jan. 7, starting at 7 p.m. in the Mayor's Conference Room at City Hall, 1424 Mission St. Contact Staff Liaison and city Assistant Planner Knarik Vizcarra at (626) 403-7227 for details, including the meeting's agenda. 

3. Senior Citizens Commission meeting

The Senior Citizen Commission is scheduled to meet today, Tuesday, Jan. 7, at 8:30 a.m. at the South Pasadena Senior Center, located at 1102 Oxley St. Contact Staff Liaison and Community Services Supervisor Liliana Farruggia-Torres at (626) 403-7364 for the meeting's agenda. 

4. Finance Committee meeting

Mark your calendars: The Finance Committee of the city of South Pasadena is scheduled to meet tomorrow, Wednesday, Jan. 8, starting at 6:30 p.m. in Burke Triolo Studios located at 538 Mission St., (626) 403-7252.

5. Water Rates forum

Mark your calendars: A forum on water rates ahead of impending hikes in South Pasadena is scheduled Thursday, Jan. 9, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the Amedee O. "Dick" Richards, Jr., Council Chambers at City Hall, 1424 Mission St. The forum is open to the public. Besides explaining why, when and by how much water rates are scheduled to increase for consumers, the forum is intended to be an opportunity for everyone to understand how the city generates and delivers drinking water, and what can be done to conserve this precious resource. 

The forum will be followed on Saturday, Jan. 11 by a tour of the city's four water facilities. Starting at 9 a.m. from the parking lot at the corner of Mound Street and Hope Street near City Hall, the tour will allow residents to see for themselves the desperate state of the city's water infrastructure and why it's in need of urgent repairs. To RSVP for the tour, contact the Public Works Department at (626) 403-7240 or e-mail spwatertour@southpasadenaca.gov.