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GLENDALE CITY COUNCIL
COUNCIL CHAMBERS
613 E. Broadway, 2nd Floor Glendale, CA 91206
NOVEMBER 4, 2025
ROLL CALL-All Present
1. CLOSED SESSION - 5:00 PM
a. 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 b. Conference with Legal Counsel - Anticipated Litigation. Significant exposure to litigation pursuant to subdivisions (d)(2) and (e)(2) of Government Code Section 54956.9: One Potential Case
City Attorney, Michael Garcia, stated he does not anticipate Council reporting out on either of the Closed Session items. He noted for the record that item 1 b is related to Council's decision made on October 21, 2025, regarding the former Sears site project located at 236 North Orange.
Council recessed to Closed Session at 5:01 PM.
2. REGULAR BUSINESS AGENDA - 6:03 PM
Roll Call - All Present
3. 4.
5. a. Flag Salute: Mayor Najarian
b. Invocation: Delivered by Rabbi Simcha Backman, Chabad of Glendale and the Foothill Communities
c. Report of the City Clerk, re: Posting of Agenda. The Agenda for the November 4, 2025, Regular Meeting of the Glendale City Council was Posted on October 30, 2025, on the Bulletin Board Outside City Hall.
PRESENTATIONS AND APPOINTMENTS
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 City Council Meeting of October 21, 2025 Moved: Brotman Seconded: Kassakhian
Vote as Follows:
Ayes:
Noes:
Absent:
Abstain:
Asatryan, Brotman, Gharpetian, Kassakhian, Najarian
None
None
None
CITY COUNCIUSTAFF COMMENTS (Including reports from conferences and regional meetings)
Councilmember Brotman attended a neighborhood meeting about parking pads and requested further consideration of this topic, as well as a stay on enforcement until this issue is addressed further. The City Manager recommended that this issue return as a future agenda request item.
Councilmember Asatryan reported she was in Canada last week with the Burbank Airport Authority, which received accreditation and an award in environmental stewardship from the World Airport Council. She also attended the Dodgers game and thanked the Canadians for being welcoming. She commended the Commission on the Status of Women and Fire Chief Brooks for naming Glendale fire stations as safe havens for domestic violence victims.
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Councilmember Kassakhian shared he and Mayor Najarian attended a mass at St.
Mary's Armenian Church, where His Holiness Catholicos Aram I was present as part of a visit to the Armenian Diaspora in commemoration of the 30th anniversary of his ordination.
Councilmember Gharpetian noted that currently there are various items, projects, and legislation affecting the city and that the Council needs to give the public time to read and digest the relevant information to become well informed on numerous issues.
Mayor Najarian noted opinions that the Council should not be taking a week off but said D he thinks it's important to have that one week a month off so that staff, the Council, and the public can take the time needed to catch up on all that is going on. Mayor Najarian ' shared that he attended the Glendale Health Fair, which was co-sponsored by the Armenian American Medical Association and many others. He also came across a division of the Police Department that deals with substance abuse and invited them to come and share information about the resources they provide. Mayor Najarian announced that the Veterans Day event will be held on Tuesday, November 11, 2025, from 11 AM to 1 PM in the Police Community Room, where there will be speakers and resources for both veterans and non-veterans. He noted that City Council will be dark that day and will not meet. Mayor Najarian reminded the public that voting centers are open until 8 p.m. tonight. There are free Beeline rides to voting centers in Glendale, and people can contact glendalevotes.org for more information.
City Clerk Dr. Abajian also shared a presentation with information on voting centers and ballot drop box locations in the city. She noted that voting was still open for two hours and that any eligible voter not registered to vote can go to a vote center to register and fill out a provisional ballot. Dr. Abajian referred the public to glendalevotes.org for all voting locations, times, and other information.
6. COMMUNITY EVENT ANNOUNCEMENTS (3-minutes per speaker)
7. Members of the public will be permitted to announce upcoming events taking place in the community.
Mike Mohill
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.
Tony Passarella
Larry Cohen
Herbert Molano
Patrick Murphy
MikeMohill
Chad Kroeger
JT Parr
Malakai
Ejmin Hakobian
Kate Unger
Andranik Traturyan -interpreter
Ramella Enaghi
Dennis Feitosa
Melissa Yu
Ella
Staff Comments:
Roubik Golanian, City Manager
8. ADOPTION OF ORDINANCES
a. Community Development, re: Ordinance Adopting 2026 Glendale Building and Safety Code
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Councilmember Asatryan stepped away at 7:03 PM and returned at 7:06 PM.
Staff Comments:
Roubik Golanian, City Manager
Michael Garcia, City Attorney
1. An Ordinance [6043] of the Council of Glendale, California adopting the 2025 California Building Code as Volume IA, the 2025 California Residential Code as Volume IB, the 2025 California existing Building Code as Volume IC, the 2025 California Plumbing Code as Volume 11, the 2026 California Mechanical Code as Volume Ill, the 2025 California Electrical Code as Volume IV, the 1997 Uniform Housing Code as Volume V, the 2025 California Fire Code as Volume VI, the Glendale Security Code as volume VII and the Glendale Commercial, Industrial Property Maintenance Code as Volume VIII and the 2025 California Green Building Standards Code as Volume IX all of which comprise the Building and Safety Code of the City of Glendale, 2026
Introduced by Councilmember Brotman on October 28, 2025.
