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M I N U T E S
GLENDALE CITY COUNCIL
COUNCIL CHAMBERS
613 E. Broadway, 2nd Floor Glendale, CA 91206
NOVEMBER 15, 2022
ROLL CALL – Absent: Najarian
1. CLOSED SESSION – 4:03 p.m.
a. Public Employment – Attorneys
b. Public Employee Appointment – Chief of Police
c. Public Employee Appointment – Assistant City Manager d. Conference with Legal Counsel – Pending Litigation: Glenoaks Canyon Homeowners Association v. City of Glendale, L.A.S.C. Case No. 22STCP0011
e. Conference with Legal Counsel – Pending Litigation: Claim of Horace Mann Insurance, Claim No. 22-0109
City Attorney Mike Garcia indicated that action is anticipated on items 1a, 1c and 1e. Council recessed to closed session at 4:04 p.m.
2. REGULAR BUSINESS AGENDA – 6:08 PM
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a. Flag Salute: Girl Scouts Troop 71234
b. Invocation: Suzie Abajian, City Clerk
c. Report of City Clerk, re: Posting of Agenda. The Agenda for the November 15, 2022 Regular Meeting of the Glendale City Council was Posted on Tuesday, November 8, 2022, on the Bulletin Board Outside City Hall.
3. PRESENTATIONS AND APPOINTMENTS
a. Agenda Preview for the Meetings of Tuesday, November 22, 2022 Meetings have been cancelled and will resume on November 29, 2022 b. Reappointment of Sevana Zadorian to the Arts and Culture Commission (Brotman, 10/25/2022)
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.
Item 4e pulled for separate consideration.
a. City Clerk, re: Minutes of the Special City Council Meeting of October 27, 2022 and the Special City Council and Regular City Council Meetings of November 1, 2022
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Moved: Brotman Seconded: Asatryan
b. Glendale Water and Power, re: Adoption of Specification for Transformer(s) Oil Testing, and Advertising for Bids
1. Resolution 22-167 adopting Specification No. 3931 to furnish materials, equipment, and labor for testing transformer, load tap changer, regulator, and circuit breaker oil for Glendale Water & Power (GWP), and directing the City Clerk to advertise for bids
Moved: Brotman Seconded: Asatryan
c. Fire Department, re: CalOES Funding for High-Frequency Radio for the Emergency Operations Center
1. Motion authorizing the City Manager to accept High-Frequency Communications Equipment Program Grant funds in the amount of $59,770, and to execute the necessary agreements, certifications, and other documents to receive the grant funds
Moved: Brotman Seconded: Asatryan
2. Resolution 22-168 of Appropriation
Moved: Brotman Seconded: Asatryan
d. Fire Department, re: Peraton Contract amendment to add funds for Automatic Voice Dispatch (AVD) Connection and Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) Hardware Refresh and Maintenance
1. Motion to approve an amendment to an existing professional services agreement between City of Glendale and Peraton/Northrop-Grumman Systems Corporation in the amount of $160,296
Moved: Brotman Seconded: Asatryan
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e. Public Works, re: Traffic Signal Synchronization project including optimized traffic signal timing and synchronization of 50 signalized intersections in downtown Glendale
Staff Comments:
Roubik Golanian, City Manager
Yazdan Emrani, Director of PW
Pastor Casanova, Principal Traffic Engineer
1. Motion authorizing staff to implement the Traffic Signal Synchronization Project Moved: Brotman Seconded: Devine
f. Public Works, re: Authorization to set the time, date and place for a public hearing concerning the Vacation of a portion of the First Alley Easterly of Cedar Street, Southerly of Broadway
1. Motion authorizing the City Clerk to set the time, date and place for a public hearing concerning Vacation Case No.187V; being the vacation of the First Alley Easterly of Cedar Street, Southerly of Broadway (Alley 502) for the Citrus Crossing affordable housing project
Moved: Brotman Seconded: Asatryan
5. CITY COUNCIL/STAFF COMMENTS
Councilmember Devine attended several events these past few days including the 100th Anniversary of the YMCA. She also attended the Flag Retirement Ceremony which was held by the Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles at the Montrose Program Center.
Councilmember Asatryan also attended the Flag Retirement Ceremony and one of her favorite things about the ceremony was that the girl scouts had invited Glendale’s women police officers to participate in the ceremony. She stated that she personally learned a lot on how to properly retire an American flag and honor it. Asatryan thanked everyone who was involved in hosting the Glendale Health Festival which was much more comprehensive than in years past. She thanked the Parks Department, the Armenian American Medical Society, Glendale Hospitals and everyone who was involved. Councilmember Asatryan wished everyone a Happy Thanksgiving.
