City Council - 4/1/2026 1:00:00 AM
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GLENDALE CITY COUNCIL
 
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613 E. Broadway, 2nd Floor
Glendale, CA 91206
March 31, 2026 
Future Agenda Requests and
Closed Session- 3:00 PM
 Regular Business- 6:00 PM

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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:
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:
  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:
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:
  • Community Event Announcements or First or Second Period of Oral Communications: PRIOR TO the commencement of the specific comment period
  • 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.
 

March 31, 2026 
Future Agenda Requests and
Closed Session- 3:00 PM
 Regular Business- 6:00 PM

ROLL CALL

1.

DISCUSSION OF COUNCILMEMBER FUTURE AGENDA REQUESTS– 1:00 PM (To Commence at 3:00 PM )

a.

Request from Mayor Ara Najarian to Agendize a Discussion on Land Leases for Existing Cultural Statues on City Property

2.

CLOSED SESSION – 1:00 PM (To Commence at 3:00 PM )

a.

Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation: Grigoryan v. City of Glendale, L.A.S.C. Case No. 23GDCV02248

b.

Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation: Baca v. City of Glendale, L.A.S.C. Case No. 25PSCV00598

c.

Conference with Legal Counsel – Anticipated Litigation: Initiation of Litigation pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (d) of Government Code Section 54956.9: 1 potential case

3.

REGULAR BUSINESS AGENDA – 6:00 PM
Roll Call

a.

Flag Salute: Mayor Ara Najarian

b.

Invocation: will be delivered by Rabbi Rick Schechter, Temple Sinai of Glendale

c.

Report of the City Clerk, re: Posting of Agenda. The Agenda for the March 31, 2026 Regular Meeting of the Glendale City Council was Posted on March 26, 2026, on the Bulletin Board Outside City Hall.

4.

PRESENTATIONS AND APPOINTMENTS

a.

Mayor’s Medal of Honors

b.

Pasadena Humane Presentation: Wildlife Safety

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.

Public Works, re: Adopt Plans and  Specifications for the District 12 ADA Curb Ramp Installation and Sidewalk Repair (ADA) Project and the District 12 Pavement Management Program Implementation (PMP) Project

  1. Resolution adopting the plans and specifications for the District 12 ADA Project, Specification No. 4039, and the District 12 PMP Project, Specification No. 3965, and Plan Nos. 1-3119, 2-419, 49-269; and directing the City Clerk to advertise for bids
  2. Resolution authorizing the establishment and recordation of public street easements over certain privately owned parcels historically used as public streets and sidewalks, and suspending any City-imposed fees for said documentation and recording in connection with current and future Capital Improvement Program (CIP) projects

b.

Public Works, re: Award Construction Contract for West Glendale ADA Curb Ramp Installation and Sidewalk Repair Project Phase II

  1. Motion awarding a construction contract to CJ Concrete Construction, Inc. in the amount of $3,444,149, approving a 20 percent construction reserve in the amount of $688,830, and authorizing the City Manager or a designee to execute the contract 
  2. Resolution of appropriation, to appropriate funds in the amount of $4,305,186 for the West Glendale ADA Curb Ramp Installation and Sidewalk Repair Program Phase 2

c.

Public Works, re: Authorizing a Five-Year General Services Agreement with the County of Los Angeles

  1. Motion to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to enter into and execute a General Services Agreement (GSA) with the County of Los Angeles for the period of July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2031, to allow the City to utilize County services on an as-needed and as-requested basis, and to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to execute any sub-agreements for specific services under the GSA

d.

Police Department, re: To accept additional grant funding from the United States Department of Homeland Security FY 2023 Urban Area Security Initiatives (UASI) Grant Program

  1. Resolution to accept additional grant funds in the amount of $280,000 and authorize the City Manager, or a designee, to execute an amendment to the Sub-Recipient agreement with the City of Los Angeles for the award of funds under the FY 2023 UASI grant program
  2. Resolution of Appropriation to appropriate $280,000 from the Urban Area Security Initiatives (UASI) Grant Program grant revenue

e.

