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CITY OF GLENDALE, CALIFORNIA
REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
AGENDA ITEM
Report: Adopt the Plans and Specification for the West Glendale Pavement Management Program (PMP) Implementation Project Phase 1.
1) Resolution adopting the plans and specification for the West Glendale PMP Implementation Project Phase 1, Specification No. 4022, Plan Nos. 1-3122, 1- 3139, 49-278; and directing the City Clerk to advertise for bids.
COUNCIL ACTION
Item Type: Action
Approved for September 22, 2026 calendar
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The construction plans and specifications have been completed for the West Glendale PMP Implementation Project Phase 1. This project will upgrade street surfaces and traffic striping and signing in the project area and implement intersection realignments, curb extensions, and bicycle facilities in the project neighborhood.
The intent of this item is for the City Council to adopt the project plans and specifications and authorize the City Clerk to advertise for bids. 10c2
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RECOMMENDATION
Approve the resolution to adopt the plans and specifications for the West Glendale PMP Implementation Project Phase 1; and direct the City Clerk to advertise for bids.
ANALYSIS
The Public Works Department (PWD) completed Phase 1 of the West Glendale Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Curb Ramp Installation and Sidewalk Repair Program in 2025 and anticipates completing Phase 2 in late 2026. Together, these projects improve pedestrian accessibility and walkability throughout several West Glendale neighborhoods. Building on these improvements, the West Glendale PMP Implementation Project Phase 1 will continue the City’s investment in the area by addressing roadway resurfacing needs as part of the city’s annual pavement rehabilitation program, using appropriate pavement treatment methods to improve roadway conditions and extend pavement life.
Street resurfacing is used when pavement has deteriorated beyond what routine maintenance can repair. It generally involves removing the top 2 inches of pavement and replacing it with new asphalt. This provides a smoother driving surface, strengthens the roadway, and extends the life of the street.
Asphalt Rubber Aggregate Membrane (ARAM) is used for streets that need more extensive rehabilitation. Depending on the condition of the roadway, portions of the existing pavement are removed and replaced with new asphalt along with a special rubberized layer that helps strengthen the pavement and reduce future cracking. Like resurfacing, ARAM improves the roadway surface, increases pavement durability, and extends the street’s useful life.
The project scope of work includes the following:
Approximately 9.9 centerline miles of surface grinding and placement of ARHM; Approximately 3.6 centerline miles of surface grinding and placement of ARHM over ARAM (ARAM System IV);
Selective removal/reconstruction of deteriorated pavement and placement of asphalt concrete pavement;
Intersection re-alignments at:
oKellogg Avenue and Pelanconi Avenue,
oCleveland Road and Glenoaks Boulevard, and
oGrant Avenue and Omar Street.
Installation of curb extensions at:
oPelanconi Avenue and Burchett Street, and
oPelanconi Avenue and Glenoaks Boulevard.
Installation of Class II bike lanes on Pelanconi Avenue from Kellogg Avenue to Glenoaks Boulevard;
Installation of shared roadway bicycle pavement markings; Removal and replacement of existing traffic striping and pavement markings; and Safety improvements on Faircourt Lane.
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Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Improvements
The Pelanconi neighborhood was identified for targeted pedestrian and bicycle safety improvements based on several factors, including community concerns regarding traffic safety in the area. Although the city has no records of reported collisions at these locations, staff identified opportunities to improve the geometry at five intersections to enhance driver visibility, pedestrian safety, and overall intersection operations. These improvements are consistent with the City’s efforts to proactively reduce risk and prevent severe collisions. The proposed improvements, including intersection realignments and curb extensions, are referenced above. In addition, because the corridor is being advanced as part of a pavement rehabilitation project, related accessibility upgrades and other needed safety improvements can be incorporated as part of the same construction effort. This allows the city to use economies of scale to deliver a broader set of community benefits through a larger Public Works project rather than addressing each issue separately.
Staff also evaluated bicycle improvements along Pelanconi Avenue and the corridor’s wider-than-typical roadway width. The city’s adopted 2012 Bicycle Transportation Plan identified Pelanconi Avenue as a proposed bicycle route, generally implemented with sharrows, while the 2024 draft Bicycle Plan identifies the corridor for future Class II bike lanes. Although the adoption of the updated Bicycle Plan remains pending, the existing roadway width provides an opportunity to incorporate a dedicated bicycle facility in portions of the corridor. In addition to providing space for bicyclists, bike lanes can help visually narrow the roadway, encourage appropriate travel speeds, and create a safer and more organized street for all modes of travel.
