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M I N U T E S
GLENDALE CITY COUNCIL
COUNCIL CHAMBERS
613 E. Broadway, 2nd Floor Glendale, CA 91206
SEPTEMBER 13, 2022
ROLL CALL – All Present
1.CLOSED SESSION – 4:39 p.m.
a.Conference with Legal Counsel – Pending Litigation: Sadeghi v. City of Glendale, et al., L.A.S.C. Case No. 20STCV34372
b.Conference with Legal Counsel – Pending Litigation: Glenoaks Canyon Homeowners Association v. City of Glendale, L.A.S.C. Case No. 22STCP0011 c.Public Employee Appointment – Fire Chief
d.Public Employee Appointment – Director of Community Development e.Conference with Legal Counsel – Anticipated Litigation: Significant exposure litigation pursuant to paragraph subdivisions (d)(2) and (e)(2) of Section 54956.9:
One (1) potential case
f.Conference with Labor Negotiators. The City-designated negotiators attending the closed session are: Roubik Golanian, Michael J. Garcia, Gillian van Muyden, John Takhtalian, Paula Adams, Aymee Martin, Jason Bradford, Carl Povilaitis and Laura Kalty. The name of the employee organization is: Glendale Management Association
City Attorney Mike Garcia indicated that action is anticipated on items 1c and 1d. Council recessed to Closed Session at 4:41 p.m.
2.REGULAR BUSINESS AGENDA – 6:06 PM
Roll Call – All Present
a.Flag Salute: Mayor Kassakhian
b.Invocation: Suzie Abajian, City Clerk
c.Report of City Clerk, re: Posting of Agenda. The Agenda for the September 13, 2022 Regular Meeting of the Glendale City Council was Posted on September 7, 2022 on the Bulletin Board Outside City Hall.
3.PRESENTATIONS AND APPOINTMENTS
a.Agenda Preview for the Meetings of Tuesday, September 20, 2022 Deputy City Manager John Takhtalian provided the preview. b.Childhood Cancer Awareness Month Proclamation
c.Appointment of Board and Commission Member (Asatryan, 8/23/2022)
1. Alex Fay, Glendale Water and Power Commission
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2 d. Appointment of Board and Commission Member (Asatryan, 8/23/2022)
1. Cole Bazemore, Sustainability Commission
e. Appointment of Board and Commission Member (Asatryan, 8/23/2022)
1. Lilya Avagyan, Transportation and Parking Commission f. Nomination Assignments for Boards & Commission Appointments
1. Arts & Culture Commission (Asatryan, Najarian, Brotman) Brotman renominated Sevana Zadorian
2. Audit Committee (Najarian, Devine, Brotman)
Devine nominated Michael Bain
Brotman renominated Alejandro Parajon
3. Building and Fire Board of Appeals (Kassakhian, Brotman, Asatryan, Najarian)
4. CDBG Advisory Committee (Brotman, Najarian)
5. Design Review Board (Najarian, Brotman)
Brotman renominated Danielle Lockareff
6. Glendale Water and Power Commission (Brotman, Najarian)
7. Historic Preservation Commission (Najarian, Brotman, Asatryan)
8. Parks, Recreation and Community Services Commission (Asatryan, Najarian, Brotman) Brotman renominated Regina Joy Alcazar
9. Planning Commission (Brotman, Najarian, Asatryan)
Brotman renominated Stefan Chraghchian
10. Commission on the Status of Women (Brotman, Najarian) Brotman renominated Diane Lambillotte
11. Transportation and Parking Commission (Brotman, Najarian) Brotman renominated Ely Lester
12. Sustainability Commission (Brotman, Najarian)
Brotman renominated Alek Bartrosouf
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3 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 August 9, 2022 and August 16, 2022 and the Special City Council meeting of August 9, 2022 Moved: Brotman Seconded: Devine
b.Community Services and Parks, re: Student Training & Employment Program funds from the California Department of Rehabilitation for the Glendale Youth Alliance and Glendale Community College’s Professional Development Center
1. Motion: Accepting Student Training & Employment Program funds from the California Department of Rehabilitation in the amount of $450,000 annually, for 3 fiscal years from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2025, for $1,350,000 in total, to enable the Verdugo Workforce Development Board to distribute those funds to the Glendale Youth Alliance and Glendale Community College’s Professional Development Center; Approving the award of STEP grant funds to the Glendale Youth Alliance in the amount of $216,618 annually and to Glendale Community College’s; Professional Development Center in the amount of $13,600 annually, for 3 fiscal years fromJuly 1, 2022 to June 30, 2025, as approved and recommended by the Verdugo Workforce Development Board; and Authorizing the City Manager, or a designee, to execute all agreements, certifications, and documents necessary to accept and implement the funding
Moved: Brotman Seconded: Devine
c.Public Works, re: Encouraging the Use of Beeline Transit by Designating Annual Free Fare Days
1. Motion authorizing the City Manager, or his designee to make Beeline free on Transit Equity Day, Earth Day, National Bike to Work Day, California Clean Air Day, and federal and state elections to encourage transit use and provide access to polls on an annual basis, permanently
Moved: Brotman Seconded: Devine
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4 5. CITY COUNCIL/STAFF COMMENTS
City Manager Roubik Golanian announced the city’s new land management system called “Glendale Permits” and Asst. Director of Community Development, Bradley Calvert, provided a brief report on this new platform. Golanian announced that the city is hosting an event to give away free compost on Saturday, October 1 at 1255 North Verdugo Road.
