Glendale City Council
May 3, 2022

A G E N D A

GLENDALE CITY COUNCIL

COUNCIL CHAMBERS
613 E. Broadway, 2nd Floor
Glendale, CA 91206
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ROLL CALL

1. CLOSED SESSION – 1:00 PM (To Commence at 3:00 PM)
a. Conference with Legal Counsel – Pending Litigation: Salazar v. City of Glendale, L.A.S.C. Case No. BC700257
b. Conference with Legal Counsel – Pending Litigation: State Farm v. City of Glendale, et al., L.A.S.C. Case No. 21GDCV00229
c. Conference with Legal Counsel – Pending Litigation: Sayadyan v. City of Glendale, L.A.S.C. Case No. 19STCV14065
d. Conference with Labor Negotiators. The City-designated negotiators attending the closed session are: Roubik Golanian, Michael J. Garcia, Gillian van Muyden, John Takhtalian, Aymee Martin, Jason Bradford, Carl Povilaitis, and Laura Kalty. The name of the employee organization is: Glendale Police Officers’ Association e. Conference with Labor Negotiators. The City-designated negotiators attending the closed session are: Roubik Golanian, Michael J. Garcia, Gillian van Muyden, Aymee Martin, Jason Bradford, and Silvio Lanzas. The name of the employee organization is: Glendale Management Association

2. REGULAR BUSINESS AGENDA – 6:00 PM
Roll Call
a. Flag Salute: Mayor Kassakhian
b. Invocation: Aram Adjemian, City Clerk
c. Report of City Clerk, re: Posting of Agenda. The Agenda for the May 3, 2022 Regular Meeting of the Glendale City Council was Posted on April 27, 2022, on the Bulletin Board Outside City Hall.

3. PRESENTATIONS AND APPOINTMENTS
a. Agenda Preview for the Meetings of Tuesday, May 10, 2022 b. Building and Safety Month Proclamation
c. Lupus Awareness Month Proclamation

4. CONSENT ITEMS (Including Minutes)
The following are Routine and May be Acted Upon by One Motion. Any Member of Council or the Audience Requesting Separate Consideration May do so by Making Such Request Before Motion is Proposed.
a. City Clerk, re: Minutes of the Regular City Council meeting of April 5, 2022 and April 12, 2022
b. Glendale Water and Power, re: Construction Contract for the Feeder Reconstruction for 12kV Operation - Time and Equipment Project

1. Motion authorizing the City Manager, or his designee, to enter into and execute a three- year contract with Hot Line Construction, Inc., for the Feeder Reconstruction for 12kV Operation - Time and Equipment Project, Specification No. 3875, in the amount of $6,340,890 plus a ten percent (10%) contingency in the amount of $634,089 per year for a total not-to-exceed amount of $19,022,670, plus a total contingency of $1,902,267, with an option to extend the contract for two additional one-year terms at $ 6,340,890 per year

5. CITY COUNCIL/STAFF COMMENTS

6. COMMUNITY EVENT ANNOUNCEMENTS (3-Minutes)
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7. ADOPTION OF ORDINANCES
a. Community Development, re: AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF

GLENDALE , CALIFORNIA AUTHORIZING AND APPROVING A LEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND SAS ENTERTAINMENT PARTNERS, INC., FOR THE LEASE OF THE ALEX THEATRE AT 216 NORTH BRAND BOULEVARD (AGAJANIAN, 4/9/2022)

8. ACTION ITEMS
a. Glendale Water and Power, re: Addition of Eight (8) Permanent Full-Time Employees to Glendale Water & Power’s Underground Distribution Construction Mechanic Crew

1. Motion authorizing the addition of eight (8) permanent full-time employees to Glendale Water and Power’s Underground Distribution Construction Mechanic crew

9. HEARINGS
a. Community Development, re: 1639 Santa Barbara Avenue: Consideration of Glendale Register Nomination and Request for a Mills Act Historic Property Contract

1. Resolution to designate the residential property at 1639 Santa Barbara Avenue as a historic resource on the Glendale Register of Historic Resources and authorizing the City Manager to enter into a Mills Act Historical Property Contract with the owner of the property

2. Motion to deny the request of the property owner to designate the residential property at 1639 Santa Barbara Avenue as a historic resource on the Glendale Register of Historic Resources
b. Community Development, re: 1559 Grandview Avenue: Consideration of Glendale Register Nomination and Request for a Mills Act Historic Property Contract

1. Resolution to designate the residential property at 1559 Grandview Avenue as a historic resource on the Glendale Register of Historic Resources and authorizing the City Manager to enter into a Mills Act Historical Property Contract with the owner of the property

2. Motion to deny the request of the property owner to designate the residential property at 1559 Grandview Avenue as a historic resource on the Glendale Register of Historic Resources

10. REPORTS - INFORMATION

11. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS

12. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
Discussion is Limited to Items NOT a Part of this Agenda. Council May Question or Respond to The Speaker But There Will be no Debate or Decision. The City Manager May Refer the Matter to the Appropriate Department for Investigation and Report.

13. NEW BUSINESS

14. ADJOURNMENT
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M I N U T E S

GLENDALE CITY COUNCIL
(STAFF ACCESS ONLY) COUNCIL CHAMBERS
613 E. Broadway, 2nd Floor Glendale, CA 91206
APRIL 5, 2022 AT 6:00 PM
ROLL CALL – All Present

1. CLOSED SESSION – 3:24 p.m.
a. Conference with real property negotiators: Property location – Real property generally located at the terminus of New York Avenue near Park Vista Drive, commonly referred to as “Mountain Oaks.” Negotiating parties: F.E. & M. Inc.

Employee’s Defined Contribution Plan Trust dated July 10, 1984. Agency negotiators attending the closed session are: Roubik Golanian, Michael J. Garcia, Gillian van Muyden, John Takhtalian, Silvio Lanzas, Jason Bradford, Christine Powers and Onnig Bulanikian. Instructions to the negotiator(s) will concern the price and terms for the acquisition of property
b. Conference with Legal Counsel - Pending Litigation: F.E. & M. Inc. Employee’s Defined Contribution Plan Trust dated July 10, 1984 v. City of Glendale et al., L.A.S.C. Case No. BS16989
c. Conference with Legal Counsel - Pending Litigation: Sierra Club v. City of Glendale et al., L.A.S.C. Case No. 22STCP00983
d. Conference with Legal Counsel – Pending Litigation: Glendale Residents Against Environmental Destruction v. City of Glendale et al., L.A.S.C. Case No. 22STCP01021 e. Public Employment – Attorneys
f. Conference with Legal Counsel – Pending Litigation: Chavira v. City of Glendale, L.A.S.C. Case No. 21STCV44569
g. Conference with real property negotiators: Property location – 216 N. Brand Blvd. (Alex Theatre). Negotiating parties: SAS Entertainment. Agency negotiators attending the closed session are: Roubik Golanian, Michael J. Garcia, Gillian van Muyden, John Takhtalian, Jason Bradford, Bradley Calvert, and Tamar Sadd.

Instructions to the negotiator(s) will concern the price and terms for the lease of property
City Attorney Mike Garcia indicated that action is anticipated on items 1e and 1f. Council recessed to Closed Session at 3:26 p.m.

2. REGULAR BUSINESS AGENDA – 6:08 PM
Roll Call – All Present
a. Flag Salute: Mayor Devine
b. Invocation: Aram Adjemian, City Clerk
c. Report of City Clerk, re: Posting of Agenda. The Agenda for the April 5, 2022 Regular Meeting of the Glendale City Council was Posted on March 30, 2022 on the Bulletin Board Outside City Hall.

3. PRESENTATIONS AND APPOINTMENTS
a. Agenda Preview for the Meetings of Tuesday, April 12, 2022 Deputy City Manager John Takhtalian provided the preview. 4A
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b. Outgoing Mayor’s Comments
Mayor Devine stated it has been another difficult year on many levels: COVID-19 and issues of residences and businesses have had to endure. With collaboration with staff and Council, they have worked hard to make the rebound from the pandemic easier and smoother. She thanked her colleagues for trusting her to lead. Things that were done: collaborative effort during the pandemic with different departments and agencies – hosting vaccine clinics, providing supplies such as masks and sanitizers, homework assistance during lockdown, delivery of food services, ensuring safety and well-being of residents. Accomplishments of Council: approval of three affordable housing project, approving the Sundown Town Resolution, establishing outdoor dining in Montrose, banning the sale of flavored tobacco and vaping products, banning the sale of Mylar balloon, banning the use of single-use plastic, approval of the Scholl Biogas project, signing to support the Net Zero Carbon Footprints, and approval of clean energy programs. Council has encouraged staff to convert to electric power equipment such as leaf blowers for our parks. Eight parks have now been designated as certified “green zones.” She announced that Glendale is the first city to conduct research and development on automated electric mower equipment. GWP is on track to install 27 new charging stations by next month. The future of transportation is bright for the city: bus rapid transit to provide connectivity between Pasadena, Burbank, and North Hollywood, street car trolley in the Downtown Glendale area, designated bike lanes, and brightly colored crosswalks. The city is working on having Wi-Fi in parks. Council approved the Blue Ribbon Panel Pension Reform, Landlord/Tenant Committee, and Sustainability Committee. The Stone Barn Nature Center was recently completed. Council also gathered for the groundbreaking of the Armenian-American Museum and looked forward to the Central Park that will surround that area. The design for the Artsakh paseo has also been approved. The Verdugo Wash Project is also in the early stages of planning providing connectivity for pedestrians and cyclists from North to South Glendale. Art installation around the city is also being planned. Even though most of the year the city was either in lockdown or zoom calls, Council and staff worked together to accomplish many things. Council approved the increase of supply of affordable housing, passed ordinances that would protect the neighborhoods and the residents’ quality of life. Council supported environmental projects, working on a pathway to 100% renewable energy. They worked on street-safety for pedestrians and cyclists, cultural and entertainment objectives, and encouragement of the art throughout the city.

Council developed connectivity improvements through transportation, walkways, and pathways, and trails. A significant movement was made in the direction of electrification of the city. As a last act of being Mayor, Council approved and attended the unveiling of the Filipino-American Friendship Monument, a first in California. She thanked staff and colleagues for working so hard and thanked the residents as well and it has been an honor and a privilege for her to serve.

Public Comments:

David Eisenberg
Senator Anthony Portantino
c. Selection of a New Mayor
Staff Comment:

Mike Garcia, City Attorney
Council Member Brotman nominated Council Member Kassakhian for Mayor. Hearing no further nominations, City Clerk Aram Adjemian proceeded with the Roll Call. 5 of 144
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City Clerk Aram Adjemian declared Council Member Kassakhian the duly elected Mayor of the City of Glendale.
d. New Mayor’s Comments
Newly Appointed Mayor Ardy Kassakhian thanked former Mayor Paula Devine, for her above and beyond service, even during facing a personal loss. The city has witnessed Council Members and former Mayors Agajanian and Devine’s leadership during unprecedented times as they led us through this pandemic. He also thanked former and elected officials that are in attendance or watching the meeting. He spoke about the struggles we faced during the pandemic and the wars that happened globally. The city hall welcomes everyone back with enthusiasm and commitment to excellent service which has always been the hallmark of the city and staff. Council will not seek any measures to make inconvenience or injury on anyone and only on the best interest for the city and pray that the worst is behind us. It is not an easy task but what Council does, and in collaboration with other agencies, is to make the citizens’ lives as safe, as prosperous, and as happy as possible. Council’s job is to make the city the best that it can be, that we all must strive towards a more perfect union that shall not perish from this earth. He is committed to doing this job to the best of his abilities. Because Council all want what is best for Glendale, it does not mean they will all agree on how to get there.

