A G E N D A
GLENDALE CITY COUNCIL
COUNCIL CHAMBERS
613 E. Broadway, 2nd Floor
Glendale, CA 91206
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND ACCESSIBILITY
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PUBLIC COMMENT GUIDELINES
The City Council welcomes public input at City Council meetings. Public input at Council meetings is regulated by the City Council’s Rules of Order, Procedure and Decorum for the Conduct of City Council Meetings as set forth in Resolution No. 25-76, which will be summarized below.
Written Comments and Documents
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Public comments received in writing will NOT be read aloud at the meeting but will be part of the meeting record. Written public comments can be emailed to [email protected], and will be uploaded to the City website as an attachment to the agenda item. When submitting a public comment, please make sure to include the following
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1. Name (optional); and
2. Agenda item to which you are submitting public comment
3. Submit no later than 12:00 p.m. on the day of the City Council meeting. Correspondence received after this time may not be distributed until the following business day.
All documents related to open session items on this agenda that are received less than 72 hours prior to this meeting, and are public records, will be available for review in the Office of the City Clerk, 613 E. Broadway, Room 110, Glendale, CA 91206.
Public Comments During Council Meeting
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Public Comments during Community Event Announcements, First and Second Periods of Oral Communications and agenda items will be governed as provided in the descriptions for those items on the agenda below. Pursuant to State law, the City Council may not discuss or take action on any item not appearing on the meeting agenda, except that members of the City Council or staff may ask a question for clarification or briefly respond to statements made or questions posed by persons exercising public testimony rights (Government Code Section 54954.2). Staff may be asked to follow up on such items.
Submitting Speaker Cards or Calling In for Public Comment :
Speaker cards must be submitted and telephonic participants must call in and be in the call-in queue as follows:
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Community Event Announcements or First or Second Period of Oral Communications: PRIOR TO the commencement of the specific comment period
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Consent Calendar Items: BEFORE a motion is made on the consent calendar •
Other agenda items, including Action items: PRIOR to the completion of the verbal staff report (unless waived by the Mayor)
Any audio-visual files displayed by speakers must be emailed to the Clerk’s office by 12:00 pm on the day before a Council meeting.
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JULY 15, 2025
ROLL CALL
1. CLOSED SESSION
– 1:00 PM (T o Commence at 3:00 PM
)
a.
Conference with Legal Counsel – Anticipated Litigation. Initiation of litigation pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (d) of Government Code Section 54956.9:
One Potential Case
b.
Public Employment - Attorneys
c.
Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation: Central BWB LLC v. City of Glendale et al., L.A.S.C. Case No. 25STCP01018; Central BWB LLC v. City of Glendale et al., L.A.S.C. Case No. 25STCP01144
d.
Conference with Labor Negotiators. The City-designated negotiator attending the closed session is: Mayor Ara Najarian. The unrepresented employee positions are:
City Manager and City Attorney
e.
Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation: Janfaza v. City of Glendale, U.S.D.C. Case No. 2:23-cv-01312-MRA (SKx)
f.
Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation: Escobar v. City of Glendale, L.A.S.C. Case No. 23STCV22828
g.
Conference with Real Property Negotiators: City-designated negotiators: Roubik Golanian, John Takhtalian, Michael J. Garcia, Gillian van Muyden, Bradley Calvert, Onnig Bulanikian and Mark Berry. Property Location: 309 Orange Street. Negotiating Parties: MGP XII Glendale Central LLC, an affiliate of Merlone Geier Partners.
Instructions to the negotiator(s) will concern the price and terms of payment for the acquisition of property
2. REGULAR BUSINESS AGENDA
– 6:00 PM
Roll Call
a.
Flag Salute: Council Member
b.
Invocation:
Valerie Weston, Worship Chair, Unitarian Universalist Church of the Verdugo Hills
c.
Report of the City Clerk, re: Posting of Agenda. The Agenda for the July 15, 2025 Regular Meeting of the Glendale City Council was Posted on July 11, 2025, on the Bulletin Board Outside City Hall
3. PRESENTATIONS AND APPOINTMENTS
a.
Agenda Preview for the Meetings of Tuesday, July 22, 2025 b.
Proclaiming July as Disability Awareness Month
c.
Proclaiming July as Parks Make Life Better
d.
GWP’s Launch of the New “myGWP Portal”
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
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motion is proposed.
a.
City Clerk, re: Minutes of the City Council Meetings of May 20, 2025 and June 10, 2025
b.
Public Works, re:
Appropriation of grant funds for the Climate Mobility Applicatio
1. Resolution of Appropriation for $236,000 in grant funds from the California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA) to support the Climate Mobility App c.
