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[10:06] [music] >> Good evening everyone. Please take your

[10:10] seats if you can find one available. I call to order the January 13, 2026

[10:18] meeting of the Glendale City Council. May we have roll call?

[10:24] » Yes. Council members Asatan Brotman >> here.

[10:28] » Carpetan >> here.

[10:29] » Kasakian >> here.

[10:30] » Mayor Najarian >> here. Will you all please rise and join

[10:34] me in the flag salute? [clears throat]

[10:38] » Repeat after me. I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America

[10:44] and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with

[10:51] liberty and justice for all. >> Please remain standing. And this

[10:56] evening, we're honored to have Kelly Kessinger, senior chaplain from

[11:01] Adventist Health, deliver our invocation.

[11:04] Good evening.

[11:08] Gracious God, source of wisdom and hope, we pause to give thanks for this

[11:13] community and for the opportunity to serve it. We ask for guidance for our

[11:17] mayor, council members, city staff, and all who lead that their decisions may be

[11:23] marked by integrity, compassion, and a sincere desire for the common good.

[11:29] » [snorts] >> We ask for patience when discussions are

[11:32] difficult, clarity when choices are complex, and courage to do what is right

[11:38] even when it's hard. We remember our neighbors who are struggling today,

[11:42] those facing uncertainty, illness, loss, or financial strain. We ask that Glendel

[11:49] may be a place where people are seen, valued, and supported.

[11:53] May this meeting be productive, respectful, and guided by a spirit of

[11:57] cooperation. so that together we may build a safer, stronger, and more

[12:02] hopeful community for all. Amen. >> Thank you very much.

[12:11] » Madame Clerk, may we have your report? >> Yes. The agenda for the January 13, 2026

[12:17] regular meeting of the Glendel City Council was posted on January 7th, 2026

[12:21] on the bulletin board outside city hall. >> Thank you. What's the next item? Next

[12:27] are presentations and appointments. The first item is recognition of winter

[12:32] decorating contest winners.

[12:36] » Well, it's hard to believe that the holiday season is over. Um, but we all

[12:42] have to get back to work. Uh, we are pleased to recognize the winners of the

[12:48] city of Glendale's winter decorating contest. This was our second year

[12:53] continuing this tradition and the response from our community was

[12:57] tremendous. And in a moment we have a short Glendale

[13:02] TV video highlighting the winning displays and then we're going to invite

[13:06] the winners uh to come before us for a group photo and for some commendations.

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[14:40] » [bell]

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[14:49] » So, congratulations to all you homeowners uh who

[14:55] submitted and decorated. We had a tight competition so only a handful receiving

[15:02] the commenation. Uh I will call your address and if you'll come forward and

[15:08] council will then join you for some photos.

[15:12] 651 West Doran Street. Please come forward if you're here.

[15:18] » See the picture again. >> 15 uh 24. Can we run the video without

[15:24] the sound? Maybe. Um 1524 Hillrest Avenue,

[15:33] [applause]

[15:36] 538 West California Avenue,

[15:44] 318 Roads End,

[15:53] 3060 North Verdugo code [applause]

[16:00] » and 1420

[16:04] » for Keep it down. Please keep it down. I know it's exciting. For 1420 West

[16:11] Kenneth Road. [applause]

[16:16] Okay. And uh if my colleagues would join me to uh distribute the commendations.

[16:23] [clears throat] All

[16:38] right.

[16:42] That's us. >> Thank you very

[17:06] congratulations. Thank you for spicing up our community.

[17:15] Well, thank you for doing this. >> That's good. Why don't we all stand

[17:20] sideways? >> Okay.

[17:22] » And that'll give us a little bit of room.

[17:24] » Wait, should we do

[17:48] » [applause]

[17:52] » 53. So,

[18:05] » well, that was a lot of fun. And I uh again thank all the residents whether

[18:09] you won or not uh for participating decorating your homes. Maybe we'll the

[18:16] next mayor can consider including a Halloween category of home decorating.

[18:21] But I'll leave that up to to whoever has this seat next.

[18:26] » Yes, Mr. Bman. I want to make a special shout out to one of the winners, Leslie

[18:31] uh Little Right. Lidle >> Lidle

[18:34] » Lidle who actually brought this to our attention. We almost dropped the ball

[18:38] and didn't do it the second year and she wrote and said, "Why are you guys not

[18:41] doing a competition?" There she is. Round of applause.

[18:47] [applause] Round of applause. So, I I appreciate you keeping an eye out on and

[18:52] and uh keeping us on our toes. Thank you very much.

[18:56] » May I address for one moment? >> Can she?

[18:58] » Uh briefly. >> Briefly, but come to the come to the

[19:01] podium. No, no, no. have to come to the podium. It's our It's our rule. [snorts]

[19:08] » Just the fact that we've got so many people in this room who are part of our

[19:13] community that have come together, that's why we wanted to do this contest.

[19:16] So, thank you very much for continuing it. I've met new friends. So, thank you.

[19:22] » Thank you very [applause] much.

[19:26] » Thank you. What is the next item, please?

[19:30] Item B is presentation from the Glendel Police Department on substance abuse.

[19:37] » Mr. Galania. >> Yes. Uh Mayor N City Councelor, I'd like

[19:41] to invite Sona Opppian, our clinical program director with uh police

[19:46] department for the presentation. >> Thank you. And I I met you at the

[19:52] Glendel Health Fair. >> Yes, you did. and you had a very uh

[19:55] informative booth and I felt that uh in the current atmosphere and situation

[20:02] across the country that we need to uh recognize your efforts and receive some

[20:08] of the very important information that you have to give to our community

[20:11] members. So I turn it over to you Sona. >> Thank you and good evening council

[20:17] members and I appreciate the opportunity mayor Najarian. Um can we have our

[20:22] slides? Yes, please.

[20:30] So, um until we get the slides up, what I can say is um our program called the

[20:38] substance abuse and uh wellness resource program is nestled within the core

[20:45] bureau of the Glendel Police Department. For those who are not familiar with the

[20:50] core bureau, um core stands for community outreach resources and

[20:55] engagement bureau and core handles um homeless outreach. We have the hope

[21:02] team. We have um crisis intervention and um a lot of community outreach

[21:09] events that are handled within core. So we are one arm of the core bureau.

[21:16] Thank you. Um, so let me go back. So because of our time restriction, I'm

[21:24] just going to give you a broadstrokes overview of our program. So we'll start

[21:30] by talking about our mission, our vision, why this program was started or

[21:36] how it started, why we need the program, um, what some of our program goals are,

[21:43] what we do. Um I'll share some of our accomplishments

[21:48] um a success story hopefully time permitting and then future projects that

[21:53] we have for this next year. So, we started um with some grant

[22:01] funding that we received from the honorable Senator Portantino's office.

[22:07] And um one of the main reasons um that we got this funding was to address

[22:14] overdoses and substance abuse within our city.

[22:18] This was back in April of 2023 when Captain Alex Creoran reached out and we

[22:27] um collaborated to start a program together. So, our mission really is to

[22:32] provide resources and supports to anyone who needs mental health or substance

[22:39] abuse services. This can be somebody who's arrested with a narcotics charge

[22:46] um to someone who's just seeking services and is unable to find resources

[22:51] due to their socioeconomic status. Um and our goal is really to help build a

[22:59] healthy community by working with our families.

[23:02] So um just really quickly um I get asked this question a lot. Why do we need this

[23:09] program? So, if you can see uh on the slides um from the CDC, we know that

[23:16] from 1999 to 2023, we had over 86,000 people die from an opioid overdose. And

[23:27] this is just opioids. Um we saw a small decrease from 2022 to 2023.

[23:35] Um but that was mainly due to the use of Narcan or to the administration of

[23:41] Narcan and I'll talk a little bit about that. So we all know that we have a

[23:46] national opioid epidemic and um there's a huge stigma associated with substance

[23:53] abuse and mental health regardless of all the efforts that we're still making

[23:57] in our community. Um so some of our program goals include

[24:03] um raising awareness about substance abuse, giving uh appropriate education

[24:10] to both students, parents, community members,

[24:15] um to decreasing stigma um like I said

[24:20] before and providing um services to people who get arrested um with

[24:27] narcotics charges. is um in addition to all of that, we try to establish

[24:33] community relationships with several of our community organizations and I'll

[24:38] talk a little bit about that in a minute.

[24:42] Our this is our team. Um we have um I think most everyone from our team here

[24:49] except um Lieutenant Milligan, but the rest of our team here is here in the

[24:54] audience. So I thank them for their support and um being here.

[25:01] So what do we do? Um in a nutshell, if you you can think of our program as a

[25:08] hub or as a um static point uh of where people can

[25:14] go to regardless of where they're where they are on their journey of getting

[25:20] help. So whether it's somebody who's having trouble at school and we need to

[25:26] connect them to services outside of the school or we need to work with their

[25:32] public defender regardless of where they're where they are. We are that

[25:38] constant point that stays with them throughout. So usually what that will

[25:43] look like is I will get a referral. I will meet with the individual or the

[25:49] family, do an assessment and then provide appropriate resources.

[25:54] But that can take two months, that can take three months, things can change,

[26:00] they come back and then we work with them throughout. So um in this slide,

[26:07] these are just some of the organizations or some of the steps that we've taken

[26:13] with um some of the referrals that um we've gotten into our program. Um this

[26:21] slide is uh an illustration of our community partners. Um we utilize the

[26:27] Glendel Public Library um as a place where I meet with families. They have

[26:34] been very generous with us to give us a key and a room for when um we need to

[26:39] have our meetings because it's a pretty neutral um location.

[26:45] Um the YWCA works closely with us. Um the city of Glendel homeless services,

[26:52] we also work closely with them. Um, and one more thing I want to mention on on

[26:59] that slide is Oh, sorry. Going backwards.

[27:04] Uh, sorry. Sorry.

[27:13] Can you make the slide bigger? Sorry, it's

[27:18] going. Okay. Um, I just want to make a point about our narcotics bureau. They

[27:24] are a big part of our program because they attend several events with us and

[27:30] do presentations with us. Um, and we just had one of our program um, the

[27:36] youth empowerment program graduation. And a lot of the feedback we got from

[27:41] the students was that they really enjoyed the collaborative effort that we

[27:46] had with the narcotics bureau and having the officers be there and present with

[27:50] us. [snorts] These are some of our community outreach

[27:55] and prevention efforts. Um so we've partnered a lot with GUSD

[28:01] both in 2024 and 2025. Um mainly in 2023

[28:07] um we worked to establish our program mission, vision, our logo and um you

[28:15] know um the objectives for what our program will look like. So that's why

[28:21] you don't see a lot of events for 2023. This is again a um list, not a

[28:28] comprehensive list, but a list of some of the events we participated in in

[28:33] 2025. And um here are some photos.

