A G E N D A
GLENDALE CITY COUNCIL
COUNCIL CHAMBERS
613 E. Broadway, 2nd Floor
Glendale, CA 91206
MAY 12, 2026 - 6:00 PM
Future Agenda Requests and Closed Session – 4:00 PM Regular Business- 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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MAY 12, 2026 - 6:00 PM
Future Agenda Requests and Closed Session – 4:00 PM Regular Business- 6:00 PM
ROLL CALL
1. DISCUSSION OF COUNCILMEMBER FUTURE AGENDA REQUESTS – 4:00 PM a.
Request from Mayor Kassakhian to agendize a discussion about implementing static camera angle in City Council meetings
b.
Request from Mayor Kassakhian to agendize a discussion about campaign mailers for future elections
2. CLOSED SESSION
– 1:00 PM (T o Commence at 4:00 PM
)
a.
Conference with Real Property Negotiators: City-designated negotiators: Roubik Golanian, John Takhtalian, Michael J. Garcia, Gillian van Muyden, Onnig Bulanikian and Domenica Megerdichian. Property Location: Land located near the front entrance to the Adult Recreation Center at 201 E. Colorado St. Negotiating Parties:
Filipino Business Association of Glendale – Greater Los Angeles County and Comfort Women Action for Redress and Education. Instructions to the negotiator(s) will concern the price and terms of lease of City property containing the Filipino American Friendship Monument and the Glendale Peace Monument b.
Conference with Labor Negotiators. The City-designated negotiators attending the closed session are: Roubik Golanian, John Takhtalian, Paula Adams, Michael J.
Garcia, Gillian van Muyden, Jeff Brooks, Robert William, Daniel Hernandez and Scott Mellon. The names of the employee organizations are: Glendale City Employees’ Association, Glendale Fire Fighters’ Association, Glendale Police Officers’ Association, and I.B.E.W., Local 18
3. REGULAR BUSINESS AGENDA
– 6:00 PM
Roll Call
a.
Flag Salute
b.
Invocation
c.
Report of the City Clerk, re: Posting of Agenda. The Agenda for the May 12, 2026 Regular Meeting of the Glendale City Council was Posted on May 8, 2026, on the Bulletin Board Outside City Hall.
4. PRESENTATIONS AND APPOINTMENTS
a.
Fremont Park CPRS Award of Excellence Presentation by
Janine A. Andrade
b.
Jewish American Heritage Month Proclamation
5. 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 April 28, 2026, and the Special City Council Meeting of April 28, 2026
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b.
Public Works, re:
Adopt the Specification for the Wastewater Shop Space
Optimization Project
1. Resolution adopting Specification No. 3969 for the Wastewater Shop Space Optimization Project and directing the City Clerk to advertise for bids c.
Public Works, re: Adopt the Plans and Specification for the South Glendale Pavement Management Program (PMP) Implementation Project
1. Resolution adopting the plans and specification for the South Glendale PMP Implementation Project, Specification No. 3964, Plan Nos. 1-3120, 1-3125, 3-1591, 49-264, 49-266, 7026-E1-6; and directing the City Clerk to advertise for bids d.
Fire Department, re:
Used Oil Payment Program and Oil Recycling Grant Application
1. Resolution Authorizing the Submittal of an Application to the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) for the Used Oil Payment Program (OPP)
e.
Fire Department, re: Fire Department annual presentation of the status of State mandated fire inspections
1. Resolution recognizing the Glendale Fire Department’s compliance with California Senate Bill 1205 and Health and Safety Code Sections 13146.2 and 13146.3 governing state-mandated fire inspections
6. CITY COUNCIL/STAFF COMMENTS
(Including reports from conferences and regional
meetings)
7. COMMUNITY EVENT ANNOUNCEMENTS
(3-minutes per speaker)
Members of the public will be permitted to announce upcoming events taking place in the community.
8. 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.
9. ADOPTION OF ORDINANCES
10. ACTION ITEMS
a.
Public Works, re:
Purchase Bus Shelters Using the California Association for Coordinated Transportation (CALACT)/Basin Transit Purchasing Cooperative and Purchase Enhanced Bus Stops
1. Motion authorizing the Deputy Director of Finance/Purchasing, or a designee, to issue a Purchase Order Contract for $686,434 for bus shelters from T olar Manufacturing Company, Inc., using the CALACT/Basin Transit Purchasing Cooperative
2. Resolution to dispense with the competitive bidding process and authorize the Deputy Director of Finance/Purchasing, or his designee, to issue a Purchase Order Contract for $363,566 for 34 enhanced bus stops from T olar Manufacturing Company, Inc. in the same style as the bus shelters
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3. Resolution of Appropriation appropriating grant funds and Proposition C Local Return transit grant matching funds for bus stop improvements
b.
Public Works, re:
Purchase 20 Electric Buses Using the California Association for Coordinated Transportation (CALACT)/Basin Transit Purchasing Cooperative
1. Motion authorizing the Deputy Director of Finance/Purchasing, or his designee, to issue a Purchase Order for 20 electric buses from GILLIG, LLC (GILLIG), for $29,331,060, using the federalized CALACT/Basin Transit Purchasing Cooperative
2. Motion authorizing the City Manager, or his designee, to execute Project Grant Agreements and Project Readiness Certification with Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) to receive federal Congestion Management Air Quality (CMAQ) Program funding, Measure M Subregional funds, and Metro Local Transit Systems Subcommittee ZEV funds
3. Resolution of Appropriation for grant funds and City Measure R and Proposition Local Return transit grant matching funds to purchase electric buses
11. HEARINGS
a.
Community Development, re:
Amendments to Title 30 of the Glendale Municipal
Code, 1995 (Zoning Code), to update existing development standards and provide new objective design standards for multi-family and residential mixed use development in residential and commercial zones (Zoning Code Amendment Case Nos. PZC-0007-2023 and PZC-0008-2023)
1. Introduction of Ordinance Amending Title 30 to Update Multi-Family Residential Development Standards and Provide New Objective Design Standards for Multi-family and Residential Mixed-Use Projects in Residential and Commercial Districts
12. REPORTS - INFORMATION
13. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS
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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