A G E N D A
GLENDALE CITY COUNCIL
COUNCIL CHAMBERS
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Glendale, CA 91206
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JUNE 24, 2025
ROLL CALL
1. CLOSED SESSION
– 1:00 PM (T o Commence at 2:00 PM)
a.
Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation: Topadzhikyan v. City of Glendale, L.A.S.C. Case No. 22SSTCV36445
b.
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Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation: Janfaza v. City of Glendale, U.S.D.C. Case No. 2:23-cv-01312-MRA (SKx)
c.
Conference with Legal Counsel – Anticipated Litigation: Significant exposure to litigation pursuant to subdivisions (d)(2) and (e)(2) of Government Code Section 54956.9
d.
Public Employee Appointment – Director of Finance
e.
Public Employee Appointment – General Manager, Glendale Water & Power f.
Public Employee Appointment – Fire Chief
g.
Conference with Labor Negotiators. The City-designated negotiator attending the closed session is: Mayor Ara Najarian. The unrepresented employee position is:
City Manager
2. REGULAR BUSINESS AGENDA
– 6:00 PM
Roll Call
a.
Flag Salute: Council Member
b.
Invocation: Chaplain Donte Carty, Glendale Police Department c.
Report of the City Clerk, re: Posting of Agenda. The Agenda for the June 24, 2025 Regular Meeting of the Glendale City Council was Posted on June 20, 2025, on the Bulletin Board Outside City Hall.
3. PRESENTATIONS AND APPOINTMENTS
a.
Agenda Preview for the Meetings of Tuesday, July 1, 2025 b.
Professional Development Center Check Presentation to City of Glendale for Workforce Training Grant
c.
Proclamation Declaring June 12, 2025, National Control Room Workers’ Day Honoring Water and Power Employees
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:
Award of Contract for FY 2025-2026 Legal Advertising for the City of Glendale
1. Motion Awarding a Contract to HLR Media, LLC DBA Glendale Independent, sole responsible bidder, Specification No. 4018
b.
Glendale Water and Power, re: Award of a Professional Services Agreement (PSA) to Harper & Associates Engineering, Inc. for Water Storage Facility Rehabilitation Projects
1. Motion authorizing the City Manager, or his designee, to execute a three-year Professional Services Agreement (PSA) with Harper & Associates Engineering, Inc., to act on behalf of the City as Owner’s Engineers specializing in the design and oversight of City water storage facility rehabilitation projects for a total not-to-exceed amount of $450,000
c.
Public Works, re:
Award Construction Contract for the Babe Herman Restroom Renovation Project
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1. Motion authorizing the City Manager or his designee to execute a construction contract with Williamson Construction Co. Inc., for the Babe Herman Restroom Renovation Project, Specification No. 3978, in the amount of $275,000, plus a 10% contingency of $27,500, for a total amount not to exceed $302,500 d.
Public Works, re:
Amendments to Multiple PSAs for Additional Design, Engineering, and Construction Management Services for San Fernando Road Beautification Phase II Project, and On-Call Engineering Services for Public Works Project
1. Motion authorizing the City Manager or a designee to execute a contract amendment to Contract No. 8001984 with Mark Thomas & Company, Inc., to increase the contract amount by $59,660 to perform additional landscaping and irrigation design for the San Fernando Road Beautification Phase II Project
2. Motion authorizing the City Manager or a designee to execute contract amendments to the following PSAs to provide additional engineering services in support of various PWD projects:
a. Contract No. 8002222 with Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc., to increase the on-call traffic engineering services contract amount by an additional $200,000 b. Contract No. 8002237 with KOA Corporation, to increase the on-call traffic engineering services contract amount by an additional $200,000 c. Contract No. 8002258 with Twining, Inc., to increase the on-call geotechnical, soils engineering, and material testing services contract amount by an additional $150,000
d. Contract No. 8002407 with Mark Thomas & Company, Inc., to increase the on-call construction management and inspection services contract amount by $750,000
e. Contract No. 8002238 with NV5, Inc., to increase the on-call construction management and inspection services contract amount by $200,000
3. Resolution
of appropriation to appropriate additional funds for the Metro’s NoHo to Pasadena Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Project
e.