[28:39] Um we have a photo of you, Mayor Najarian, when you visited us.

[28:44] » Oh, that's me. >> Yes. [laughter]

[28:46] And um >> I was saying, who's that handsome guy?

[28:51] Um, one thing I will also mention here is the DA National Drug Takeback Event

[28:58] was something that we did um last year um or last year and we did it in April

[29:07] and October and each day we only did the drug takeback for four for four hours

[29:15] and during that time we were able to collect um 200 13 pounds of unused and

[29:21] expired medications. So, this is a, you know, partnership with the DEA and our

[29:27] police officers where no questions asks, you bring and you drop off your unused

[29:33] or expired medications. Um,

[29:38] this is um some data to um about Narcan. you can see um how Glendel Fire

[29:48] Department and Glendel Police Department administer Narcan or how many times they

[29:53] did it in 2024 and 2025 and these are year to date. Um

[30:00] so we are making an effort to really um encourage documentation and use of

[30:09] Narcan as much as possible because it reverses the um opioid overdose and um

[30:17] it can save a life. So, we've done several trainings with Narcan both in

[30:23] the community, in the schools, um, and throughout several um, community events.

[30:30] Again, this is just another slide that highlights our accomplishments.

[30:35] Um, we've done presentations at Roosevelt Middle School. We've done

[30:42] presentations for parents and scouts at Homemen at Men. Um, Red Ribbon Week is

[30:48] also a a week where we're pretty active within our schools. Um,

[30:55] we've also um um completed three public service announcements. I don't know if

[31:02] we'll get to see them, but they focus all on fentanyl. So, um they're on our

[31:08] website. We have a website within Glendel PD. It's it's a work in

[31:12] progress, but we have some really good resources there, including resources for

[31:17] veterans. Um,

[31:22] I will briefly share a little bit about this success story just to give you an

[31:27] idea of what that looks like. Um, so I th this timeline is represents

[31:34] a two-year process. I started working with this 17-year-old

[31:40] um from one of our high schools uh who came from a family with um a low

[31:47] socioeconomic status had um problem with substance abuse. Um we were able to

[31:54] coordinate a hospitalization because I we work closely with our hope team, the

[31:59] school and our local hospitals. Um

[32:03] after that hospitalization, we were able to get treatment for him. Um after which

[32:10] um he relapsed again, but moving forward because of a arrest he had and because

[32:18] of a court date that he had within the Glendel courts, I was able to work with

[32:23] our public defenders and request a mental health diversion or substance

[32:29] abuse diversion. and um really help him get into treatment. So,

[32:36] you know, this he is now 19 years old and um clean and sober for a few months

[32:43] now. So, um there's a long process, but we we stay with the person, you know,

[32:51] regardless of what the need is or where they are in their um journey of

[32:56] recovery. our future projects. Um these are some

[33:01] of them. The one that I would like to highlight um today is

[33:06] um documentary screening um of a movie called Dirty Drugs. Um the focus is on

[33:14] fentanyl and um it is going to be on February 26th at 6:00 p.m. at the Look

[33:21] Theater. We're going to have a panel discussion um after the movie and we're

[33:27] going to have resources for the community as well. So um this is one of

[33:32] the events, but we have um an event this Friday as well at the Pacific Park for

[33:38] Teen Night Out and several other things that are in the works.

[33:44] Um this is just some feedback that we received from the community or um

[33:49] families that we've come across. Um and for the community, what they you

[33:56] can do as a community member is if you have anyone who's in need of our

[34:02] services, whether it's substance abuse or mental health, um please feel free to

[34:07] refer them to our program and we will work with them.

[34:13] This is our contact information, my information, and Seline. Seline is our

[34:17] program assistant. We are both working part-time for this program. So, um, just

[34:23] keep that in mind. And that is our website.

[34:27] Um, >> thank you.

[34:29] » Thank you. Should we Sorry, [applause]

[34:36] » we have a sorry, a flyer for the movie screening for anyone. Okay. That's at

[34:42] the theater. Save the date. >> There you go. February 26th and your

[34:47] information is on the Glendale PD website.

[34:50] » Yes. Yes. Under substance abuse and mental health.

[34:54] » And if someone calls in, >> uh, they're not going to necessarily be

[34:58] arrested for substance abuse. The first step is to help and right

[35:04] » resolve the issues. >> I'm not a obviously I'm not a police

[35:07] officer. I'm a clinician. I work very closely with our officers, but the goal

[35:12] of our program is really to provide supports and services. So, um, and we

[35:17] are actually going to do a PSA on, um, the good Samaritan law to help people

[35:23] know, you know, that they can reach out or they can call for help without

[35:27] getting arrested. >> Good. Well, thank you. Thank you very

[35:31] much. Do my colleagues have any questions or comments?

[35:34] » No. Can we put the information [clears throat] that information sheet

[35:37] one more time? the contact information.

[35:42] » Thank you. >> No, the one before this.

[35:45] » There you go.

[35:49] » Okay. So, if you know someone that needs [music] help,

[35:52] » substance abuse or mental health arena, please

[35:56] » contact our police department. >> And uh yeah, I just want to say thank

[36:00] you. It's a really big problem, not just in Glendale, all over

[36:04] » everyone. and uh the sooner we can find and identify the signs especially when

[36:10] they're young and offer the help >> and support that individuals need then

[36:15] um I [clears throat] think you know if we were to look at it from a very um

[36:19] » kind of a cold statistical issue if we don't do things early on we all end up

[36:25] paying the price for it in a number of ways not the least of which the lives uh

[36:30] that are destroyed um by chronic substance abuse um untreated mental

[36:35] health issues and others. So, you know, I encourage everyone if they know

[36:39] someone who's struggling, uh you've heard it here, you have some resources

[36:43] here from the city now. Um there is no reason for you to not reach out and

[36:47] maybe you're just curious, just call, ask questions about uh what is the best

[36:52] uh help that you can provide to a loved one, a friend, or someone that you know

[36:55] who's struggling. Thank you. >> Thank you. Thank you.

[36:58] » Uh we have a speaker. Oh, Mr. >> I was just going to say thank you, but

[37:02] also ask you a question. The screening is that free?

[37:06] » Um, all the services are free. So, you mean my assessment screening? No, the

[37:10] film screening I meant. Sorry. At the Look Theater. Is that free of charge?

[37:14] » Yes, it's free of charge. >> But people need to uh RSVP.

[37:17] » They are going to RSVP and the city manager's office is going to have um

[37:22] more information on how to RSVP, but space is limited [snorts] because we

[37:27] only have one theater. So, I would encourage people to RSVP as soon as

[37:32] possible, but we will have more of these screenings. This is the first one. Um,

[37:37] and hopefully all will go well and we can disseminate it more in our community

[37:42] and have the panel discussions to start talking.

[37:46] » Okay. So, anyone in the community can um >> it's open to anyone for free.

[37:51] » Okay. Wonderful. Thank you again for what you do.

[37:53] » Yeah. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you very much. [applause]

[38:02] » We do have a speaker. I'm going to permit two minutes on this item.

[38:06] » Our speaker is Herbert Milano.

[38:16] » Mayor Nigarian members of the city council. My name is Herbert Molano. I

[38:20] applaud the city council for the uh funding and the support of programs like

[38:24] this. I've uh became aware of the program uh early last year when I saw a

[38:30] message that appeared on the city's website that fentinel overdoses had had

[38:35] quadrupled and I didn't know if they quadrupled from two to eight or if it

[38:39] quadrupled from you know 20 to 80. The uh it didn't really give me a number and

[38:44] I requested a meeting with the police department and I with the doctor who

[38:48] just presented the information to you. I met with her as well [snorts] and what

[38:52] it it brings to mind is the following uh and I know Mr. because we talked

[38:57] about this many times for the better part of 20 years is that the city needs

[39:02] to reconsider providing an annual quality of life report where all of

[39:08] these measures concerning drug use, high school graduation, the uh uh domestic

[39:14] violence, all of the issues that pertain to society's problems be presented to

[39:20] you such that you can set a budget based upon the situation that the community

[39:26] finds itself in. I have made this presentation to the

[39:30] city council no fewer than 20 times during the years and it is a shame

[39:35] because we had a fantastic report back in 2001 2002 and I encourage for the

[39:41] city to put in the budget a process by which you collect the information that

[39:46] is necessary for us to evaluate how we are doing and what are the problems of

[39:50] the community. She just mentioned basically that we had

[39:54] 60 uh opioids cases where Narcom was used. Giving us national numbers doesn't

[40:02] really address the problem as to what it's really for Glendale. And that's

[40:05] what we really should know yeartoear so you could establish goals and programs

[40:10] to basically address them. I appeal to you one more time. Thank you very much.

[40:16] » Thank you. [applause]

[40:20] What is the next item, please? >> Mayor, the next item is item C,

[40:25] proclamation for KoreanAmerican Day. >> Okay, before we get into the

[40:30] proclamations, um I would like to mention and recognize

[40:36] some special guests and visitors that we have from the sister city of Bowen. We

[40:43] have a cadre of students from uh Bowen and many of them you can

[40:50] tell the young people in the room uh are from there. So if they would all please

[40:55] like to stand up and be recognized. [applause]

[41:04] And this is one of the purposes of our sister city uh programs uh is a cultural

[41:11] exchange, not just a exchange of dignitaries at the council level or

[41:17] government level, but but to have students, actual

[41:22] young learners who have their whole lives ahead of them, uh exchange their

[41:28] understanding of our cultures and our manners and our systems of education and

[41:33] government. So these young people are from the uh Bowen sister city. You've

[41:38] got a wonderful city. I visited there just a few months ago and I think I

[41:44] explained a little bit in some of my remarks earlier at that time. But I

[41:48] would like to invite one of the students forward to make a few remarks to the

[41:52] city council um from the student representing the students of Bowen. So

[42:00] please come forward.

[42:06] Thank you. And I didn't have your name. I knew it before. I I we met earlier,

[42:11] but if you could please let everyone know uh your name, your age, your

[42:17] schooling, and then you can have your remarks, please.

[42:20] » My name is Tio Gim and I'm 16 years old. My school is

[42:31] middle school.

[42:34] » Okay. Thank you very much. And if you have some remarks, uh you're welcome to

[42:39] start. >> Honorable mayor and distinguish me

[42:44] members of the city council. Good evening.

[42:48] My name is Chi Gim and I'm truly honored to stand here today as a student

[42:55] representative from Bone County, South Korea.

[43:00] First and foremost, I would like to express my deepest gratitude for

[43:05] inviting us to this prestigious chamber. Standing here tonight, it finally feels

[43:13] real that I'm in the United States and my heart is filled excitement and the

[43:20] for the experiences ahead. Before arriving,

[43:26] I was both excited and nervous about exploring a world I had never seen.

