Glendale City Council
April 1, 2025

Exhibit 4 – Outline of Amendments
2025 SAFETY ELEMENT UPDATE
Note: Underlines refer to new text additions to the Element, while strikeouts are deletions. The hierarchy is Goals, then Policies (to implement the Goals) and then Programs (specific actions to implement the Policies). For this outline, the titles of Goals and Policies are bolded and bulleted with a square, while Programs are not bolded and are bulleted with a circle.

• CHAPTER 1 – INTRODUCTION
o Inclusion of State legislation and new Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment references and requirements, as well as certain definitions
• CHAPTER 2 – REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
o Minor updates to applicable programs, inclusion of legislative summaries for Fire Regulations and Emergency Evacuation subsection, and new subsection on Climate Change, as required by State Law
• CHAPTER 3 – GOALS, POLICIES AND PROGRAMS
o 3.1 SEISMIC AND GEOLOGICAL HAZARDS
 NEW Policy 2-2: Slope stability monitoring near evacuation routes. The City shall consider monitoring slope stability in areas adjacent to designated evacuation routes and critical facilities to minimize increasing risk of landslides due to climate-change related increases in wildfires and extreme precipitation events. (CCVA)
 Program 2-2.1: The City shall consider establishing a regular inspection and maintenance cycle for existing physical landslide and debris flow defenses, including inspections prior to heavy rain events and post- wildfire events. (CCVA)
 Program 2-2.2: The City shall consider implementing the following strategies to address increasing vulnerabilities associated with debris flow and landslides: upgrading and improving drainage capacity, reconstructing retaining walls, installing netting and vegetation, avoiding clear cutting, and stabilizing the soil after tree clearing, such as with compost and mulch. (CCVA)
 Program 2-2.3 The City shall consider identifying locations where slopes should be actively monitored and installing landslide monitoring equipment especially in landslide susceptible areas near evacuation routes and critical assets to detect any changes in local hillside hydrologic conditions. (CCVA) o 3.2 FLOODING HAZARDS
 Updates on Flood Hazards – Local Conditions Section
 Add new programs:
 Program 3-1.5: The City shall upgrade stormwater systems on City- owned properties and rights-of-way to limit flooding from extreme precipitation events while also improving water filtration and quality.

Deployment of such strategies such as green infrastructure (bioswales) shall

be prioritized in high socially vulnerable census tracts in alignment with the Climate Action and Adaptation Plan (CAAP). (CAAP)
 Program 3-1.6: The City shall contact the Los Angeles County Flood Control District to discuss implementing flood mitigation measures to mitigate increased flood risk along the Verdugo Wash, in particular in the Henderson Canyon segment which is the northernmost 2.5 mile area of the Verdugo Wash.
o 3.3 FIRE HAZARDS
 Updates on Fire Hazards – Overview and Local Conditions Sections, including descriptions of Fire Hazard Severity Zones (FHSZs), Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones (VHFHSZs) and Local Responsibility Areas (LRAs)  Delete: Program 4-1.4: The City shall evaluate options for a secondary public access to Glenoaks Canyon.
 Add new programs:
 Program 4-1.9: The City shall ensure that road standards meet the needs for emergency access and that access roads are not restricted by parked cars. (CAL FIRE)
 Program 4-1.10 The City shall coordinate with telecommunication service entities, and the Los Angeles County Cable and
Telecommunications Office to fire-harden communications. (Attorney General Wildfire Guidance)
 Program 4-1.11 The City shall ensure that adequate equipment, staffing, training, and resources are provided to the Glendale Fire Department to meet current and future projected service demands and fire protection needs. Review new developments in Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones to ensure that adequate fire protection provisions are in place, including fire flow and emergency vehicle access. (CAL FIRE)  Update policy:
 Policy 4-2 The City shall require that all new development in areas with a high fire hazard incorporate fire resistant landscaping and other fire hazard reduction techniques into the project design in order to reduce the fire hazard. New Development. The City shall require fire protection plans for all new developments and discourage new residential development within Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones, where feasible. Ensure fire protection plans include risk analysis, consideration of increased wildfire hazards due to climate change, fire response capabilities, fire safety requirements, fuel management, mitigation measures and design requirements, and wildfire education maintenance and limitations. Limit new development in areas with single access points in and adjacent to steeply sloped terrain (greater than 40 percent slope) that would result in significant and unavoidable impacts relating to rapid wildfire spread. (CAL FIRE, Attorney General Wildfire Guidance)