Pelanconi Avenue improvements are being considered in two segments. Between San Fernando Road and Kellogg Avenue, the existing roadway width is not sufficient to accommodate bike lanes without affecting the current roadway configuration; therefore, staff recommend maintaining sharrows along this segment. Between Kellogg Avenue and Glenoaks Boulevard, however, the roadway is sufficiently wide to accommodate bike lanes without removing on-street parking. Staff therefore support proceeding with Class II bike lane installations along this eastern segment of Pelanconi Avenue.
Competitive Bidding Process
To ensure competitive bids, the city will advertise this project on multiple plan holders’ websites, which publish project bidding documents, distribute the information to their extensive network of contractors, and construction industry contacts.
The project will also be advertised in a local newspaper, the Glendale Independent, prior to bid opening, as well as on BidNet Direct, which is a web-enabled data service to the public sector, for the dissemination of the building and construction project proposals to their large number of member contractors and consultants. Finally, the project bidding documents will also be posted on the city’s website.
The construction of this project is anticipated to begin in February 2027 and is scheduled for completion by June 2027.
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STAKEHOLDERS/OUTREACH
Approximately 8,000 notifications were sent to property owners and occupants within the project areas inviting them to an in-person community open house held on October 20, 2025. The open house covered two nearby Public Works projects: this project and a separate pavement rehabilitation project along San Fernando Road. During the meeting, staff and consultants presented project plans and conceptual renderings and shared information on each project’s scope, anticipated construction schedule, and potential impacts. A survey was also made available online and in hard copy to gather public input on community priorities, safety concerns, and other feedback.
The survey results for both projects show that 27 out of 86 responses identified parking as a major concern in the Pelanconi neighborhood and San Fernando Road, representing approximately 31% of the total responses. Staff also received emails and phone calls from the residents in the Pelanconi neighborhood after the community open house, expressing concerns about the proposed intersection realignments and curb extensions with a focus on street parking loss due to these safety improvements.
In addition, staff received a petition with 26 signatures from Pelanconi neighborhood residents expressing opposition to the scope of work related to the proposed bike lanes, intersection realignments, and curb extensions on Pelanconi Avenue.
In response to those concerns, staff engaged a professional engineering consultant, KOA Corporation (a Lochner Company) (hereinafter referred to as “KOA”), to prepare a parking demand analysis focused on Pelanconi Avenue and the surrounding streets, including Kellogg Avenue, Burchett Street, and Glenoaks Boulevard. KOA’s study memorandum confirmed that the Pelanconi corridor improvements studied in the parking analysis would result in a net reduction of three on-street parking spaces, consisting of four parking space removals near Burchett Street and Glenoaks Boulevard and one added parking space at Kellogg Avenue.
KOA further found that Pelanconi Avenue and the surrounding streets would continue to be able to accommodate parking demand even with that net reduction. The analysis found that peak parking utilization on Pelanconi Avenue was approximately 56 percent on a typical weekday and 59 percent on a typical weekend, while overall study area utilization was approximately 51 percent and 54 percent, respectively. Although parking demand is higher closer to Glenoaks Boulevard, KOA concluded that parking would remain available in that area even after the reduction in spaces.
On April 27, 2026, staff presented these findings to the Transportation and Parking Commission (TPC) and requested its recommendation for these improvements.
Residents in the Pelanconi neighborhood were notified of the meeting and invited to attend. Although the parking demand study indicated that the proposed improvements would accommodate existing parking demand, residents continued to express significant concerns regarding the potential impacts of the improvements. After discussion, the TPC voted 4-1 to support the proposed improvements, with a 10c5
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recommendation that staff reconsider the necessity of the improvements at Grant Avenue and Omar Street and further evaluate the curb extension design to minimize parking impacts.
In response to TPC’s recommendation, staff worked with the city’s design consultant, Mark Thomas & Company, Inc., to revise the curb designs at Pelanconi Avenue and Kellogg Avenue, Pelanconi Avenue and Burchett Street, and Pelanconi Avenue and Glenoaks Boulevard. The consultant was also asked to consider the State’s daylighting law when calculating parking loss. California Assembly Bill 413, commonly referred to as the daylighting law and codified in California Vehicle Code Section 22500(n), prohibits stopping, standing, or parking on the approach side of a marked or unmarked crosswalk within 20 feet of the crosswalk, or within 15 feet where a curb extension is present. Accordingly, some of the spaces previously identified by residents as potential parking loss are within areas where parking is prohibited by State law and should not be considered as legal parking spaces. The revised design accounts for the daylighting law and will not remove any existing legal parking spaces.