Sometimes there are disagreements on the dais and the public. There is clash among the residents, landlords, tenants, homeowners, business owners, etc. but that chaos and the back and forth is democracy. As much as we hate “noise,” that argument is what sits at the heart of our system. This is how we make things better and it can be annoying but in that you get a voice. If the city wants a better Glendale, we cannot run away from the argument but must run towards it and participate. As Mayor, he will have definite opinions on issues of the day and vote on how his conscience and constituents dictate. Although he will not win on every fight nor have secrets to have everyone get along and come to an agreement, what he brings to this job is his willingness to try, fight on, and push forward. In this job, a person needs to have an open ear, and an even more open heart. He promises to come to this dais every week with both and only ask to do the same from the public. He will outline his plan for the next year in the upcoming weeks. He will also continue to listen to the public by holding regular office hours as he does every Friday in Montrose and hoped to extend them to other parts of the city soon. He will also ask staff to bring back the “City Council in Your Neighborhood Program” to ensure that we are hearing from every part of the city in the residents’ terms and neighborhoods about their issues. As the city emerges from the pandemic, Council will focus on recovery and growth and supporting the local businesses and ensuring that the process of doing business in Glendale is smooth, simple, and efficient. He wants to assure the public that the city has one of the best people working for this organization. Staff has worked tirelessly through staffing cutbacks, budget reduction, and a pandemic. He thanked staff for making Council look good. He pledges to continue the city’s pursuit of sustainable and conservation focus policy. The city has done so much already from placing restrictions on Mylar balloons and single-use plastics, to rethinking energy priorities and how Council meet the growing needs of the city. Mr. Kassakhian will continue to be a strong advocate for the libraries and arts and culture in the city. The city faced a lot of hard truth about racism, discrimination, Ayes:

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gender and equality and we’ll continue to work on these issues but by learning, we will make progress. Sometimes there is setback but the goal is always moving forward including acknowledging and admitting when we have been wrong. America is at its best when we celebrate our uniqueness and the people of all races and ethnicities who have contributed to this country’s success. He will continue to be an advocate for all under-represented voices to have a voice and to have an opportunity to serve on our city boards, commissions, committees, and wherever we need to have our residents’ voices heard. Additionally, he will ask staff to organize the city’s first book fair and will ask Council to support this initiative. The city loves libraries and we have amazing writers, musicians, artists, and authors that call Glendale home. This will highlight their work and bring the community closer together. He will continue to pursue government reform, promoting transparency and accountability. He will also ask staff to begin the process of a Charter Review Committee to be in line with where we are today and where we want to be as a city in the future. He will also ask staff to initiate a Civic Academy designed for individuals who want to be more engaged in civic life to learn about each department, how the city functions, and intricacies of the budget, and finance processes. The city has a Citizens Police Academy and the Chamber of Commerce has its own leadership program, but the city does not have a program that serves as a training ground for our boards and commissions and ultimately future council members. Most importantly he promises to pursue every cooperation and collaboration with the school district and the community college to improve the city. He had a dream to double the amount of open and usable parks spaces in the densest parts of the city and must and should open school yards for neighborhood access and he will not rest until we do. Children’s mental health is at stake coming out of this pandemic and should not delay these efforts. He will ask staff and Council to help push forward to work with the schools to make this happen. There is more that he wants to do but doing just these things and carrying out other responsibilities and important issues in the horizon will take up a lot of time. Council is inundating staff so much to a level that the city ends up municipal paralysis or even low morale. He thanked Dveen Babaian and Sevana Zadorian for being the backbones of his campaign. He thanked his wife, Courtney and son, Armen, the reason why he gets up every morning and put his heart and everything into this work. He thanked his family members for their support and sometimes believes in him more than he believes in himself. He thanked his parents who have taught him the most important thing in the world, the importance of service, sacrifice, unconditional love, and to always be proud of his culture and heritage. In closing, he thanked Glendale, colleagues, for entrusting him this tremendous responsibility. Their work is cut-out for them but will rise to the challenge.

Public Comments:

Senator Anthony Portantino
Elise Kalfayan
Rob Montgomery
Kate Unger
Edwin
Mike Mohill

4. CONSENT ITEMS (Including Minutes)
The following are Routine and May be Acted Upon by One Motion. Any Member of Council or the Audience Requesting Separate Consideration May do so by Making Such Request Before Motion is Proposed.
a. Police Department, re: Public/Private Partnership for Installation of Automated License Plate Recognition (ALPR) Technology
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1. Motion authorizing the Glendale Police Department to establish public/private partnerships with organizations, associations, businesses, and residents to install ALPR technology
Moved: Agajanian Seconded: Devine
Vote as Follows
b. Fire Department, re: Regarding Renewal of a Weed Abatement Services Agreement with the County of Los Angeles Agricultural Commissioner

1. Resolution 22-43 for a Weed Abatement Services Agreement with the County of Los Angeles Agricultural Commissioner
Moved: Agajanian Seconded: Devine
Vote as Follows
c. City Attorney, re: Consideration of a Resolution to allow the City Council and all City legislative bodies to continue to meet remotely pursuant to the Brown Act as amended by A.B. 361

1. Resolution 22-44 authorizing the continuance of remote teleconference meetings of the City’s legislative bodies for a period of an additional 30 days in accordance with A.B. 361
Moved: Agajanian Seconded: Devine
Vote as Follows

5. CITY COUNCIL/STAFF COMMENTS
Council Member Devine asked staff to bring back the ADU Ordinance to look for additional options for eliminating ADUs in the horse overlay zone. Brotman seconded.

Council Member Brotman asked staff to reconsider the code to disallow dog kennels in the equestrian area. Najarian seconded. He asked staff to provide a presentation in the upcoming meetings on how to dispose organic wastes in the green bins.

City Manager Roubik Golanian congratulated Mayor Kassakhian for his appointment as Mayor.

He looked forward to his leadership, has his support, and will do everything to accomplish goals.

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Abstain:

Agajanian, Devine, Brotman, Najarian, Kassakhian
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6. COMMUNITY EVENT ANNOUNCEMENTS (3-Minutes)

7. ADOPTION OF ORDINANCES

8. ACTION ITEMS
a. Community Services and Parks, re: Selection of Dog Park site and Direction on design consultant
Staff Comment:

Roubik Golanian, City Manager
Presenting:

Onnig Bulanikian, Director of Community Services and Parks

1. Motion approving City Parking Lot 11 as the location for a Dog Park in Glendale and directing staff to engage the services of a design consultant to prepare design alternatives and cost estimates
Moved: Devine Seconded: Brotman
Vote as Follows

2. Resolution 22-45 of Appropriation to appropriate $350,000 from the Parks Mitigation Fee fund balance to the Dog Park Project to begin designing the park Moved: Devine Seconded: Brotman
Vote as Follows

9. HEARINGS

10. REPORTS - INFORMATION

11. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS

12. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
Discussion is Limited to Items NOT a Part of this Agenda. Council May Question or Respond to The Speaker But There Will be no Debate or Decision. The City Manager May Refer the Matter to the Appropriate Department for Investigation and Report.

Kate Unger
Liz Radly
Herbert Molano
Edwin
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Noes:

Absent:

Abstain:

Agajanian, Brotman, Devine, Najarian, Kassakhian
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Agajanian, Brotman, Devine, Najarian, Kassakhian
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13. NEW BUSINESS
a. Motion to Initiate an Indemnity Legal Action in Los Angeles Superior Court. The Name(s) of the Defendant(s) and Other Particulars shall be disclosable upon the filing and service of said action upon the Cross-Defendant. The City Attorney is further authorized to incur any and all expenses necessary in connection with said matter.

Moved: Brotman Seconded: Devine
Vote as Follows
b. Motion to Execute a Professional Services Agreement for Legal Services with Cox, Castle, & Nicholson (Mike Zischke) to defend the City of Glendale in the following litigation in Los Angeles Superior Court: Sierra Club v. City of Glendale et al., L.A.S.C.

Case No. 22STCP00983, and Glendale Residents Against Environmental Destruction v. City of Glendale et al., L.A.S.C. Case No. 22STCP01021.

Moved: Devine Seconded: Agajanian
Vote as Follows

14. ADJOURNMENT – 7:55 p.m.

Moved: Agajanian Seconded: Devine
Mayor of the City of Glendale
City Clerk of the City of Glendale
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Noes:

Absent:

Abstain:

Agajanian, Brotman, Devine, Kassakhian
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Najarian
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Agajanian, Brotman, Devine, Kassakhian
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M I N U T E S

GLENDALE CITY COUNCIL

COUNCIL CHAMBERS
613 E. Broadway, 2nd Floor Glendale, CA 91206
APRIL 12, 2022 AT 6:00 PM

ROLL CALL

1. CLOSED SESSION – 5:01 p.m.
a. Conference with Legal Counsel – Pending Litigation: Badalyan v. City of Glendale, U.S.D.C. Case No. 20cv08089 JWH-JEM
City Attorney Mike Garcia indicated that action is anticipated. Council recessed to Closed Session at 5:02 p.m.

2. REGULAR BUSINESS AGENDA – 6:05 PM
Roll Call – All Present
a. Flag Salute: Christina Kazazian-Wilson, Fire Communications Shift Supervisor b. Invocation: Aram Adjemian, City Clerk
c. Report of City Clerk, re: Posting of Agenda. The Agenda for the April 12, 2022 Regular Meeting of the Glendale City Council was Posted on April 5, 2022 on the Bulletin Board Outside City Hall.

3. PRESENTATIONS AND APPOINTMENTS
a. Agenda Preview for the Meetings of Tuesday, April 19, 2022 Deputy City Manager John Takhtalian provided the preview. b. Proclamation National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week Fire Communications Shift Supervisor Christina Kazazian-Wilson Police Lt. Joshua Wofford and Fire Battalion Chief Philip Ambrose

4. CONSENT ITEMS (Including Minutes)
The following are Routine and May be Acted Upon by One Motion. Any Member of Council or the Audience Requesting Separate Consideration May do so by Making Such Request Before Motion is Proposed.

Items 4b, 4d, and 4e pulled for separate consideration. a. City Clerk, re: Minutes of the Regular City Council meeting of March 22, 2022 and the Special City Council meeting of March 22, 2022
Moved: Agajanian Seconded: Brotman
Vote as Follows
4A
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Agajanian, Brotman, Devine, Najarian, Kassakhian
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b. Community Development, re: Authorization of Amendments to the Professional Services Agreement with Crandall Arambula for the West Glendale Sustainable Transportation and Land Use Study Regarding the Multi-Family, Mixed-Use, and Tropico Center Plan Objective Design Criteria Projects Utilizing SB 2 Grant Funding

1. Motion Authorizing the City Manager, or his Designee, to Execute an Amendment to the Professional Services Agreement between the City of Glendale and Crandall Arambula for the West Glendale Sustainable Transportation and Land Use Study to Increase the Contract Amount by $102,000, for a New Maximum Not-to-Exceed Total of $676,320
Moved: Agajanian Seconded: Brotman
Vote as Follows
c. Public Works, re: Dedication and Acceptance of City Property for Public Alley and Street Purposes into the City Street System

1. Resolutions 22-46 dedicating a portion of Central Park for Public Street and Alley Purposes and accepting same into the City Street System Moved: Agajanian Seconded: Brotman
Vote as Follows
Items 4d and 4e read together.
d. Public Works, re: Adopt Plans and Specifications for the Maintenance District 6 Pavement Rehabilitation Phase I Project
Staff Comment:

Sarkis Oganesyan, Principal Civil Engineer
Public Comment:

Herbert Molano

1. Resolution 22-47 adopting the Plans and Specifications for the Maintenance District 6 Pavement Rehabilitation Phase I Project, Specification No. 3876, Plan Nos. 1-3086, 3-1582, 49-254; and directing the City Clerk to Advertise for Bids Moved: Devine Seconded: Brotman
Vote as Follows
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Noes:

Absent:

Abstain:

Agajanian, Brotman, Devine, Najarian, Kassakhian
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Agajanian, Brotman, Devine, Najarian, Kassakhian
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e. Public Works, re: Adopt Plans and Specifications for the Broadway Rehabilitation Project
Staff Comments:

Sarkis Oganesyan, Principal Civil Engineer
Yazdan Emrani, Director of Public Works
Mike Garcia, City Attorney

1. Resolution 22-48 adopting the Plans and Specifications for the Broadway Rehabilitation Project, Specification No. 3785, Plan Nos. 1-3057, 49-242, 50-691, 50-692, 50-693; and directing the City Clerk to Advertise for Bids Moved: Brotman Seconded: Devine
Vote as Follows

5. CITY COUNCIL/STAFF COMMENTS
Council Member Devine congratulated the Glendale Library, Arts, & Culture for being a finalist in the Institute of Museum and Library Services – federal department, out of 15 libraries in the nation chosen. She thanked Congressman Adam Schiff for selecting the Verdugo Regional Crime Lab to receive a grant for expansion. She attended the following Events: Glendale Education Foundation Gala and Montrose Wine Walk. She asked staff for a report on the diversion of horse manure from the rancho stables to go to Griffith Park instead of the landfill. Brotman seconded. There is an opening for the Transportation and Parking Commission and asked the public who are interested to submit their application in the City Clerk’s Office. She wished everyone a Happy Easter and a Blessed Passover.

Motion to reconsider Item 4e
Moved: Najarian Seconded: Devine
Vote as Follows
Council Member Brotman asked staff to look into code amendments that will allow parking areas for outdoor dining. Devine seconded.

Council Member Najarian announced that Metrolink is offering free rides on Earth Day on April 22.

Mayor Kassakhian congratulated Glendale Community College for naming their new Superintendent President Ryan Cornner; Shant Sahakian for being a Delegate Assembly Member for the California Schools Board Association; and the honorees by the Glendale Educational Foundation for their annual award ceremony. So many events this past weekend including the “Made in Armenia” Festival and Glendale Community College Teen Ayes:

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Agajanian, Brotman, Devine, Najarian, Kassakhian
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Internship Pilot Project. He announced that the elections are coming up and the public can visit glendalevotes.org for more information. Lastly, on April 24 there will be an Annual Armenian Genocide Commemoration Event.