[43:34] However, thanks to warm your warm welcome and hospitality,

[43:39] my fear had faded and I feel deeply at home in Glendale.

[43:46] To me, America was always a country I was I only saw in textbook. Today,

[43:54] standing here in person and addressing you in this beautiful city, it feels

[44:00] like a dream come true. In particular, I was deeply moved to learn about the

[44:07] KoreanAmerican Day proclamation being held today. As a young Korean

[44:15] student, I feel immense pride and gratitude toward the city of Glendale

[44:22] for honoring the history and contributions of the Korean community.

[44:28] This be visit is a precious journey where everything we see and feel becomes

[44:34] a lesson. I'm confidence that our time here will

[44:39] open our eyes to wider world and serve as a foundation for our future dreams.

[44:47] Although I am still a student, I will cherish the kindness I have received

[44:54] here. When I return home, I will share these

[44:59] memories with my community and strive to grow into a global leader who can

[45:05] contribute to the friendship between our two nations. Once again, I sinc

[45:12] sincerely appreciate the mayor and the city council for your warm hospitality.

[45:20] I hope that our meeting tonight remains a cherished memory for all of us. Thank

[45:26] you for your kind attention. [clears throat]

[45:30] [applause]

[45:38] » Thank you students. It's wonderful to have you with us for this week.

[45:44] Now, we have a proclamation, series of proclamations to present for

[45:51] KoreanAmerican Day, which uh is today, January 13th of 2026.

[45:58] I would like to invite uh to the podium to receive these

[46:03] commendations uh Yong Ku Kang from the uh consulate of

[46:09] the Republic of Korea in Los Angeles. Jun Lee, the consular educational

[46:16] affairs officer of the consulate. Mr. Chang Lee, president of the Korean

[46:23] Glendale Sister City Association. Mr. Steve Park, president of the

[46:28] Korean-American Federation of North Los Angeles. TC Kim, president of the

[46:34] Korean-American Foundation of Glendale and the KoreanAmerican Memorial

[46:40] Foundation representative and the Hwarang Youth

[46:44] Group. >> So, if you'll all come forward,

[46:50] my proclamation is designating

[46:55] January 13, 2026 as Koreanamean Day. Uh, as you know, I'm going to summarize the

[47:03] proclamation. It's rather long, but uh, Glendale and its adjacent cities are

[47:08] home to a significant Korean-American population, representing one of the

[47:13] largest concentrations of Koreans outside of the Korean Peninsula. And

[47:19] whereas Glendale is proud to be home to a longstanding sister city partnership

[47:25] with South Korea, fostering cultural, educational, and civic collaboration.

[47:32] And whereas the first Korean immigrants fought for the freedom and independence

[47:36] of the motherland, and their children grew up to be patriotic American

[47:40] citizens, served in the US armed forces since World War I, and made other

[47:45] important significant contributions to the vitality of the United States.

[47:51] Therefore, I are an Ajarian mayor joined by the Glendale City Council proclaim

[47:58] January 13th, 2026 as Korean American Day.

[48:05] Thank you. [applause]

[48:10] And if my colleagues would like to join me,

[48:15] got some

[48:23] Okay. Yeah. Everybody come out. Everybody from

[48:27] Greek community for them.

[48:41] Okay, I know we called your >> I have one too. Okay.

[48:50] [snorts]

[49:11] » Hey. Oh, the kids need to

[49:18] » take a knee, kneel down

[49:30] to win the game.

[49:38] » Okay, >> weo

[49:45] Okay, everyone. A big smile.

[49:51] I love you.

[50:08] Thank you. >> All right.

[50:12] [applause]

[50:19] » How are you? >> How are you? my regards.

[50:22] Thank you.

[50:40] Mr. Kim, >> thank you.

[50:44] » Good evening, everyone. Uh, happy Korean-American Day. Um, today we're

[50:50] celebrating uh with about 2.5 million other Korean-Americans throughout the

[50:54] nation, over 50 proclamations, and here for Glendel, we have, as you can see,

[50:59] many representing from the Korean community here today. um wanted to just

[51:04] say that the Korean-American day is not just remembering the our ancestors and

[51:09] the uh remembering their arrival as a Korean-American immigrants but it's to

[51:14] recognize the friendship between two countries USA and and South Korea only

[51:19] to say that the Glendale city is very unique because there are about 28

[51:25] California cities uh that has sister city relationship with South Korea out

[51:29] of which Glenda has the most. We have three sister city plus three uh

[51:35] friendship cities. So you can say Glender is the friendless city to South

[51:39] Korea and we're celebrating our friendship over the years and this is a

[51:45] time to say thank you for all your help from the Gund city and the city

[51:50] government everyone to support the Korean-American community and how we can

[51:54] continue to grow this relationship for the future. We want to teach the next

[51:58] generation how important this friendship is and for us to continue. And to do so,

[52:04] uh, we prepared a appreciation flag to the leaders of the Glendere city. The

[52:09] last time I presented this, I've been doing this for 13 years. Last time I

[52:13] presented this was about six years ago. So I'd like to, if I can invite all of

[52:17] you back for the beautiful appreciation plaque that we prepared for the Korean

[52:21] community, present it to you. >> Okay.

[52:28] wear out this car

[52:37] » to to Mayor Ara. >> Here we go.

[52:41] » Okay. >> See,

[52:42] » thank you. >> Oh, it's almost getting [applause]

[52:46] a fresh one.

[52:51] » Okay. [applause] Sorry.

[52:57] Nice. All right. Let's another photo for this.

[53:02] » Okay. >> This is from uh us with community to

[53:06] you. >> Thank you

[53:07] » for your support.

[53:19] [applause]

[53:22] » My god.

[53:32] Thank you. We'll pass it up. Yes, we'll pass that. Thank you so much.

[53:37] » Thank you so much. Say hello to [clears throat] the mayor.

[53:44] » Okay.

[53:55] Well, I want to thank everyone also for coming and uh visiting, especially those

[53:58] who have traveled so far to visit our country, our great state, and our

[54:03] wonderful city here in Glendale. Welcome to Glendel. I hope the rest of uh their

[54:07] visit is uh exciting. Um you made it just in time. Had you come a couple of

[54:11] weeks before, it would have been rain and thunderstorm and you wouldn't have

[54:15] recognized California. But you're here at a great time. the weather is turning

[54:18] and um you know we we're very proud of the ties with our Korean-American

[54:23] community. Obviously, we have a school where we have Korean language immersion

[54:26] uh and very active members of the community um here. So, we're very

[54:31] grateful for that relationship and the contributions our uh Korean-American

[54:34] residents make to us and have a enjoy the rest of your stay. Thank you and

[54:39] thank you for the recognition. [applause]

[54:44] » I would like to invite Angela from the Warang. Did I pronounce that correctly?

[54:50] Youth. Youth group. >> Thank you. Good evening, honorable mayor

[54:55] and city council members of Glendale. My name is Angela Lee and I am the summit

[55:00] chairperson of the Huadang Youth Foundation. Thank you for the

[55:04] opportunity to speak tonight. I am honored to be here in recognition of

[55:08] KoreanAmerican Day. Korean-American Day observed on January 13th commemorates

[55:14] the arrival of the first Korean immigrants to the United States in 1903.

[55:19] With little more than hope and determination, they laid the foundation

[55:23] for generations to come. Today, Korean-Americans are proud contributors

[55:28] to every part of American life. Here in Glendale, the Korean-American community

[55:34] plays a vital role in the city's cultural and economic strength. From

[55:39] family, small family-owned businesses to community organizations and youth

[55:43] groups, Korean-Americans help Glendel make it a more vibrant and diverse and

[55:49] welcoming city. KoreanAmerican Day is not only a celebration of heritage, but

[55:54] also a reminder of shared values, hard work, service to others, and commitment

[55:59] to community. These values align closely with the spirit of Glendel and the

[56:04] promise of our democracy. As a student, Korean-American Day is meaningful to me

[56:10] because it reminds me that my identity is something to be proud of. It also

[56:14] encourages young people like me to become responsible leaders who

[56:18] contribute positively to our society. On behalf of the Hadang Youth Foundation, I

[56:24] would like to sincerely thank the city of Glendale for recognizing

[56:27] Korean-American Day and supporting our community. Thank you.

[56:31] » Thank you very much. [applause]

[56:40] What's the next item?

[56:44] » Next item is an announcement. The nominating panel for vacancy on the arts

[56:48] and culture commission created by resignation of Sue Bellank

[56:54] uh will be will be Asatrian and Brotman. This

[56:58] starts the 60-day clock for the panel to make a nomination subject to a 30-day

[57:04] extension. >> Okay, we got the 60-day shot clock on

[57:08] that. Um, thank you. What is the next item?

[57:13] » Next are consent items. The following are routine and may be acted upon by one

[57:17] motion. Any member of council or the audience requesting separate

[57:20] consideration may do so by making such requests before motion is proposed.

[57:26] Thank you, >> Mayor Narian. There are no public

[57:29] comments on this item. >> Okay. Is there a motion?

[57:32] » I'll move the consent calendar. >> Second.

[57:35] » Let's take roll call. >> Council members Asatan Brotman.

[57:39] » Yes. >> Carpetan.

[57:40] » Yes. >> Kasakian.

[57:42] » Yes. >> Mayor Najayan.

[57:43] » Yes. Next item. >> Next are city council and staff comments

[57:48] including reports from conferences and regional meetings.

[57:52] » Mr. Broman, I will start with you. Why don't you start at that end?

[57:56] » Okay. Pass, Mr. Garbetta. >> Yes. Um, not much for tonight. I just

[58:01] want to say it's great to be back. I hope everyone had a nice Christmas and

[58:05] New Year holiday season and uh, we're back to work. Um, um, I wish everyone to

[58:11] have a great 2026 and I'm sure it will be a better year for all of us this

[58:17] year. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. >> Thank you, Mr. Kasakian.