Staff also reviewed the proposed improvements at Grant Avenue and Omar Street and determined that the design should be retained because it improves intersection operations and pedestrian safety without affecting existing legal parking spaces.
Funding is already available for the Grant Avenue and Omar Street improvements as part of the overall project; therefore funding is not an impediment to retaining this work.
Following the design updates, staff conducted additional outreach to residents of the Pelanconi neighborhood and invited them to a community pop-up event on July 30, 2026, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. During the event staff presented the 100% design plans for the proposed safety improvements. The revised design incorporates the TPC’s recommendation by modifying the curb extensions to preserve existing legal parking spaces while still enhancing driver visibility, pedestrian safety, and overall intersection operations.
More than 20 residents attended the event to review the updated plans, ask questions, and provide additional feedback. Overall, residents expressed general support for the proposed safety improvements and neighborhood repaving. Some attendees still raised concerns regarding the inclusion of dedicated bicycle lanes. Staff also informed attendees that the proposed improvements would be presented to the City Council for consideration, with the Council making the final decision at a future meeting.
Moreover, at the request of a member of the TPC, staff is including in this report the findings of its evaluation of a potential marked crosswalk or other pedestrian crossing treatment at Concord Street and Patterson Avenue. Staff conducted two counts, one on Tuesday, Feb 24, 2026, and the other on Saturday, March 14, 2026. The counts showed low existing pedestrian activity. Based on the information currently available, staff does not recommend installing a specific crossing treatment at this time. 10c6
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In response to community requests and the stated connectivity objective between the neighborhood west of Concord Street and Fremont Park and other destinations to the east, the Council may direct staff to supplement the current findings with projected pedestrian and bicyclist demand associated with anticipated park operations and, where practical, representative counts during park operating periods. If the study determines that a crossing treatment is justified based on applicable California Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices standards and site conditions, staff will identify an appropriate treatment, such as a Rectangular Rapid Flashing Beacon (RRFB) or Pedestrian Hybrid Beacon (PHB), also known as a HAWK system.
To avoid delaying the overall project, staff could also request additional construction contingency at the time of award to allow for the design and installation of a HAWK system, if warranted, during construction through a contract change order. This approach would allow the project to proceed while the additional evaluation and design are completed and could reduce the time that would otherwise be required for a separate procurement and construction process.
Additionally, approximately one month before the commencement of construction, staff will prepare a notification postcard containing essential project details including a link to the project website. The postcard will be sent by mail to the residences and businesses that will be affected by the construction. Moreover, the contractor will be responsible for distributing door hangers to the affected addresses. The door hangers will be provided one week prior to the start of any construction activity within the project area.
Furthermore, outreach on this project continues to occur through social media and a dedicated project website that is hosted through the City of Glendale domain. The website familiarizes the public with the project and the project team, explains the scope of work and project locations, and provides the public with staff contact information for questions, discussion, and/or input.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact associated with this report. The current Engineer’s estimate for the construction of this project is $14,500,000, which was not included as part of the FY 2026-27 budget. Therefore, staff will request for a new appropriation from the San Fernando Corridor Tax Share Fund (4100) at the time of the contract award, based on the lowest responsive bid received from a responsible contractor.
The San Fernando Corridor Tax Share Fund is designated for improvements to San Fernando Road and its surrounding streets. This project qualifies for funding under this program as the proposed streets are in the eligible area.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW (CEQA/NEPA)
The Project is categorically exempt from environmental review because of CEQA Guidelines §§ 15301.
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CAMPAIGN DISCLOSURE
This item is exempt from campaign disclosure requirements.
ALTERNATIVES TO STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Alternative 1: Do not approve the resolution adopting the plans and specification for the West Glendale PMP Implementation Project Phase 1. Doing so, however, will not improve the condition of the city streets in West Glendale.
Alternative 2: Approve the resolution adopting the plans and specifications for the West Glendale PMP Implementation Project Phase 1, but exclude some or all of the proposed intersection realignments, curb extensions, and bike lanes in the Pelanconi neighborhood. This alternative would allow the pavement rehabilitation work to proceed but would reduce the project’s intended pedestrian safety, traffic calming, and bicycle connectivity benefits within the Pelanconi neighborhood.
ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION
Submitted by:
Daniel Hernandez, Director of Public Works
Prepared by:
Huang Zheng, P.E., Civil Engineer II
Approved by:
Roubik R. Golanian, P.E., City Manager
EXHIBITS/ATTACHMENTS
Exhibit 1: Project Location Map