Glendale — 2025-07-29

City Council

#a Order of Business 10
a. Fire Department, re: Public Hearing for Weed Abatement Charges for FY 2024-25\n1. Resolution confirming weed abatement charges
#b Order of Business 10
b. Community Development, re: Public Hearing for Applications for Mills Act Contracts\nfor Contributing Properties in Historic Districts: 324 Lawson Place and 1833\nNiodrara Drive\n1. Resolution to authorize the City Manager to enter into a Mills Act Historical Property\nContract with the property owner(s) of 324 Lawson Place\n2. Motion to deny the request by the owner(s) of 324 Lawson Place for a Mills Act\nHistorical Property Contract\n3. Resolution to authorize the City Manager to enter into a Mills Act Historical Property\nContract with the property owner(s) of 1833 Niodrara Drive\n4. Motion to deny the request by the owner(s) of 1833 Niodrara Drive for a Mills Act\nHistorical Property Contract
#a Order of Business 13
a. Request from Councilmember Asatryan to discuss a report by staff on planning for\nupcoming World Cup and Olympics events
#b Order of Business 13
b. Request from Councilmember Gharpetian to discuss unfunded state mandates
#a Order of Business 3
a. Agenda Preview for the Meetings of Tuesday, August 5, 2025
#b Order of Business 3
b. Proclaiming July 30, 2025, as Korean Comfort Women Day
#c Order of Business 3
c. Report of the City Clerk, re: Posting of Agenda. The Agenda for the July 29, 2025\nRegular Meeting of the Glendale City Council was Posted on July 24, 2025 on the\nBulletin Board Outside City Hall\n3.\nPRESENTATIONS AND APPOINTMENTS
#d Order of Business 3
d. Conference with Labor Negotiators. The City-designated negotiator attending the\nclosed session is: Mayor Ara Najarian. The unrepresented employee positions are:\nCity Manager and City Attorney
#e Order of Business 3
e. Conference with Real Property Negotiators: City-designated negotiators: Roubik\nGolanian, John Takhtalian, Michael J. Garcia, Gillian van Muyden, Bradley Calvert,\nOnnig Bulanikian and Mark Berry. Property Location: 309 Orange Street. Negotiating\nParties: MGP XII Glendale Central LLC, an affiliate of Merlone Geier Partners.\nInstructions to the negotiator(s) will concern the price and terms of payment for the\nacquisition of property
#f Order of Business 3
f. Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation: Claim of Ter-Mkrtchyan, Claim\nNo. 25-0170
#g Order of Business 3
g. Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation: Claim of American Family\nInsurance (Kaloghlian), Claim No. 25-0251\n2.\nREGULAR BUSINESS AGENDA – 6:00 PM\nRoll Call
#a Order of Business 4
a. City Clerk, re: Minutes of the City Council Meetings of June 3, 2025, July 1, 2025 and\nJuly 15, 2025 and Special City Council Meeting of July 15, 2025
#b Order of Business 4
b. Public Works, re: Award of Construction Contract for the Edgewick Road\nImprovement Projec\n1. Motion to award a construction contract to Wright Construction Engineering Corp. in\nthe amount of $584,264, approving a 15 percent contract contingency in the amount\nof $87,640, and authorizing the City Manager or a designee to execute the contract\n2. Resolution of appropriation in the amount of $730,330 for the Edgewick Road\nImprovement Project
#c Order of Business 4
c. Public Works, re: Award of Construction Contract for the Maintenance District 6\nPavement Rehabilitation Project – Phase II\n1. Motion awarding a construction contract to Palp, Inc. DBA Excel Paving (Excel\nPaving), in the amount of $8,925,563, approving a 10 percent contract contingency in\nthe amount of $892,556, and authorizing the City Manager or a designee to execute\nthe contract\n2. Resolution of appropriation to appropriate funds in the amount of $8,188,949 for the\nMaintenance District 6 Pavement Rehabilitation Project – Phase II
#d Order of Business 4
d. Police Department, re: The Police Department’s 2024 Specialized Equipment Use\nReport\n1. Motion to note and file this report
#e Order of Business 4
e. Public Works, re: The Glorietta Park Field Light Replacement Project, Adopt\nSpecification\n1. Resolution adopting Specification No. 4025 for the Glorietta Park Field Light\nReplacement Project and directing the City Clerk to advertise for bids