6. COMMUNITY EVENT ANNOUNCEMENTS (3-Minutes)
Joshua Christensen
Edwin

7. ADOPTION OF ORDINANCES

8. ACTION ITEMS
a. Police Department, re: Police Department Specialized Equipment Use Policy Staff Comment:

Joshua Wofford, Police Lieutenant

1. Urgency Ordinance for Introduction
Ordinance Introduced by: Agajanian
Item pulled from agenda.
b. Management Services, re: Consideration of a Public Monument in Recognition of the Armenian Genocide

1. Motion to Approve the Acceptance and Installation of the Monument by the Consulate General of Armenia, to be Located at the Central Library, 222 E.

Harvard St.
c. Public Works, re: Request for Proposals for the Design and Build of the Removal of the Underground Storage Tanks at Ginger Bremberg Integrated Waste Management Yard Project
Staff Comment:

Yazdan Emrani, Director of PW

1. Resolution 22-49 authorizing the Director of Public Works, or a designee, to issue a Request for Proposals (RFP) using the Design-Build Project Delivery Method for the Removal of Underground Storage Tanks at Ginger Bremberg Integrated Waste Management Yard Project, and authorizing the Director of Public Works to solicit for proposals
Moved: Devine Seconded: Agajanian
Vote as Follows

9. HEARINGS
Ayes:

Noes:

Absent:

Abstain:

Agajanian, Brotman, Devine, Najarian, Kassakhian
None
None
None
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10. REPORTS - INFORMATION
a. Organics Recycling Update
Staff Comment:

Roubik Golanian, City Manager
Presenting:

Yazdan Emrani, Director of PW

11. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS

12. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
Discussion is Limited to Items NOT a Part of this Agenda. Council May Question or Respond to The Speaker But There Will be no Debate or Decision. The City Manager May Refer the Matter to the Appropriate Department for Investigation and Report.

Liz Radley

13. NEW BUSINESS
Motion to Resolve the Lawsuit Entitled Mikayel Badalyan v. City of Glendale, et al., in Exchange for a Full Release of Claims in the Amount of $50,000 Moved: Najarian Seconded: Agajanian
Vote as Follows

14. ADJOURNMENT – 7:40 p.m.

Moved: Agajanian Seconded: Brotman
Mayor of the City of Glendale
City Clerk of the City of Glendale
Ayes:

Noes:

Absent:

Abstain:

Agajanian, Brotman, Devine, Najarian, Kassakhian
None
None
None
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CITY OF GLENDALE, CALIFORNIA

REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL

AGENDA ITEM
Report: Construction Contract for the Feeder Reconstruction for 12kV Operation - Time and Equipment Project.

1. Motion authorizing the City Manager, or his designee, to enter into and execute a three-year contract with Hot Line Construction, Inc., for the Feeder Reconstruction for 12kV Operation - Time and Equipment Project, Specification No. 3875, in the amount of $6,340,890 plus a ten percent (10%) contingency in the amount of $634,089 per year for a total not-to- exceed amount of $19,022,670, plus a total contingency of $1,902,267, with an option to extend the contract for two additional one-year terms at $ 6,340,890 per year.

COUNCIL ACTION
Item Type: Consent Calendar
Approved for May 3, 2022 calendar

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
On November 18, 2021, Glendale Water and Power (GWP) advertised the bid specification for Feeder Reconstruction for 12kV Operation - Time and Equipment, Specification No. 3875. On February 23, 2022, staff received three bids with amounts ranging from $6,340,890 to $6,920,607 per year.

The lowest responsible bidder was Hot Line Construction, Inc., with a proposed bid price of $6,340,890. This bid met all the requirements of Specification No. 3875. Staff’s evaluation of this bidder’s project experience, facilities and staffing resources, feedback from listed references, and its ongoing contracts with the City of Anaheim and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, all indicates that Hot Line Construction, Inc. is a responsible bidder.

COUNCIL PRIORITIES
Infrastructure: Rebuilding 4kV electrical distribution line for 12kV operation will improve the system reliability and capacity. An electric distribution line operating at 12kV has three times the capacity of one operating at 4kV.

RECOMMENDATION
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Operation - Time and Equipment Project in the amount of $6,340,890 per year plus ten percent contingency in the amount of $634,089, for a total not-to-exceed amount of $19,022,670, plus $1,902,267 in total contingency for three years with an option to extend the contract for two additional one-year terms at $ 6,340,890 per year.

BACKGROUND
As part of GWP’s continuous effort to improve the reliability and operation of Transmission & Distribution system, GWP has been reconstructing the 4kV feeders to 12 kV operation voltage.

In an effort to maintain the infrastructure and continue providing safe and reliable service to its customers, GWP’s master plan includes the conversion of its 4kV distribution feeders to 12kV operational voltage. Replacement of aging and inadequate infrastructure is a critical step in improving the reliability of the City’s electrical system.

Transmitting power at the higher 12kV voltage increases efficiency, minimizes power losses, and reduces the likelihood of outages caused by instant contact of the vegetation. In addition, as more renewable sources of localized electrical generation come online, the demand for a higher voltage distribution will continue to grow. The goal of the12kV Feeder Reconstruction Project is to upgrade up to four feeders per year from 4kV to 12kV, which is a part of GWP’s ten-year Capital Improvement Program plan.

ANALYSIS
Pursuant to City Council authorization on July 20, 2021, GWP issued Specification No. 3875 to solicit bids for the Feeder Reconstruction for 12kV Operation - Time and Equipment Project. The initial bid solicitation resulted in only one bid in the amount of $6,340,890 from Hot Line Construction, Inc. The bid was evaluated and the bidder was qualified for the work. However, there was no other bidder to make the bidding competitive. On November 16, 2021, City Council approved staff’s recommendation to reject the sole bid and re-advertise the project. On November 18, 2021, the Specification was re-advertised and posted on the RFP/RFQ/Bid Page on the City’s website and on the eBidBoard website, which also posts projects to several project posting sites.

On February 23, 2022, the three bids shown in table below were received.

The lowest bid was submitted by Hot Line Construction, Inc. This bid met all the requirements of Specification No. 3875. Staff’s evaluation of this bidder’s project ongoing contracts with the City of Anaheim and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, all indicate that Hot Line Construction, Inc., is a responsible and qualified bidder and the lowest responsive bidder.

Bidder Bid Amount Rank
Hot Line Construction, Inc. $6,340,890 1
Parkia, Inc. $6,893,326 2
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CONTRACT DASHBOARDS
Project Description: Feeder Reconstruction for 12kV Operation - Time and Equipment
Plans/Specs Adopted: November 18, 2021
Advertisement Method: City web site and the eBidBoard
Specs Issued: Specification No. 3875
Bids Opened: February 23, 2022
Company Name(s) and
Bid Amount(s):

Hot Line Construction, Inc. - $6,340,889.07
Parkia, Inc. - $6,893,325.40
Henkels & McCoy Inc. - $6,920,606.52
Contractor: Same as above.

New / Existing
Contractor:

New
Procurement Method
(Bid / SS):

Competitive Bid
Contract Term:

Three-year contract, with the option to extend two
additional one-year terms.

Construction
Phase Begins:

Upon execution of contract and issuance of PO and
Notice to Proceed in FY22-23.

Construction
Phase Ends:

Three years from the contract execution date.

STAKEHOLDERS/OUTREACH
Not Applicable.

FISCAL IMPACT
The Feeder Reconstruction for 12kV Operation – Time and Equipment Project will cost $6,340,890 plus a ten percent contingency of $634,089 for a total amount of $6,974,979 to rebuilt four feeders per year (total of three years). Funding is being included as a part of the FY 22-23 and future years’ budget process (Electric Depreciation Fund).

ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
The project is Categorically Exempt under the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to the California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Sections 15301 and 15302, repair, maintenance, or minor alterations of existing utility facilities, and replacement or reconstruction of existing utility systems or facilities.

CAMPAIGN DISCLOSURE
Not applicable.
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ALTERNATIVES
Alternative 1: Authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to enter into a contract with Hot Line Construction, Inc., for the Feeder Reconstruction for 12kV Operation - Time and Equipment Project as described herein.

Alternative 2: Choose not to award the contract, as recommended herein, which will delay the City’s efforts to upgrade and improve its electric distribution system.

Alternative 3: Consider any other alternative not proposed by staff.

ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION
Prepared by:

Daniel Scorza, P.E., Chief Assistant General Manager - Electric Approved by:

Roubik R. Golanian, P.E., City Manager

EXHIBITS / ATTACHMENTS
None.
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M O T I O N
Moved by Council Member ________________________________, seconded by Council Member __________________________________, that the Council of the City of Glendale finds that Hot Line Construction, Inc. is the lowest responsive bidder to furnish labor, equipment and materials for the Feeder Reconstruction for 12kV Operation - Time and Equipment Project, Specification No. 3875 and that the bid of Hot Line Construction, Inc. is hereby accepted and approved as recommended by the General Manager of Glendale Water & Power in the Report dated May 3, 2022, and that all other bids be, and are hereby, rejected. The City Manager, or his designee, is authorized to execute a three-year contract with Hot Line Construction, Inc. for a not-to-exceed amount of $6,340,890 plus a ten percent (10%) contingency in the amount of $634,089 per year for a total not-to-exceed amount of $19,022,670 plus a total contingency of $1,902,267, with an option to extend the contract for two additional one-year terms at $6,340,890 per year. Said contract shall be subject to approval by the City Attorney.

Vote as follows:

Ayes:

Noes:

Absent:

Abstain:
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CC_05032022_Ordinance_7a1.pdf
1 ORDINANCE NO.

AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GLENDALE,

CALIFORNIA AUTHORIZING AND APPROVING A LEASE AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE CITY AND SAS ENTERTAINMENT PARTNERS, INC., FOR THE LEASE OF THE ALEX THEATRE AT 216 NORTH BRAND BOULEVARD
WHEREAS, the Glendale Redevelopment Agency (“Agency”) acquired the Alex Theatre (“Alex”) and invested over $10 million to transform it into a regional performing arts center and ultimately an anchor for the City’s downtown and its Arts & Entertainment District; and
WHEREAS, after the state-mandates dissolution of the Agency, the City has acquired title to the Alex from the Glendale Successor Agency; and WHEREAS, the success of the Alex Theatre as an iconic historic theatre and first- class entertainment venue, and focal point for the City Arts and Entertainment District is of primary importance to the City; and
WHEREAS, City’s lease of the Alex Theatre to SAS Entertainment Partners, Inc., concurrently with entering into an Alex Theatre management agreement with SAS Entertainment Partners, Inc., will serve valid public purpose of keeping the Alex Theatre an active and vital entertainment venue for the community and the region.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GLENDALE, CALIFORNIA:

SECTION 1: The lease of the real property commonly known as the Alex Theatre located at 216 North Brand Boulevard, Glendale, California, as more particularly described in the Lease Agreement attached to City Council staff report, dated April 19, 2022, and by this reference made a part hereof, is hereby approved for a term of ten (10) years with an option to renew for an additional ten years, as set forth in the Lease Agreement.

SECTION 2. The City Manager or his designee is authorized to execute the Lease Agreement in substantially the form as attached to the April 19, 2022 staff report.

SECTION 3. This ordinance shall become effective within thirty days from the date of its adoption.
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2 Passed and adopted by the Council of the City of Glendale on the day of ____________, 2022.
_______________________________
Mayor
Attest:
__________________________
City Clerk

STATE OF CALIFORNIA )

COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS

CITY OF GLENDALE )
I, ARAM ADJEMIAN, City Clerk of the City of Glendale, certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. ______________ was adopted by a majority vote of the Council of the City of Glendale, California, at a regular meeting held on the day of , 2022, and that same was adopted by the following vote:

Ayes:

Noes:

Absent:

Abstain:
____________________________
City Clerk
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CITY OF GLENDALE, CALIFORNIA

REPORT TO THE SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL

AGENDA ITEM
Report: Alex Theatre Lease and Management Agreement with SAS Entertainment Partners, Inc.