Councilmember Brotman invited the public to attend a presentation on December 1st at the Brand Library called “Made Out of What?! Trash and Transformation” which is a collaboration between Brand Associates and various artist in the community addressing the subject of art and sustainability. Councilmember Brotman stated that it was a great relief to all of us that democracy prevailed and there was no violence during the election last week. 4 Asatryan, Brotman, Devine, Kassakhian
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Mayor Kassakhian and Councilmember Brotman, together with City staff, took a tour of the water sources for Glendale that are located out in Nevada, Arizona, through the desert and Colorado river aqueduct. Mayor Kassakhian attended St. Martin’s festival with the first German United Methodist Church. He stated that it was a great way to kick-off the season of giving as we give thanks next week and look forward to what comes afterwards with the different holidays that we will be celebrating in our community. He thanked Pastor Poland and the church community for inviting him. Mayor Kassakhian wished everyone a Happy Thanksgiving.
6. COMMUNITY EVENT ANNOUNCEMENTS (3-Minutes)
Mike Mohill
Tom O’Shaughnessy
Kathleen Strinz
7. ADOPTION OF ORDINANCES
a. Community Development, re: ORDINANCE 5997 AMENDING SECTIONS 30.11.020,
30.11.050 AND 30.34.080, AND REPEALING AND REPLACING 30.34.110 OF TITLE 30 TO THE GLENDALE MUNICIPAL CODE, 1995 ESTABLISHING STANDARDS
AND MINISTERIAL PROCESSES FOR REVIEWING AND APPROVING ELIGIBLE SB 9 PROJECTS, MINIMUM FLOOR AREA RATIO STANDARDS FOR CERTAIN MULTI- FAMILY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS (SB 478) AND
INCORPORATION OF STATE LAW AMENDMENTS AND MINOR MODIFICATIONS
AND CLARIFICATIONS RELATED TO ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS AND JUNIOR ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS (CASE NO. PZC-0001-2022) (Devine, 11/01/22)
Moved: Devine Seconded: Brotman
Staff Comments:
Bradley Calvert, Director of PW
Yvette Neukian, Principal Assistant City Attorney
b. Community Development, re: ORDINANCE 5998 ADOPTING THE 2022 CALIFORNIA BUILDING CODE AS VOLUME IA, THE 2022 CALIFORNIA RESIDENTIAL CODE AS VOLUME IB, THE 2022 CALIFORNIA EXISTING BUILDING CODE AS VOLUME IC, THE 2022 CALIFORNIA PLUMBING CODE AS VOLUME II, THE 2022 CALIFORNIA MECHANICAL CODE AS VOLUME III, THE 2022 CALFORNIA ELECTRICAL CODE AS VOLUME IV, THE 1997 UNIFORM HOUSING CODE AS VOLUME V, THE 2022 CALIFORNIA FIRE CODE AS VOLUME
VI, THE GLENDALE SECURITY CODE AS VOLUME VII AND THE GLENDALE
COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE AS VOLUME VIII AND THE 2022 CALIFORNIA GREEN BUILDING STANDARDS CODE AS VOLUME
IX ALL OF WHICH COMPRISE THE BUILDING AND SAFETY CODE OF THE CITY OF GLENDALE, 2023 (Najarian, 11/01/22)
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c. Management Services, re: ORDINANCE 5999 AMENDING THE GLENDALE
BUILDING AND SAFETY CODE VOLUME IX TO ADOPT LOCAL AMENDMENTS TO THE 2022 EDITION OF THE CALIFORNIA BUILDING AND ENERGY CODE
PERTAINING TO BUILDING ELECTRIFICATION, SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING INSTALLATIONS (Brotman, 11/01/22) Moved: Brotman Seconded: Asatryan
Staff Comment:
David Jones, Sustainability Officer
Public Comments:
Kim Orbe
Kate Unger
8. ACTION ITEMS
a. Community Services and Parks, re: Award of Contract for Catering Services for the City's Elderly Nutrition Program
Staff Comment:
Maggie Kavarian, Community Services Manager
1. Resolution 22-169 dispensing with competitive bidding for catering services for the City’s Elderly Nutrition Program (ENP), and authorizing the City Manager or a designee to execute a contract with TRIO Community Meals, LLC in an amount not to exceed $2,000,000 to provide regularly scheduled and emergency congregate meals and home-delivered meals from December 1, 2022 to November 30, 2026 (initial term), with the City’s having an option to renew the contract for two additional years (renewal term) in an amount not to exceed $1,100,000, for a total amount not to exceed $3,100,000 for the combined initial and renewal terms
Moved: Devine Seconded: Brotman
6 b. Community Development, re: Verdugo Wash Visioning Report Staff Comment:
