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At a glance: Glendale council actions on April 1 — safety element, alley vacation, consent calendar and settlements
Summary
The council adopted the 2025 General Plan safety element and CEQA exemption findings, approved an alley vacation for a housing project, passed the consent calendar (with abstentions noted), and authorized three settlement payments; motions and roll-call votes are listed.
At its April 1 meeting the Glendale City Council took several formal votes on resolutions, consent items and settlements. Key outcomes recorded in the meeting minutes:
Adopt General Plan safety element update and CEQA exemption findings — Approved The council adopted the 2025 General Plan safety element update and CEQA exemption findings (see separate coverage). Roll-call votes were recorded as yes by all members present.
Consent calendar — Approved (abstentions noted) The council voted to adopt the consent calendar by a single motion. The record notes abstentions on item 4F by Council Member Ara Najarian and the mayor; the remainder of the consent calendar was approved by roll call.
Alley vacation (Case 188V, Alley 130 northerly of Fairview Avenue) — Approved The council adopted resolutions ordering the vacation and adopting Plan Number 12242 to vacate a substandard, dead-end alley that staff and the applicant said serves four substandard garages and would be incorporated into a proposed housing project. A developer representative described utility coordination agreements with Glendale Water and Power and AT&T. The motion passed on roll call with affirmative votes recorded.
Settlement authorizations — Approved The council authorized three closed-session settlement-style actions recorded in open session: a proposed settlement in Anahi Godinez et al. v. City of Glendale for $30,000; a public vote waiving attorney-client confidentiality as to the aggregate amount spent in Najarian v. City of Glendale as of April 1, 2025 (the record shows Council Member Najarian abstained on the waiver vote); and authorization to settle Eric David Sanchez v. City of Glendale for $50,000. Minutes note each settlement as a compromise of a disputed claim and not an admission of liability.
Adjournment in memory — Approved The council moved to adjourn in memory of Sergeant Edwin F. Franco, a Glendale native who was among U.S. service members killed in a training accident overseas; the motion to adjourn in his memory was approved.
Below are the formal actions recorded in meeting minutes with the roll-call tallies as provided in the transcript and the meeting record.