1. Motion Authorizing the City Manager to Enter into a Management Agreement with SAS Entertainment Partners, Inc.

2. Introduction of 10-Year Lease Ordinance

3. Motion Authorizing City Manager to Amend Existing Public Works Department Contracts for Alex Theatre Maintenance:
a. Golden State Lock & Safe (8001213) increase contract amount by $12,017 for a new not-to-exceed amount of $37,017
b. KONE (C106846A) increase contract amount by $14,380 for a new not-to- exceed amount of $969,583.68
c. Glendale Fire Systems (8001119) increase contract amount by $11,892 for a new not-to-exceed amount of $959,892
d. Global Power Group (8001441) increase contract amount by $10,100 for a new not-to-exceed amount of $561,780
e. Acco Engineered Systems (8001439) increase contract amount by $221,616 for a new not-to-exceed amount of $1,321,160
f. South Coast Industrial Door (8001440) increase contract amount by $5,500 for a new not-to-exceed amount of $753,000
g. Majestic Fire (8001238) increase contract amount by $1,590 for a new not-to-exceed amount of $51,590
h. Allied Reliability (8000247) increase contract amount by $1,900 for a new not-to-exceed amount of $46,900
i. Moe Plumbing (8001570) increase contract amount by $23,500 for a new not-to-exceed amount of $449,155

4. Resolution of Appropriation in the amount of $755,000

5. Motion Authorizing City Manager to Extend Interim Agreement and Right of Entry with SAS Entertainment Partners, Inc. until the effective date of the Lease Ordinance

COUNCIL ACTION
Item Type: Action Item
Approved for April 19, 2022 calendar
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
In 2020, the City Council issued a Request for Proposals to identify an operator for the Alex Theatre that could attain the Council’s three stated goals of financial stability for the Theatre, accessibility to community groups while serving as a cultural hub, and to attract top quality entertainment clients, events, and performances with great frequency which will be an economic catalyst for the downtown. Following a national search, three proposers were presented to the Council and SAS Entertainment was selected for further negotiations. While negotiations were ongoing, a 6-month interim management agreement was initiated, during which time SAS demonstrated their aptitude for success as the operator of the Alex Theatre. With a succinct plan for capital improvements and enhancements to the Theatre, and a Facility Fee fund which would offset the investment by the City, SAS meets the goals set by the Council and their agreement is recommended for approval by the Council.

COUNCIL PRIORITIES
Economic Vibrancy. The Alex Theatre serves as the heart of the Arts & Entertainment district and drives business and patronage to the downtown. A successful venue and operator will make for a more vibrant district.

RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends approval of all aforementioned motions and introduction of the long- term Lease Ordinance. Each motion is necessary for the successful implementation of the Lease and Management agreement with SAS Entertainment Partners, Inc. In addition, to approve a resolution of appropriation in the amount of $755,000.

BACKGROUND
The Alex Theatre is a historic resource located in downtown Glendale and owned by the City of Glendale. Since 2008, the venue had been managed by Glendale Arts (formerly known as the Alex Regional Board). In anticipation of the expiring management term with Glendale Arts, at the June 30, 2020 public meeting, the City Council directed staff to prepare a Request for Proposals (“RFP”) to seek an operator for the Alex Theatre.

Included within the RFP were the primary goals, listed in order of priority as directed by the City Council, for an organization in place which can:
Establish consistent financial stability and sustainability for Alex Theatre operations, while minimizing the level of the annual management fee provided by the City.
Provide a cultural facility and performing arts venue that is available, accessible, and affordable to use by local community organizations and non‐profits. Attract top quality entertainment clients, events, and performances with great frequency which will be an economic catalyst for the downtown. 24 of 144
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The City Council reviewed the three proposals that were submitted to the City by Glendale Arts, General Admission, and SAS Entertainment and ultimately during the September 28, 2021 public meeting, directed staff to negotiate with a sole proposer, SAS Entertainment.

Staff entered into a 6-month Interim Management Agreement and Right of Entry with SAS Entertainment on October 30, 2021 while the negotiations for a formal long-term agreement were being finalized.

The terms of the proposed Lease and Management agreement with SAS are as follows:
Lease Term: 10-year term with one 10-year option
City Responsibilities: The City will be responsible for the Alex Theatre building including all large capital improvements, and the maintenance of the building structure and systems, including plumbing, HVAC, lighting, etc. As presented during the September 28, 2021 meeting, these costs include:
oCapital Improvements / Capital Outlay $4,500,000
oMajor Improvements $800,000
oUtilities $125,000 (annually)
oPersonal Property replacement $200,000
A 10-year capital outlay / improvements plan with specific timelines, annual costs and projects, and closure periods, totaling $3,175,000 is included as Exhibit 3.

The City’s Public Works Department will maintain the Building Systems. Annual maintenance costs are estimated at $60,000, with one-time immediate repairs / improvements totaling $75,000. Other facility maintenance such as the roof, auditorium ceiling, and the maintenance of the structure itself have cost estimates that remain within the original $4,500,000 in projected improvement costs.
Facility Fee Fund: $2.00 Ticket Fee per ticket for tickets $25 or less face value and a $4.00 per ticket for tickets more than $25.00 per ticket face value. The Management Agreement requires SAS to collect and remit the Ticket Fee to the City on a quarterly basis. This Fee will be utilized for the Capital Improvements / Outlay needed for Theatre management and operation, needed for the City’s Facility System maintenance managed by Public Works, and as-needed for other large maintenance / management / improvement projects which improve the asset.
Operator Responsibilities: Operator is responsible for the daily maintenance and repair of all other items (e.g., general cleaning, trash and debris disposal, and cleaning restrooms and other facilities). The Operator will be responsible for 25 of 144
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coordinating with the City on scheduling capital improvements, including those that are the City’s financial responsibility.
Management Fee: No fee.
Personal Property: All personal property the City purchased for operation of the Theatre will remain the City’s personal property. This ensures continuity of the Theatre in the event of an operator change. The personal property includes sound equipment, lighting systems, etc. which ensures the property can operate as a Theatre.
Theatre Use:
oProgramming: Rental venue that serves as a cultural hub oPublic Use of Theatre: City retains the right to schedule six rent‐free event days and six rent‐free receptions. The City will not pay for the facility, but will incur staffing costs.
Focus: Operator will focus efforts solely on the management, revenue generating capacity, and name recognition of the Alex Theatre. Required Annual/Quarterly Reporting: SAS will be required to provide an annual report demonstrating performance metrics (shows, ticket sales, media coverage, etc.) which report will be presented to the City Council. SAS will also be required to provide the City with quarterly status updates on the amount of Facility Fee Funds collected, and to transfer those funds to the City’s account for the Theatre CIP.

The total City contribution is estimated at $6,750,000 over the 10 years. SAS will be collecting a per-ticket Facility Fee and returning the revenue to the City as an offset to these facility maintenance and improvement costs. The 10 year projected cost to the City, offset by the estimated Facility Fee revenue, is approximately $1,750,000.

SAS will be providing a financial guarantee as part of the management agreement to reach a Facility Fee collection to cover the $3,175,000 in Capital Outlay / Capital Improvement and $1,250,000 in utilities costs, or otherwise will financially reimburse the City for the delta at the end of the first term of their 10-year agreement, contingent on the option for renewal being executed.

ANALYSIS
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performing arts venue that is available, accessible, and affordable, and to attract top quality entertainment clients, events, and performances with great frequency which will be an economic catalyst for the downtown. Over the 6-month interim agreement, SAS has already hosted four sold-out shows, three of which were over the course of just one weekend.

SAS has presented a capital outlay plan which will make the Theatre competitive in the entertainment industry in terms of sound production, lighting, overall quality, and atmosphere, and will be initiating a marketing campaign to bring greater name recognition to the Alex Theatre. These ongoing improvements will continue to build on the brand SAS is already known for throughout the entertainment industry, and will drive continued growth and business to the Theatre.

The financial contribution the City will be making to improve its asset is anticipated to be offset by the revenue from ticket sale fees that SAS will be remitting to the City. By fostering an entertainment venue and operator that can serve as a catalyst for the Arts & Entertainment District, the City is making an investment in the vibrancy of the downtown and Glendale as a whole.

Because the Alex Theatre is a City-owned asset, the City’s Public Work’s Department will be taking on the maintenance of the Facility Systems including HVAC, elevators, plumbing etc., and will continue to care for the structural elements of the building to ensure proper care of the historic resource. As such, the following contracts are recommended for amendment to account for the additional facility’s maintenance:
Golden State Lock & Safe for building locks
KONE for elevator service
Glendale Fire Systems for fire & life safety services
Global Power Group for generators
Acco Engineered Systems for HVAC services
South Coast Industrial Door for the gates and doors
Majestic Fire for fire extinguishers
Allied Reliability for thermal imagining
HL Moe Plumbing for domestic hot water and sump pumps
The lease and management agreement is being proposed with a 10-year term, with an option for a 10-year renewal, as a longer agreement period allows the operator to develop long term relationships with shows and promoters, and establish the venue as a location for the high quality entertainment the Council is seeking. This term period also allows for a realistic capital improvement and capital outlay schedule to upgrade the Theatre. Per City Charter, Article VI, Section 15, leases over 5 years require an ordinance introduction and adoption. Staff is recommending the ordinance for the 10-year lease and management agreement be introduced and will return on May 3, 2022 for the adoption.

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While the utilities obligation is outlined for $125,000, $60,000 had already been budgeted as part of the FY 22-23 budget process, so only the balance is being requested.

STAKEHOLDERS/OUTREACH
While specific outreach was not expected as part of the interim or in preparation for a long term management agreement, SAS Entertainment has been meeting monthly with the Theatre’s long term clients and resident companies. They have developed good rapport with these clients to better market and cross promote their shows. SAS Entertainment will continue to conduct outreach and connect with such stakeholders through their long-term lease and management agreement through the marketing and cultural offerings to the community.

FISCAL IMPACT
The City’s obligations set forth in the Theatre Lease and Management Agreements with SAS Entertainment will cost $755,000, which was not included as a part of the FY 2021-22 budget. Any unspent funds will be requested as a carryover to the FY22-23 Fiscal Year. Therefore, staff is requesting for an appropriation of $755,000, from the City’s Measure S fund balance. The appropriation request is outlined below:

Requesting Appropriation
Amount From (Account
String)
To (Account String) Funding Source
$755,000
24274-1010-NON-
0000-P0000
Measure S Fund
Balance
$135,000 43110-1010-CDD-2524- P1280 Measure S Fund
$65,000 46005-1010-CDD-2524- P1280 Measure S Fund
$405,000 51000-1010-CDD-2524-P1280 Measure S Fund
$150,000
51200-4011-CDD-0020-P000
CDD00796AN
Measure S CIP
Fund

ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW (CEQA/NEPA)
Staff has determined that the actions introducing an ordinance approving a long-term lease with SAS, approving a motion authoring the City Manager to execute the Management Agreement with SAS, approving a motion extending the current interim agreements with SAS, and adopting a resolution of appropriation of funds for the maintenance and capital improvement program for the Alex Theatre are exempt from further environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") pursuant to Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations ("CEQA Guidelines") because the actions involve the operation, repair, maintenance, permitting, leasing, licensing, or minor alteration of an existing public facility, will not involve an expansion of the facility, 28 of 144
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which activities are exempt pursuant to CEQA Guidelines §15301.

CAMPAIGN DISCLOSURE
The names and business addresses of the members of the board of directors, the chairperson, CEO, COO, CFO, Subcontractors and any person or entity with more than 10% interest in the company proposed for contract in this Agenda Item Report are attached in Exhibit 4, in accordance with the City Campaign Finance Ordinance No. 5744.

ALTERNATIVES

1. Council may approve all motions and resolution of appropriation as presented by staff.

This will ensure the Theatre is professionally managed and sufficiently funded to be competitive in the entertainment industry.

2. Council may reject one or more of the motions or resolution of appropriation presented by staff; this may alter the feasibility of the overall contract and / or the Theatre’s success.

3. Council may consider any other alternative not presented by staff.

ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION
Prepared by:

Bradley Calvert, Assistant Director of Community Development Approved by:

Roubik R. Golanian, P.E., City Manager

EXHIBITS/ATTACHMENTS

1. 10-Year Lease Agreement for the Alex Theatre, 216 N. Brand Blvd.

2. 10-Year Management Agreement

3. 10-Year Capital Improvement / Capital Outlay Plan

4. Campaign Disclosure Form

5. Public Works Contract Amendment Detail

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CITY OF GLENDALE, CALIFORNIA

REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL

AGENDA ITEM
Report: Addition of Eight (8) Permanent Full-Time Employees to Glendale Water & Power’s Underground Distribution Construction Mechanic Crew.

1. Motion authorizing the addition of eight (8) permanent full-time employees to Glendale Water and Power’s Underground Distribution Construction Mechanic crew.

COUNCIL ACTION
Item Type: Action Item
Approved for May 3, 2022 calendar

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
In accordance with a ruling of the California Public Employment Relations Board, and after an assessment of current workload and projects, GWP is requesting the addition of eight (8) permanent full-time employees to Glendale Water & Power’s Underground Distribution Construction Mechanic crew.

