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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[1.a] 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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[1.b] Request from Mayor Kassakhian to agendize a discussion about campaign mailers for future elections other not discussed on camera
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[4.a] Fremont Park CPRS Award of Excellence Presentation by Janine A. Andrade agreement not discussed on camera
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[4.b] Jewish American Heritage Month Proclamation other not discussed on camera
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[5.b.1] Resolution adopting Specification No. 3969 for the Wastewater Shop Space Optimization Project and directing the City Clerk to advertise for bids presentation ▶ 20:31 · 5 min
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[5.c.1] Resolution adopting the plans and specification for the South Glendale PMP Implementation Project, Specification No. 3964, Plan Nos. 1-3120, 1-3125, 3-1591, 49-264, 49-266, 7026-E1-6; and directing the City Clerk to advertise for bids proclamation ▶ 7:19 · 13 min
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[5.d.1] Resolution Authorizing the Submittal of an Application to the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) for the Used Oil Payment Program (OPP) minutes consent ▶ 25:55
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[5.e.1] Resolution recognizing the Glendale Fire Department's compliance with California Senate Bill 1205 and Health and Safety Code Sections 13146.2 and 13146.3 governing state-mandated fire inspections other consent ▶ 25:55
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[10.a.1] Motion authorizing the Deputy Director of Finance/Purchasing, or a designee, to issue a Purchase Order Contract for $686,434 for bus shelters from Tolar Manufacturing Company, Inc., using the CALACT/Basin Transit Purchasing Cooperative other consent ▶ 25:55
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[10.a.2] Resolution to dispense with the competitive bidding process and authorize the Deputy Director of Finance/Purchasing, or his designee, to issue a Purchase Order Contract for $363,566 for 34 enhanced bus stops from Tolar Manufacturing Company, Inc. in the same style as the bus shelters grant consent ▶ 25:55
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[10.a.3] Resolution of Appropriation appropriating grant funds and Proposition C Local Return transit grant matching funds for bus stop improvements presentation consent ▶ 25:55
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[10.b.1] Motion authorizing the Deputy Director of Finance/Purchasing, or his designee, to issue a Purchase Order for 20 electric buses from GILLIG, LLC (GILLIG), for $29,331,060, using the federalized CALACT/Basin Transit Purchasing Cooperative contract ▶ 1:26:16 · 17 min
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[10.b.2] Motion authorizing the City Manager, or his designee, to execute Project Grant Agreements and Project Readiness Certification with Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) to receive federal Congestion Management Air Quality (CMAQ) Program funding, Measure M Subregional funds, and Metro Local Transit Systems Subcommittee ZEV funds contract ▶ 1:43:12 · 38 min
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[10.b.3] Resolution of Appropriation for grant funds and City Measure R and Proposition Local Return transit grant matching funds to purchase electric buses ordinance ▶ 2:21:16 · 92 min
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[11.a.1] Introduction of Ordinance Amending Title 30 to Update Multi-Family Residential Development Standards and Provide New Objective Design Standards for Multi-family and Residential Mixed-Use Projects in Residential and Commercial Districts ordinance not discussed on camera
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