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City staff counsel, Aaron Israel, explained that the commission’s procedural rules call for the annual chair selection to occur at the August meeting and that changing that schedule requires a vote to waive or amend the procedural rule. Chair Evagian said she will be out of the country in late August and asked that the commission move the selection so she could attend and ceremonially pass the gavel.

Commission discussion explored alternatives: holding a special meeting in September, keeping the August date and selecting a chair pro tem for any August meeting, or moving selection to the regular October meeting. Staff noted an ordinance fixes the chair’s one‑year term by date, so shifting selection to a different month would require an amendment to the procedural rules.

The commission voted to schedule the chair selection for the regular October 27 meeting and requested staff prepare any procedural amendments needed to align selection timing with the commission’s intent.

Staff said the October selection would permit more time for staff coordination and would give the commission a full meeting to confirm the chair; commissioners said they preferred to ensure a quorum and avoid a rushed special meeting.

No substantive policy or budget decisions were tied to the scheduling vote; the action is procedural and advisory to Council.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Special Transportation and Parking Commission Meeting - 7/28/25","oneSentenceSummary","Commission elected to delay the formal chairperson selection to the regular October meeting and asked staff to prepare an amendment to procedural rules if needed.","taxTitle","Glendale, Los Angeles County, California","taxId",4651,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6491387,"Commission sends draft 2025 Glendale Roadway Design Policy to council with commission comments",8246,2328000,10574000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5493434-31ab439bcfdcf314f6e34e7cb5e9f828&start=2328&end=10574","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5493434-31ab439bcfdcf314f6e34e7cb5e9f828/thumbnail_2328000.jpg","/articles/6491387/Glendale/Los-Angeles-County/California/Commission-sends-draft-2025-Glendale-Roadway-Design-Policy-to-council-with-commission-comments","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6491387-600518b71bf18af9f900514d0f3f432e/orig.mp4?Expires=1776159294&Signature=mEjA31BBJlLjlBqzQVLlcN1ONsRxxH1slGCJsHbmKlpP7WlYLWijRb~tAxsunDuPZ1pyrbtJuEaZFVAVJ7j~37xNsKit-OjDq8pppxa5ICM8-ElYoIYoWESlgQkCYvac3TErSsd6iDFtR7xtte-Oen032qsZ5Uc95OwWey1wLO4cTgVb5l8LZLy1uaen4HHOcWfUZzmOlEHhdcVGLJXady0zcjG4doF-J~afyChrPYZeO9TWq1pVI2yVxgDS5--vExzepYc1expRQIXZA5R1EqPExyxLjiIGY3LViR3I~cYFtpb97wAtOD26YnlvYsHfaJPuf5YOnjVB8pSs-ZMCZg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Glendale’s Transportation and Parking Commission voted July 28 to forward the draft 2025 Glendale Roadway Design Policy to City Council with the commission’s comments after a lengthy discussion about lane-reduction thresholds, lane widths and community outreach.

Public Works’ senior traffic engineer, Ari Carmondayan, described the policy as a single reference document to guide street design across the city, to accelerate projects and to prioritize safety while balancing traffic flow, emergency access and local context. Carmondayan said the policy includes a lane-reduction feasibility matrix and design criteria intended to reduce the need for repeated, project‑level analysis.

The presentation reviewed policy objectives, examples of cross sections for reallocated roadway space, and the community survey results that staff used to inform priorities. Staff emphasized the policy is meant to be “context sensitive” and a “living document” that will be updated as conditions change.

Discussion among commissioners and members of the public ran more than two hours. Commissioners pressed staff for additional detail and flexibility on several elements: the policy’s lane-reduction threshold (a cited rule of thumb of 15,000 average daily traffic), minimum lane widths (11 feet cited as a standard for emergency access; commissioners asked whether 9–10 foot lanes could be allowed in constrained locations), protected bike-lane widths and buffers, and treatment of cut‑through traffic when an arterial is reconfigured.

Commissioner Bartoszoff said he would not support the draft in its current form and outlined requests for additional analysis and cross‑jurisdictional comparisons, including examples from Los Angeles and Pasadena. Staff and the city engineer, Sarkis Oganeshyan, responded with practice-based explanations for thresholds and described lessons learned from recent pilots such as the North Brand demonstration.

A motion to send the draft to City Council without change failed. After subsequent motions and counterproposals, the commission approved a motion that the draft be forwarded to City Council with the commission’s comments incorporated. The motion passed on roll call.

Public comment included residents who said the matrix might lock in future design limits and asked that the policy remain flexible so dangerous corridors can be reconfigured when warranted. Staff said it will collect commission feedback, internal departmental comments and other stakeholder input; staff also noted the mobility element and other planning documents will be coordinated with the roadway design policy as it moves forward.