GWP staff has evaluated the current Underground Distribution Construction Mechanic full-time positions and the current timeframe for completing customer paid projects, maintenance, upgrades, system expansion projects and supporting the growing trend of transportation and building electrification. To improve customer service by reducing the timeframe for project completion and to ensure the continued reliability of the electric distribution system, GWP staff recommends that the City Council authorize the addition of eight (8) permanent full-time employees to GWP’s Underground Distribution Construction Mechanic crew. Authorizing this request also complies with the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) order.
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COUNCIL PRIORITIES
Infrastructure & Mobility: Underground Distribution Construction Mechanic positions are critical to Glendale Water and Power’s (GWP) ability to execute the underground electric distribution infrastructure upgrades, new construction, system expansion, and maintenance to drive system reliability and to support the continued trend towards transportation and building electrification.

RECOMMENDATION
Authorize the addition of eight (8) permanent full-time employees to GWP’s Underground Distribution Construction Mechanic crew.

BACKGROUND
Per the PERB ruling and consistent with current business operational needs, GWP is requesting the addition of eight (8) permanent full-time employees to Glendale Water & Power’s Underground Distribution Construction Mechanic crew.

ANALYSIS
The current GWP Underground Distribution Construction Mechanic crew consists of the following five (5) positions:

An analysis of the current workload and projects related to the continued electrification of transportation and new building construction revealed that the timeframe for completing customer paid projects is taking six to nine months with the current staffing.

This does not include the regular maintenance (O&M), upgrades, and system expansion projects that are pertinent for the continued reliability of the distribution system.

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This organizational configuration includes 13 full-time positions and represents a net increase of eight (8) full-time positions compared to the current staffing level of five (5) full-time positions. The Small crew will support small Capital and O&M Work; the Large Crew will support Major Capital Work/Projects.

The Underground Distribution Construction Mechanic classification includes four levels:

Supervisor II, Supervisor I, Mechanic II, and Mechanic I. The annual budget appropriation of $1,158,809 is reflective of the fully burdened rate at the top step for each of the eight (8) positions for FY 22-23. The fully burdened rate of each position is broken down as follows:
UDCM Supervisor II: $165,309
UDCM Supervisor I: $159,504
UDCM Mechanic II: $145,621
UDCM Mechanic I: $137,670 (5x = $688,375)

STAKEHOLDERS/OUTREACH
Not Applicable.

FISCAL IMPACT
The eight (8) permanent full-time Underground Distribution Construction Mechanic positions will be budgeted annually at the top pay step for a total of $1,158,809. Funding for FY21-22 will be absorbed by unfilled vacancy savings. Future funding is being included as a part of the FY 22-23 and future years’ budget process.

Existing Appropriation
Account String Funding Source
GL: 41100-5820-GWP-4660-P0000- Electric Revenue Fund
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ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
Not Applicable.

CAMPAIGN DISCLOSURE
Not Applicable.

ALTERNATIVES
Alternative 1: Authorize the addition of eight (8) permanent full-time employees to GWP’s Underground Distribution Construction Mechanic crew.

Alternative 2: Consider any other alternative not proposed by staff.

ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION
Prepared by:

Daniel Scorza, P.E., Chief Assistant General Manager - Electric Approved by:

Roubik R. Golanian, P.E., City Manager

EXHIBITS / ATTACHMENTS
None.
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M O T I O N
Moved by Council Member ________________________________, seconded by Council Member __________________________________, that the City Council has considered the Report dated May 3, 2022 by the General Manager of Glendale Water & Power Department (GWP), and hereby authorizes the City Manager or his designee, to undertake all necessary efforts to add eight (8) permanent full-time employees to Glendale Water and Power Department’s Underground Distribution Construction Mechanic crew; the number of authorized classified and unclassified budgeted salaried positions is now 1,594.

Vote as follows:

Ayes:

Noes:

Absent:

Abstain:
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CITY OF GLENDALE, CALIFORNIA

REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL

AGENDA ITEM
Report: 1639 Santa Barbara Avenue: Consideration of Glendale Register Nomination and Request for a Mills Act Historic Property Contract

1. Resolution to designate the residential property at 1639 Santa Barbara Avenue as a historic resource on the Glendale Register of Historic Resources and authorizing the City Manager to enter into a Mills Act Historical Property Contract with the owner of the property;

2. Motion to deny the request of the property owner to designate the residential property at 1639 Santa Barbara Avenue as a historic resource on the Glendale Register of Historic Resources.

COUNCIL ACTION
Item Type: Public Hearing
Approved for May 3, 2022 calendar

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The owner of 1639 Santa Barbara Avenue requests that the City Council designate/list the property on the Glendale Register of Historic Resources and authorize a Mills Act historical property contract. The Spanish Colonial Revival-style house was built in 1926 and designed by S. Charles Lee, who was later renowned for his movie theater designs, including the marquee and spire of the Alex Theater.

On January 20, 2022, Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) reviewed the nomination and voted 4-0 to recommend to the City Council that the property at 1639 Santa Barbara Avenue be listed in the Glendale Register of Historic Resources as the “Robert and Florence Dick House,” and that the City Manager be authorized to enter into a Mills Act historic property contract with the property owner under Section

15.20.070A of the Glendale Municipal Code.
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COUNCIL PRIORITIES
Environmental Stewardship: the protection of properties through historic preservation is an inherently sustainable practice because the greenest building is the one that’s already built.

RECOMMENDATION
That City Council approve designation/listing of the property in the Glendale Register of Historic Resources and authorize the City Manager to enter into a Mills Act historic property contract, with the conditions recommended by HPC, between the City and the property owner under Section 15.20.070A of the Glendale Municipal Code.

BACKGROUND
Historical Background
1639 Santa Barbara Avenue is a one-story, single-family residence built in 1926 and located in the Verdugo Woodlands neighborhood. The residence was designed by prominent movie theater architect S. Charles Lee and is an excellent example of a modestly-scaled Spanish Colonial Revival style residence. It was constructed early in Lee’s career and, while not as flamboyant as his later theater work, features a number of interesting design features that set it apart from more-traditional iterations of the style by other architects. Lee’s theater work includes the Tower Theater (1925) in downtown Los Angeles and the design or remodeling of over 400 other theaters. Glendalians know him best for his exuberant 1940 design of the Alex Theater’s tower and marquee.

Lee also designed several large scale single-family and multi-family residences in Los Angeles County. A more detailed biography is included in the nomination attached to this report as Exhibit 1.

The residence was built for owners Robert and Florence Dick, who retained the property for several decades until selling it in 1972. Mr. Dick is listed as an “importer” in the 1930 and 1940 historic census records and the nomination report cites him as the president of the Donald A. Holm Company, a tile importer and distributor. In 1972 the property was purchased by John A. and Diana M. Monday and in 1991 it was purchased by James W. Ripple. The home passed back and forth between Karen K. Miller and James W. Ripple between 1991 and 1996 before being purchased by the current owners in 1998. None of the previous owners appear to have made significant contributions to the history of Glendale or the region and therefore the residence does not appear eligible under Criterion 2. In addition, the property does not appear to be associated with important events in national, state, or city history nor exemplify significant contributions to the broad cultural, political, economic, social, or historic heritage of the nation, state, or city. Therefore, the residence does not appear eligible under Criterion 1. 36 of 144
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Based on the information in the nomination, attached to this report as Exhibit 1 and incorporated by reference, HPC and staff believe the property is eligible for listing in the Glendale Register under Criterion 3 as detailed in the “Findings of Eligibility” section below. It is recommended that, in accordance with the Commission’s naming protocol, the house be called the Robert and Florence Dick House.

Architectural Description
The residence is located on the north side of Santa Barbara Avenue, a linear street in the Verdugo Woodlands neighborhood. The street is wide, with no sidewalks, and its mature street trees create a generous canopy over the street and residences. The single-story residence was designed in the Spanish Colonial Revival style of architecture, is clad in textured stucco, measures 2,277-square-feet, and has an irregular footprint. The front portion of the house has a cross-gabled roof clad with one- piece red clay s-tiles. A re-roof permit was issued in 1990, so this tile likely dates to that project. The roof at the rear portion of the house is flat, with clay tile parapet copings.

The residence has an asymmetrical primary façade with a wide entrance turret featuring a conical roof and an interesting curved wood entrance door. The light fixture next to the door appears to be either original or a period-appropriate replacement. The awning above the door is not original and the tile address plaque is probably not as well. The entrance is accessed by three curved steps with terra cotta treads and small decorative tiles applied to the risers. The steps appear to be in their original configuration and have the original handrail. Terra cotta treads and several small decorative tiles at the risers have been added. This façade also features two multi-pane wood casement windows, with non-original flower boxes set in wrought iron frames, and two whimsical porthole windows. At the far east end of the façade, there is a parabolic arched opening.

This originally accessed an open-air passageway, with a corresponding arch at the other end, that led to the central courtyard. Both arches were infilled with wood-and- glass doors and sidelights, apparently quite some time ago, to create a narrow interior room. An iron gate was installed at the front arch more recently. The gate does not follow the shape of the arch and is inappropriate in design. A set of brick steps that do not appear original but are appropriate to the design lead up to the infilled front arch.

The secondary facades are generally simple in design and aesthetic. A driveway leads from the street along the western façade and the eastern façade closely abuts the property to the east. The low iron gate and wall at the driveway are not original but appear appropriate to the property. The west and north facades have multiple multi- pane wood casement windows and one-over-one wood double-hung windows. A wood door provides a side entrance off the driveway.
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Doors and windows from several rooms open onto the central courtyard, which is also accessed from the formerly-exterior passageway and a wood gate from the rear yard.

The courtyard is paved with bricks in a double basket-weaved pattern and is partially covered by a shed roof that extends north from the building. This roof is supported by square wood posts set on low brick piers and has exposed beams below. At the west side of the courtyard, stairs with decorative tiles on the risers lead to multiple wood French doors with exterior wood screen doors. A decorative tile fountain (not currently functioning) is located at the north side of the courtyard.

A detached garage is located at the northeast corner of the lot. It has a square footprint, a flat roof with red clay tile coping, and is clad in textured stucco. A non-original metal garage door is located on the west façade that has a non-original horizontal wood surround.

Notable character-defining features of 1639 Santa Barbara Avenue include:
Cross gabled-roof at front of house with red clay tiles Flat roof at rear of house with clay parapet copings
Entrance turret with conical roof and curved wood door Parabolic arches at the east sides of the front and courtyard facades Small accent window at west side of entry turret
Wrought iron light fixture at front door (if original) Primary façade porthole windows
Eastern passageway with arched openings leading to the central courtyard Central courtyard
Wood casement windows
Wood French doors with wood screen doors
Detached garage (altered)
Alterations and Integrity
The residence at 1639 Santa Barbara Avenue retains a high degree of integrity despite a few compatible alterations or alterations which can be mitigated occurring since original construction. A 1990 re-roof permit was issued, which likely led to the existing s- tile roof cladding. The architect’s drawing includes sketched in roof tiles with something of an s-shaped profile. This was likely a drawing convention rather than an indication that s-tiles should be employed. While s-tile roofing existing at the time of construction, two-piece clay barrel tiles were typically used for Spanish Colonial Revival houses in Glendale. At this point, HPC recommends retaining the existing tiles because it is compatible with the building and the architectural style. Two-piece tile should be considered for any future reroofing. The original stairs on the primary façade, including the primary entrance and passageway stairs, and the stairs on the western façade were 38 of 144
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replaced in the early 2000’s by the current owner, though the alteration is minimal and appears to conform to the original design. At an unknown, but probably an early date, the wood doors enclosing the eastern passageway were added. The inappropriate iron gate was added at a later date. Additionally, the wood flower boxes, wrought iron work, awning, and tile street number plaque on the primary façade are not original to the building. At the garage opening, a metal door was installed that is currently in poor condition. Inappropriate horizontal wood strips were also added above and at the sides of the opening at some point. The alterations to the building over the years have been minor, are compatible, and/or are reversible. Therefore, the alterations do not compromise the building’s integrity of design, workmanship, or materials.

HPC and staff therefore recommends the following Mills Act conditions:

1. Remove the metalwork in front of the window at the recessed portion of the front façade adjacent to the driveway.

2. Repair tiles at the fountain in courtyard, including replacement of missing or severely deteriorated tiles.

3. Replace garage door with a new wood door to recall the doors depicted on the S. Charles Lee drawing.

4. Remove horizontal wood siding at garage surround and repair underlying stucco as required.

5. Remove iron gate at parabolic-arched side door on the front façade. If the owners desire, it can be replaced with an appropriate new gate sized and designed to complement the shape of the arch and the overall design of the house after staff review and approval.