Assistant General Manager/Power Management, Scott Mellon, provided a brief update regarding the recent heat wave and what GWP had done to avoid blackouts.
Councilmember Asatryan thanked GWP and the residents of Glendale for working together during the heat wave to reduce energy consumption and avoid power outages. She also thanked the Parks Department for extending the hours on the usage of the splash pads in Pacific Park.
Councilmember Asatryan stated that August 26th marked Women's Equality Day during which she attended an event hosted by City of Los Angeles on Power of Procurement and was disappointed to see that Glendale didn’t have any programming to empower women and girls for that day. Asatryan requested for staff to prepare a report on establishing city contract preference policies for women-owned, minority-owned, and locally-owned businesses. Devine seconded the motion and indicated that this might be a good project for the Commission on the Status of Women. Asatryan attended a forum on youth during the League of California Cities and asked staff to look into bringing an internship program called "Summer at City Hall" modeled after the Sacramento program. Kassakhian amended the motion to also bring back the Student Ambassador Program and seconded.
Mayor Kassakhian thanked GWP staff for their hard work behind the scenes during the heat wave.
6.COMMUNITY EVENT ANNOUNCEMENTS (3-Minutes)
Cindy England
Mike Mohill
Monica Campagna
Tony Passarella
Teresa Cheng
7.ADOPTION OF ORDINANCES
8.ACTION ITEMS
a.Glendale Water and Power, re: City of Glendale Response to June 21, 2022 County of Los Angeles Civil Grand Jury Report entitled “Water, Water Everywhere Leaking from the Pipes”
Staff Comment:
Roubik Golanian, City Manager
Presenting:
Michael De Ghetto, Chief Assistant General Manager
Kassakhian asked staff to look for funding to help maintain some of the remaining pipes and sewer lines that have not been repaired. Asatryan seconded. 09 13 22
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5 1. Resolution 22-119 Approving City of Glendale Response to June 21, 2022 Los Angeles Civil Grand Jury Report
Moved: Asatryan Seconded: Brotman
b.Public Works, re: Update on Scholl Canyon Landfill Operations and Closure Staff Comments:
Roubik Golanian, City Manager
Yazdan Emrani, Director of PW
Daniel Hardgrove, Assistant Director of Public Works
Jason Bradford, Director of Finance/CIO
Mike Garcia, City Attorney
Presenting:
Maurice Oillataguerre, Environmental Program Administrator Public Comments:
Mike Mohill
Sharon Landin
Mike Borisov
Linda Goodman Pillsbury
Marie Freeman
Jackie Gish
Robin Lee Hansen
Helen Mallory
Audry Zarokian
Jack Walworth
Owen Lewis
David Choi
Isabelle Meyer
Hans Johnson
Sean Starkey
Justin King
Thanos Gauthier
Larry Moorehouse
1. Motion Directing Staff regarding the Future of the Scholl Canyon Landfill, from one of the following options: Do not revise the City’s Wasteshed Ordinance and allow the Landfill to close upon reaching capacity, currently estimated in December 2025; Revise the City’s Wasteshed Ordinance to exclude all current users of the Landfill except for Glendale, which means the Landfill will continue operating until approximately June 2030; Revise the City’s Wasteshed Ordinance to exclude the City of Pasadena and continue allowing all other current users of the Landfill, which means the Landfill will continue operating until approximately July 2028; or Revise the City’s Wasteshed Ordinance to exclude all current users of the Landfill except for Ayes:
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6 Glendale and Pasadena, which means the Landfill will continue operating until approximately June 2026
Moved: Asatryan Seconded: Brotman
2. Motion Directing Staff Regarding Scholl Canyon Landfill operations Moved: Devine Seconded: Brotman
c.Public Works, re: Solid Waste Collection Rates and Commencement of Proposition 218 Notice and Public Hearing Process for the Purpose of Adopting New Solid Waste Collection Rates for Single-Family and Small Multi-Family Customers Staff Comments:
Roubik Golanian, City Manager
Yazdan Emrani, Director of PW
Presenting:
Daniel Hardgrove, Assistant Director of Public Works
Public Comment:
Monica Campagna
1. Motion authorizing staff to commence the Proposition 218 Notice and Public Hearing Process for the purpose of adopting new solid waste collection rates for single-family and small multi-family customers
Moved: Najarian Seconded: Devine
9.HEARINGS
10.REPORTS - INFORMATION
11.WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS
12.ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
Discussion is Limited to Items NOT a Part of this Agenda. Each Speaker is Allowed 5 minutes. 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.
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7 13.NEW BUSINESS
Staff Comments:
Roubik Golanian, City Manager
Ara Zakarian, Fire Captain Paramedic
a.Motion to appoint Timothy Ernst as the Fire Chief of the City of Glendale, effective September 19, 2022
Moved: Najarian Seconded: Brotman
14.ADJOURNMENT – 9:54 p.m.
Moved: Najarian Seconded: Brotman
Mayor of the City of Glendale
City Clerk of the City of Glendale
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Asatryan, Brotman, Devine, Najarian, Kassakhian
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