Glendale council approves HUD plan submissions, historic preservation easement, utility and right-of-way ordinances; appoints board member

The Glendale City Council on April 8, 2025, unanimously approved a package of routine measures that included submissions to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for the Glendale Housing Authority, a 30-year preservation easement for the First United Methodist Church sanctuary, a utility easement to extend power to a new hangar at the Glendale airport and ordinances to abandon obsolete water-line easements on private property. The council also authorized acquisition of land for intersection improvements at 50 Ninth Avenue and Northern Avenue and sworn in Paul D'Agostino to the Board of Adjustments.

The council voted to approve four consent resolutions: R25-24, approving submission of the Glendale Housing Authority annual PHA plan and the 2025–2029 five-year agency plan (HUD forms HUD-50075-HP and HUD-50075-5Y); R25-25, approving Small Area Fair Market Rents for the Glendale Housing Authority; R25-26, approving the 2025–2029 Capital Fund Program five-year action plan; and R25-27, authorizing acquisition of land for right-of-way for intersection improvements at 50 Ninth Avenue and Northern Avenue. Miss Bauer read the titles of the resolutions before the council voted to approve them by motion and voice vote.

On ordinance O25-13 the council accepted a preservation and conservation easement in favor of the Arizona State Parks Board over the sanctuary of the First United Methodist Church of Glendale. Jose Vega, grants program manager, said the late Gothic Revival sanctuary, completed in 1929 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in February 2006, received a historic preservation grant from Arizona State Parks and Trails to address structural and electrical issues and that "restoration was completed in 2024." He added the easement "will run for a period of 30 years and assures that the architectural, historic, archaeological and cultural features of the property will be retained and maintained for that period and to provide public access." The council approved O25-13 by recorded vote.

Council also adopted O25-14 to grant Arizona Public Service a utility easement on city airport property so APS may extend power to a new hangar; Principal Engineer Jamie Chapin presented that staff report. Separately, O25-15 authorized amendments to and abandonments of certain rights-of-way associated with public water lines that have been abandoned or relocated so the land can be unencumbered. The council voted in favor of both ordinances during roll-call votes.

The council approved the consent agenda (items 3–13) in a single motion; those items were described as routine and previously studied at a workshop. Vice Mayor Lauren Tomachoff moved the consent agenda; Council Member Bart Turner seconded the motion and the motion carried.

Vice Mayor Tomachoff moved the appointment of Paul D'Agostino to the Board of Adjustments to a term ending Jan. 31, 2026. After a second, D'Agostino was sworn in at the meeting.

Votes at a glance

- Minutes approval (03/25/2025 voting meeting): Motion to approve by Council Member Diana Guzman; second by Vice Mayor Lauren Tomachoff; outcome: approved (voice vote). - Appointment: Paul D'Agostino to the Board of Adjustments (term to 01/31/2026). Mover: Vice Mayor Lauren Tomachoff. Seconder: Council Member Bart Turner. Outcome: approved; appointee sworn in. - Consent agenda (items 3–13): Mover: Council Member Bart Turner. Seconder: (recorded second on the floor). Outcome: approved (voice vote). - Resolution R25-24 (HUD PHA annual and five-year agency plan submissions): Mover: Council Member Lupe Conchas. Seconder: Vice Mayor Lauren Tomachoff. Outcome: approved. - Resolution R25-25 (Small Area Fair Market Rents submission): Mover: Council Member Lupe Conchas. Seconder: Vice Mayor Lauren Tomachoff. Outcome: approved. - Resolution R25-26 (2025–2029 Capital Fund Program five-year action plan): Mover: Council Member Lupe Conchas. Seconder: Vice Mayor Lauren Tomachoff. Outcome: approved. - Resolution R25-27 (land acquisition for right-of-way at 50 Ninth Ave & Northern Ave): Mover: Council Member Lupe Conchas. Seconder: Vice Mayor Lauren Tomachoff. Outcome: approved. - Ordinance O25-13 (preservation/conservation easement at First United Methodist Church of Glendale): Mover: Council Member Leandro Baldenegro. Seconder: Vice Mayor Lauren Tomachoff. Outcome: approved (roll call: Baldenegro Aye; Conchas Aye; Guzman Aye; Melner Aye; Turner Aye; Vice Mayor Tomachoff Aye; Chair votes, motion carries). - Ordinance O25-14 (utility easement to Arizona Public Service at airport property): Mover: Council Member Bart Turner. Seconder: Vice Mayor Lauren Tomachoff. Outcome: approved (roll call: all members present voted Aye). - Ordinance O25-15 (amend/abandon rights-of-way associated with public water lines): Mover: Council Member Diana Guzman. Seconder: Council Member Lupe Conchas. Outcome: approved (roll call: all members present voted Aye).

All recorded roll-call actions in the transcript show council members voting in the affirmative; no recorded no votes, abstentions or recusals were announced.

Council adjourned at the close of scheduled business.