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Glendale to offer three ways for residents to join city council meetings beginning in July
Summary
A city announcement says residents can attend Glendale City Council meetings in person, join via Zoom, or call in by phone starting in July; the city outlined how to find agendas, request interpretation, and give public comment.
"Beginning in July, Glendale residents will have 3 ways to participate in city council meetings," a city staff member said in a recorded announcement. The options are attending in person at city hall, joining remotely through Zoom, or calling in by phone.
The announcement urged residents to visit glendaleca.gov/agendas to access the city’s public meeting portal, which will host upcoming agendas, staff reports and supporting documents, translated agendas, Zoom participation links, phone participation instructions, and archived meeting videos. The changes, the staff member said, are part of efforts to improve access to local government and to comply with California Senate Bill 707.
The city said meeting agendas will be translated into Armenian "as required by state law" and that a website translation tool can render agendas and other meeting information in Spanish, Korean, Tagalog and additional languages. Translation notices on agendas will include information about how to access and participate in meetings in those languages.
Remote participants will find a Zoom link on the public meeting portal and on every city council agenda. According to the announcement, clicking that link will open the Zoom application if it’s installed; participants without the app can join through a web browser or by phone. Because the same Zoom link will be used for each meeting, the city suggested users save it for easy access.
The announcement outlined how residents may provide public comment: in person by completing a speaker card and submitting it to the city clerk; on Zoom by using the raise-hand feature; and by phone by pressing 9 to raise a hand and, when called upon, pressing 6 to unmute. To comment on a specific agenda item, the staff member said, residents should wait until that item is announced; general public comments or community announcements should be raised during the public comment portion of the meeting.
The city emphasized its commitment to accessibility and asked residents who require language assistance or interpretation services to contact the city clerk’s office at least 48 hours before the meeting at (818) 548-2090. For more information and to access agendas and participation links, the announcement directed residents to glendaleca.gov/agendas.
The recorded announcement closed by inviting residents to join in person, online, or by phone.
