A G E N D A
GLENDALE CITY COUNCIL
COUNCIL CHAMBERS
613 E. Broadway, 2nd Floor
Glendale, CA 91206
DECEMBER 16, 2025 – 6:00 PM
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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DECEMBER 16, 2025 – 6:00 PM
ROLL CALL
1. CLOSED SESSION
– 1:00 PM (T o Commence at 3:00 PM
)
a.
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
b.
Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation: Hard Eight, Inc. v. City of Glendale, L.A.S.C. Case No. 25NNCV00637
c.
Public Employment - Attorneys
2. REGULAR BUSINESS AGENDA
– 6:00 PM
Roll Call
a.
Flag Salute: Council Member
b.
Invocation: Will be delivered by Mark Witas, Director of Mission and Spiritual Care at Adventist Health Glendale
c.
Report of the City Clerk, re: Posting of Agenda. The Agenda for the December 16, 2025 Regular Meeting of the Glendale City Council was Posted on December 12, 2025 on the Bulletin Board Outside City Hall.
3. PRESENTATIONS AND APPOINTMENTS
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.
Human Resources, re: Professional Services Agreement with EHS Insight for the implementation, software licensing and maintenance of Employee Health and Safety Software.
1. Motion authorizing the City Manager, or designee, to execute a Professional Services Agreement with EHS Insight (StarT ex Software, LLC) in an amount not-to-exceed $440,000 for a three-year term for the implementation, software licensing and maintenance of an Employee Health and Safety Software system and to authorize continued renewals for the system’s life cycle subject to annual budget appropriations b.
Glendale Water and Power, re: Agreement with the Regents of the University of California, Los Angeles, for Electric Vehicle Integration Study & Pilot Roadmap: City Fleets, School Buses, Residential Segment, and Transit Buses.
1. Motion authorizing the City Manager, or his designee, to execute an agreement with the Regents of the University of California, on behalf of its Los Angeles Campus, to perform the research study entitled Electric Vehicle Integration Study & Pilot Roadmap: City Fleets, School Buses, Residential Segment, and Transit Buses, in an amount not to exceed $150,000
c.
Glendale Water and Power, re: Memorandum of Understanding between Southern California Regional Rail Authority and the City of Glendale
1. Motion authorizing the City Manager, or his designee, to enter into and execute a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Southern California Regional Rail
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Authority (SCRRA) for the temporary installation and removal of spur track into the Glendale Water & Power Utility Operation Center in connection with the Grayson Repowering Project in an amount not to exceed $966,114 plus a 20% contingency in the amount of $193,223
d.
Community Services and Parks, re: Appropriation of $78,500 Youth Community Access (YCA) Grant funds from the State of California Natural Resources Agency for the Students Training as Role Models (STAR) Youth Camping, Field Trips and other Nature and Cultural Activities Project.
1. Motion accept Youth Community Access (YCA) Grant Program funds in the amount of $78,500 from the State of California Natural Resources Agency for the Students Training as Role Models (STAR) Youth Camping, Field Trips and other Nature and Cultural Activities Project (STAR Nature & Culture Project); and authorizing the City Manager or a designee to execute all agreements, certifications, and documents necessary to accept and implement the funds
2. Resolution of Appropriation to appropriate $78,500 in YCA Program funds from the State of California Natural Resources Agency for the STAR Nature & Culture Project
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
a.
City Attorney, re: Glendale Municipal Code Amendment Pertaining to Selection of the Mayor (12/09/25, Kassakhian)
1. Adoption 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
9. ACTION ITEMS
a.
Public Works, re: Agreement with American Traffic Solutions, Inc. (dba Verra Mobility) for the design, installation, maintenance, citation processing, and operation of automated speed safety camera systems.
1. Resolution dispensing with competitive bidding and authorizing the City Manager or a designee to execute an agreement piggybacking on the agreement to provide information technology products and related services between the City of Oakland and American Traffic Solutions, Inc. (dba Verra Mobility) to implement and operate automated speed safety camera systems for a term of five years, with the option for two (2) one-year
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extensions, for a total not-to-exceed amount of $3,405,500. b.
Management Services, re: Appointment of Glendale members to the Valley Economic Alliance (VEA) and the San Fernando Valley Council of Governments (SFVCOG).
1. Motion appointing an additional member to the Valley Economic Alliance (VEA); and
2. Motion appointing a new member to the San Fernando Valley Council of Governments.
10. HEARINGS
a.
Community Development, re: 126-128 South Kenwood Street Stage II Final Design Review (Case No. PDR-002684-2023).
1. Motion to Approve Stage II Final Design Review (Case No. PDR-002684-2023)
2. Motion to Continue the Matter, Directing the City Attorney to Draft Findings to Deny Stage II Final Design Review (Case No. PDR-002684-2023)
11. REPORTS - INFORMATION
12. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS
13. DISCUSSION OF COUNCILMEMBER FUTURE AGENDA REQUESTS
a.
Councilmember Asatryan’s request to agendize discussion of the formation of an Ethics Commission
b.
Request by Councilman Gharpetian to agendize a discussion of the removal of certain City-owned parking lots from consideration in the City Owned Residential Overlay (CORO) in the General Plan Land Use Element Update and Surplus Lands Act (SLA) approvals
c.
Request by Mayor Najarian to agendize review and possible amendments of Title
1.10 of the Glendale Municipal Code regarding campaign contributions and conflict rules pertaining to members of City Council
d.
Mayor Najarian's request to seek a new poet laureate for the City of Glendale
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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