 Delete: Program 4-2.6: The City shall evaluate the feasibility of requiring development plans to be submitted in electronic format in addition to paper copies in order to facilitate the review and storage of plans.  Add new programs:
o Program 4-2.8 The City shall require that new subdivision tract maps for thirty or more lots provide adequate access (ingress, egress) and a minimum of two roadways with widths and lengths in compliance with the Board of Forestry and Fire Protection’s State Minimum Fire Safe Regulations Article 2, Subsection 1273. (Attorney General Wildfire Guidance)
o Program 4-2.9: Whenever feasible, the City shall locate new essential public facilities, including health care facilities, emergency shelters, and fire stations, outside Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones. (CAL FIRE)  Add new policies and programs:
 NEW Policy 4-3 Redevelopment. The City shall require that, after a large fire, redevelopment of a damaged property in a Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone complies with the requirements of construction in the Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones and includes adequate provisions for emergency access, vegetation management, and firefighting, in compliance with current fire codes. (CAL FIRE)  NEW Policy 4-4 Existing Non-Conforming Development. The City shall minimize risks to existing development by identifying existing non-conforming development that does not meet local and state contemporary fire safety standards, in terms of road standards and vegetative hazard, and require all new development to meet or exceed the City of Glendale Vegetation Management Program (VMP) Defensible Space Guidelines and the California Code of Regulations, State Responsibility Areas Fire Safe Regulations. (State Responsibility Areas Fire Safe Regulations), (City of Glendale Vegetation Management Program Defensible Space Guidelines). (CAL FIRE)
 NEW Policy 4-5 Water Supply. The City shall evaluate the City’s fire suppression capacity and future water supply availability, as part of the next Glendale Local Hazard Mitigation Plan, which is updated every 5 years. (CAL FIRE) o Program 4-5.1 The City shall coordinate with Glendale Water & Power and other water districts as appropriate to support the provision of adequate water throughout the City and provision of adequate water storage to meet future peak fire demands during times of peak domestic demand.

Explore the feasibility of providing on-site water supply and storage to augment ordinary supplies that may be lost during a wildfire. (CAL FIRE, Attorney General Wildfire Guidance)
o Program 4-5.2 The City shall require all new developments to have adequate water supply to meet fire suppression needs and comply with applicable fire flow requirements. (CAL FIRE)
 NEW Policy 4-6 Electrical Undergrounding. The City shall implement an aggressive electrical undergrounding plan with a focus on critical evacuation

