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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City Council meeting agenda packets, any agenda related documents, and additional documents are available at City Hall and online for public viewing on the City’s website:
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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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OCTOBER 21, 2025
ROLL CALL
1. CLOSED SESSION
– 1:00 PM (T o Commence at 6:00 PM
)
2. REGULAR BUSINESS AGENDA
– 6:00 PM
Roll Call
a.
Flag Salute: Council Member
b.
Invocation:
W
ill be delivered by Deacon Ron Baker, Holy Family Catholic Church c.
Report of the City Clerk, re: Posting of Agenda. The Agenda for the October 21, 2025 Regular Meeting of the Glendale City Council was Posted on October 17, 2025, on the Bulletin Board Outside City Hall.
3. PRESENTATIONS AND APPOINTMENTS
a.
Domestic Violence Awareness Month proclamation
b.
Legislative update by Assemblymember Schultz
c.
End of Legislative Session Update by Kyra Ross with Emanuels Jones and Associates
d.
October 14
as Sister Cities International Day
e.
Breast Cancer Awareness Month Proclamation
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 Joint City Council and Housing Authority Meetings of August 19, 2025, and September 30, 2025. Special City Council Meetings of September 30, 2025, and October 14, 2025. City Council Meeting of October 7, 2025 b.
Fire Department, re:
Fire Department request to revise and amend the
Comprehensive Citywide Fee Schedule
1. Resolution amending the Comprehensive Citywide Fee Schedule for the Fiscal Year 2025-26 to modify fees that are in relation to the Fire Prevention Bureau c.
City Attorney, re: Consumer Price Index (CPI) Adjustment to Campaign Finance Contribution Limits
1. Resolution Adjusting the Campaign Contribution Limits in the amount of Consumer Price Index (CPI) to $1,440
d.
Public Works, re:
Award Design-Build Contract for the Grandview Library Roofing and Solar Project
1. Motion to award a Design-Build contract to AME Builders, Inc. (AME) in the amount of $382,500, approving a 10 percent contract contingency in the amount of $38,250, and authorizing the City Manager or a designee to execute the contract th
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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
10. HEARINGS
a.
Community Development, re:
236 North Central Avenue – Stage II Design Review
(Case No. PDR 2212056) (Includes:
236 N. Central Ave, 201 W. California Ave
and 212
W. California Ave)
1. Motion Approving Stage II Design Review Application (Design Review Case No. 2212056) with conditions
2. Motion Denying the Project Design Review Application b.
Public Works, re: 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. Resolution Ordering the Vacation
2. Resolution Adopting Plan No. 12-247
11. REPORTS - INFORMATION
12. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS
13. DISCUSSION OF COUNCILMEMBER FUTURE AGENDA REQUESTS
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a.
Request from Councilmember Asatryan to agendize discussion on bulky item pick- up request process and services with commercial waste haulers b.
Request from Councilmember Gharpetian to agendize discussion of filing a test claim with the Commission on State Mandates for costs imposed by the State of California to comply with State housing laws
c.
Request from Councilmember Brotman to agendize discussion of Zone Zero d.
Request from Councilmember Brotman to agendize discussion regarding excessive speeding in neighborhoods
e.
Request from Councilmember Kassakhian to agendize discussion of robot deliveries on sidewalks
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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