Police Department, re:
The County of Los Angeles Real Estate Fraud Prosecution Trust Fund, Request for Authorization to Accept Grant Funds to be used for the purpose of prosecution and/or investigation of real estate fraud
1. Motion to approve the Glendale Police Department’s participation in the Real Estate Fraud Prosecution Trust Fund Program and to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to accept grant funds in the amount of $5,000, and to execute the necessary agreements, certifications, and other documents required to accept the grant funds
2. Resolution of Appropriation
d.
Police Department, re:
To accept grant funding from the United States Department of Homeland Security FY 2024 Urban Area Security Initiatives (UASI) Grant Program.
1. Motion to accept grant funds in the amount of $405,940 and authorize the City Manager, or a designee, to execute an agreement with the City of Los Angeles for the award of funds under the FY 2024 UASI grant program
2. Resolution of appropriation to appropriate $125,000 from the Urban Area Security Initiatives (UASI) Grant Program grant revenue
5. CITY COUNCIL/STAFF COMMENTS
(Including reports from conferences and regional
meetings)
6. COMMUNITY EVENT ANNOUNCEMENTS
(3-minutes per speaker)
Members of the public will be permitted to announce upcoming events taking place in the community.
7. FIRST PERIOD OF ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
(Maximum 3 minutes per speaker, 30-minute
aggregate speaking time limit)
Members of the public may address the Council on agenda items or non-agenda items within the City Council’s subject matter jurisdiction. If a speaker addresses the Council on an agenda item during the First Period of Oral Communications, they may not speak again when the agenda item is called. A speaker who addresses the Council on non-agenda items during the First Period of Oral Communications may not speak during the Second Period of Oral Communications.
8. ADOPTION OF ORDINANCES
9. ACTION ITEMS
a.
City Clerk, re:
Consideration of Support of State Bills Recommended by the Commission on the Status of Women
1. Motion providing support of bills as recommended by the Commission on the Status of Women
b.
Fire Department, re: Introduction of an Ordinance adopting the 2025 Local Responsibility Area Fire Hazard Severity Zone Maps as recommended by the
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California State Fire Marshal
1. Introduction of Ordinance
c.
Fire Department, re:
Fire Department – Teleflex Medical Supply Corporation
1. Resolution dispensing with competitive bidding establishing T eleflex Medical Supplies Corporation (T eleflex) as the City's standard vendor for the purchase of intra-osseous medical equipment and supplies and authorizing the Deputy Director of Finance/Purchasing to procure related equipment and supplies d.
Public Works, re:
Preservation and Reuse of the Former Rockhaven Sanitarium Project
1. Motion authorizing the City Manager or his designee to execute a construction contract with ARC Construction, Inc. for the Preservation and Reuse of the Former Rockhaven Sanitarium Project in the amount of $6,422,796, plus a 10% contingency of $642,000 (Option 1)
2. Motion authorizing the City Manager or his designee to execute a construction contract with ARC Construction, Inc. for the Preservation and Reuse of the Former Rockhaven Sanitarium Project in the amount of $6,730,025 plus a 10% contingency of $673,000 (Option 2)
3. Resolution of appropriation to appropriate funds for the Preservation and Reuse of the Former Rockhaven Sanitarium Project for Tier 1 (Option 1)
4. Resolution of appropriation to appropriate funds for the Preservation and Reuse of the Former Rockhaven Sanitarium Project for Tier 1, 2 and 3 (Option 2) e.
Public Works, re: Resolution Regarding Financial Assurance for Postclosure Maintenance of Scholl Canyon Landfill, Glendale, California and authorizing the City Manager or his designee to enter into and execute a Pledge of Revenue Agreement
1. Resolution Regarding Financial Assurance for Postclosure Maintenance of Scholl Canyon Landfill, Glendale, California and authorizing the City Manager or his designee to enter into and execute a Pledge of Revenue Agreement
10. HEARINGS
a.
Community Development, re: 1520 Cedarhill Road: Consideration of Glendale Register Nomination and Request for a Mills Act Historic Property Contract.
11. REPORTS - INFORMATION
a.
Director of Community Development, re Update on AB 130/SB 131 Including Impacts on Building Code Updates, CEQA, and Permit Streamlining
12. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS
13. DISCUSSION OF COUNCILMEMBER FUTURE AGENDA REQUESTS
a.
Report from Councilmember Brotman in consideration of reach codes in light of AB 130 and SB 131
14. SECOND PERIOD OF 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.
15. NEW BUSINESS
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16. ADJOURNMENT
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