roadways and areas with the highest wildfire risk. (Attorney General Wildfire Guidance)
 NEW Policy 4-7 Defensible Space. The City shall require all properties in the City to implement precautionary measures to create defensible space in compliance with regulations set forth in Senate Bill 63, Assembly Bill 3074, and Glendale Fire Department defensible space standards and guidelines. The City shall continue annual brush inspections, require public and private properties in the City to maintain a fire break around structures. by removing brush and flammable vegetation surrounding the property, maintain an ember resistant zone around structures located in Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones, continuing annual brush inspections, maintaining any tree adjacent to or overhanging any building free of dead or dying wood, and maintaining roofs free of leaves, needles, or other dead vegetation growth. (CAL FIRE, Attorney General Wildfire Guidance) o Program 4-7.1 The City shall enforce development and maintenance of buffer zones and defensible space by requiring the removal of brush and flammable vegetation surrounding public and private properties and the upkeep of an ember resistant zone around structures located in Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones. The City shall also require public and private properties to maintain any tree adjacent to or overhanging any building free of dead or dying wood, and maintaining roofs free of leaves, needles, or other dead vegetation growth. preventing vegetation to encounter structures and offering assistance to residential and commercial property owners to build defensible spaces that are retained over time.s and to ensure that access roads are not blocked by parked vehicles. (CAL FIRE, Attorney General Wildfire Guidance)
o Program 4-7.2 The City shall encourage residents to plant and maintain drought-resistant, fire-resistant landscape species to reduce the risk of brush fire and soil erosion in areas adjacent to canyons and develop stringent site design and maintenance standards for areas with high fire hazard or soil erosion potential. (CAL FIRE)
 NEW Policy 4-8 Emergency Plan. The City Shall review and update the Emergency Operations Plan and evacuation protocols every two years as recommended by CESA and Cal OES, if feasible, regularly to consider current community emergency evacuation needs in response to wildfires, including in Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones. (CAL FIRE)
 NEW Policy 4-9 Educational Awareness. The City shall educate residents on fire hazard reduction strategies to employ on their properties, focusing on the most vulnerable populations such as older adults, individuals with disabilities, non- English speaking residents, and individuals with chronic health conditions. (CAL FIRE)
 Program 4-9.1 The City shall host educational workshops for property owners on defensible space, home hardening, and vegetation management based upon the most up-to-date science and State guidelines to reduce wildfire risk. Target education of most up-to-date evacuation routes to at-risk

populations including older adults and individuals with chronic health conditions. (CAL FIRE, Attorney General Wildfire Guidance)  Program 4-9.2: The City shall conduct studies to determine whether improvements are needed in the areas of public education and fire prevention. (CAL FIRE)
 NEW Policy 4-10 Partnerships. The City shall regularly review and update mutual aid agreements between surrounding City Fire Departments and the Glendale Fire Department to reflect new developments, population trends in the City, station staffing/equipment, and fire behavior shifts due to climate change.

Ensure protections and response for all areas are adequately covered by the appropriate updates. (CAL FIRE)
o 3.4 CLIMATE CHANGE
 New Overview and Local Conditions Summaries Section, including descriptions of Greenhouse Gases (GHG), Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment (CCVA, Appendix B), Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect, social and physical vulnerabilities.  New goal, policies and programs for Climate Change:
o NEW Goal 5. Reduce social and physical vulnerabilities resulting from the increasing risks of climate change
 NEW Policy 5-1: Cooling Infrastructure. The City shall, where feasible, install shade trees and cool pavement, expand the functionality and availability of cooling centers, and distribute low-cost cooling resources to reduce the impacts of extreme heat and poor air quality on climate vulnerable populations. (CAAP)  Program 5-1.1 The City shall explore incorporating strategies to reduce the urban heat island effect during City repaving projects. (CAAP)  Program 5-1.2 The City work to implement a tree planning program to prioritize planting trees in high social sensitivity census tracts with the lowest tree equity score, along safe routes to school and near bus stops, as detailed in the City’s Community Forest Management Plan. (CAAP)  Program 5-1.3 The City shall, where feasible, expand the functionality and availability of cooling centers to address a greater variety of needs as resilience centers facilitating health, food, medical, and emergency services during poor air quality events caused by climate hazards such as extreme heat events or wildfire. (CAAP)
 Program 5-1.4 The City shall consider implementing a program to purchase and deploy a lending library of air purifiers and cooling devices in partnership with local community organizations and trusted community leaders, targeting high social sensitivity census tracts. (CAAP)  NEW Policy 5-2: Building Resilience. The City shall amend the building code to increase the resiliency of existing and new buildings so as to protect residents from the impacts of extreme heat and poor air quality. (CAAP)  Program 5-2.1 The City shall consider amending the building code to require CALGreen Tier 2 Voluntary Standards Section A5.106.11.2 for cool roofs