The commission asked staff to clarify graphics and chart formatting in the packet, to show more recent crash years where available, and to add clearer cross sections and explanations on how emergency response corridors are treated in the policy. Staff said it will include the commission’s comments in the report that goes to City Council.","After extended debate over thresholds, lane widths and public outreach, the Transportation and Parking Commission voted to forward the draft 2025 Roadway Design Policy to City Council, asking staff to include the commission's comments.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6491391,"Glendale commission reviews Vision Zero crash analysis, appoints member to project development team",1930,404000,2334000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5493434-31ab439bcfdcf314f6e34e7cb5e9f828&start=404&end=2334","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5493434-31ab439bcfdcf314f6e34e7cb5e9f828/thumbnail_404000.jpg","/articles/6491391/Glendale/Los-Angeles-County/California/Glendale-commission-reviews-Vision-Zero-crash-analysis-appoints-member-to-project-development-team","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6491391-f6789858def729884a1401258bf655e3/orig.mp4?Expires=1776159294&Signature=ejmjdDylacdJAuoooeZSxUrno-zS-JTLYvB70JBrAAOaks0g~Qy0S1Sdp-UKgbSNhV4Iyk-GkPeWbm9hM8X-EYQKQlbHjmzdyYwvEPMe2qvP7UquAlF94T2LQqc3Czb4vRO8-xEp8EYbgXS9-BbWXU~-ScudLlh8FK6PmNkFVnpsZhHu1zde9IAKBITPJT00O-h48XDQ42qAb3w1ldErLlmCc6sq2Jsju6UEHRP5HDyGmd4uV983gzEaoAm0HwiPOzpHVmEqFXv6pGoDc01PVmtRBj0mYolTCW~U88VePdCwKOlqFdDQBie85xrnUFIiEtpFfZ9-itW1ziG4TUj0wA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Glendale’s Transportation and Parking Commission on July 28 noted an update on the city’s Vision Zero action plan and selected a commissioner to serve on the plan’s project development team.

The update, delivered by Sam Frommer of consultant Bureau Apple, outlined a 10-year crash analysis and identified a high-injury network that comprises 13 percent of Glendale streets but accounts for roughly 71 percent of injury crashes and nearly 80 percent of killed or severely injured crashes in the city.

The Vision Zero effort aims to “eliminate all traffic fatalities and severe injuries while increasing safe, healthy, and equitable mobility for all,” Frommer told commissioners. He said pedestrian crashes account for a disproportionate share of severe crashes — 17 percent of all crashes but about 45 percent of killed-or-severe-injury (KSI) crashes — and that motorcycle-involved crashes similarly show a higher share of KSI incidents than their share of total crashes.

The consultant team described concentration of crashes along major and minor arterials in South and West Glendale, noting that those areas also have higher population and destinations, including large streets that connect to freeways. Frommer said the project identified nine priority locations for conceptual countermeasures that range from near-term, lower-cost treatments to longer-term capital improvements, and that the draft Vision Zero action plan and an interactive GIS dashboard are under internal review.

Ismael Carajal Perez, planning associate with the city, said staff needs one commission representative to join the project development team. Commissioner comments at the meeting emphasized the value of including recent police data; one commissioner asked the consultant to include 2022–2023 preliminary crash counts on the plan’s charts to better show post-pandemic trends. Frommer said the consultant received 2023 KSI data directly from the Glendale Police Department and reported 31 KSI crashes for 2023.

Commissioners also described walk audits, outreach at community events and a recent open house held as part of the planning process. Frommer said outreach consistently flagged speeding, failures to stop or yield, blocked and faded crosswalks, sidewalk obstructions and inaccessible intersections as community concerns.

The commission voted to note and file the project update and to appoint a commissioner to serve on the Vision Zero project development team. The motion to take both actions passed on roll call; commissioners recorded votes of “yes.”

The consultant and staff said the draft action plan, countermeasure concepts for the nine priority locations and the GIS dashboard will undergo internal review before materials are published for additional public review and used to guide project design and coordination with public works.

The presentation and appointment came during a special meeting focused largely on street-safety planning; staff said the Vision Zero work will complement the city’s Local Road Safety Plan and other ongoing mobility efforts.

The commission did not adopt specific capital projects at the meeting; staff and the consultant said the next steps include finalizing internal reviews, publishing the dashboard, and coordinating design and implementation steps with Public Works and partner departments.","Consultants presented a Vision Zero action plan update showing a concentrated “high-injury network” in South Glendale; the commission noted the report and appointed a member to the plan's project development team.","actionData","errors"]

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