#f Order of Business 4
f. Public Works, re: Adopt Plans and Specification for the Maple Park Gym Ceiling\nReplacement Project, per Specification No. 4020\n1. Resolution adopting the Plans and Specification No. 4020 for the Maple Park Gym\nCeiling Replacement Project and directing the City Clerk to advertise for bids
#g Order of Business 4
g. Community Services and Parks, re: Acceptance of Additional Assistance 25%\nGovernor’s Discretionary BioPharma 3 Grant funds of $850,000 and award of\ncontracts to Biocom California Institute for $200,000, and Los Angeles Community\nCollege District on behalf of Los Angeles Mission College for $123,200\nMotion:\n1. Accepting the Additional Assistance 25% Governor’s Discretionary BioPharma 3 Grant\nfunds in the amount of $850,000 from the State of California, Employment\nDevelopment Department; and authorizing the City Manager, or a designee, to enter\ninto and execute all agreements, amendments, certifications, and documents\nnecessary to accept and implement the funding, subject to the approval by the City\nAttorney\n2. Authorizing the City Manager, or a designee, to enter into and execute a Contract with\nBiocom California Institute in an amount not to exceed $200,000 from the Additional\nAssistance 25% Governor’s Discretionary BioPharma 3 grant for the period of July 1,\n2025 to June 30, 2026, subject to the approval by the City Attorney\n3. Authorizing the City Manager, or a designee, to enter into and execute a Contract with\nLos Angeles Community College District on behalf of Los Angeles Mission College in\nan amount not to exceed $123,200 from the Additional Assistance 25% Governor’s\nDiscretionary BioPharma 3 grant for the period of July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026,\nsubject to the approval by the City Attorney\n4
#h Order of Business 4
h. Fire Department, re: Tablet Command Inc. Professional Service Agreement\nAmendment #2 for Incident Command Management System Software for Verdugo\nFire Communications Center\n1. Motion authorizing the City Manager, or his designee, to execute or amend the\nProfessional Services Agreement Amendment #2 with Tablet Command Inc. (Contract\n8001609), for incident command management software, increasing the contract\namount by $63,550 to the new total not-to-exceed amount of $158,450
#a Order of Business 8
a. Fire Department, re: Adoption of an Ordinance adopting the 2025 Local\nResponsibility Area Fire Hazard Severity Zone Maps as recommended by the\nCalifornia State Fire Marshal (Introduced by Councilmember Elen Asatryan July 15,\n2025)
#a Order of Business 9
a. Public Works, re: Request for Proposal for the Design-Build of the Grandview\nLibrary Roofing and Solar Project\n1. Resolution authorizing the Director of Public Works, or his designee, to issue a\nRequest for Proposals (RFP) using the Design-Build Alternative Project Delivery\nMethod for the Grandview Library Roofing and Solar Project
#b Order of Business 9
b. Glendale Water and Power, re: Contract with AVEVA Software LLC for Continued\nSupport and Expansion of Glendale Water & Power Department’s PI Historian\nSystem\n1. Resolution dispensing with competitive bidding and authorizing the City Manager, or\nhis designee, to enter into and execute an Agreement with AVEVA Software LLC for a\ntotal term of six years in the not-to-exceed amount of $904,781 for the initial threeyear term, for continued support and expansion of Glendale Water & Power\nDepartment’s PI Historian System. Funding for the second three-year renewal term\nwill be requested as part of the City’s annual budget process
#c Order of Business 9
c. Community Development, re: Alex Theatre Technology Refresh – Network\nInfrastructure and Security Systems Upgrade\n1. Motion authorizing to process an Amendment to the competitively bid voice and data\nnetwork cabling contract with Wilsys Communications (Contract No. 8001996) to\nincrease the amount by $45,000, for a new not to exceed contract amount of\n$844,000\n2. Resolution of Appropriation in the amount of $110,000