Moved: Brotman Seconded: Asatryan
Vote as Follows:
Ayes:
Noes:
Asatryan, Brotman, Gharpetian, Kassakhian, Najarian
None
Absent: None
Abstain: None
ACTION ITEMS
a. City Attorney, re: Status Update on the Activities of the Charter Review Committee Pertaining to Council Districts, Directly Elected Mayor, Council Compensation and Miscellaneous Matters (Continued from September 30, 2025, Council Meeting)
Staff Comments:
Roubik Golanian, City Manager
John Takhtalian, Assistant City Manager
Presentation:
Michael Garcia, City Attorney
Councilmember Asatryan stepped away from the meeting during the staff presentation and returned at 7: 18 PM.
Public Speakers:
Herbert Molano
Mike Mohill
Ejmin Hakobian
Beth Brooks
Denise Miller
Councilmember Asatryan stepped away at 8:06 PM and returned at 8:11 PM.
Councilmember Asatryan stepped away at 8:29 PM and returned at 8:33 PM.
1. Motion Providing Direction
City Attorney, Michael Garcia, informed Council that no vote is required. b. Management Services, re: Local Amendments to the 2026 Edition of 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 include either a heat pump space conditioner as the primary heating system, or install specific energy efficiency measures in addition to a new air conditioner
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Councilmember Asatryan stepped away at 8:57 PM and returned at 9:04 PM.
Councilmember Brotman stepped away at 9:07 PM and returned at 9:11 PM.
Staff Comments:
Roubik Golanian, City Manager
Ara Sargsyan, Building Official, Community Development Department Bradley Calvert, Director, Community Development Department Michael Garcia, City Attorney
Presentation:
David Jones, Sustainability Officer
Public Speakers:
Patrick Murphy
Joseph Ramos
Mike Mohill
Jackie Gish
Ejmin Hakobian
Beth Brooks
Michael Rochmes
Kate Unger
Vivian Hatchian
Cole Bazemore
Councilmember Asatryan stepped away at 9:49 PM and returned at 9:53 PM.
1. Introduction of Ordinance of the Council of the City of Glendale, California Amending the 2026 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, and Required Findings Related Thereto Introduced by Councilmember Brotman on November 4, 2025, with Councilmember Asatryan's two additions.
Agenda out of order. Item 1 0a was read into the record and considered by Council next.
c. City Attorney, re: Glendale Municipal Code Amendment Pertaining to Selection of the Mayor (Continued From August 26, 2025)
1. Introduction of Ordinance of the Council of the City of Glendale, California Amending Section 2.04.020 of the Glendale Municipal Code, 1995, Relating to the Mayoral Selection Process
With no objection Council decided to move item 9c to the City Council meeting of November 18, 2025.
10. HEARINGS
a. Community Development, re: Report: Public Hearing for Stage II (final review) for Design Review Case No. PDR-002693-2023 to demolish an existing 5,688 square-foot commercial building (restaurant) and two surface parking lots, located at 820 North Central Avenue, 208 Arden Avenue, and 212 Arden Avenue and to construct a new 105-unit, 8-story multi-family building with 186 onsite parking spaces and a 3,388 square-foot publicly accessible open space. The 36,170 square-foot project site is zoned CSP/Gateway (Downtown Specific Plan/Gateway District)
Councilmember Gharpetian stepped away at 10:15 PM and returned at 10:17 PM.
There were no conflict of interests reported for any Councilmembers.
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11. Councilmember Asatryan stepped away from the meeting during the staff presentation and returned at 10:28 PM.
Staff Comments:
Roubik Golanian, City Manager
Bradley Calvert, Director, Community Development Department Presentation:
Aileen Babakhani, Senior Planner, Community Development Department Public Speakers:
Rodney Khan, Applicant
Ron Mandalian, Project Architect
Mike Mohill
Ejmin Hakobian
Allan Durham
1. Motion to approve Stage II Design Review Application Moved: Asatryan Seconded: Gharpetian
Vote as Follows:
Ayes:
Noes:
Asatryan, Brotman, Gharpetian, Kassakhian, Najarian
None
Absent: None
Abstain: None
2. Motion to continue the matter, directing the City Attorney to draft findings denying Stage II Design Review
This motion was not adopted.
REPORTS - INFORMATION
12. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS
13. DISCUSSION OF COUNCILMEMBER FUTURE AGENDA REQUESTS
a. Request from Councilmember Asatryan to agendize discussion on bulky item pick- up request process and services with commercial waste haulers (Carryover from 10/21/25)
Moved: Asatryan Seconded: Kassakhian
Vote as Follows:
Ayes:
Noes:
Absent:
Abstain:
Asatryan, Brotman, Gharpetian, Kassakhian, Najarian
None
None
None
b. Request from Councilmember Kassakhian to agendize discussion on formal process for recusals when a Councilmember has a conflict of interest Moved: Kassakhian Seconded: Brotman
Vote as Follows:
Ayes:
Noes:
Asatryan, Brotman, Gharpetian, Kassakhian, Najarian
None
Absent: None
Abstain: None
Staff Comments:
Michael Garcia, City Attorney
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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-11 :07 PM
Moved: Asatryan Seconded: Najarian
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