and Section A5.106.7.2 for cool walls by the next California Building Codes (CBC) update cycle. (CAAP)
 Program 5-2.2 The City shall amend the building code to require indoor cooling in new multi-family buildings, monitoring the California Department of Public Health guidance regarding indoor cooling which will inform the next CBC update (CBC) cycle. (CAAP)
 Program 5-2.3 The City shall consider amending the building code to require all newly installed HVAC units for existing buildings to have two-way air condition unit capability to provide heating and cooling by the next CBC update cycle. (CAAP)
 NEW Policy 5-3: Access to Public Information. The City shall promote increased multi-lingual access to informational resources and emergency alert systems to raise awareness of and limit climate change impacts. (CAAP)  Program 5-3.1 The City shall offer engaging year-round community events with educational resources at resilience centers, providing the community with free access to multi-lingual information, resources, and support to effectively prepare for and recover from poor air quality days, extreme weather events and other disasters, while making the resilience centers recognized fixtures in the community (CAAP).
 Program 5-3.2 The City shall conduct emergency alert notifications in English, Spanish, Armenian, and Korean and distribute information about Emergency Alert Program (Everbridge) sign-up in areas of highest risk, including areas of high social sensitivity. The City shall remove procedural equity barriers from the sign-up program. (CAAP)
 Program 5-3.3 The City shall, every five years, reassess which languages are spoken jointly by 5% or more of the Glendale community and expand emergency alert translations to additional languages as needed, consistent with Assembly Bill 1638. (CAAP; AB 1638)
 Program 5-3.4 The City shall provide online information for preparing homes and businesses for extreme weather events, such as resources on what to have at home in an emergency kit. (CAAP)
 NEW Policy 5-4 Water Management. The City shall incorporate, where feasible, extended drought climate projections in water management planning and offer solutions to reduce water use and improve water quality through Glendale Water & Power while offering educational services to the community. (CAAP)  Program 5-4.1: The City shall, upon the next update to the Urban Water Management Plan (UWMP), review the historical record to identify the longest recorded drought and consider a similar drought length in the UWMP analysis. (CAAP)
 Program 5-4.2 The City shall, where feasible, expand Glendale Water and Power programs to increase leakage detection systems and repairs; drought tolerant landscaping; low-flow fixtures, fitting, and appliances; greywater capture and reuse; leakage repairs; and financing and technical

resources to subsidize costs to landlords and low-income households. (CAAP)
 Program 5-4.3 The City shall, where feasible, implement a program to conduct an energy/water nexus study to inform the City’s future public water rate structure and to directly assist low-income households with high utility burdens during water rate structure changes to avoid inequitable outcomes. (CAAP)
o 3.5 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
 Minor updates to Overview and Local Conditions Summaries  Addition of new policy titles; no other changes
o 3.6 TERRORISM, CIVIL DISTURBANCE AND CRIME
 Updates to the Overview – California State Threat Assessment System (CAL STAS) and minor updates to the Local Conditions Summaries
 Addition of new policy titles; no other changes
o 3.7 DANGEROUS ANIMALS AND PLANTS
 Very minor updates to the Overview and Local Conditions Summaries  Addition of new policy titles and clarification for composting programs; no other changes
o 3.8 DISASTER PREPAREDNESS, RECOVERY AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE  Updates to the Overview and the Local Conditions Summaries regarding evacuation and emergency response routes, including single access for residential developments, as well as evacuation analyses for two scenarios.  New policies and programs:
o NEW Program 9-1.11 The City shall provide accurate documentation required for cost recovery efforts from federal, state, and other agencies in the event of a disaster or emergency. This includes providing a plan for rapid resumption of impacted businesses and community services. (CAL FIRE)
 NEW Policy 9-2: Plan Updates. The City shall review and update as necessary the Glendale Emergency Plan with every update to the Local Hazard Mitigation Plan to evaluate evacuation route capacity, safety, and viability under a range of emergency scenarios. (AB 747)
 NEW Policy 9-3: Evacuation Communications. The City shall strengthen and maintain evacuation communication protocols among local agencies and organizations involved in the management of emergency response, and the communication between the City and the general public during an emergency. o Program 9-3.1: The City shall implement the communications-related strategies identified in the Evacuation Analysis (Appendix C) to address how information may be shared in preparation for, during and after emergency events. Such strategies include:
• This City shall consider using systems such as public information emergency systems and emergency satellite communications to