Community Services and Parks, re:
Verdugo Workforce Development Board’s
Submission Request for Approval of Local Workforce Development Plan 2025-2028
1. Motion to approve the Verdugo Workforce Development Board’s Local Workforce Development Plan 2025-2028; approve submission of the Verdugo Workforce Development Board’s Local Workforce Development Plan 2025-2028 to the California Workforce Development Board and the State of California Employment Development Department; and authorize the Mayor and City Manager or designee to execute all relevant documents with the State of California, and the United States Department of Labor for the plan’s approval, implementation, and use
f.
Community Services and Parks, re:
Elderly Nutrition Program Subaward of Grant
Funds from County of Los Angeles Aging and Disabilities Department for FY 2025- 2026 baseline funding and Modernizing Older Californians Act (MOCA) funding allocation of $490,900
1. Motion to accept $443,300 in Elderly Nutrition Program (ENP) baseline funding and $47,600 in MOCA funding from Los Angeles County Aging and Disabilities (AD) for FY 2025-2026; and authorize the City Manager or a designee to execute Subaward ENP252604 period July 2025 – June 2026 to accept and implement funding
5. CITY COUNCIL/STAFF COMMENTS
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6. COMMUNITY EVENT ANNOUNCEMENTS (3-Minutes; 5-Speaker Limit) Per Mayor Policy, This Item Also Permits Speakers Wishing to Speak Under General Oral Communications, Subject to the Three Minute Time Limit. Discussion is Limited to Matters Not on the Agenda.
7. ADOPTION OF ORDINANCES
8. ACTION ITEMS
a.
Glendale Water and Power, re: Solar Energy Power Sales Agreement: 30-Year Power Sales Agreement (PSA) with Southern California Public Power Authority (SCPPA) for Purchase of 25 MW from Milford Solar II Project
1. Resolution authorizing a 30-year Power Sales Agreement (PSA) with Southern California Public Power Authority (SCPPA) for the purchase of 25 MW (or equivalently, an 8.3% entitlement share of the 300 MW contract capacity) of renewable solar energy and environmental attributes from the Milford Solar II Project, and finding that the project is exempt from the requirements of the Californi b.
City Clerk, re:
Consideration of Support of State Bills Recommended by the Commission on the Status of Women
1. Motion providing direction on bills as recommended by the Commission on the Status of Women
c.
Finance, re:
Adoption of the City’s FY 2025-26 Gann Appropriations Limit
1. Resolution Adopting FY 2025-26 Gann Appropriations Limit d.
Finance, re:
FY 2024-25 Glendale Water and Power Transfer
1. Resolution Reducing the Percentage of Operating Revenues to be Transferred from Glendale Water and Power (Electric) to the General Reserve Fund for Fiscal Year 2024-25
9. HEARINGS
a.
Finance, re:
FY 2025-26 Citywide Budget Hearing and Adoption
1. Hold a Public Hearing on the FY 2025-26 Proposed Citywide Budget and Changes to the Citywide Fee Schedule
2. Resolution Adopting the FY 2025-26 City of Glendale Budget
3. Resolution Modifying Existing Fees for Parking Services Provided by the City and Adopting Changes to the Comprehensive Citywide Fee Schedule for FY 2025-26
4. Motion to Increase the Citywide Authorized Salaried Position Count
5. Resolution Providing for the Establishment of Classification Titles and Compensation for Employees of the City of Glendale Covered by the Glendale Management Association Memorandum of Understanding, including Employee Relations Exempt Classifications
6. Resolution Providing for the Establishment of Classification Titles and Compensation for Employees of the City of Glendale Represented by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 18
7. Resolution Providing for the Establishment of Classification Titles and Compensation for Employees of the City of Glendale Covered by the Glendale City Employees’ Association Memorandum of Understanding, including Confidential and Hourly Classifications
8. Resolution Adopting the Glendale Water & Power Public Benefit Programs Plan and the Low Carbon Fuel Standard Programs Plan for Fiscal Years 2025-26 and 2026-27
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and Authorize Agreements to Implement Said Programs
9. Resolution of Appropriation for FY 2024-25 to Transfer Funds from the Parking Fund to the General Fund and the Capital Improvement Fund due to the collapsing of the Parking Fund into the General Fund as of June 30,2025
10. REPORTS - INFORMATION
11. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS
12. DISCUSSION OF COUNCILMEMBER FUTURE AGENDA REQUESTS
13. 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.
14. NEW BUSINESS
15. ADJOURNMENT
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