Public Works, re: Plans and Specification for the 2026 Sewer Lining Project and On-Call Sewer and Storm Drain Lining Services

  1. Resolution adopting the plans and specification for the 2026 Sewer Lining Project and On-Call Sewer and Storm Drain Lining Services, Specification No. 3976 and Plan Nos. 3-1590 and 3-1595; and directing the City Clerk to advertise for bids

f.

City Attorney, re: Amendment to the City’s existing Legal Services Agreement with Best Best & Krieger, LLP (BBK) and request for conflict-of-interest Waiver in Legal Representation by BBK

  1. Motion authorizing the City Manager, the City Attorney, or their designees, to enter into and execute an amendment to the existing Legal Services Agreement with BBK, Contract No. 8001628, in the amount of $50,000, for a new not to exceed amount of $200,000, in order for BBK to provide legal services related to the Grayson Repowering Project’s permit variance application before the South Coast Air Quality Management District
  2. Motion authorizing the City Attorney to consent to and execute a Conflict-of-Interest Waiver for BBK’s representation of the South Coast Air Quality Management District in unrelated matters

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

a.

Glendale Water and Power, re: Glendale Water and Power (GWP) Electric Revenue Refunding Bonds 2026 - Adoption of Ordinance and Authorizing Issuance of Bonds and Adoption of Resolution Authorizing the Invitation of Bids and Various Actions Relating to the Issuance of the Bonds (Brotman, 3/10/2026)

  1. Ordinance authorizing the issuance by the City of not to exceed $45,000,000 Aggregate Principal Amount of City of Glendale Electric Revenue Bonds, 2026 Refunding Series, Payable out of the Electric Works Revenue Fund, and approving certain other actions in connection therewith
  2.  Resolution authorizing the invitation of bids for the purchase of Electric Revenue Bonds, 2026 Refunding Series of the City of Glendale; approving a Notice of Intention to Sell bonds, a Preliminary Official Statement (POS), a Notice Inviting Bids and Official Bid Form; authorizing the publication of a Notice of Intention to Sell Bonds; authorizing the execution and delivery of a final Official Statement, a Twelfth Supplement to Indenture of Trust, a Continuing Disclosure Agreement, and an Escrow Agreement; and authorizing the award of the Bonds

10.

ACTION ITEMS           

a.

Public Works, re: Construction Contract Amendment for the On-Call Sewer and Storm Drain Repair Services

  1. Motion authorizing the City Manager or a designee to execute a contract amendment to Contract No. 8002780 with W. A. Rasic Construction Company, Inc. increasing the contract amount by $2,000,000 for the remaining two years of the contract term, for a total not-to-exceed contract amount of $3,200,000
  2. Resolution of appropriation to appropriate funds in the amount of $1,750,000 for the On-Call Sewer and Storm Drain Repair Services

b.

Glendale Water and Power, re: Water Master Plan Update and Amendment to the Professional Services Agreement with Arcadis U.S., Inc.

  1. Motion to Note and File Water Master Plan Update
  2. Motion authorizing the City Manager, or his designee, to enter into and execute an amendment to the existing Professional Services Agreement (PSA) Contract No. 8002793, with Arcadis U.S., Inc. (Arcadis), to increase the contract amount by $127,211 in order for Arcadis to provide additional services related to the development of a comprehensive Water Master Plan, for a new contract not-to-exceed amount of $1,324,103

c.

Public Works, re: Consideration of Regulations for Personal Delivery Devices (PDDs) Operating Within the Public Right-of-Way

1) Motion providing direction regarding one of the following options:

a. Initiate development of a permanent ordinance regulating PDDs
b. Direct staff to prepare a limited pilot program prior to adopting permanent regulations; or
c. Note and file this report and defer action pending further regional coordination and monitoring

d.

Fire Department, re: Public Provider Ground Emergency Transportation Inter-Governmental Transfer (PP-GEMT-IGT) Program Appropriation Adjustment Request

  1. Resolution of appropriation to approve an increased to cover the City’s required Inter-Governmental Transfer (IGT) payments associated with the PP-GEMT-IGT Program

11.

HEARINGS           

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