6. Remove all window-box ironwork.

ANALYSIS
Finding of Eligibility
After reviewing the nomination submitted by the owners and its supporting documentation, as well as visiting the site, Planning Division staff concludes that the property appears to meet Criterion 3 of the eligibility criteria for listing on the Glendale Register of Historic Resources, as follows:

Architectural Significance [Criterion 3]
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1639 Santa Barbara Avenue is an excellent example of a modestly-scaled Spanish Colonial Revival-style house that features interesting design element and planning not commonly found on the type. The residence was designed by S. Charles Lee, a master architect who impacted the aesthetics of movie theater design from 1920 to 1950 with his theory of “the show starts on the sidewalk.” The house, though modest in comparison to Lee’s theater work and other large scale single-family commissions from the period, incorporates details on the primary façade that create intrigue from the public right-of-way. The porthole windows, large turret entrance with curved door, and eastern passageway set this building apart from more typical Spanish Colonial Revival buildings and make it a distinctive example within the city. The property is an excellent and intact example of this style in Glendale, retains a high level of integrity of design, materials, and workmanship, despite some alterations, and retains many character- defining features of the Spanish Colonial Revival style. Therefore, the subject property is eligible for listing on the Glendale Register under Criterion 3.

Staff recommends that City Council consider HPC’s recommendation and find the property eligible for designation as a historic resource on the Glendale Register under Criterion 3, and authorize the City Manager to enter into a Mills Act contract, with the recommended conditions, between the City and the property owner.

STAKEHOLDERS/OUTREACH
There are no stakeholders other than the property owner.

FISCAL IMPACT
Listing historic properties in the Glendale Register has no fiscal impact. However, future property tax savings to private owners of listed historic properties under Mills Act contracts will slightly reduce City property tax revenues from the general County tax levy received from each Mills Act property.

ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW (CEQA/NEPA)
The project is exempt from CEQA review as Class 31 (“Historical Resource Restoration/Rehabilitation”) and Class 8 (“Actions by Regulatory Agencies for Protection of the Environment") exemptions pursuant to Sections 15331 and 15308 of the State CEQA Guidelines because it involves the designation and protection/preservation of a historic resource.

CAMPAIGN DISCLOSURE
The names and business addresses of the members of the board of directors, the chairperson, CEO, COO, CFO, Subcontractors and any person or entity with more than 10% interest in the company proposed for contract in this Agenda Item Report are attached in Exhibit 4, in accordance with the City Campaign Finance Ordinance No. 5744.
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ALTERNATIVES
Alternative 1: Designate 1639 Santa Barbara Avenue as a historic resource on the Glendale Register of Historic Resources, finding that the property meets designation Criterion 3, and authorize the City Manager to enter into a Mills Act contract, with conditions, between the City and the property owner.

Alternative 2: Reject designation/listing of 1639 Santa Barbara Avenue on the Glendale Register of Historic Resources, finding that the property does not meet Criterion 3 or any other criteria.

Alternative 3: Any other alternative not proposed by staff.

ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION
Prepared by:

Kasey Conley, Associate Planner
Approved by:

Roubik R. Golanian, P.E., City Manager

EXHIBITS/ATTACHMENTS
Exhibit 1 Glendale Register Nomination
Exhibit 2 Photographs
Exhibit 3 Mills Act Application
Exhibit 4 Campaign Disclosure
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1 RESOLUTION NO. _____________

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF

GLENDALE, CALIFORNIA, TO DESIGNATE THE RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1639 SANTA BARBARA AVENUE AS A

HISTORIC RESOURCE ON THE GLENDALE REGISTER OF

HISTORIC RESOURCES AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER

TO ENTER INTO A MILLS ACT HISTORICAL PROPERTY

CONTRACT
WHEREAS, the owner of record of the residential property located at 1639 Santa Barbara Avenue (the “Property”) has consented to, and requests that the Property be designated as a historic resource on the Glendale Register of Historic Resources pursuant to the provisions of Section 15.20.060 of the Glendale Municipal Code; and WHEREAS, the Historic Preservation Commission, at a regularly scheduled meeting on January 20, 2022, recommended designation of the Property for listing on the Glendale Register of Historic Resources; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has conducted a duly noticed public hearing pursuant to the provisions of Section 15.20.060 of the Glendale Municipal Code; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Glendale, pursuant to Sections

15.20.050 and 15.20.060, finds based on information in the record that the Property is eligible for listing on the Glendale Register of Historic Resources because it qualifies under Criterion 3 (embodies the distinctive and exemplary characteristics of an architectural style, architectural type, period, or method of construction; or represents a notable work of a master designer, builder or architect whose genius influenced his or her profession; or possesses high artistic values) in that, it is an excellent and intact example of a modestly- scaled Spanish Colonial Revival-style house, retains a high level of integrity of design, materials, and workmanship, despite some alterations, and retains many character-defining features of the Spanish Colonial Revival style, as further described in the May 3, 2022 Staff Report regarding the Property; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Glendale further finds that because the Property qualifies for listing on the Glendale Register of Historic Resources that entering into a Mills Act contract with the Property owner is appropriate based on all of the information in the record.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GLENDALE AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. The recitals above are incorporated herein by this reference.

Section 2. That the property located at 1639 Santa Barbara Avenue is to be designated as a historic resource on the Glendale Register of Historic Resources. 42 of 144
2 Section 3. That the City Manager is authorized to enter into a Mills Act historical property contract with the Property owner subject to the following conditions:

1. Remove the metalwork in front of the window at the recessed portion of the front façade adjacent to the driveway;

2. Repair tiles at the fountain in courtyard, including replacement of missing or severely deteriorated tiles;

3. Replace garage door with a new wood door to recall the doors depicted on the S. Charles Lee drawing;

4. Remove horizontal wood siding at garage surround and repair underlying stucco as required;

5. Remove iron gate at parabolic-arched side door on the front façade. If the owners desire, it can be replaced with an appropriate new gate sized and designed to complement the shape of the arch and the overall design of the house after staff review and approval; and

6. Remove all window-box ironwork.

Section 4. That the designation of the Property as a Historic Resource for listing on the Glendale Register of Historic Resources and entering into a Mills Act contract with the Property owner is exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Title 14 CCR Sections 15331 (preservation of historic resources) and 15308 (actions by regulatory agencies for protection of the environment).

Adopted this _______ day of __________________________, 2022. ______________________________
Mayor
ATTEST:
___________________________
City Clerk
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3 STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.

CITY OF GLENDALE )
I, ARAM ADJEMIAN, Clerk of the City of Glendale, certify that the foregoing Resolution was adopted by the Council of the City of Glendale, California, at a regular meeting held on the ______day of _________, 2022, and that same was adopted by the following vote:

Ayes:

Noes:

Absent:

Abstain:
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City Clerk
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MOTION
Moved by Council Member ____________________________, seconded by Council Member ____________________________, that upon review and consideration of all documents, materials and exhibits relative to the request of the owner of record of the residential property located at 1639 Santa Barbara Avenue (the “Property”) to list the Property on the Glendale Register of Historic Resources, and after having conducted a public hearing on said request and receiving testimony, the City Council of the City of Glendale, California, based upon all of the evidence in the record, hereby denies the request of the owner of record of the Property to list the Property on the Glendale Register of Historic Resources pursuant to the provisions of Section

15.20.060 of the Glendale Municipal Code and denies the request of the owner of record of the Property to authorize the City Manager to enter into a Mills Act historical property contract with the Property owner. This denial is based on the Council’s determination, pursuant to Glendale Municipal Code Sections 15.20.050 and

15.20.060, that, based on information in the record, the Property is not eligible for listing on the Glendale Register of Historic Resources because it does not meet any of the criteria enumerated in Glendale Municipal Code Section 15.20.050.

Vote as Follows:

Ayes:

Noes:

Absent:

Abstain
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1639 SANTA BARBARA AVENUE

GLENDALE

Style: Spanish Colonial Revival

Year of Completion: 1926

Original Building Permit: #15892, issued by the City of Glendale on February 16, 1926 for a one-story, nine-room residence and garage. The house, to measure approximately 50 by 63 feet, would have a concrete foundation, wood-frame walls, a composition and tile roof, and one brick chimney.

A copy of this permit is attached on pages 18 through 21.

Cost to Build: $7,700—a typical amount for a house of this size at the time.

Architect: S. Charles Lee, Los Angeles, who would later become famous for his opulent theater designs. The building permit does not identify an architect, but blueprints in the possession of the current owner indicate that S. Charles Lee designed the house. He was only 25 years old at the time.

Mr. Lee’s best-known work in Glendale is his re-design of the Alex Theatre in 1940. The Los Angeles Conservancy has commented:

Originally named the Alexander Theatre, designed in 1925 by architects Lindley & Selkirk in a Classical Revival style with an entry forecourt, the theatre’s façade was remodeled into a spectacular Moderne edifice by noted theatre architect S. Charles Lee, and was renamed the Alex. Under Lee’s remodeling, a larger, detached box office, large tower, and huge horizontal, trapezoidal marquee were created: these remain today, dominating much of Brand Boulevard and Glendale’s downtown.

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Builder: James P. Steele, Los Angeles.

First Owner: Robert S. Dick, a tile importer, who shared the house with his wife Florence M.

Dick and their young daughter. Mr. Dick purchased the vacant parcel from the F. P. Newport Company which had owned it since 1923. Mrs. Dick became the sole owner of the property in July 1972.

Robert Stanley Dick was born in Bradford, England on August 13, 1893. His father George was a pottery manufacturer and, while still a teenager, Robert worked with him as an apprentice. In 1920, Robert immigrated to New York and after a brief stay in Nogales, Mexico, crossed the border into Arizona on foot in 1921.

Mrs. Dick was born Florence Mary Mullally in Dublin, Ireland on August 18, 1896. She served in the United Kingdom’s Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps during World War I. Florence immigrated to the United States in 1921 and married her husband that same year in Los Angeles.

Both became naturalized citizens in 1924. They would have one daughter: Yvonne Marie (1923- 2009).

During the 1920s and 30s, Mr. Dick served as president of the Donald A. Holm Company, tile- importers and distributors, representing international manufacturers. The firm was located at 2257 East Fifth Street in Los Angeles. Mr. Holm was vice-president and John Gordon Dick (Robert’s brother) was secretary. Directories indicate that Mr. Dick continued on as a “wholesale tile importer” well into the 1950s.

Robert Dick died in Glendale on June 15, 1972 at the age of 78. Mrs. Dick outlived him by many years, passing away on January 17, 1989, having reached the age of 92.

Other Building Permits: There appear to have been no major structural alterations since the house was first built.

A permit was issued in June 1928 to connect the property to the public sewer.

New electrical service was provided to the property in January 1973.

The house was re-roofed in March 1973 for $1,667.

The main flat roof area of the house was re-roofed with Class A fiberglass material, according to a permit issued in August 1990. The cost was $1,500.

In June 2011, work occurred on the HVAC and electrical systems. A solar voltaic system was installed by Clean Fuel Connection, Inc. DBA Solsource Energy. The cost was estimated at $20,000.

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In March 2015, new 200-amp electrical service was installed.

(Note: Permits for very minor alterations, such as water heater replacement, are not included.

Also not included are permits missing from the file or whose microfilmed or digital copies are indecipherable and not otherwise recorded or described in Assessor’s records.)

Assessor’s Records: The Los Angeles County Assessor first visited the property on September 27, 1926 and recorded a newly-constructed single one-story residence with a concrete foundation, stucco walls, a flat and gabled tile and composition roof, and wood trim. There were ten “special”-quality plumbing fixtures. Gas and electrical fixtures were also rated “special.” Plaster with a “jazz” finish and ornamental woodwork were the primary interior finishes. The house had a total of seven hardwood floors and a fireplace. Overall construction quality of the house was rated “special”—the highest category available on the Assessor’s form.

The Assessor estimated the square footage at 2,277. The house contained three living rooms (one was probably a dining room), four bedrooms, two fully-tiled bathrooms (one with a walk-in shower), a fully-tiled kitchen with a built-in refrigerator, a fully-tiled breakfast room, and a fully- tiled laundry area. The detached garage, measuring approximately eighteen feet square, had a cement floor, stucco walls, and a flat composition roof.

The Los Angeles County Assessor still currently estimates the square footage of the house at 2,227 with four bedrooms and two bathrooms.

Copies of the Assessor’s building records are attached on pages 22 through 25.

Other Owners and Residents: Following Mr. Dick’s death and after 46 years of Dick family ownership, the property was purchased by John A. and Diana M. Monday in December 1972.

Mr. Monday (1931-2003) was a bottler with Anhueser-Busch.

James W. Ripple, et. al., became the owner in April 1991. Mr. Ripple was a production manager. Name on title changed to Karen K. Miller Ripple in October 1994 and to Karen K.

Miller in February 1996. Ms. Ripple-Miller was a production consultant who would later become an executive with Disney.

Christian G. Sebaldt and Mary A. Seward have been the owners since December 1998.

Note: As mentioned above, the current owners have copies of the original blueprints for the house. An image of the nameplate on one of the plans, showing S. Charles Lee as architect, is attached on page 5.

Significance: The Dick house is potentially eligible for listing on a local inventory of significant properties due to its association with the early career of a well-known architect, its excellent state of preservation, and its contribution to the architectural and historical context of its Santa Barbara Avenue neighborhood.
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4 Sources:

City of Glendale, Building Department
Los Angeles County Assessor (Sylmar district office and Los Angeles archives) Los Angeles Public Library

Gebhard, David and Robert Winter. An Architectural Guidebook to Los Angeles.

