A G E N D A
GLENDALE CITY COUNCIL
COUNCIL CHAMBERS
613 E. Broadway, 2nd Floor
Glendale, CA 91206
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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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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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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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SEPTEMBER 9, 2025
ROLL CALL
1. CLOSED SESSION
– 1:00 PM (T o Commence at 2:00 PM
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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 Legal Counsel – Anticipated Litigation. Significant exposure to litigation pursuant to subdivisions (d)(2) and (e)(3) of Government Code Section 54956.9: Two Potential Cases
e.
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
f.
Conference with Labor Negotiators. The City-designated negotiators attending the closed session are: Roubik Golanian, John Takhtalian, Michael J. Garcia, Gillian van Muyden, Paula Adams, Peter Brown, Jack Liang, and Scott Mellon. The name of the employee organizations is: I.B.E.W., Local 18
2. REGULAR BUSINESS AGENDA
– 6:00 PM
Roll Call
a.
Flag Salute: Council Member
b.
Invocation:
Worshipful Vram Martirosyan, Glendale Masonic Lodge No. 368 c.
Report of the City Clerk, re: Posting of Agenda. The Agenda for the September 9, 2025 Regular Meeting of the Glendale City Council was Posted on September 5, 2025 on the Bulletin Board Outside City Hall.
3. PRESENTATIONS AND APPOINTMENTS
a.
Proclamation declaring September as Suicide Prevention Month
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 Special City Council Meeting of August 26, 2025 and City Council Meeting of August 26, 2025
b.
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Public Works, re:
Authorization for the City Clerk to Set the Time, Date, and Place of a Public Hearing for the Conditional Vacation of a Portion of the First Alley Easterly of Central Avenue, Southerly of California Avenue, Westerly of Orange Street (Alley 239) for the proposed 236 N. Central Avenue Project, Vacation Case No. 192V
1. Motion Authorizing the City Clerk to Set a Public Hearing for the Subject Alley Vacation
c.
Finance, re:
Designation of Authorized Representatives for FEMA and Cal OES Disaster Assistance
1. Resolution to designate City Manager, Director of Finance, and Assistant Director of Finance as authorized representatives to apply and obtain disaster assistance from FEMA and Cal OES when major disasters strike
d.
Community Services and Parks, re:
Acceptance of Federal Workforce Innovation
and Opportunity Act funds from the State of California, Employment Development Department and award of contracts to the Glendale Youth Alliance and the City of Burbank
1. Accepting the Federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) funds in the amount of $848,928 from the State of California, Employment Development Department; and authorizing the City Manager, or a designee, to enter into and execute all agreements, amendments, certifications, and documents necessary to accept and implement the funding
2. Authorizing the City Manager, or a designee, to enter into and execute a Contract with Glendale Youth Alliance in an amount not to exceed $703,428 from the WIOA federal grant for the period of July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026
3. Authorizing the City Manager, or a designee, to enter into and execute a Contract with City of Burbank in an amount not to exceed $145,500 from the WIOA federal grant for the period of July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026
e.
Community Services and Parks, re:
Acceptance of Youth@Work funds from the Los
Angeles County, Department of Economic Opportunity and award of contract to Glendale Youth Alliance
1. Accepting the Youth@Work funds from the Los Angeles County, Department of Economic Opportunity in the amount of $353,100; and authorizing the City Manager, or a designee, to enter into and execute all agreements, amendments, certifications, and documents necessary to accept and implement the funding, subject to the approval by the City Attorney
2. Authorizing the City Manager, or a designee, to enter into and execute a Contract with Glendale Youth Alliance in an amount not to exceed $326,618 from the Youth@Work grant for the period of July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026, subject to the approval by the City Attorney, subject to the approval by the City Attorney f.
Public Works, re:
Amend Professional Services Agreement (PSA) for Preparation of Design and Construction Documents for Fremont Park Renovation Project
1. Motion authorizing an amendment to PSA No. C106224 with David Volz Design Landscaping Architects, increasing the contract amount by $35,000 for a total not-to- exceed amount of $1,333,214
5. CITY COUNCIL/STAFF COMMENTS
(Including reports from conferences and regional
meetings)
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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
a.
Management Services, re:
Local Amendments to the California Building and Energy
Code to require projects in single-family homes, duplexes and townhomes involving replacement or alteration (but not repair) of an existing air conditioning system or installation of new air conditioning systems to either include a heat pump space conditioner as the primary heating system, or install specific energy efficiency measures in addition to a new air conditioner
1. Motion Directing Staff to Include Provisions in the Local Amendments to the 2025 California Building and Energy Code to Be Considered by the Council in the Fall of 2025 That Would Require Energy Conservation Measures for Air Conditioner Alterations, Replacements and Installations in Existing Single-Family Homes, Duplexes and T ownhomes
2. An Ordinance of the Council of the City of Glendale, California Amending the 2022 Glendale Building and Safety Code, Volume IX (Green Building Standards), to Require Energy Conservation Measures for Air Conditioner Alterations, Replacements and Installations in Existing Single-Family Residential Buildings
9. ACTION ITEMS
a.
City Attorney, re: Ordinance Amending Glendale Municipal Code provisions regarding meetings, powers and duties of the Commission on the Status of Women
(Moved from August 26, 2025, Council Meeting)
1. Introduction of Ordinance Amending Sections 2.38.090 and 2.38.140 of the Glendale Municipal Code, 1995 – Relating to the Commission on the Status of Women b.
Management Services, re: Programs or Partnerships to Address Health and Social Challenges Affecting Men
1. Motion Directing Staf
c.
Glendale Water and Power, re: Key Considerations and Refinements to the Clean Energy Programs Plan Funded by Public Benefit Charge and Low Carbon Fuel Standard for Fiscal Years 25-26 and 26-27
(Moved from August 26, 2025, Council
Meeting)
1. Resolution authorizing Glendale Water & Power (GWP) staff to implement programs consistent with the outlined refinements to the Glendale Water and Power Clean Energy Programs Plan funded by Public Benefit Charge (PBC) and Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) for Fiscal Years (FY) 25-26 and FY 26-27
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2. Resolution of Appropriation requesting $200,000 for the vehicle-to-everything (V2X) study supporting a potential pilot program
d.
Public Works, re: Dispensing with Competitive Bidding and Awarding a Contract for Operation and Maintenance of the City’s Schneider Electric Building Management Systems and Software including EcoStruxure and StruxureWare Building Operations / Andover Continuum (Andover)
1. Resolution dispensing with competitive bidding and authorizing the City Manager or a designee to execute a contract with Schneider Electric Buildings Americas, Inc., (Schneider Electric) for the operation and maintenance of the city’s Andover Building Management Systems for 5 years in an amount not to exceed $825,000
10. HEARINGS
a.
Community Development, re: Appeal of Design Review Board’s approval of DRB Case No. PDR-004219-2024 located at 906 Whitehaven Terrace to add an 1,865 square-foot (SF) two-story addition and change the architectural style of the existing 1,938 SF single-story single-family residence with an attached 3-car garage constructed in 1973 on a 11,770 SF interior lot in the R1R-III (Restricted Residential Zone, Floor Area District III).
1. Motion to Sustain Design Review Board’s Decision to Approve the Project with Conditions of Approval
2. Motion to Continue the Matter, Directing the City Attorney to Draft Findings Reversing the Design Review Board’s Decision and Denying the Project
11. REPORTS - INFORMATION
12. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS
13. DISCUSSION OF COUNCILMEMBER FUTURE AGENDA REQUESTS
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
16. ADJOURNMENT
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