Roubik Golanian, City Manager
Presenting:
Bradley Calvert, Director of Community Development
Public Comments:
Cheryl Wales
Judy Schlegel
David Eisenberg
Penny Keaton
Heidi Clark
Genae Murphy
Kent Clark
Mr. Court
Alice Headley
Elizabeth Annin
April Trejo
Chris Ryder
Alan Levis
Nathalie Levis
Hugo Urrutia
Isaac Lee
Kathy Krause
Paul Day
Sarah Kevorkian
Anna Marie Brechin
Mary Ann Anderson
Jacqueline Boone
Dave Gallagher
Lynn Aldrich
Julia Leeper
Mike Mohill
David Tralongo
Virginia Smith
Paul Rabinov
Diane Lombard
Donna Libra
Allen Dish
Vartan Gharpetian
Lisa Kuta
Cassandra Chowdhury
Mike Borisov
Peter Hebert
Karen Betzold
Kim Arnold
Monica Campagna
Patrick Murphy
Dianne Martin
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Martha Sensel
Jack Walworth
Lois Nichols
Danielle Trujillo
Tim Oppelt
Travis Brown
Rob Montgomery
Jim Passon
Ana Tabuena-Ruddy
Jenny Morataya
Hilda Savadian
Alek Bartrosouf
1. Motion to Note and File and provide direction regarding design concepts and next steps
Moved: Brotman Seconded: Asatryan
Council recessed for five minutes at 10:30 p.m.
c. Glendale Water and Power, re: Request for Proposal for Development of a Plan for Clean Energy Studies per Council Resolution No. 22-125 Staff Comments:
Roubik Golanian, City Manager
Mike Garcia, City Attorney
Mark Young, General Manager of GWP
Presenting:
Herbert Garcia, Public Benefits Charge Marketing Manager Public Comments:
Kate Unger
David Eisenberg
1. Resolution directing staff to issue a Request for Proposals (RFP) for development of a Plan to Increase Solar Penetration and Develop Additional Distributed Energy Resources (DER), Consistent with Council Resolution No. 22-125
2. Motion to Note and File Report
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Motion pursuant to Resolution No. 22-125 and Resolution No. 22-170 relating to additional Distributed Energy Resources (DER) hereby authorizes the General Manager of GWP, or his designee, to issue an RFP as described in the Report to Council dated November 15, 2022, subject to additional councilmember comments made at the November 15, 2022 City Council Meeting
Moved: Brotman Seconded: Asatryan
Item 8d moved to November 29 Council Meeting.
d. Management Services, re: Appointment of One City of Glendale Member to the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority Commission
1. Motion appointing one individual to the vacant seat as a Glendale member on the Airport Authority Commission for the remainder of the unexpired term through May 31, 2025
9. HEARINGS
a. Community Development, re: Public Hearing on Appeal of Design Review Board’s Case No. PDR 2002198, located at 3035 Edgewick Road Presenting:
Milca Toledo, Senior Planner
Staff Comments:
Mike Garcia, City Attorney
Erik Krause, Deputy Director of Community Development/Planning Yazdan Emrani, Director of Public Works
Public Comments:
Wesley Avery, Appellant
Roland Feuer, Appellant
Joe Abelar
Beth Tapper
Viviana Garcia
Raymond Sohrabian, Property Owner
Hearing opened at 11:01 p.m. and closed at 12:34 a.m.
1. Motion to sustain the Design Review Board’s decision to approve the Design Review Board application with conditions, as presented in the revised plans Moved: Asatryan Seconded: Brotman
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2. Motion to continue, directing City Attorney to draft findings supporting denial of the Design Review Board application
3. Motion to remand the case to the Design Review Board for further consideration
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.
13. NEW BUSINESS
a. Motion to approve the City Manager’s appointment of John Takhtalian as the Assistant City Manager for the City of Glendale
Moved: Devine Seconded: Brotman
Public Comment:
Mike Mohill
b. Motion to approve the Claim for Damages of Horace Mann for the total sum of $27,629.78. The Director of Finance is authorized to issue a warrant in said sum for delivery by the City Attorney upon the receipt of a properly execute release Moved: Brotman Seconded: Devine
c. Motion to execute a professional services agreement for legal investigative services with the Law Office of Donna Evans
Moved: Asatryan Seconded: Brotman
14. ADJOURNMENT – 12:52 a.m.
Moved: Brotman Seconded: Devine
City Clerk of the City of Glendale