Glendale — 2025-03-18

a. Conference with Labor Negotiators. The City-designated negotiator attending the\nclosed session is: Mayor Elen Asatryan. The unrepresented employee positions\nare: City Manager and City Attorney\n03 18 25\n1 CC

a. Councilmember Najarian’s request to agendize a resolution or letter addressed to\nthe U.S. State Department, the Executive Branch, and other appropriate entities to\nprotest the holding of prisoners including Ruben Vardanyan in Azerbaijan, the\n03 18 25\n3 CC\nexpulsion of the Red Cross and the treatment and illegal proceedings against the\ndetainees

c. Report of the City Clerk, re: Posting of Agenda. The Agenda for the March 18, 2025\nRegular Meeting of the Glendale City Council was Posted on March 14, 2025, on the\nBulletin Board Outside City Hall.

a. Agenda Preview for the Meetings of Tuesday, March 25, 2025

b. Proclamation Designating March 8, 2025, as International Women’s Day

c. Nominations for Appointment\n• Edik Minassian, Planning Commission (Seat 1 – Vacant) (Asatryan (A) /\nGharpetian (B), 3/11/2025)\n• Lilit Rostomyan, Parks, Recreation and Community Services Commission (Seat\n5 – Vacant) (Najarian (A) / Asatryan (B), 3/11/2025)

a. City Clerk, re: Minutes of the Regular City Council Meeting of March 4, 2025, and the\nRegular City Council and Joint City Council and Housing Authority Meetings of\nMarch 11, 2025

b. Fire Department, re: Annual Weed Abatement Program for 2025\n1. Resolution declaring that noxious weeds on certain properties are a public nuisance;\nthat the City intends to cause abatement by removal; that a hearing will be held on\nApril 1, 2025, for objections to removal

c. Community Services and Parks, re: Acceptance of grant funds from the U.S.\nDepartment of Housing and Urban Development for the 2024 Continuum of Care\nProgram\n1. Motion approving acceptance of grant funds in the amount of $3,298,618 from the\nDepartment of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for the 2024 Continuum of\nCare (CoC) Program; authorizing the City Manager or a designee to execute all\nagreements, certifications, and documents necessary to accept and implement the\nfunds\n2. Resolution of Appropriation to appropriate grant funds in the amount of $3,298,618\nreceived from U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for the\n2024 Continuum of Care (CoC) Program

d. Fire Department, re: Verdugo Fire Communications Service Agreement Between the\nCities of Burbank, Glendale, and Pasadena and the City of San Gabriel\n1. Motion authorizing the City Manager, or their designee, to execute the Verdugo Fire\nCommunications Service Agreement Between the Cities of Burbank, Glendale, and\nPasadena and the City of San Gabriel

e. Community Development, re: Approval of Amended Joint Powers Agreement of the\n03 18 25\n2 CC\nBurbank-Glendale-Pasadena Regional Housing Trust, a Joint Powers Authority,\nCreated Pursuant To Senate Bill No. 1177, and Re-Appointment of Councilmember\nDan Brotman to a New Two-Year Term\n1. Resolution Approving Amended Burbank Glendale Pasadena Regional Housing Trust\nJoint Powers Agreement Removing the 2-Term Limit for Board of Director\nRepresentatives Serving on the Trust\n2. Motion Appointing Councilmember Dan Brotman to Serve a New Two-Year Term as a\nBoard of Director Representative to the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Regional\nHousing Trust

a. Community Development, re: Verdugo Wash Master Plan – RFP Consultant\nSelection\n1. Motion authorizing the City Manager or his designee to execute a Professional\nService Agreement with Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, Inc. in the amount of\n$5,762,370, using grant funds, for the preparation of the Verdugo Wash Master Plan

b. City Clerk, re: Expanding the powers and responsibilities of the Commission on the\nStatus of Women (CSW) by amending the Glendale Municipal Code\n1. Motion to provide direction regarding expanding the powers and responsibilities of the\nCommission on the Status of Women (CSW) by amending the Glendale Municipal\nCode, to include regular programming, fundraising, and the frequency of regular\nmeetings from four to twelve times per year, beginning July 2025, to accommodate\nthe commission’s expanded scope of work

a. Community Development, re: Appeal of Planning Commission's approval of Use\nVariance Case No. PVAR-001880-2023 located at 4444 Lowell Avenue\n1. Motion to sustain the Planning Commission’s decision of May 15, 2024, to approve the\nproject with conditions\n2. Motion to continue the matter, directing the City Attorney to draft findings reversing the\nPlanning Commission’s decision and denying the project