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At-a-glance: Glendale council votes on mayor, appointments, projects and transit funding
Summary
The Glendale City Council approved mayoral selection, multiple appointments, project specifications and a joint request to Metro for transit operating funds. This round-up lists each formal action taken April 15, the vote tallies and next steps.
Votes at a glance — actions taken at the April 15 Glendale City Council meeting (selected formal votes and outcomes):
1) Mayor selection — Elect Ara Najarian as mayor Motion: Elect Ara Najarian as mayor of the City of Glendale. Outcome: Approved. Vote tally: yes 5, no 0, abstain 0. Provenance: Nomination and roll-call vote recorded on April 15.
2) Appointments — board and commission nominees (group vote) Motion: Approve commission and board nominees listed on the April 15 agenda, except hold the four Design Review Board (DRB) nominees pending verification of a required licensed architect. Outcome: Approved. Vote tally: yes 5, no 0, abstain 0. Notes: Council directed staff to return with options to either identify a licensed architect applicant or propose code changes if council wishes to modify the DRB qualification.
3) Building and Fire Board of Appeals — appointments Motion: Appoint remaining verified applicants to fill vacancies on the Building and Fire Board of Appeals (two positions as listed in the agenda packet). Outcome: Approved. Vote tally: yes 5, no 0, abstain 0.
4) Citywide Facility Painting Project (Specification No. 3997) — advertise for bids (Consent item 4C) Motion: Adopt specifications and direct the city clerk to advertise for bids for the citywide facility painting project. Outcome: Approved. Vote tally: yes 5, no 0. Note: Council requested staff check whether the contractor could add Montrose lamp-post painting as a change order or otherwise provide paint to allow local volunteers to assist.
5) Pacific Park Edison artificial turf replacement (Project No. 4016) — advertise for bids (Consent item 4D) Motion: Adopt plans and specifications and direct city clerk to advertise for bids for artificial turf replacement at Pacific Park Edison. Outcome: Approved. Vote tally: yes 4, no 1 (Councilmember Dan Brotman voted no). Councilmember Brotman stated a policy objection to artificial turf.
6) Surplus land / Surplus Land Act (Consent item 4G) Motion: Adopt resolution declaring certain small city-owned parcels exempt from the Surplus Land Act (SLA) under specified conditions. Outcome: Approved. Vote tally: yes 5, no 0.
7) Weed-abatement program public hearing and abatement order (Item 9A) Motion: Approve abatement order directing the county agricultural/weights-and-measures authority to abate declared parcels for vegetation and fire hazard. Outcome: Approved. Vote tally: yes 5, no 0.
8) Metro included municipal operator designation request (Action Item A) Motion: Authorize the city manager to submit a joint request with Pasadena to the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) to be designated an included municipal operator for regional transit operating funds (Bee Line / Glendale Bee Line). Outcome: Approved. Vote tally: yes 5, no 0. Notes: If approved by Metro’s board (9 votes required), Glendale estimates receiving approximately $11.6 million in regional operating funds toward Bee Line operations; Pasadena submitted a parallel request.
9) Legal retainer (new business) Motion: Authorize the city attorney to enter a retainer agreement with outside counsel Goldfarb Lippmann to assist the city attorney on a specified matter; agreement to include a fee cap. Outcome: Approved. Vote tally: yes 4, abstain 1 (Councilmember Dan Brotman abstained due to recusal).
How votes were recorded: Most roll-call tallies were recorded in the meeting transcript. Where councilmembers requested holds (for example, DRB nominees), the council recorded a hold and approved the remainder of the slate.