[58:20] » Thank you. Um we uh I had the pleasure of going to the I Glendelc chapter's

[58:25] holiday get together. There were a number of other uh community events that

[58:29] were happening. Um and uh it was wonderful to see a lot of folks uh that

[58:34] we hadn't seen uh over the holidays. Uh I want to ask um for us to again staff

[58:40] is probably already working on this but time is of the essence. Um over the

[58:44] weekend I had to come by city hall to pick get something from my desk and

[58:48] there were about four or five of these delivery robots parked and just sitting

[58:52] there on Isabel um doing nothing. Um and I've I've mentioned this before, we

[58:58] worked very hard to maintain a certain quality um on our streets and sidewalks

[59:03] in Glendale. We took pride when we were able to eradicate the scourge of

[59:07] abandoned shopping carts only to be beset by these random um uh robot

[59:12] delivery devices. Uh so I'd like us to uh as hastily as possible, as quickly as

[59:18] possible, uh bring to the council and if we need to pass an urgency ordinance to

[59:23] ban um their operation until we come up with guidelines, rules or determine what

[59:28] we want to do with them, I'd like to ask to consider that as as well because it

[59:33] is really getting out of hand. Um uh and lastly, I want I saw over the holidays

[59:38] that there was a sobriety checkpoint that was established on Glenn Oaks. I

[59:42] want to thank our police department um for doing that. I think we need uh more

[59:46] of that as much as possible. And I'd like to ask, and I don't need an answer

[59:50] here, but I was going to ask this of staff afterwards, but I'll use this

[59:53] opportunity. I'd like to know when was the last time I can't remember if

[59:56] someone can remind me when we received a report of um the uh citations that we've

[1:00:02] issued uh through the police department, moving violations. Um, so we can get a

[1:00:06] sense of what is uh the patterns out there. What are we issuing more tickets

[1:00:12] for? What are we seeing that we're not uh able to issue tickets for? And uh

[1:00:17] give us a better understanding so we can make better policy decisions. Thank you.

[1:00:22] » Thank you. >> That's all. Okay,

[1:00:23] » Mr. Brown. >> Yes. Um I just have two things. one uh I

[1:00:28] want to give a brief report um uh on uh the meeting of the Glendale I'm

[1:00:35] sorry the Burbank Glendale Pasadena Regional Housing Trust which I'm

[1:00:39] currently chairing. Um this is a three city trust that um manages money that

[1:00:44] was uh provided originally in a grant um with the help of Senator Portantino

[1:00:50] uh and then continues to seek additional funds. So, we we met recently and I

[1:00:55] realize sometimes the the the the news on what we do doesn't really get shared

[1:01:00] with my colleagues and and the public. So, we do have a few um uh

[1:01:06] accomplishments that uh I'm proud of. One is that the the um the trust

[1:01:11] received a $5 million grant from uh from the state from the um well, it's

[1:01:19] called the local housing trust fund uh which is a fund set up by the state um

[1:01:25] HCD for affordable housing projects. So the the trust received a $5 million

[1:01:31] grant. It was actually one of only four trusts around the state to get the full

[1:01:36] amount that was available out of about 37 applicants. Uh Glendale receives uh

[1:01:42] or will receive 4 million out of that 5 million. Um complicated reasons for why

[1:01:48] we're getting 4 million uh and uh Burbank is getting 1 million. Um but

[1:01:52] anyway, that is money that now we have available for our next affordable

[1:01:56] housing project when that comes to us. Um, we were also awarded in the trust

[1:02:02] $3.6 million to run a first-time home buyer mortgage assistance program. Each

[1:02:08] city will get a third of that. So, each city will get um what is that? Do I have

[1:02:14] this right? 1.8 million. Uh, no. 2 million.

[1:02:18] » No, no, no. I It's 1.8 million times three, actually. So, the 3.6 million was

[1:02:22] the wrong number. So, what is that? Three uh

[1:02:26] » 5.4. Okay. Um something like that. Okay. But I know each city is getting 1.8

[1:02:32] million um to run this program. Pasadena will actually administer the program for

[1:02:38] us. So we don't have to do that inhouse. I know at one time we did have a

[1:02:42] program, but we've we've since terminated that and um Pasadena has the

[1:02:47] staff and the capacity to do that for us. So, it'll be very uh easy for us to

[1:02:50] just plug into that and um and I'm sure information will be coming through staff

[1:02:55] as to uh how um how that will be um communicated and who's eligible and that

[1:03:02] kind of thing. But it's it's exciting that we can uh relaunch that program.

[1:03:07] And uh and then we are applying for an additional $5 million grant under

[1:03:11] something called the regional early action planning program uh for gap

[1:03:16] financing. These are for projects that um we want to support that are falling

[1:03:20] short of their financing and we can provide um uh loan financing or in some

[1:03:26] cases grant financing. Uh anyway, I wanted to share that with everybody. So,

[1:03:32] the other thing I have is I want to give uh kudos to David Eisenberg of the

[1:03:36] Sierra Club. Um he doesn't know I'm saying this now, so I don't know if he's

[1:03:40] watching, but he organized something called uh the Glendale Art Walk. Um and

[1:03:46] uh and I attended for part of it anyway. It was a fourmile path that he figured

[1:03:51] out all around uh the downtown Glendale taking in 50 public artworks including

[1:03:58] murals, statues, utility boxes and creative crosswalks. He organized this

[1:04:03] thing himself. Uh and there was a a good group and I was asking people where they

[1:04:07] were from and actually most of the people were from were not from Glendale.

[1:04:10] They were from the east side. They were from you know Pasadena. They were from

[1:04:14] different parts of LA coming to Glendale to kind of see what we have to offer in

[1:04:19] terms of public art. It was really it was really uh fun and and and amazing

[1:04:23] and and I just want to give him credit for having spent his personal time to to

[1:04:28] put that together and to walk the entire thing. I think I only made maybe two

[1:04:32] miles of it. So anyway, that's it for me and uh happy new year to everyone.

[1:04:38] » Thank you. Uh I just have a few things. Uh the first item

[1:04:44] um comes from from me there. This isn't on the agenda, but January 9th was

[1:04:51] National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day. And I deeply appreciate law

[1:04:57] enforcement at the local, county, state, and federal levels. Um

[1:05:07] it's a it's a difficult job. I have a son who's in law enforcement. I have a

[1:05:12] nephew who's in law enforcement. [snorts] Um, and they tell me it's it's

[1:05:17] not an easy job that they do have um challenges. So, that was January 9th. We

[1:05:24] missed it. We had a weird schedule, but I wish I had a proclamation to hand out,

[1:05:28] but uh I do want to recognize uh law enforcement officers and extend uh

[1:05:33] appreciation for their hard work. Uh we have a few things. Yes, we can

[1:05:38] clap for that. Yes. Yes. [applause] Uh so we we're back in action. The city

[1:05:47] council, as you can tell, is uh back in action. The city activities are ramping

[1:05:53] up. Uh coming up this week on January 15th, which is Thursday, from 7 a.m. to

[1:06:01] 9:00 a.m., we are going to be commemorating uh Martin Luther King Jr.

[1:06:07] with a breakfast. So, join us on Thursday for a community breakfast

[1:06:12] honoring the life and work of Martin Luther King Jr. and reflect on his

[1:06:19] contributions to uh American society. That is going to

[1:06:25] be held at the Glendale Elks Lodge on Colorado near the intersection of

[1:06:31] Colorado and brand. And there is an RSVP that we're asking you to make to um

[1:06:37] daggerian at glendelca.gov. And this will also be on the website.

[1:06:44] Our keynote speaker is Shannon Bradley, the chief health, equity, inclusion, and

[1:06:50] community officer for KEK Medicine of USC. So it'll be a wonderful uh morning.

[1:06:57] you can come down and uh mingle with members of the local government, local

[1:07:04] community, and hear the remarks from our keynote speaker. The next event is

[1:07:12] January 20th. It's next Tuesday, usually the time for our regular city council

[1:07:18] meeting, but we are having city hall in your neighborhood.

[1:07:24] And the neighborhood is going to be the Fremont Park neighborhood in the newly

[1:07:29] renovated community room. Many of you may have had a chance to see uh Fremont

[1:07:34] Park and perhaps the community room when we did our grand opening a month or so

[1:07:39] ago. It will be at 6:00 p.m. Uh this will not be livereamed,

[1:07:46] so don't fi don't think you can just, you know, watch it on TV while it's

[1:07:50] going on. it. Uh will it be recorded for for later broadcast?

[1:07:56] We'll see. But but come in person. It's more fun in person. It's a very informal

[1:08:02] uh atmosphere. We are going to have presentations from [snorts] different

[1:08:05] departments. No phone calls. So if you want to make comments, you have to be

[1:08:10] there in person. Mr. Mohill in person. I know you'll be there. Um so

[1:08:16] we encourage all of you to attend. There'll be um similar to the last one

[1:08:20] we had which was in the Spar Heights Community Center. Very informal time to

[1:08:24] ask questions. Council members will be uh mingling and uh being able to speak

[1:08:30] to you and answer any questions or issues that you may have. You can yell

[1:08:34] at us. Uh you can applaud our work, but uh there will be some good information

[1:08:39] given out. So that's January 20th, city hall in your neighborhood. And uh I wish

[1:08:46] everyone a great uh new year and productive new year. We are going to be

[1:08:51] doing uh great business here at city council.

[1:08:55] Mr. Golanian, anything from staff side? >> No sir. Thank you.

[1:08:59] » Very good. We will uh conclude this part of the agenda and move to the next item.

[1:09:06] » The next item is community event announcements. Three minutes per

[1:09:09] speaker. Members of the public will be permitted to announce upcoming events

[1:09:13] taking place in the community. Mayor Nagan, we have two uh comments on this

[1:09:18] item. >> Please call them up.

[1:09:20] » The first uh individual is Herbert Milano.

[1:09:38] Good evening members of the city council. U Mayor Nigerian and staff. My

[1:09:42] name is Herbert Milano. Uh since early September I have been conducting a

[1:09:47] weekly television show uh on issues having to do with Glendel similar to

[1:09:52] what uh the issues are in many cities with regard to budgeting with regard to

[1:09:57] the emphasis on proper information that the public needs to know. Uh starting

[1:10:02] tomorrow, we'll be doing three uh forums for candidates for office for anybody

[1:10:08] who's already pulled form 501, meaning that have the intent to run for office.

[1:10:14] Uh and the the forums are available from four to six individuals. Uh we already

[1:10:20] have some individuals who have signed up for it and will be there tomorrow uh at

[1:10:24] the uh the studios of Armenian American Broadcasting Channel. there at TV on

[1:10:29] 1110 Sonora Avenue. Uh we will be setting up the type of questions that

[1:10:37] are normally not covered in the uh uh regional or uh the the different forums

[1:10:45] that normally fall under the purview of the homeowners association and it's

[1:10:50] going to be different from the way that the League of Women Voters presents it

[1:10:53] to you. What we like to do is to address the same type of questions to potential

[1:10:59] candidates uh based on the major decisions that you

[1:11:03] have made in the past four years. So we will be presenting the decisions that

[1:11:08] you made oftentimes unanimously and then ask the candidates for office how they

[1:11:13] would have voted and ask you basically to give us a a fresh reason for the uh

[1:11:19] the manner in which you created your vote. is a way of creating

[1:11:22] accountability for the incumbents and to see how our uh uh proposed c new

[1:11:28] candidates will will answer uh the similar type of questions that you

[1:11:32] faced. So, it's a little bit different format. I have not given uh ahead of

[1:11:36] time any of the questions to anyone. So, they all be the same. So, I'm inviting

[1:11:40] uh councilman member Don Brain since you pulled the 501 already. uh and uh Miss

[1:11:47] Asatron if she pulls the form 501, she'll also be invited to attend. So I

[1:11:52] look forward to it. We will be broadcasting every Monday at 7:30 p.m.

