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Glendale staff unearth 1985 time capsule; council backs opening, limited public display and resealing
Summary
Deputy City Manager Thomas Adkins told the council a 1985 City Hall time capsule was recovered during the downtown campus revitalization. Staff recommended opening the capsule so contents and condition can be documented; council members favored temporarily displaying items and then resealing the capsule alongside a new one.
Deputy City Manager Thomas Adkins told the Glendale City Council at a Jan. 13 workshop that crews recently unearthed a time capsule placed during the 1985 City Hall groundbreaking and that it is now secured in a city facility. Staff’s research suggests the capsule was installed on the city’s 70th anniversary on June 18, 1985, and contained items such as a letter from then‑mayor George Renner, a photographic journal about singer Marty Robbins and a book written by Bicentennial Elementary first graders.
Adkins said staff found…
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