Salt Lake City, Gibbs-Smith, 2003.

McAlester, Virginia Savage. A Field Guide to American Houses. 2nd ed.

New York, Knopf, 2013.

City Directories: 1926-

Internet Resources, including California Index, California Death Index, Gale Biography Master Index, Ancestry.com, and Historic Los Angeles Times Database.

Tim Gregory
The Building Biographer
400 East California Blvd., #3
Pasadena, CA 91106-3763
626-792-7465 (office)
626-241-4471 (cell)
[email protected]
www.buildingbiographer.com

Copyright March 2019
by Tim Gregory

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Architect

The renowned Los Angeles theater designer S. Charles Lee was born Simeon Charles Levi in Chicago on September 5, 1899, the son of American-born parents of German-Jewish ancestry.

His father Julius was a clothing salesman. As a child, Simeon enjoyed attending vaudeville theaters, nickelodeons and early movie houses–a fact which undoubtedly played a large part in his later fascination with theater architecture. He graduated from Chicago’s Lake Technical High School in 1916 where he showed an interest in mechanics, having built three automobiles as a teenager. While in high school, Lee worked part-time in the office of Chicago architect Henry Newhouse, a family friend who specialized in small theater design. Lee graduated with honors from the Chicago Technical College in 1918. He then found an architectural job with the South Park Board of the City of Chicago.

After service as a Petty Officer in the U.S. Navy during World War I, Lee entered the architectural program of the Armour Institute of Technology and also studied at the Chicago Art Institute. There he learned the then-fashionable principles of the French Ecole des Beaux Arts:
its emphasis on composition, imagery, and the importance of the well-planned project. He was also influenced by the work of Chicago’s Daniel Burnham, Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright. At the same time he was attending classes, he worked for Rapp & Rapp, a Chicago firm well-known for its theater designs. Although Lee considered himself a modernist, he is said to have combined the functionalism and freedom of form of that school with the historicism of Beaux Arts.

In 1922, Lee drove to Los Angeles in a self-made car for a vacation, but soon decided to relocate permanently. Having changed his name sometime after 1923, Lee established an architectural office at 2404 West 7th Street. (He later moved to 1648 Wilshire Blvd.) He is said to have designed 59 buildings in the first 18 months of his practice. Lee’s first commissions were for residential structures. Among them: a Spanish-style house for himself in Monrovia (1923); the Eileen Manning residence in Hollywood (1924); the Manheimer Apartments in Los Angeles (1924); and the Jack Sherman residence on Vestal Avenue near Echo Park Avenue (1925).

However, it was his 1925 design of the Tower Theater at 802 South Broadway in downtown Los Angeles that brought him his earliest fame. It was commissioned by H. L. Gumbiner for a lot that would seem much too small for such a grand building. Lee said he almost went bankrupt due to the time it took to figure out the unique configuration the site required. A mixture of Spanish, Moorish, and Romanesque features, with a lobby patterned after that of the Paris Opera, the Tower Theater turned out to be in all respects a “movie palace.” It was the first theater built downtown to accommodate sound.

Over the next twenty years Lee was to become “Los Angeles’ principal designer of motion picture theaters.” He is credited with the original design or major remodeling of over 400 theaters throughout California, from Eureka to San Diego, and other parts of the southwest. His work ranged from 500-seat auditoriums in such rural towns as Dinuba, Selma, and Delano to 1,000+ seat theaters in Oakland, San Francisco, Riverside, and Pasadena. His client for many of these was the Fox West Coast Theater chain who specified reinforced-concrete construction.

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A few of Lee’s most celebrated theaters that still exist: the Fox Wilshire Theater, a “wonderful creation” in Art Deco with a silver and black color scheme, at 8440 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills (1929); the Los Angeles Theater (1930) at 615 South Broadway, costing $1.5 million and considered to be “probably the finest [and most expensive] theater building in Los Angeles” with its Baroque exterior and lobby modeled after the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles; the Bruin Theater (1937) at 925 Broxton Avenue, Westwood, with its semi-circular Moderne marquee; and the Academy Theater at 3100 Manchester Blvd. in Inglewood (1939), perhaps “the most magnificent theater in Los Angeles”–a Streamline Moderne formed by “a series of interlocking cylinders pierced by the hallmark of late 1930s design, glass bricks” and a 125-foot tower originally lit by blue neon tubes. The Tower and Los Angeles Theaters both received multi-page photographic treatments in the Architectural Digest magazine. At the time, Lee explained that his theory of theater design was that the show had to “begin on the sidewalk” with eye-catching facades.

Smaller theaters of note included the La Reina at Ventura Blvd. and Cedros Avenue in Sherman Oaks (1939), a small Moderne whose marquee supported a crown structure, and Glendale’s Alex Theater which Lee remodeled in 1940, including a new Moderne entry court and tower. Also in 1940, the Walt Disney Company asked Lee to design a theater building for its studio lot. Lee was commissioned to design $1 million worth of theaters in Mexico during the early 1940s. As a reflection of a changing society, he was also asked to design several drive-in theaters in Southern California during this period.

However, theaters were not the only output from Lee’s office. He still designed the occasional single-family house, such as the Oldknow residence in Bel-Air; a fourteen-room Italian-style residence for Robert J. MacLean in Pacific Palisades (1930); an Italian residence at 17800 Tramonto Drive in Pacific Palisades (1931) for famed muralist and theater interior designer Anthony B. Heinsbergen; the George Hickey residence in Malibu, also in the Italian style (1932); and the Emil Wickman house (1936)–a Mediterranean mansion in a rural setting at 14211 Skyline Drive in Hacienda Heights.

Other post-1925 structures of note: the Bruce Arms Apartments and the Melrose Hotel in Hollywood (both 1927); an apartment building in Fresno (1928); the Art Deco-styled Motion Picture Producers Association office building at the southwest corner of Hollywood Blvd. and Western Avenue (1928), commissioned by Louis B. Mayer and Irving Thalberg, still remarkable for the high-relief sculptures on its balconies depicting film-making; the El Mirador Apartments at Fountain and Sweetzer in West Hollywood (1929); a boxing arena for the Eastside Athletic Club, 22nd Street and Torre Way (1929); a hotel at Eden Hot Springs (1930); an office building for the Trabue Patman Corporation at the southeast corner of Washington and Rimpau Blvds. (1930); the Max Factor Building at 1659 Highland Avenue in Hollywood, remodeled from an old warehouse in 1931 in a Regency Moderne style featuring pink and white marble; a store and hotel at the northwest corner of Randolph Street and Pacific Blvd. in Huntington Park (1933); a Los Angeles Department of Water & Power building at 2417 Daly Street (1937) in the Regency Moderne style with a unique glass facade; and another DWP building at 5108 Lankershim Blvd.

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8 (1939)–a “tasteful Streamline Moderne” according to architectural historians David Gebhard and Robert Winter.

After World War II, Lee realized that the days of the great movie theaters were over. He then concentrated on new technologies in industrial architecture. The concrete tilt-up buildings, numbering over 40 on a 95-acre parcel, that he planned for the Airport Industrial Park near the Los Angeles International Airport in 1952 were featured in the Architectural Record. The sides and rear of all the buildings were identical, but the front facades were custom-designed for each tenant. One of his last non-industrial designs, done in association with Samuel E. Lunden, was the 1946 Temple Israel of Hollywood. Its odd juxtaposition of a synagogue in a California Mission Revival style was commented on in architectural magazines, but it was pointed out that “functional aspects were always paramount” in the design. This reflected Lee’s reputation as a pragmatist.

By 1960, although Lee was identifying himself as a “retired architect,” he was the partner/president of the family-owned development business of Lee/Keiter Enterprises, Inc., of Beverly Hills. The firm’s projects included the Laguna Country Club Estates, an own-your-own apartment complex that Lee designed in South Laguna; the $400 million Hollypark residential/industrial/ commercial community in Gardena; and a similar development on 200 acres in San Mateo, called Los Prados. In 1967, the International Executive Service Corps invited Lee to travel to El Salvador to share some of his “architectural, engineering and construction secrets.” In 1963, Lee was named honorary vice-consul of Panama in recognition of his financial activities there. He also served as treasurer of the Los Angeles Consular Corps and was vice-president of the Braille Institute of America.

Lee wrote a number of articles in architectural journals on theater and restaurant design and was honored by several architectural organizations during his lifetime. In 1934, the Royal Institute of British Architects featured his theater designs in their International Exhibition of Contemporary Architecture in London. He received the Synergy Award from the Society of American Registered Architects. Recognition also came from the American Film Institute, the Los Angeles City Council, and the County Board of Supervisors. In later years, his fame was kept alive by preservation groups: in 1984 he was asked to speak at a Los Angeles Conservancy program about his Streamline buildings. That year also saw his notes and renderings archived at UCLA’s Department of Special Collections. In 1986 the UCLA Graduate School of Architecture and Urban Planning established an endowed chair in his honor.

In the 1930s, Lee lived in Los Angeles at 1078 South Hayworth Avenue with his wife Miriam (1901-1960), a native of New York City, whom he had married in 1927. They had one daughter Constance. By 1949 they were living at 1177 Loma Linda Drive, Beverly Hills, in a contemporary home Lee designed for them that year, set among Japanese gardens, complete with a tea house. Lee married his second wife Hylda after Miriam’s death. He was a champion backgammon player, a licensed pilot, a breeder of prize-winning Koi fish, and was a member of the Hillcrest Country Club where he hobnobbed with celebrities.

S. Charles Lee died on January 27, 1990, having reached the age of 90. Biographical articles, including his obituary from the Los Angeles Times, are attached. 59 of 144
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Gebhard, David and Robert Winter. An Architectural Guidebook to Los Angeles.

Salt Lake City, Gibbs-Smith, 2003.

Gleye, Paul. The Architecture of Los Angeles. Los Angeles, Rosebud Books, 1981.

Men of California. Los Angeles, Western Press, 1925.

Scheid, Ann. S. Charles Lee: Architect. The S. C. Lee Collection, UCLA Library.

Los Angeles Times: November 27, 1960; April 2, 1967; November 29, 1970; August 26, 1979; February 19, 1984; February 21, 1987; January 30, 1990

Internet Resources, including California Index, California Death Index, Gale Biography Master Index, Ancestry.com, and Historic Los Angeles Times Database.

Tim Gregory
The Building Biographer
400 East California Blvd., #3
Pasadena, CA 91106-3763
626-792-7465
[email protected]
www.buildingbiographer.com

Copyright February 2011
by Tim Gregory

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CITY OF GLENDALE, CALIFORNIA

REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL

AGENDA ITEM
Report: 1559 Grandview Avenue: Consideration of Glendale Register Nomination and Request for a Mills Act Historic Property Contract

1. Resolution to designate the residential property at 1559 Grandview Avenue as a historic resource on the Glendale Register of Historic Resources and authorizing the City Manager to enter into a Mills Act Historical Property Contract with the owner of the property;

2. Motion to deny the request of the property owner to designate the residential property at 1559 Grandview Avenue as a historic resource on the Glendale Register of Historic Resources.

COUNCIL ACTION
Item Type: Public Hearing
Approved for May 3, 2022 calendar

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The owner of 1559 Grandview Avenue requests that the City Council authorize listing of the property in the Glendale Register of Historic Resources and authorize a Mills Act historical property contract. The house was designed in 1926 and is an excellent example of Spanish Colonial Revival-style residence.

On January 20, 2022, Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) reviewed the nomination and voted 4-0 to recommend to the City Council that the property at 1559 Grandview Avenue be listed in the Glendale Register of Historic Resources as “1559 Grandview Avenue,” and that the City Manager be authorized to enter into a Mills Act historic property contract with the property owner under Section 15.20.070A of the Glendale Municipal Code.
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COUNCIL PRIORITIES
Environmental Stewardship: the protection of properties through historic preservation is an inherently sustainable practice because the greenest building is the one that’s already built.

RECOMMENDATION
That City Council approve designation/listing of the property in the Glendale Register of Historic Resources and authorize the City Manager to enter into a Mills Act historic property contract, with the conditions recommended by HPC, between the City and the property owner under Section 15.20.070A of the Glendale Municipal Code.

BACKGROUND
Historical Background
1559 Grandview Avenue is a two-story, single-family residence, located in the Cumberland Heights neighborhood that was built in 1926 by the general contracting firm Ridenour Brothers. It is an excellent example of Spanish Colonial Revival-style architecture and a striking feature of its neighborhood due to its narrow triangular lot, which forms a kind of peninsula which gives the house two prominent street facades.

No architect’s name is directly associated with the property and it is likely that the builder, Ridenour Brothers, produced the design in-house.