[1:11:57] on that particular channel. Thank you very much.

[1:12:00] » So Mr. Milano, just uh procedurally it the filing period I don't even think has

[1:12:06] opened, has it? I mean, are people pulling papers from the the city at this

[1:12:11] point? Madame Clerk, >> the filing period is from February 9th

[1:12:16] to March 6th. However, uh individuals can submit their 501 forms, which is the

[1:12:22] the FPPC form >> Yeah. declaration for Okay. So, I don't

[1:12:26] want you to miss out any candidates who may be joining the field after and let

[1:12:31] people not think that it's just this group of I don't know how many you have

[1:12:35] in mind, but I hope that you'll uh consider getting the viewpoints of

[1:12:42] others who may be joining the race. >> Absolutely. Uh uh mayor, this is really

[1:12:47] really essential that we be as inclusive as possible. The uh but I we didn't want

[1:12:51] to compete with established forms that already are extent. So this gives us a

[1:12:56] chance to at least uh get a little bit more information on those candidates or

[1:13:00] or those individuals who have a desire to become candidates and then eventually

[1:13:04] file the the other forms necessary to to be a proper candidate.

[1:13:07] » Okay. So are you excluding yourself from that list of candidates, Mr.

[1:13:12] » No, I am not running for office. Sorry, but I know it sounds like it. Yes.

[1:13:18] » Thank you. Next item. Next speaker. >> Next speaker is Mike Mohill.

[1:13:33] Are you running for council, Mr. Mo? Since that question is already out

[1:13:36] there. >> I'll let you know.

[1:13:38] » You've got time. >> I'll let you know.

[1:13:39] » You've got time. >> Yeah.

[1:13:43] » Good evening, Glendor residents. My name is Mike Mohill. Want to wish you all a

[1:13:47] happy New Year's. >> Happy New Year.

[1:13:53] I'd like to make an announcement. You know, our Glendo community

[1:13:56] newsletter reaches approximately 20,000 people when it goes out every time. It's

[1:14:02] the largest circulation in the city. We want to expand that reach and we're

[1:14:09] now on Instagram under the name of Mike Mohill.

[1:14:16] Also, Facebook, Mohill News.

[1:14:23] In the future, we're working on a website,

[1:14:28] which will again expand our influence in the city. We're an allv volunteer

[1:14:33] organization. People love to read us. City employees

[1:14:38] help us write this. We have whistleblowers who contact us.

[1:14:44] We're all about making sure that Glendale is run efficiently.

[1:14:50] We don't try and play favorites. You know, I'm an equal opportunity offender

[1:14:54] and I'm also an equal opportunity praiser.

[1:14:59] So again, I just want to bring up the fact that we're on Instagram under the

[1:15:03] name Mike Mohill and Facebook Mohill News.

[1:15:09] And in the near future, we have a website. Thank you all and again, happy

[1:15:14] new year all. >> Thank you. And I'm not running for city

[1:15:19] council, but if I did, what would happen? What do you think?

[1:15:23] Think I'd have a good chance? [laughter]

[1:15:27] » You always bring uh ideas to the table, Mr. Mohal. I'll say that one.

[1:15:32] » Yeah. Okay. Bye. >> Thank you.

[1:15:36] » And that will conclude this part, the community event

[1:15:40] announcements. Next item, please.

[1:15:45] Next is the first period of oral communications. Maximum three minutes

[1:15:49] per speaker, 30 minute aggregate speaking time limit. Members of the

[1:15:52] public may address the council on agenda items or non-aggenda items within the

[1:15:56] city council subject matter jurisdiction. If a speaker addresses the

[1:16:00] council on an agenda item during the first period of oral communications,

[1:16:04] they may not speak again when the agenda item is called. A speaker who addresses

[1:16:09] the council on a non-aggenda item during the first period of oral communications

[1:16:13] may not speak during the second period of oral communications.

[1:16:18] Mayor Najarian, we have um seven cards and two callers on this item.

[1:16:26] » Okay, let's go through it. You all have three minutes.

[1:16:30] » Our first speaker is Tony Pasarella. Following Tony is Mike Mohill and Chris

[1:16:35] Pratt.

[1:16:42] Good evening, council. Tony Pasarella. The community health and safety watchdog

[1:16:48] strikes again. Enforcement failure. Gas powered leaf blowers. Glendale pass

[1:16:54] ordinance 6068 in 2023 codified in GMC

[1:17:01] 8.50 banning gas powered leaf blowers citywide. Enforcement was slated to

[1:17:07] begin September 1, 2024 with warnings and escalating fines for

[1:17:13] violations. This ordinance was designed to protect

[1:17:16] public health, reduce harmful pollution, and eliminate noise. But nearly 18

[1:17:24] months later, violations continue daily citywide with virtually no consequences.

[1:17:31] The ordinance relies on comp complaintbased enforcement,

[1:17:37] meaning residents must call in violations to the city. Some laws make

[1:17:42] that reasonable. For example, smoking on apartment balcony or night noise uh

[1:17:48] where violations are private or intermittent and patrols are nearly

[1:17:53] impossible. Like leaf, leaf blowers are not like

[1:17:58] that. They're loud, visible, and predictable. A single code officer could

[1:18:04] drive through a neighborhood and immediately identify violations.

[1:18:09] Yet, Glendale approach leaves enforcement entirely to the residents.

[1:18:16] Ensuring compliance is rare and inconsistent.

[1:18:20] My work takes me throughout Glendale, and I witness this every day.

[1:18:25] Gas blowers are used openly all day, six days a week with no regard for the law,

[1:18:33] no deterrent, no penalty. The public health noise and environmental harms

[1:18:39] continue unchecked. This is not enforcement gap due to

[1:18:44] hidden violations. This is policy failure.

[1:18:48] Some bans are com are complaintbased because enforcement is impractical. Leaf

[1:18:54] blowers are different and comp compliantbased enforcement is guaranteed

[1:19:00] to fail. A law that is violated citywide every

[1:19:06] day without consequences is not environmental

[1:19:11] policy. It's institutional failure. I

[1:19:17] respectfully request that council direct staff to implement the enforcement

[1:19:22] mechanisms and ensure code compliance follow

[1:19:27] through and publicly report enforcement actions and outcomes

[1:19:34] because a law without enforcement is a lie told to the public. Thank you.

[1:19:43] » Next speaker. >> Our next speaker is Mike Mohill.

[1:19:45] Following Mike Mohill is Chris Pratt and Herbert Milano.

[1:19:59] Evening Glendo uh Glendale City Council. My name is Mike Mohill.

[1:20:05] You know, I've come before this council many times and I've written on in my

[1:20:10] newsletter many times the finances of the Americana at brand

[1:20:15] [clears throat] council members. Is Glendo making money from the Americana?

[1:20:20] I don't think so. because it was making money. You'd let this the taxpayers of

[1:20:26] Glendale know every year the city bought the land,

[1:20:32] not leased the land to M to Mr. Rick Caruso so that he can he can get money

[1:20:38] use the money to get a loan to build his Americana at at brand.

[1:20:44] the city was supposed to share with the uh income of the Americana and we have

[1:20:50] never seen a report that

[1:20:55] Glendale taxpayers are getting money. I think art you called Mr. Caruso

[1:21:04] the [clears throat] pope of Glendale because nobody wants to touch him.

[1:21:10] I'd like to see this council agendaize the American ad branch finances.

[1:21:17] It's about time because when you all ran for city council, you all told me at one

[1:21:22] time you were going to agendaize it and you never do.

[1:21:26] It's time. It's over time to agendaize this item.

[1:21:33] Glendale taxpayers deserve an accountability.

[1:21:37] We should also have an outside consultant do a report on the American.

[1:21:42] I don't want the city to do the report, the analysis because they're going to be

[1:21:46] biased, you know, go to the what do they call

[1:21:49] some type of of within the city council, a former uh city manager, uh what's her

[1:21:55] name? Forgot her name. Okay, you know that you know the word the terminology.

[1:22:00] It's Nonsense. The report was in the city

[1:22:05] website. I want a outside consultant to do the

[1:22:10] forensic analysis of the and if and Mr. Broman and Miss Ellen Satine running for

[1:22:17] city Rio for city council. I'm going to ask again all the candidates who are

[1:22:21] running for city council. If this council does not agendaize the

[1:22:26] American finances, let's do it. Well, I I want this to be done before the

[1:22:31] election. I want to have it on the record that can

[1:22:35] be it can be reported in all the local newspapers that Glendale is making money

[1:22:40] from Americana or it is not. Remember Glendo taxpayers spent millions

[1:22:47] of dollar and also by the way we're paying uh money on the the interest on

[1:22:52] that loan. You know other cities um they they

[1:22:58] leased the land to Mr. Carroso. But no, Glenda was so wise. We gave him the

[1:23:03] land. We should thank Mr. Jim Starboard, who was the city manager at the time.

[1:23:09] I haven't seen his head here in a long time.

[1:23:12] You know, elections have consequences. And I want to see an accounting this

[1:23:18] year in 2026. Let the taxpayers of Glendo know how much money we're either

[1:23:24] making or losing. Thank you.

[1:23:29] Next speaker. >> Our next speaker is Chris Pratt.

[1:23:32] Following Chris Pratt is Herbert Milano and Not Haruchunyan.

[1:23:35] » Happy new year, mayor and members of the council. I join my fellow citizens in

[1:23:40] asking for accountability. We're the parents and the neighbors and the

[1:23:44] workers and the taxpayers of Glendale. And we're the people who sit in these

[1:23:47] seats meeting after meeting because it matters. This week we watched a

[1:23:50] horrifying video out of Minnesota. A woman was murdered during a federal

[1:23:53] immigration enforcement action. Whether you agree or disagree with the policy,

[1:23:58] the image shook people to their core, and it could have been any one of us.

[1:24:01] Our family has a six-year-old, too. Here in Glendale, we've seen what happens

[1:24:04] when people stand up and say no. When residents showed up and demanded

[1:24:10] the city end its involvement in housing and protecting ICE, that only happened

[1:24:14] because the watcher spoke up. And that's why we're here tonight, to remind us of

[1:24:17] something uncomfortable. What happens when power goes unchecked always starts

[1:24:23] small. It starts with process being ignored, with rules being bent just this

[1:24:27] once, with voices dismissed because they're inconvenient. We're growing

[1:24:32] tired of watching power protect itself instead of the public.

