Nearly 100 Running for Office in 17 Cities : Election: Filing has ended for candidates in the April 10 election. Three cities may cancel the vote because candidates are unopposed.

Nominations for mayoral and City Council seats closed last week in 17 San Gabriel Valley cities with nearly 100 candidates filing to run in the April 10 election.

In Bradbury, the City of Industry and San Marino, candidates filed without opposition, giving those cities the option of canceling scheduled elections.

Virtually assured of new four-year terms are Industry Councilmen John Paul Ferrero, Manuel Garcia and Patrick Perez and San Marino council members Paul Crowley and Suzanne Crowell. Bradbury Councilwoman Beatrice LaPisto-Kirtley was unopposed in District 5, and Thomas Melbourn, a 48-year-old investigator for the district attorney’s office, was the only candidate to file in District 3.

The filing deadline was extended to Tuesday in eight cities under a state law that gives candidates additional time to enter a race when the incumbent chooses not to run.

Incumbents who decided not to run include council members Gary Miller of Diamond Bar, Jeff Marrone of El Monte, Leonard Martyns of Glendora, Christopher Houseman of Monterey Park, Robert Bacon of West Covina, Lisa Fowler and Bruce Crow of Sierra Madre, Maria Tortorelli of San Dimas and Samuel Knowles of South Pasadena.

In Arcadia, Councilman Dennis Lojeski is retiring, but no filing extension was granted because he was ineligible to run again after completing the city’s maximum of two terms.

In addition to the council and mayoral elections, seven cities have scheduled ballot measures for the April 10 election.

In Alhambra, voters will decide whether to repeal an ordinance that bans the sale of Alhambra Community Hospital. In Covina, voters will decide whether to form an assessment district to fund the Fire Department, freeing other revenues for paramedic services, police patrol and street maintenance.

In El Monte, voters will decide whether to replace the mobile home rent review program with a rental assistance program.

The Monterey Park City Council has put a measure on the ballot asking whether limits on development--imposed by Proposition K in 1982, and due to expire in two years--should be extended to the year 2000.

Sierra Madre voters will consider a tax assessment for paramedic services and a proposal to limit council members to two consecutive terms. Those serving two terms would be able to run again after two years out of office.

Glendora voters are scheduled to vote on a property tax levy to buy hillside property for preservation as open space. However, members of the Mayor’s Hillside Conservancy Advisory Committee, which had proposed the measure as one of several revenue-raising alternatives, have asked that the issue be dropped from the ballot.

In a letter to the mayor, the committee said the city should postpone the controversial tax measure indefinitely in order to give high priority to tightening hillside building regulations and establishing a hillside conservancy.

In Baldwin Park, voters will consider whether to stop electing a mayor and instead rotate the office among council members. In a related measure, voters will decide on the length of the mayor’s term if the position remains elective. The choice is between two years or four.

Here is a list of candidates who filed nomination papers in cities where filing closed Thursday:

Arcadia

Council (three seats): Roger Chandler, 45, inc.; Robert Harbicht, 49, inc.; Charles Chivetta, planning consultant; Joseph Ciraulo, 53, business owner/executive; George W. Fasching, 61, businessman; Eileen E. Stephen, 58. teacher.

Azusa

Mayor: Eugene Moses, 56, inc.; Tony Naranjo, 30, councilman. Council (two seats): Bruce Latta, 39, inc.; Jennie Avila, inc.; Yolanda Trego, 39, secretary; Stephen Alexander, 34, attorney; John Dangleis, 58, retired city administrator.

Baldwin Park

Mayor: Bette L. Lowes, 56, councilwoman; Frank Mamone, retired federal employee; Albert Sanders, 41, retired. Council (two seats): Julia McNeill, 60, inc.; Bobbie Izell, 63, inc.; Hillel Arkin, 70, retired accountant; Raul Reyes, 34, Internal Revenue officer; Martin Gallegos, 33, chiropractor; Richard Cooks, 32, volunteer director for Fred Jordan Missions.

Bradbury

Council: District 5, Beatrice LaPisto-Kirtley, 41, inc. District 3, Thomas Melbourn, 48, senior investigator for the district attorney’s office.

Claremont

Council (three seats): Nicholas L. Presecan, 49, inc.; Diann Ring, 47, inc.; Corey Calaycay, 19, university student; Nelson Gentry, 49, attorney; Dan Kiley, 38, dentist; Al Leiga, 56, business executive; Jack Mansfield, 68, retired business owner; Pasquale Di Natale, 74, retired university instructor; Patricia O’Toole Eckert, law clerk; Mike Noonan, 50, hospital pharmacist.

Covina

Council (two seats): Henry Morgan, 62, inc.; Robert G. Low, 56, inc.; Chris Richardson, city clerk.

El Monte

Mayor: Don McMillen, inc.; Maurice Lopez, architect; Art Platten, businessman. (Nominations have closed for mayor, but the filing deadline for the council has been extended until Tuesday).

Industry

Council (three seats): Manuel Garcia, inc.; Patrick Perez, inc. John Paul Ferrero, inc.

Irwindale

Council (three seats): Joe Breceda, inc.; Robert Diaz, inc.; Patrick Miranda, inc; Frederick Barbosa, 40, operating engineer; Joseph Tapia, occupation not listed; Jacquelyn Quintero, banker; Mike J. Miranda, apprentice professional golfer.

La Puente

Council (three seats): Louis Guzman, inc.; Frank Palacio, 62, inc.; Max Ragland, 70, inc.; Sally Fallon, educator; Garett Terrones, 21, credit cashier; Louis Perez, 52;, senior sales engineer; Eddie Chavez, substitute teacher; Manuel Garcia, 52, transportation employee for wholesale grocery company.

La Verne

Mayor: Jon Blickenstaff, inc.; David L. Sardeson, businessman. Council (two seats): Patrick Gatti, inc.; Robert Rodriguez, inc.; Judy Hyle, businesswoman; Mel Laven, chaplain.

Monrovia

Mayor: Robert T. Bartlett, inc. Council (two seats): Lara Blakely, appointed inc.; John Nobrega, inc.; Byron L. Beck, attorney; Cory Adams, businessman.

Rosemead

Council (two seats): Dennis McDonald, inc.; Gary Taylor, inc.; Frank Villar, accounts manager.

San Gabriel

Council (two seats): Ted Anderson, appointed inc.; Sabino Cici, inc.; Dominic Polimeni, court administrator.

San Marino

Council (two seats): Suzanne Crowell, inc.; Paul Crowley, inc.

South El Monte

Council (two seats): Jim Kelly, inc.; Ignacio Gracia, inc.; Arthur R. Jiminez, Caltrans maintenance worker; Raul Pardo, drug program administrator.

Temple City

Council (three seats): Ken Gillanders, inc.; Mary Lou Swain, inc.; Tom Atkins, inc.; Charles Henne, occupation not listed; Mary Manning, housewife; Cathe Wilson, homemaker; Anthony Falzone, food service technician; Bobbie McGowan, educator.

San Gabriel Valley bureau staff members Elena Farrington and Sue Avery contributed to this report.