The house, a speculative project by Ridenour Brothers, was purchased in the year it was constructed by Bessie Cronenweth, who did not live there and instead rented it to William A. Oates, who was involved in manufacturing. Other renters followed until the house was sold to Louise and Donald Dement in 1934, who owned it for only a year before selling to Mordico and Lillian Johnston, who lived there until 1943. Mr. Johnston was the founder and owner of the Johnston Formation Testing Corporation, which developed well testing equipment for the oil and gas industry. There were numerous other owners over the subsequent years. No one associated with the property appears to have made any significant contributions to local, state, or national history and the property does not appear eligible under Criterion 2. The current owners purchased the house in 2020. In addition, the property does not appear to be associated with important events in national, state, or city history nor to exemplify significant contributions to the broad cultural, political, economic, social, or historic heritage of the nation, state, or city and therefore, the residence does not appear eligible under Criterion 1.

Based on the information in the nomination, attached to this report as Exhibit 1 and incorporated by reference, HPC found the property eligible for listing in the Glendale Register under Criterion 3, as detailed in the “Finding of Eligibility” section below.

Because of the rapid turnover in early owners and occupants and the lack of historically significant residents, HPC recommends using the street address as the name of the property.

Architectural Description
The residence is located on a triangular corner lot at the three-way intersection of Sonora Avenue, Grandview Avenue, and Bel Aire Drive. The unusual lot forms a sharp triangle and the property is a through-lot, with the primary façade, which features the 92 of 144
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entry door and driveway, facing Grandview Avenue and the more secondary façade facing Sonora Avenue. The building is slightly elevated from Grandview Avenue, has an irregular, stepped footprint that gets wider as the lot expands toward the south, and measures 3,078-square-feet. It is mostly two-stories with a large one-story living room wing at the north, which features a large arched picture window facing onto the triangular garden at the north end of the lot. The building is clad in stucco, has a cross- gable roof clad with two-piece red clay tiles, and has interesting cross-shaped attic vents at several gables. The asymmetrical primary façade features a prominent, deeply recessed wood entrance door with a round arched head. The sides of the entry recess are canted and the face of the opening has a tile surround added sometime between 2018 and 2020 that is not stylistically appropriate to the house. The entry arch also features a pair of wrought iron gates with a simple design and a similar single-leaf gate is located at the garage breezeway. These do not appear to be original, but are in keeping with the style of the house. A bold tapered chimney, which was partially reconstructed in 2018, is located to the north of the entrance. The building has recessed wood multi-light casement windows, in various sizes with arched variations along the first-story, and large-scale picture windows, some square and some arched. A large wrought iron window grill is located at a picture window on the south facade. Some of the casement windows have non-original awnings that are appropriate to the style.

The secondary facades of the building are generally simple in design. An additional entrance is located on the west façade and is accessed by a set of wood multi-light French doors with wide wood sidelights. An arched window with decorative leaded glass is located north of this secondary entrance.

The garage is located at the southern end of the lot, fronting towards Grandview Avenue, and is connected to the house by a covered walkway. The walkway is clad in terracotta tiles and has arched openings at the east and west ends to allow access from the front to the rear of the property with single-leaf gates mentioned above. The lot slopes towards the south slightly setting the garage below the residence. The stairwell from the garage door to the walkway is curved and inset into the walkway, a unique feature of the connection to accommodate the slight slope. The paneled aluminum garage door was added in 2011 and does not detract from the overall character of the house. A non-original detached gazebo is located in the rear yard behind the garage and is in poor condition.

Notable character-defining features of 1559 Grandview Avenue include:
Irregular footprint
Triangular corner lot location
Two-story massing with one-story wing projecting to the north Stepped footprint responsive to triangular lot shape
Gabled roof forms
Two-piece red clay tile roof cladding
Decorative attic vents
Deeply-recessed canted entrance surround
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Arched paneled wood door
Stucco cladding
Breezeway between garage and residence
Wood multi-light casement windows and French doors, many with deep recesses Single-light, arched and square picture windows at the east, north, and west facades
Wrought iron window grills
Decorative leaded glass window at rear
Alterations and Integrity
The residence at 1559 Grandview Avenue retains a high degree of integrity with minimal alterations occurring since original construction. In 2011, the original garage door was replaced with the current aluminum garage door. Based on size, shape, glass detail, and hardware that differs from the rest of the residence, one casement window facing Grandview Avenue in the kitchen and the casement windows at the rear family room were replaced, though they are compatible with the building and original windows.

In 2018, the chimney was re-built from the throat up with a scope that states “to matching the existing design.” Based on previous real estate listing photographs, the tile surround at the entrance was added between 2018 and 2020. The gates at the main entry and the breezeway arch do not appear to be original but are in keeping with the overall character of the house. Additionally, at an unknown date, the building appears to have been re-stuccoed, though the current pebbled stucco is compatible with the architectural style. None of the listed minimal alterations deter from the building’s integrity of materials, design, or workmanship except for the tiles around the entrance surround, which are not appropriate to the style.

HPC and staff therefore recommend the following Mills Act conditions:

1. Remove the non-original tile surround at the front entrance and restore the simple stucco surround with painted detailing that is seen in photographs taken before the tile was added.

2. Remove the compass artwork on the chimney at the front facade.

3. Remove or replace the gazebo in the rear yard.

4. Repair stucco on the building where needed.

ANALYSIS
Finding of Eligibility
After reviewing the nomination submitted by the owner and its supporting documentation, as well as visiting the site, HPC found that, pursuant to Section

15.20.050 of the Glendale Municipal Code, the property meets Criterion 3 of the eligibility criteria for listing in the Glendale Register of Historic Resources, as follows:

Architectural Significance [Criterion 3]
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To meet Criterion 3, a property must “embody the distinctive and exemplary characteristics of an architectural style, architectural type, period, or method of construction; or represent a notable work of a master designer, builder or architect whose genius influenced his or her profession; or possess high artistic values.”
1559 Grandview Avenue is an excellent example of Spanish Colonial Revival-style architecture constructed on a prominent and unusual lot. The property is sited on two lots which come to a point at the north giving the single-family residence two highly visible street facades. The one-story wing fronts to the narrow, deep setback at the north and the building continues to rise to two-stories to the south giving the building a diversity of massing and scale that builds off its location. The house features simple but detailed character-defining features including the deeply recessed and canted arched entryway, many deeply recessed windows, detailed wrought iron window grills, decorative gable vents, and inset stairs at the garage that provide an interesting solution to the sloping topography. The building is an excellent and prominent example of the Spanish Colonial Revival-style, retains a high level of integrity of design, materials, and workmanship, and retains many character-defining features of its style. Based on this determination, HPC found the property to be eligible for the Glendale Register under Criterion 3.

Staff recommends that City Council consider HPC’s recommendation and find the property eligible for designation as a historic resource on the Glendale Register under Criterion 3, and authorize the City Manager to enter into a Mills Act contract, with the recommended conditions, between the City and the property owner.

STAKEHOLDERS/OUTREACH
There are no stakeholders other than the property owner.

FISCAL IMPACT
Listing historic properties in the Glendale Register has no fiscal impact. However, future property tax savings to private owners of listed historic properties under Mills Act contracts will slightly reduce City property tax revenues from the general County tax levy received from each Mills Act property.

ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW (CEQA/NEPA)
The project is exempt from CEQA review as Class 31 (“Historical Resource Restoration/Rehabilitation”) and Class 8 (“Actions by Regulatory Agencies for Protection of the Environment") exemptions pursuant to Sections 15331 and 15308 of the State CEQA Guidelines because it involves the designation and protection/preservation of a historic resource.

CAMPAIGN DISCLOSURE
The names and business addresses of the members of the board of directors, the chairperson, CEO, COO, CFO, Subcontractors and any person or entity with more than 95 of 144
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10% interest in the company proposed for contract in this Agenda Item Report are attached in Exhibit 4, in accordance with the City Campaign Finance Ordinance No. 5744.

ALTERNATIVES
Alternative 1: Designate 1559 Grandview Avenue as a historic resource on the Glendale Register of Historic Resources, finding that the property meets designation Criterion 3, and authorize the City Manager to enter into a Mills Act contract, with conditions, between the City and the property owner.

Alternative 2: Reject designation/listing of 1559 Grandview Avenue on the Glendale Register of Historic Resources, finding that the property does not meet Criterion 3 or any other criteria.

Alternative 3: Any other alternative not proposed by staff.

ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION
Prepared by:

Kasey Conley, Associate Planner
Reviewed by:

Jay Platt, Principal Planner
Approved by:

Roubik R. Golanian, P.E., City Manager

EXHIBITS/ATTACHMENTS
Exhibit 1 Glendale Register Nomination
Exhibit 2 Photographs
Exhibit 3 Mills Act Application
Exhibit 4 Campaign Disclosure
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1 RESOLUTION NO. _____________

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF

GLENDALE, CALIFORNIA, TO DESIGNATE THE RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1559 GRANDVIEW AVENUE AS A

HISTORIC RESOURCE ON THE GLENDALE REGISTER OF

HISTORIC RESOURCES AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER

TO ENTER INTO A MILLS ACT HISTORICAL PROPERTY

CONTRACT
WHEREAS, the owner of record of the residential property located at 1559 Grandview Avenue (the “Property”) has consented to, and requests that the Property be designated as a historic resource on the Glendale Register of Historic Resources pursuant to the provisions of Section 15.20.060 of the Glendale Municipal Code; and WHEREAS, the Historic Preservation Commission, at a regularly scheduled meeting on January 20, 2022, recommended designation of the Property for listing on the Glendale Register of Historic Resources; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has conducted a duly noticed public hearing pursuant to the provisions of Section 15.20.060 of the Glendale Municipal Code; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Glendale, pursuant to Sections

15.20.050 and 15.20.060, finds based on information in the record that the Property is eligible for listing on the Glendale Register of Historic Resources because it qualifies under Criterion 3 (embodies the distinctive and exemplary characteristics of an architectural style, architectural type, period, or method of construction; or represents a notable work of a master designer, builder or architect whose genius influenced his or her profession; or possesses high artistic values) in that, it is an excellent and prominent example of the Spanish Colonial Revival-style, retains a high level of integrity of design, materials, and workmanship, and retains many character-defining features of its style, as further described in the May 3, 2022 Staff Report regarding the Property; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Glendale further finds that because the Property qualifies for listing on the Glendale Register of Historic Resources that entering into a Mills Act contract with the Property owner is appropriate based on all of the information in the record.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GLENDALE AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. The recitals above are incorporated herein by this reference.

Section 2. That the property located at 1559 Grandview Avenue is to be designated as a historic resource on the Glendale Register of Historic Resources.

Section 3. That the City Manager is authorized to enter into a Mills Act historical property contract with the Property owner subject to the following conditions:
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2 1. Remove the non-original tile surround at the front entrance and restore the simple stucco surround with painted detailing that is seen in photographs taken before the tile was added;

2. Remove the compass artwork on the chimney at the front façade;

3. Remove or replace the gazebo in the rear yard; and

4. Repair stucco on the building where needed.

Section 4. That the designation of the Property as a Historic Resource for listing on the Glendale Register of Historic Resources and entering into a Mills Act contract with the Property owner is exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Title 14 CCR Sections 15331 (preservation of historic resources) and 15308 (actions by regulatory agencies for protection of the environment).

Adopted this _______ day of __________________________, 2022. ______________________________
Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk

STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.

CITY OF GLENDALE )
I, ARAM ADJEMIAN, Clerk of the City of Glendale, certify that the foregoing Resolution was adopted by the Council of the City of Glendale, California, at a regular meeting held on the ______day of _________, 2022, and that same was adopted by the following vote:

Ayes:

Noes:

Absent:

Abstain:
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City Clerk
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MOTION
Moved by Council Member ____________________________, seconded by Council Member ____________________________, that upon review and consideration of all documents, materials and exhibits relative to the request of the owner of record of the residential property located at 1559 Grandview Avenue (the “Property”) to list the Property on the Glendale Register of Historic Resources, and after having conducted a public hearing on said request and receiving testimony, the City Council of the City of Glendale, California, based upon all of the evidence in the record, hereby denies the request of the owner of record of the Property to list the Property on the Glendale Register of Historic Resources pursuant to the provisions of Section

15.20.060 of the Glendale Municipal Code and denies the request of the owner of record of the Property to authorize the City Manager to enter into a Mills Act historical property contract with the Property owner. This denial is based on the Council’s determination, pursuant to Glendale Municipal Code Sections 15.20.050 and

15.20.060, that, based on information in the record, the Property is not eligible for listing on the Glendale Register of Historic Resources because it does not meet any of the criteria enumerated in Glendale Municipal Code Section 15.20.050.

Vote as Follows:

Ayes:

Noes:

Absent:
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Primary Façade, view north, December 2021

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Entrance, view northwest, December 2021

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Window Detail, Western Façade, view southeast, December 2021

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Garage walkway, view southeast, December 2021
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