Transcript views / glendale / 2026-05-12
City Council
2026-05-12 · agenda-only view · official agenda ↗ · watch on YouTube ↗
Meeting at a glance from video
4:29:19
on camera
5
items timestamped
5
consent items
2
motions
5
public commenters
agenda items (colored by topic)
consent calendar
public comment
procedure (roll call, adjournment…)
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Public comment (general) from video
▶ 3:52:56
~5 speakers (AI estimate)
City fiscal crisis and deferred infrastructure maintenance
2 speakers
“We took out $10 million last yeyear from our road repairs, or five safety scores are going down, our water infrastruructure”
▶ 3:56:50
“A it's like a small thing so we don't have a structural imbalance. It's a dget deficit and.”
▶ 3:57:41
Building permit delays and departmental dysfunction
1 speakers
“Years agogo with adding a 20 square foot of the addition in my small house, and I try to follow all rules and regulation is possisible.”
▶ 4:04:12
“A sit ando nothing is happening and you are a politicicians but your departmts are playing politics in your department so the guest to you”
▶ 4:05:27
Anti-renter and classist rhetoric in the community
2 speakers
“It is insane that it is so normalized for nimbys and older family homeowners to just carelessly call young or recent immigrant apartment dwellers a certain type of language.”
▶ 4:11:48
“I myself call condo home for about to 20 years. My pents and I wereenters in glendale. We lived ten years in one apartment, ten years and another. I'm a stakeholder here.”
▶ 4:12:47
Election fairness and city website irregularities
2 speakers
“They're still showiwing preferential displays for youtube it's for suzi abajian and. Alec are still highlighted when”
▶ 4:16:27
“Somebody who presents himself a housing adadvocate will get a lt of votes unnecessarily. This to be looked into.”
▶ 4:23:46
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Agenda items & public comment
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[1a] Request from Mayor Kassakhian to agendize a discussion about implementing static camera angle in City Council meetings other not discussed on camera
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[1b] Request from Mayor Kassakhian to agendize a discussion about campaign mailers for future elections other not discussed on camera
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[2a] Conference with Real Property Negotiators: City-designated negotiators: Roubik Golanian, John Takhtalian, Michael J. Garcia, Gillian van Muyden, Onnig Bulanikian and Domenica Megerdichian. Property Location: Land located near the front entrance to the Adult Recreation Center at 201 E. Colorado St. Negotiating Parties: Filipino Business Association of Glendale – Greater Los Angeles County and Comfort Women Action for Redress and Education. Instructions to the negotiator(s) will concern the price and terms of lease of City property containing the Filipino American Friendship Monument and the Glendale Peace Monument agreement not discussed on camera
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[2b] Conference with Labor Negotiators. The City-designated negotiators attending the closed session are: Roubik Golanian, John Takhtalian, Paula Adams, Michael J. Garcia, Gillian van Muyden, Jeff Brooks, Robert William, Daniel Hernandez and Scott Mellon. The names of the employee organizations are: Glendale City Employees' Association, Glendale Fire Fighters' Association, Glendale Police Officers' Association, and I.B.E.W., Local 18 other not discussed on camera
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[4a] Fremont Park CPRS Award of Excellence Presentation by Janine A. Andrade presentation ▶ 20:31 · 5 min
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[4b] Jewish American Heritage Month Proclamation proclamation ▶ 7:19 · 13 min
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[5a] City Clerk, re: Minutes of the City Council Meeting of April 28, 2026, and the Special City Council Meeting of April 28, 2026 minutes consent ▶ 25:55
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[5b] Public Works, re: Adopt the Specification for the Wastewater Shop Space Optimization Project other consent ▶ 25:55
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[5c] Public Works, re: Adopt the Plans and Specification for the South Glendale Pavement Management Program (PMP) Implementation Project other consent ▶ 25:55
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[5d] Fire Department, re: Used Oil Payment Program and Oil Recycling Grant Application grant consent ▶ 25:55
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[5e] Fire Department, re: Fire Department annual presentation of the status of State mandated fire inspections presentation consent ▶ 25:55
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[10a] Public Works, re: Purchase Bus Shelters Using the California Association for Coordinated Transportation (CALACT)/Basin Transit Purchasing Cooperative and Purchase Enhanced Bus Stops contract ▶ 1:26:16 · 17 min
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[10b] Public Works, re: Purchase 20 Electric Buses Using the California Association for Coordinated Transportation (CALACT)/Basin Transit Purchasing Cooperative contract ▶ 1:43:12 · 38 min
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[11a] Community Development, re: Amendments to Title 30 of the Glendale Municipal Code, 1995 (Zoning Code), to update existing development standards and provide new objective design standards for multi-family and residential mixed use development in residential and commercial zones (Zoning Code Amendment Case Nos. PZC-0007-2023 and PZC-0008-2023) ordinance ▶ 2:21:16 · 92 min
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