improve communications, such as those outlined in the FEMA NIMS Guidance for Public Information Officers. (AB 747) • The City shall use variable message board equipment and targeted installation of permanent dynamic message signs on evacuation routes to improve communication and reduce public confusion. (AB 747)
• The City shall implement a traffic control center which would have up to the minute reports on traffic patterns and can communicate directly with emergency officers via broadcast media, social media, and other emergency communications channels (e.g., Everbridge, Genesis) to let drivers know about roadway congestion and conditions and direct them to alternate routes. (AB 747) • The City shall consider installing new traffic counters and/or CCTV cameras on freeways, which can further help assess traffic flow, volume of vehicles evacuating, and monitor incidents during emergency evacuation events. Caltrans currently has two cameras in the proximity of Glendale: SR-2 at Colorado Street and SR-134 at Glendale Avenue. (AB 747)
• The City shall post signs and flyers in public places, such as businesses, community centers, and parks, with instructions on where to go in an evacuation and key evacuation information.

Signs and flyers should be posted in multiple languages. (AB 747) o Program 9-3.2 The City shall increase redundancy in emergency evacuation communication systems in the event of an electric outage through a variety of measures, including back-up power for telecommunication towers and other critical facilities, distributing information via radio channels, promoting ownership of hand cranked radios, and other means. Regularly test alert systems for potential evacuation scenarios. (Attorney General Wildfire Guidance)
 NEW Policy 9-4: Vulnerable Populations. The City shall implement additional steps and resources for the successful evacuation of vulnerable populations, including those who are visually impaired, hearing impaired, mobility impaired, people without vehicles, non-English speaking persons, people with medical conditions, and unhoused populations. (AB 747)
o Program 9-4.1: The City shall implement the strategies identified in the Evacuation Analysis (Appendix C) for evacuation of vulnerable populations. Such strategies include:
• The City shall ensure that evacuation information is provided for the hearing impaired that may include additional visual aids such as pictures or maps, and signage with larger fonts, as well as written updates via communication and social media channels. (AB 747)
• The City shall partner with neighboring cities/private/non-profit agencies to provide adequate paratransit services for those who

need assistance in an evacuation, especially for those visually and mobility impaired. (AB 747)
• The City shall emphasize the importance of carpooling with neighbors or community members and provide information on transit routes and transit stops, especially to those individuals without vehicles. The City shall also identify areas that would benefit from a carpooling program (e.g. communities with limited ingress/egress) and coordinate with neighbors, local businesses, and local transit to identify volunteers for carpooling and vehicle sharing at the community level. (AB 747)
• The City shall provide bilingual or multilingual materials to support communication with non-English speaking populations during evacuation. Communications should be created in English, Armenian, Spanish, Tagalog, and Korean. (AB 747)
• The City shall communicate in advance the location and availability of hospitals or facilities with emergency/life-sustaining medical equipment that residents, especially those with medical conditions, can go to during an evacuation and identify the transportation mode of transfers to other facilities, based on the criticality of patients/clients and type of health needs. (AB 747)
• The City shall arrange for food, shelter, and transportation for unhoused populations, offering age-appropriate emergency and evacuation information to homeless children. (AB 747)
 NEW Policy 9.5 Traffic Management. In the event of an emergency requiring evacuation, traffic management strategies to increase evacuation capacity and efficiency shall be implemented (AB 747):
o Program 9-5.1: The City shall implement the roadway and intersection capacity, and resilience related strategies identified in the Evacuation Analysis (Appendix C) to maximize the capacity of the evacuation roadway network. Such strategies include:
• Establish temporary control points to temporarily close inbound travel lanes on select unlimited access arterials (such as parkways and boulevards) to allow outbound traffic to utilize these lanes during evacuation. (AB 747)
• Establish temporary control points to close inbound lanes on selected roadways utilized for evacuation routes to prevent drivers on these routes from entering the City while evacuation is underway. (AB 747)
• Install signal battery backups in case signal operations need to be maintained during a power outage. Consider using channeling devices, static signs, and coning strategies to manage intersection flow during power outage if the signals lack power. (AB 747) • Identify and communicate with communities that have one or two access points. Prioritize adding additional access to communities

