Glendale — 2023-12-05

City Council

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a. Conference with Legal Counsel – Anticipated Litigation: Significant Exposure to\nLitigation Pursuant to Paragraphs (d)(2) and (e)(1) of Government Code Section\n54956.9: One potential case\n12 05 23\n1 CC
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a. Councilmember Asatryan’s Request for a Report Regarding Childcare Services for\nCity Employees
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b. Councilmember Kassakhian’s Request to Explore Litigation Against Citibank for its\nSecret Practice of Rejecting Credit Card Applications Because Applicants Had\nArmenian Surnames
#c Order of Business 12
c. Councilmember Kassakhian’s Request re: Translation Services for Council\nmeetings
#d Order of Business 12
d. Councilmember Najarian’s Request to Write a Letter to Jerusalem Leaders\nRegarding Recent Events in the Armenian Quarter of Jerusalem
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e. Councilmember Kassakhian’s Request for a Report on Addressing Loopholes and\nEnforcement Issues Related to Short Term Rentals
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f. Councilmember Kassakhian’s Request to Schedule a Discussion During the 2024-25\nBudget Process on Adding a State Misdemeanor Prosecution Unit to the City\n12 05 23\n3 CC\nAttorney’s Office
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g. Councilmember Kassakhian’s Request for a Report on a Summary of the\nAgreements Governing the Americana at Brand
#h Order of Business 12
h. Mayor Brotman’s Request for a Report on a Coyote Management Plan
#c Order of Business 2
c. Report of the City Clerk, re: Posting of Agenda. The Agenda for the December 5,\n2023 Regular Meeting of the Glendale City Council was Posted on November 30,\n2023, on the Bulletin Board Outside City Hall.
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a. Agenda Preview for the Meetings of Tuesday, December 12, 2023
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b. Appointment of Rima Gregorian Cameron to the Community Development Block\nGrant Advisory Committee (Brotman/Najarian, 11/07/23)
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c. Appointment of Jeffrey Head to the Historic Preservation Commission\n(Devine/Brotman, 11/28/23)
#d Order of Business 3
d. Identification of Nominating Panel for Civil Service Commission (Asatryan/Brotman)
#e Order of Business 3
e. Identification of Nominating Panel for Civil Service Commission (Brotman/Devine)
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a. City Clerk, re: Minutes of the Special City Council and Regular City Council\nMeetings of November 28, 2023
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b. Glendale Water and Power, re: Adoption of Plans and Specification for the Park\nManor Slope Repair and Debris Mitigation Project\n1. Resolution adopting Specification No. 3972 and Plan No. 6979 for Park Manor Slope\nRepair and Debris Mitigation Project and directing the City Clerk to advertise for bids
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a. Police Department, re: Police Department Brand Standardization with procurement\nprovided by Axon Enterprise Inc., hardware, and software upgrades to include In-\nCar Video systems, Body Worn Cameras, Drones, Interview room cameras and\ntechnology to support the Real Time Intelligence Center\n1. Resolution adopting Axon Enterprise Inc.’s In-Car Video systems, Body Worn\nCameras, Drones, Interview room cameras, storage, technology, licenses, hardware,\nand software as the City's standard for the Police Department and dispensing with\ncompetitive bidding authorizing the City Manager or designee to procure related\nhardware, software, parts, maintenance, and services\n2. Resolution of Appropriation
#b Order of Business 8
b. City Manager, re: Direction on the Formation of Human Relations Coalition\n12 05 23\n2 CC\n1. Motion to Note and File Report\n2. Motion Directing Staff
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c. City Attorney, re: Discussion of Potential Ballot Measures Amending City Charter\n1. Resolution Authorizing Placing on the Ballot Questions of Amending the Charter of the\nCity of Glendale to Allow for Alternate Locations for Council Meetings, for the Council\nto Prescribe the Standards and Procedures for Awarding City Contracts, for Certain\nUrgency Ordinances for the Immediate Preservation of Public Health, Safety or\nWelfare to Be Introduced and Adopted at the Same Meeting, and to Make Other\nMiscellaneous Changes to the Charter; Directing City Attorney to Prepare Impartial\nAnalysis\n2. Motion Directing Staff Regarding Potential Charter Amendments\n3. Resolution Calling for Arguments for and Against the Ballot Measures
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d. Community Services and Parks, re: Dog Park Feasibility Study\n1. Motion approving the draft Dog Park Feasibility Study report\n2. Motion approving a location(s) for a new dog park(s) and directs CSP staff to request\nproposals from design consultants to prepare design alternatives and cost estimates\nfor the approved dog park location(s) for subsequent Council consideration
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a. Community Development, re: 1326 N. Maryland Avenue: Consideration of Glendale\nRegister Nomination and Request for a Mills Act Historic Property Contract\n1. Resolution to designate the residential property at 1326 N. Maryland Avenue as a\nhistoric resource in the Glendale Register of Historic Resources, as the Wyman\nHouse, and authorize the City Manager to enter into a Mills Act Historical Property\nContract with the property owner\n2. Motion to deny the request of the property owner to designate the residential property\nat 1326 N. Maryland Avenue as a historic resource in the Glendale Register of Historic\nResources