[1:24:36] We are tired of council members forming LLC's and accepting six-f figureure

[1:24:40] consulting fees routed through international corporations while

[1:24:43] preaching transparency. We're tired of wealthy donors receiving special

[1:24:47] dispensation for noise ordinances while ordinary residents are told to endure

[1:24:51] it. And yes, we're tired of public park contracts being steered away from the

[1:24:55] winner of of free and fair process toward insiders with friends on this

[1:24:59] dis. That's not leadership. It's abuse of discretion. At the last meeting in

[1:25:04] this very room, the council discussed a $5 million traffic camera contract. And

[1:25:07] on this stage, the council cited the city losing the Gloretta Park lawsuit as

[1:25:12] a reason not to put that contract out for fair bidding. Let that sink in,

[1:25:16] Glendale. The takeaway wasn't, "Hey, we broke the law and we must do better." It

[1:25:21] was that was uncomfortable. So, let's avoid oversight next time. That's the

[1:25:26] opposite of accountability. A judge didn't intervene to embarrass this city.

[1:25:30] A judge intervened because the law was ignored. And the answer to that cannot

[1:25:33] be fine. Then we'll just stop asking. You chose to serve this community. You

[1:25:38] were elected to represent its people, not power, not insiders. And we're

[1:25:41] asking for accountability. You can pass an urgency ordinance for robots at city

[1:25:45] hall, but you can't release a free and fair public works RF RFP despite being

[1:25:51] compelled by a California state judge to do so. So, we'll keep watching every

[1:25:55] meeting, every vote, every workaround. We're finding each other. We're learning

[1:25:58] the rules. We're waking up to the power and responsibility we carry as citizens.

[1:26:02] Glendale is going to get loud. We're going to stay loud. We're going to keep

[1:26:04] watching. Thank you. >> Our next speaker is Herbert Milano.

[1:26:10] Following Herbert Milano is not Harunan and Edmond Hagopyan.

[1:26:19] Mayor Nigerian members of the city council. My name is Herbert Milano. I

[1:26:23] have a couple of visuals if they can actually produce them. The U I want to

[1:26:29] address the issue of the city's debt for the past 20 years which kind of aligns

[1:26:36] pretty well with the number of years you've been in city council. Mr. Narian

[1:26:41] back in um around 20 years ago uh the uh the city's obligation or the city's

[1:26:49] obligation per dwelling u was somewhere on the neighborhood of

[1:26:54] about $696 per dwelling for the purpose of

[1:26:59] addressing the pension system. And that particular

[1:27:05] ordinance that was passed by the city council in

[1:27:08] 2001 has had a huge impact on Glendale

[1:27:13] residents. Yet it was passed with less than 60 seconds. No debate, no

[1:27:20] discussion, no present, no presentation by the city treasurer, nothing. It was

[1:27:25] cryptic and it was just say 3% at 50. Can we modify the patient system with

[1:27:30] that? But look at the numbers now. Every family now has a burden of $9,510

[1:27:38] as a result of that without counting the hundreds of millions of dollars that we

[1:27:42] have already paid Kalpers in order to assist for that. Next slide, please.

[1:27:51] All right. So now we have the city's bonds, the bonded obligation,

[1:27:57] which way back uh in the year 2005 was around $3,000 per family. And now we are

[1:28:04] at $8,760 per family. But here's the kicker. If

[1:28:10] the city were to issue general obligation bonds, you would be forced to

[1:28:14] go to the public and get the public to vote on it. But the city didn't do that

[1:28:18] when he wanted to basically finance the uh the police building. It went through

[1:28:22] a different gimmick where now you have a a finance authority. The finance

[1:28:26] authority can get the bonds and then you lease the property back to the city and

[1:28:30] the voters are out of the loop because then you don't have to go to the voters.

[1:28:34] And it is the same thing with the rest of the bonds. The rest of the

[1:28:37] obligations that primarily look at the last five years since Mr. Broadman has

[1:28:42] been here in uh here with us. Look at the significant increases that we have

[1:28:45] had and yet the voters are not involved. zero money out of that obligation was

[1:28:52] voted was actually presented to the voters for a vote. It completely

[1:28:57] bypassed and I think that the charter review committee should be addressing

[1:29:01] this. We should not have measures by which the city council can completely

[1:29:05] bypass the voter and get us to the tune of billions of dollars in debt. Next

[1:29:11] item, please.

[1:29:16] All right. This is the combined debt of both of those obligations, just those

[1:29:21] two. And of course, I I used smoothing to basically get this. Um, but

[1:29:26] basically, the debt went from roughly $4,000 per family now to around $17,400

[1:29:32] per family without the vote of the public whatsoever. We need to change the

[1:29:37] charter so that whatever the city council wants to put us into such a

[1:29:42] significant debt that we at least have the choice of determining what it should

[1:29:45] be. Thank you very much. >> Our next speaker is Norunyan. Following

[1:29:52] Nor is Edmond Hagopian and Liz Radley.

[1:29:57] » Good evening. This is Maj and City Council member.

[1:30:01] » Just a moment. Let's get you a microphone.

[1:30:08] » So, good good evening everybody and uh happy new year. And uh as you know I'm

[1:30:13] an ex firefighter and uh I got injured at work when it disaster came and uh uh

[1:30:20] it was uh in 1989 and uh I don't know how you uh I was so

[1:30:28] very hope I got injured at work you know and I got uh spinal cord injury and uh

[1:30:35] so first day when the doctor came to my room and said you you have to leave in a

[1:30:41] wheelchair and I I lost my hope because I was so hope to get to work again. So

[1:30:50] and uh I suicide myself by electricity but unfor unfortunately

[1:30:57] fortunately I didn't die. So but and then I start my career as I was in a

[1:31:03] musician and I start working on a wood and a metal. I'm carving a wood and uh I

[1:31:10] I have been living in United States uh since 2000 December and uh so I see

[1:31:17] Glendel how gross Glendel and getting bigger and uh safe and a nice uh and I

[1:31:24] had a chance to get one of the affordable housing that's art uh is in

[1:31:30] it artists and I I showed my artworks and uh Mr. Mike Fort and I selected and

[1:31:38] Mr. Guano. So it was uh there and uh it was very good and uh so I was uh so here

[1:31:47] I'm here to declare that I was wrongly accused and uh become criminal and

[1:31:54] punished by the judge and uh so I I choose wrong things to marry wrong lady

[1:32:01] in a church and I never will someone who is amputated but I that uh it it was

[1:32:10] wrong and uh it I I got that recognized last day but and then she wants to live

[1:32:17] in that house where I lived for eight years and she convicted me because and

[1:32:24] said many wrong things and maybe uh you know about that and kick out from the

[1:32:31] house and I don't want to this occurs for two another house then I I

[1:32:40] will go and uh will be selected to go uh these places because I cannot find

[1:32:46] wheelchair places to live and uh so one years I live in a in a car and in

[1:32:53] hospitals in some places now I have witness that uh every time with me and

[1:33:00] she's my fiance and she's with with me and so And as as well I want to Glendel

[1:33:09] to grow wheelchair wheelchair sport because I'm a sportsman and I need to

[1:33:16] wheelchair basketball wheelchair grow in Glendel.

[1:33:21] » Thank you. >> Okay,

[1:33:22] » your three minutes are up. Thank you for speaking to us.

[1:33:26] » Our next speaker is Edmin Hagopian. Following Edmond is Riz Red Radley.

[1:33:32] » Hello. Good evening council members. My name is Edmin Hakobian. Happy new year

[1:33:37] and I'm hoping we can have a productive year this year. I will be persistently

[1:33:42] and continuously advocating for more information from the city on the boss

[1:33:46] rapid transit project and also on the financials of the city. Uh the boss

[1:33:54] rapid uh transit uh project has the potential to uproot the uh uproot the

[1:34:00] entire community and I'm not exaggerating.

[1:34:03] Um I have repeatedly asked for a fact sheet to be published by the city and

[1:34:08] the response that I got from uh from the city management and from mayor Najarian

[1:34:14] was uh the uh the count uh the metro is working on a on on on something that we

[1:34:21] should wait for and the city declined to provide the fact sheet because it's a

[1:34:25] county project. This county project is not just a overpass that goes over the

[1:34:30] city of Glendel with no impact. It has an enormous uh it's going to change the

[1:34:36] entire city, the density, the number of population, the services that we need

[1:34:40] and I think it's uh irresponsible not to educate the people about what's going to

[1:34:46] happen. I I I'm just asking for information and and the reason I'm I can

[1:34:51] go look it up myself, but the reason I'm emphasizing that that comes from the

[1:34:56] city because the residents deserve to know from our uh elected officials and

[1:35:01] our city expert as to what's going to happen. Please, I I would really

[1:35:07] appreciate it if you can uh take that seriously. It's it's a big concern. Uh a

[1:35:13] lot of people don't know about it. that also has to do with the outreach. So

[1:35:17] with you providing information, a fact sheet of what's going to happen when the

[1:35:22] BRT comes in, that's going to allow people to decide what to do. And uh we

[1:35:28] are in an I was we are in an election season, so that would also allow them to

[1:35:33] ask their candidate and future council members as to what they are planning to

[1:35:38] do. Pasadena uh they had a they have a memor

[1:35:42] memorandum of understanding that the BRT is not going to have a dedicated uh bus

[1:35:47] lane in their city and the other cities are working towards that and why not why

[1:35:53] are we not exercising that as an option in our city or at least having a

[1:35:58] discussion having having a pros and cons as to what's going to happen if we have

[1:36:02] that option. Um uh my next uh uh remark is u uh in regards to the financials. Um

[1:36:12] Mr. Golanian, you mentioned that you wanted to bring the revenue

[1:36:16] opportunities to the council and I understand you skipped one meeting

[1:36:20] because council member Asadrian was not here but then I I was really hoping to

[1:36:25] see that revenue options the following uh session but it was not there. Could

[1:36:30] you please provide that in advance? Thank you.

[1:36:35] Next is Liz Redley.

[1:36:46] » Good evening, mayor, city council members, and staff. Um, I want to

[1:36:51] amplify again the Glendale Medic program, which as you all know is a

[1:36:56] membership program. um so that if you are taken to the hospital or if you

[1:37:01] receive paramedic services and you go by ambulance that it will cover your co-pay

[1:37:06] from your insurance. Um there's a couple things I really want to make note on.