which are currently served by only one or two access points. (AB 747)
• Develop transportation solutions such as the use of a bus system for evacuating individuals with special needs (such as those with mobility limitations). (AB 747)
• Establish traffic control points (i.e., locations along designated evacuation routes with emergency management personnel) to maintain a greater degree of evacuation management. These locations could enhance the efficiency of an evacuation, reduce public confusion, and allow increased operational flexibility during an evacuation. (AB 747)
• Maintain evacuation roadways and shoulders to clear them of trees, vegetation, and debris that would block travel lanes and shoulders for evacuating and emergency operation vehicles. (AB 747)
o NEW Program 9-5.2 Single Access Neighborhoods. The City shall implement strategies to improve emergency access for Glendale’s single access neighborhoods (CAL FIRE, SB 99, Attorney General Wildfire Guidance). Such strategies shall include:
• The City shall identify alternative plans for evacuation depending upon the location and dynamics of the emergency and consider conducting traffic modeling to quantify travel times under various likely scenarios. Consider the adequacy of emergency access under a range of emergency scenarios, including proximity to existing fire services and the capacity of existing services. (CAL FIRE, SB 99)
• The City shall encourage residents to take only one or two vehicles (based on household size) to reduce the number of evacuating vehicles. The City shall offer offsite parking facilities to safely store secondary vehicles in advance of an emergency event. (CAL FIRE, SB 99)
• The City shall implement early evacuations under high-risk conditions for vulnerable communities with limited egress routes, including single-access neighborhoods. (CAL FIRE, SB 99) The City shall conduct regular evacuation trainings to educate residents on how to prepare to be without electricity for three days or more and how to shut off domestic gas supply in cases of emergency including training for single-access community homeowner associations and residents. (CAL FIRE, SB 99)

TABLES

Table-1 Hazard Assessment of Critical Facilities and Schools in Glendale - no changes Table-2 Potential Shelters In and Near the City of Glendale – minor additions and updates Table-3 Program Implementation Schedule – updates to/for added/deleted Programs, Responsible Divisions, Potential Funding, Priority and Time Frame entries

EXHIBITS
Exhibits – Plates:

2003 Safety Element:
• P late P-1 Summary of Hazards Map (showing Seismic and Geological Hazards) • Plate P-2 Summary of Hazards Map (showing Dam Inundation Areas and Fire Hazard Areas)
• Plate P-3 Emergency Response Map

2025 Safety Element Update:
• Plate P-1 Seismic and Geological Hazards - no change to information • Plate P-2 Dam Inundation Zones (only) – Fire Hazard Areas now shown in separate Plate • Plate P-3 Wildfire Hazard Severity Zones and Critical Facilities – Replacing previous P-3 Emergency Response Route Plate with updated Fire Hazards Area Map • Plate P-4 Single Access Neighborhoods – NEW Plate
• Plate P-5 Emergency Response Route – Previously Plate P-3, with updated information