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M I N U T E S
GLENDALE CITY COUNCIL
COUNCIL CHAMBERS
613 E. Broadway, 2nd Floor Glendale, CA 91206
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
ROLL CALL – Absent: Kassakhian
1. CLOSED SESSION – 5:00 p.m.
a. Conference with Legal Counsel - Pending Litigation: Leeper v. City of Glendale, L.A.S.C. Case No. BC708092
b. Public Employment – Attorneys
City Attorney Mike Garcia indicated that action is anticipated. Council recessed to Closed Session at 5:01 p.m.
2. REGULAR BUSINESS AGENDA – 6:05 PM
Roll Call – Absent: Kassakhian
a. Flag Salute: Mayor Ardy Kassakhian
b. Invocation: Suzie Abajian, City Clerk
c. Report of City Clerk, re: Posting of Agenda. The Agenda for the February 28, 2023 Regular Meeting of the Glendale City Council was Posted on Wednesday, February 22, 2023, on the Bulletin Board Outside City Hall.
3. PRESENTATIONS AND APPOINTMENTS
a. Agenda Preview for the Meetings of Tuesday, March 7, 2023 Asst. City Manager John Takhtalian provided the preview. b. Air Quality Updates Presentation by South Coast Air Quality Management District Governing Board Member Vice Chair-Elect Michael Cacciotti Public Comments:
Mike Mohill
Ramella Eraghi
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 February 7, 2023 and Regular City Council, Special City Council, and Joint City Council and Housing Authority Meetings of February 14, 2023
Moved: Brotman Seconded: Devine
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b. Fire Department, re: Funding from Hazard Mitigation Grant for Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Update
1. Motion to approve to authorize the City Manager to accept Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HGMP) funds in the amount of $28,000, and to execute the necessary agreements, certifications, and other documents required to accept the grant funds
Moved: Brotman Seconded: Devine
2. Approve Resolution 23-17 of Appropriation
Moved: Brotman Seconded: Devine
5. CITY COUNCIL/STAFF COMMENTS
Councilmember Devine’s nomination of Roland Kedikian for GWP Commission will be placed on the City Council Agenda for March 7th. Devine announced that SoCal Gas has new programs to assist customers over 55 years old and who are struggling financially with their gas bills, using charitable donations of $10 million dollars ($5M will be used for gas assistance fund and administered by United Way, $4M will be used to relaunch the fuel and communities program to help relieve food insecurity by collaborating with local food banks, and $1M will be used to fund the Restaurant Care Resilience Fund, intended for small restaurant owners to help with improvements in their property, employee retention and to manage debt, losses, and rising costs). More information can be found on SoCal’s website at www.socalgas.com/managehigherbills.
Councilmember Asatryan announced it is International Woman’s Day on March 8, 2023, and a couple of events will take place that day. The Greater Downtown Glendale Association will be hosting an event at the MYA Rooftop from 2-5pm, tickets are available for purchase at www.downtownglendale.com. The Armenian Film Society is hosting a panel discussion on Armenian Women on Film and Entertainment at the Hero House @HyeRise at 7pm, tickets are available for purchase at https://www.herohouse.io/. Asatryan announced it is Employee Appreciation Day on March 3, 2023 and expressed her deepest gratitude to all city employees for doing their part, whether working remotely or here at City Hall.
Councilmember Brotman echoed Asatryan’s comments regarding city employees. He nominated Daniel Paul to the Historic Preservation Commission (HPC). Brotman thanked Lorna Vartanian for her many years of service since she will be stepping down from the HPC after serving three terms. He asked staff to provide a report to reconsider how the city is defining major transit stop for the purposes of Assembly Bill 2097 authored by Assemblymember Friedman. Asatryan seconded.
City Manager Golanian announced that he received a letter from the California Department of Housing and Community Development that the City of Glendale’s adopted Housing Element is now in substantial compliance with the State Housing Element Law. He congratulated Council for the direction and adoption of the Housing Element back in 3 November 2022, as well as city staff from the Planning Division, especially Deputy Director Erik Krause, who spent many hours drafting and revising the housing element. He also thanked the city’s consultant Amanda Tropiano, principal with the De Novo Planning Group, for her expertise, professionalism, and tenacity for working together with a team of attorneys and for collaborating with the city’s Planning Division. Devine mentioned it is very rare these days that a city would receive this type of approval from the state. Golanian indicated a report came out yesterday that half of the municipalities in California are vulnerable and not close to having their Housing Element adopted.
Golanian expressed his deepest gratitude and appreciation to the crews of Public Works, Glendale Water and Power, Community Services and Parks, and Police and Fire Public Safety Personnel who worked tirelessly to mitigate the impacts of the recent storm events.
He stated that the City of Glendale was notified by LA DWP that two of their Rinaldi Air Way Lines were impacted: one of them experienced substantial damage due to the storm and had to bring the other one down to make emergency repairs. Since Glendale’s lines are between the two systems of LA PD’s grid, there was a great potential of a system failure, essentially cutting off the City’s electricity from this external power source. Golanian sent his gratitude and appreciation to the GWP crew for their quick action in keeping the lights on and trying to mitigate the storm’s impact that would have otherwise cut-off the power when LADWP’s lines were damaged.
6. COMMUNITY EVENT ANNOUNCEMENTS (3-Minutes)
Cathy Morfopoulos
Robert Hogg
Mike Mohill
Allen Dish
Gustavo Moreno
7. ADOPTION OF ORDINANCES
Agenda out of order. Item 8b read next.
8. ACTION ITEMS
a. City Attorney, re: Amendment to Glendale Municipal Code to Remove Commercial Parking Permits and to Update Parking Permit Fees for Large Vehicles, Boats, and Personal Watercraft
1. Introduction of Ordinance deleting Section 10.36.100 and amending Section
10.36.140 of the Glendale Municipal Code, 1995, to remove parking permits for commercial vehicles and to update parking permit fees for large vehicles, boats, and personal watercraft
Introduced by: Devine
b. Management Services, re: Potential Ban On The Use of Gas-Powered Landscaping Equipment or Two-Stroke Gas Engines
Staff Comments:
Roubik Golanian, City Manager
Bradley Calvert, Director of Community Development
Mike Garcia, City Attorney
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Presenting:
Elizabeth Harris, Administrative Associate/Sustainability Michael Cacciotti, South Coast Air Quality Management District Public Comments:
Mike Mohill
Stephen Meek
Monica Campagna
Cathy Jurca
Don Labresh
1. Motion providing direction to staff regarding the scope of a potential ban on the use of gas-powered landscaping equipment or two-stroke gas engines and direction on ordinance enforcement
Moved: Devine Seconded: Brotman
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.
Blair Stroh
Karen Kwak
13. NEW BUSINESS
a. Motion to enter into a retainer agreement to engage the services of Gutierrez, Preciado & House, LLP (Calvin House) to assist the City Attorney with a matter.
Moved: Brotman Seconded: Asatryan
14. ADJOURNMENT by Consensus – 8:17 p.m.
Mayor of the City of Glendale
City Clerk of the City of Glendale