[1:37:11] One is that you have to mail to GWP to join and then you have to redo that

[1:37:18] every year. I'd love to see a way to be able to just click a link on the

[1:37:22] website, sign up there, click a box that says automatic renewal, and never have

[1:37:26] to think about it again because I've realized that mine has expired and I

[1:37:30] need to mail in again. So, it'd be terrific if you could do that. I'm sure

[1:37:35] Fire Chief Brooks would appreciate uh the greater income that would come in if

[1:37:40] it was automatic and easy because a lot of people are going to go, "Oh, that's a

[1:37:44] great idea." but never actually do the part where they have to put something in

[1:37:48] the mail in order to enroll and then do it every year. Um, and secondly,

[1:37:53] obviously, I would like to uh hope that you would speedily be able to follow the

[1:37:59] protocols that u uh would approve the new interim police chief, Robert

[1:38:05] William. Get rid of the interim, make him police chief. Thank you very much.

[1:38:12] Uh we have two callers. Our first caller is Elise Kayan. You're on air. You have

[1:38:17] three minutes. >> Thank you. Good evening. Uh Mayor

[1:38:22] Najarian and city council. Uh I missed the consent items. They went by so fast.

[1:38:28] Um and I just want to thank uh GWP for moni monitoring its facilities and

[1:38:34] equipment and making um needed repairs and upgrades which you just approved. We

[1:38:39] have a utility system that serves our whole city and it needs a lot of

[1:38:43] equipment, facilities, expertise, and programs to run. And although utility

[1:38:49] costs have skyrocketed across the country and across the state, um some in

[1:38:54] Glendale are trying to pin this nationwide problem on Glendale City

[1:38:59] Council decisions. Um, I note that Glendel Water and Power and Glendel City

[1:39:04] Council have created programs that help lower costs for everyone. Off- peak

[1:39:10] charging credits for electric vehicles, uh, is one of those programs. It

[1:39:14] actually reduces the utilities costs. If EV owners commit to charging car

[1:39:20] batteries during off- peak hours, GWP's business costs are lower because it will

[1:39:25] then mean less infrastructure, less energy purchases, less polluting gas to

[1:39:31] burn. It's a win for everybody, lowincome customers as well as EB

[1:39:36] owners, which this program's critics don't seem to understand. So, thank you

[1:39:41] for the off- peak charging program and thank you for the upgrades you approved

[1:39:46] tonight. and to Glendale Water and Power, please bring the same focus and

[1:39:51] concern to speed up a lot more city-sighted solar and battery storage

[1:39:55] projects. Thank you. >> Thank you. And our final caller is

[1:40:01] anonymous. You're on air. You have three minutes.

[1:40:04] » Hi. Uh good evening. Um I would just real quick is the Glendale police chief

[1:40:09] here tonight because I have a question for him.

[1:40:13] the interim chief. You've been promoted. Uh uh interim chief Williams. Yes. Yes.

[1:40:20] The Glendo police chief is. He can't answer your questions though, so it'll

[1:40:23] be a one-way conversation. >> I see. I see. Okay. Well, um first thing

[1:40:30] I want to say, surprise, surprise. Um, I don't know if the city council is

[1:40:34] following this or not, but I just recently saw a video on Instagram

[1:40:40] um channel called Only in Glendale. And um, surprisingly, we have young people

[1:40:46] um, doing donuts at the DMV parking lot, which is really interesting. And I hope

[1:40:51] the city of Glendel is aware of that. That's been going on um, at this DME

[1:40:56] parking lot. So, um, the question that I like to ask

[1:41:02] the police chief is, um, has this, have you

[1:41:09] thought about considering creating a small counterterrorism unit at the

[1:41:14] Glendel Police Department? That's my question. Thank you.

[1:41:19] » We have one. >> Um, thank you very much. Uh we can

[1:41:25] address it at some later time perhaps. Next speaker.

[1:41:29] » Uh that is all. >> That is all. Okay. Uh that closes this

[1:41:35] period of oral communications. What is the next item?

[1:41:39] » Next are action items. Um the only action item is my item, city clerk,

[1:41:45] regarding calling for and giving notice of the general municipal election to be

[1:41:48] held on Tuesday, June 2nd, 2026. One, a resolution calling on giving

[1:41:54] notice of a general municipal election to be held on Tuesday, June 2nd, 2026 in

[1:41:59] the city of Glendel for the election of certain officer officers as required by

[1:42:04] the provisions of the laws of the of the state of California relating to charter

[1:42:08] cities. to a resolution requesting the board of supervisors of the county of

[1:42:13] Los Angeles to direct the registar recorder county clerk to render full

[1:42:17] consolidated election services with the exception of candidate filing to said

[1:42:22] city relating relating to the conduct of a general municipal election to be held

[1:42:26] on June 2nd 2026. Three, a resolution setting forth

[1:42:31] regulations relating to candidate statements for the June 2nd, 2026

[1:42:36] general municipal election. and four, a resolution of appropriation in the

[1:42:41] amount of $669,882

[1:42:45] for the June 2nd, 2026 election.

[1:42:50] » Are there any cards on this item? >> There are no cards on this item.

[1:42:56] » Would you like to just explain what this all means before?

[1:43:02] » Yes. Uh the recommendation is that the city

[1:43:06] council approve a resolution calling for a general municipal election to be held

[1:43:10] on June 2nd, 2026 for the election of three city council seats, one city clerk

[1:43:16] seat and one city treasurer seat each for for a four-year term and to adopt a

[1:43:22] resolution requesting consolidated election services with the exception of

[1:43:26] candidate filing from the county of Los Angeles the registar recorder county

[1:43:30] clerk's office and to adopt a resolution setting forth regulations relating to

[1:43:35] candidate statements and a and of course the resolution of appropriation for to

[1:43:41] cover the election costs. >> Hey, does council have any questions or

[1:43:47] I do a motion? >> Mr. Kra.

[1:43:49] » Yeah, just just one thing I noticed when I read the staff report was the fact

[1:43:52] that there's an appropriation requested that this is not a budgeted item and it

[1:43:57] surprises me. I guess uh apparently that's how we've always done it. But we

[1:44:01] know an election is coming. We know roughly how much it's going to cost, you

[1:44:04] know, give or take. Um this is a large ticket. What is it? 700 give or

[1:44:10] take,000, you know. Um why is it why don't we budget these things so that we

[1:44:17] don't you don't come to us now and have to make a special appropriation out of

[1:44:20] our reserves or or what have you. >> Sure. Maybe I can give that a shot if uh

[1:44:27] the city clerk's okay with that. Um there was a time where we used to do it

[1:44:31] this way and we did change it several years ago where we would budget half of

[1:44:35] what we anticipated uh the cost to be in one year and then we would end up

[1:44:39] carrying over funds that we didn't use to the following year. So essentially we

[1:44:43] were locking up several hundreds of thousands of dollars uh every other year

[1:44:47] when we knew we weren't going to use them. So really it was a matter of it's

[1:44:50] it's six in one half dozen in the other. it's a fixed cost um that we're going to

[1:44:55] have to pay one way or another. One of the challenges I think we have is and

[1:44:59] the city clerk I think can attest to this is we don't exactly know what that

[1:45:02] election cost is going to be uh in any given election year. Um it really is

[1:45:07] dependent on what the county ends up coming back uh to us with based on what

[1:45:11] their overall uh cost for running the elections actually is. It could vary w

[1:45:16] uh pretty vastly depending on how many propositions there are on the ballot uh

[1:45:21] in other agencies which ultimately affects our total cost.

[1:45:25] » Okay. I don't know how my colleagues feel, but I it does make sense to me

[1:45:28] that we would we would budget even if we air on the on the low side. Um, we know

[1:45:33] this is coming and the purpose of a budget is to look at all the ins and

[1:45:37] outs and make a holistic decision about where we want to put our money and to

[1:45:41] then now have to come up with $700,000 I don't think is appropriate.

[1:45:48] » Just a comment, but I mean I no issue with the

[1:45:51] » we're hoping that no one runs in the elections and the incumbents just walts

[1:45:55] into a reelection. So is is a issue here that we haven't we didn't anticipate and

[1:46:02] we anticipate it right. Do you how do you earmark it or how do you prepare for

[1:46:05] this expense >> uh either clerk or uh the assistant city

[1:46:10] manager Mr. >> Techn ultimately it's an expense we know

[1:46:13] that we're going to bear every other year uh and ultimately it it becomes

[1:46:18] part of your budgeting process. We have always even in years where we have

[1:46:22] budgeted it and I'm going to look over to my right here to our assistant city

[1:46:25] clerk. Um, I can't remember a time where we didn't come back to the city council

[1:46:30] and ask for an additional appropriation because we were off by a couple of

[1:46:33] hundred,000. >> Mhm.

[1:46:36] » So, but now but point being at least then there was some amount that was

[1:46:41] locked up. Is the issue now that nothing is locked up? No, that can't be

[1:46:46] » the case. Is that it? So, >> that's there. We we did not budget for

[1:46:50] the election as part of the annual budgeting process because we anticipated

[1:46:54] we consciously anticipated that we would essentially ask for the the

[1:46:57] appropriation when we knew what the total cost of the election would be.

[1:47:01] » I understand seems I I agree with Mr. Broman and perhaps it's a

[1:47:06] condition of the fact that you know we did it a little differently for a number

[1:47:09] of years when uh I was in that office. I would like to see us at least have some

[1:47:13] of that placed in that uh department budget at least when you present us with

[1:47:18] that. We know we're going to have an election every few years. You're right

[1:47:20] that there is factors like for instance one of one of the other agencies um and

[1:47:25] do they still do they pay their share? Do the school and the college board

[1:47:30] still pay for theirs? So ultimately it's mostly our share or whatever it is. we

[1:47:34] should still have something even if it's going to be 700,000. You know, we can

[1:47:39] base we can base in the future the next election on what the last one was and if

[1:47:43] we have money left over then we have money left over. If it's a little bit

[1:47:46] more then we are where we are right now again. So that would be my preference at

[1:47:51] least. I don't know if staff feels strongly I understand your reasoning. I

[1:47:56] just think that um this gives us a better picture.

[1:47:59] » No, we don't feel strongly one way or another. Again, it was just a matter of

[1:48:02] not tying up several hundreds of thousands of dollars in one year and

[1:48:05] carrying it over. But in years where we do have an election coming up, so it'll

[1:48:09] be in 2028 uh in the 2728 budget, we can certainly put in a placeholder of

[1:48:15] $700,000 or so. Uh and if we need to come back and ask for $100,000 to make,

[1:48:21] we will. >> I' I'd hate for us to go to the public

[1:48:23] and say, "Well, we're not going to have an election because we don't have

[1:48:25] money." So, um I think it's better to tell folks that we have the money saved

[1:48:29] up to pay for the next election to elect the officials that run the city.

[1:48:33] » Yeah, we don't disagree, council members. Um and by the way, that would

[1:48:37] not happen. Although I I don't want to give anyone ideas, right? As a matter of

[1:48:42] fact, I asked the same questions of Mr. Dtalion, but point taken.

[1:48:48] » Okay. Well, with that, I'll move the item.

[1:48:49] » I'll second. >> Roll call, please.

[1:48:53] Council members Assad Broman, >> yes.

[1:48:57] » Carpetan, >> yes.

[1:48:58] » Kasakian, >> yes.

[1:48:59] » Mayor Najarian, >> yes.

[1:49:02] » Next item, please. >> Next item is discussion of council

[1:49:05] member future agenda requests. A request by Mayor Najarian to agendaize the

[1:49:10] discussion to consider reordering agenda for future agenda requests to the

[1:49:15] afternoon portion of council agendas. Um, Mayor Narian, we do have one speaker

[1:49:20] card on this item. Well, the the title of the item is

[1:49:26] pretty self-explanatory. These are the uh items that we wish to a as as we're

[1:49:31] doing now uh discussing as to whether we want to agendaize this and the only

[1:49:37] thing that uh is in play is the time uh at which we have that discussion.

[1:49:46] Uh would we have to have a special meeting if there was well I guess

[1:49:55] imagine a situation where there's no close session

[1:49:59] » would be a special meeting because this is the regular meeting is always at 6

[1:50:03] pm. So you would schedule a special meeting for purposes of

[1:50:06] » we do that all the time. So I don't think that's a big deal. Anyway, that's

[1:50:09] that's the the crux of this uh idea. Let's hear from the public for three

[1:50:16] minutes. >> Uh, we have one speaker, Beth Brooks.

[1:50:26] » Hi. Thank you. So I'm trying to understand this just for new business

[1:50:30] you would call a special meeting in the afternoon because if you're going to

[1:50:34] call a special meeting for this and sometimes these meetings go till 11:00

[1:50:39] they're you know 5 hours and people are not watching and you know falling asleep

[1:50:44] when they're watching or screaming at the TV. Uh why not then just divide up

[1:50:49] the meetings uh and have two shorter meetings. I've always thought about

[1:50:53] that. I've always thought that you should do shorter meetings like on a

[1:50:56] Tuesday and then a Wednesday and that you do proclamations and you do you know

[1:51:01] cert you do some things you sort of have a bis more business and then you have a

[1:51:05] more you know community-based uh and you just cut it at two hours or three hours

[1:51:11] you do something like that because if you are proposing this that's

[1:51:14] essentially what you're proposing you're proposing let's take something off the

[1:51:17] agenda and give it a that's normally on the agenda and give it a special

[1:51:21] meeting. Why just this thing should have a should have a special meeting. I know

[1:51:26] you usually meet in the afternoon because you do have closed sessions but

[1:51:29] like you just said if you have one if you have some days where you don't have

[1:51:33] a closed session you are meeting just to do this. I mean unless you're assuming

[1:51:37] that these will take hours as you discuss new business then I understand

[1:51:41] it. But if you're going to entertain this, it might be a good idea to just

[1:51:46] entertain having, you know, changing the charter to have two shorter meetings,

[1:51:51] you know, on a Tuesday and a Wednesday if this is something you're actually

[1:51:54] talking about. Thank you.

[1:51:59] » Any thoughts, Mr. Kasakin? So, I think I I was part of the impetus for for having

[1:52:05] this come forward because we've seen how we sit here at at the end of the meeting

[1:52:10] after we're all exhausted after we've all um you know, buted heads or you know

[1:52:15] uh hugged each other, hugged it out and then the meeting goes on for another

[1:52:19] hour. Um for items which are important, which are items that we hear from the

[1:52:23] public that deserve to have consideration. In the past, any council

[1:52:27] member could request an item, it would be, I think, put on directly, and then

[1:52:31] that got too much. So, we said, okay, then another council member has to

[1:52:35] second it. Well, that allowed for, you know, uh uh the continuation of these uh

[1:52:40] items to be added. And then in order to check ourselves, we said we will put it

[1:52:44] on the end, then we'll have this discussion, and then we'll have a vote

[1:52:47] on the item to have it agendaized for it to then come back and actually be

[1:52:52] studied. So, we just keep making more work for ourselves. Uh, and if we're and

[1:52:58] and I don't think that there's anything wrong with that pro uh process because I

[1:53:01] think there is something to be said about the majority of us have to agree

[1:53:04] on what we want to have heard, discussed, and voted on. But that

[1:53:08] process we can do that's kind of our agenda planning. It's our, you know, the

[1:53:12] huddle that we're in before we um go to the scrimmage.

[1:53:17] Um, sorry, it's playoff season, so I'm using some football analogies. Like,

[1:53:21] let's do that in the afternoon. It's for us basically. It's for the council to do

[1:53:25] that and it'll still be done openly and publicly, but it's not something that

[1:53:28] necessarily warrants everyone's input because the time for that input is when

[1:53:33] something passes that it gets over the hurdle and then is actually open for

[1:53:37] discussion for everyone to come and have their input. The planning of it, the

[1:53:40] pre-planning of it should happen between the city manager and staff um and us in

[1:53:45] the afternoon in that session. I don't think it'll take much time, but if it's

[1:53:49] taking an hour at the end of the e-me when most of us would like to be home

[1:53:52] with our families, let's do it in the afternoon.

[1:53:56] » Mr. Brain, >> I agree and I'll make the motion.

[1:54:00] » I'll second. >> Is this is this just to agendaize for

[1:54:04] » it to discuss all the >> the details of the

[1:54:07] » short and sweet. >> Okay. Uh roll call.

[1:54:12] » Council members Assad Broman. >> Yes.

[1:54:15] » Carpetan. Yes. Kasakian. Yes. Mayor >> Najarian.

[1:54:18] » Yes. >> Do we have any new business? Oh, I'm

[1:54:23] sorry. There is a second period of oral communications.

[1:54:26] » Is there anyone signed up for that? >> Yes. The second period of oral

[1:54:30] communications discussion is limited to items not a part of this agenda. Each

[1:54:34] speaker is allowed five minutes. Council may question or respond to the speaker,

[1:54:37] but there will be no there will be no debate or decision. The city manager may

[1:54:42] refer the matter to the appropriate department for investigation and report.

[1:54:46] We do have one speaker, Beth Brooks.

[1:54:52] And we also have a caller. Okay.

[1:55:03] I'm waiting for it to reset >> to five.

[1:55:06] » It's at three. >> Yeah, I know it's [clears throat] at

[1:55:08] three. Can we set the speaker's timer? Yeah.

[1:55:13] Thank you. Uh given that you've weighed [clears throat] in on international, you

[1:55:18] know, affairs before, I would love if you actually

[1:55:22] uh put out a formal letter to the White House and the Secretary of Defense to

[1:55:27] urgently do something uh against the massacre in Iran against

[1:55:31] innocent people. This is this is horrific. Uh especially given the the

[1:55:36] ethnic, you know, ethnic makeup of this city. I'm sure that there are people and

[1:55:40] I hope that any of your family I hope they're not involved in anything. I hope

[1:55:43] they're all safe, but there are, you know, many Armenians who who have ties

[1:55:48] in Iran and I think that this would be very important for you to do. I think

[1:55:52] every city council should be doing this. This is an absolute atrocity. Uh and and

[1:55:57] we're just sitting, you know, he's just sitting on his hands uh doing nothing

[1:56:01] and putting out uh you know, tweets. Uh so I would really urge you to please do

[1:56:05] that because you this is a precedent you've taken before. you have you have

[1:56:09] uh sent proclamations and things such as that nature. Um

[1:56:15] uh I know you can't do anything about anonymous callers, but that's you know

[1:56:19] just I just that's a pet peeve of mine. It's just really just ridiculous. People

[1:56:23] can call in and say whatever crazy thing they want to. Not saying he's crazy,

[1:56:26] just you know it just you know the ins just

[1:56:31] uh I have a pet peeve about that. Um, I would like to present because I've

[1:56:36] actually thought so much about this and it's not just this council. It's really

[1:56:39] the way that that the public feels about government in every kind of way and why

[1:56:44] they're apathetic and why they're fed up and why we come here because the public

[1:56:48] because what we don't see or what I don't see I've tried to analyze it and

[1:56:52] the analysis is you don't use objective criteria to make decisions. That's what

[1:56:58] I'm seeing and it's not just you. So every side, left or right or whoever you

[1:57:02] want to say it is, thinks of government like Santa Claus. And if their Santa

[1:57:05] Claus gets in, they get everything on their wish list. And if their Santa

[1:57:09] Claus doesn't get in, they don't get anything on their wish list. That's what

[1:57:12] I'm seeing now with the city council. Wow. If he gets in, they're going to get

[1:57:15] that. And if you get in and I'm going to get in and you know, you're going to get

[1:57:18] that. But there if you utilized objective criteria, you would also

[1:57:23] diffuse the arguments on both sides uh to say look, you're not taking our our

[1:57:29] input into consideration. And there are a lot of things. Is it necessary? Do you

[1:57:33] have the funding? Should you fund it? Do you have the legal authority? Is there a

[1:57:38] clearly defined public purpose? Does it benefit the the general public? not a

[1:57:42] narrow political or uh you know uh your pet pet group that you tend to agree

[1:57:49] with. These are all questions you should be answering. Is it supported by data

[1:57:53] and studies and measurable indicators? Is there a co costbenefit analysis? Are

[1:57:59] the costs completely disclosed to the public? What is the funding source? What

[1:58:02] are the long-term costs? You really literally have to have a matrix with

[1:58:07] criteria the same way that you request an RFP and whoever is responding to your

[1:58:12] proposal, there are points just like when Chris Pratt talked about the uh the

[1:58:18] uh tennis vendor, there are points and that you actually look at that and you

[1:58:23] you apply those criteria and then at least you could tell the public we

[1:58:27] looked at this and we looked at that because I will say, you know, I will

[1:58:30] argue against the bike lanes till I'm blew in the base because if you apply

[1:58:36] any objective criteria to that it is not to be funded at all. There is no way

[1:58:42] that should receive two cents. Okay? Because you also have to consider

[1:58:48] is it harming the majority for the minority and what benefit does the

[1:58:52] minority get out of it? Is it something people are you know that it's it's

[1:58:56] they're dying and it's something that you're going to save their lives. you

[1:59:00] you're you're basically not you're hurting 80% of the population to help

[1:59:03] 1%. That doesn't make sense in any world. That's a political decision. And

[1:59:07] you will be relieved of people arguing that you're corrupt and you're, you

[1:59:13] know, taking this from donors and you're doing that from donors. You will you

[1:59:17] will eliminate those conversations if you present to people some objective

[1:59:22] criteria that you have used for that. Because if people do hear things like,

[1:59:26] "Well, this hurts 80% and helps 1%," they go, "Whoa, what what are you

[1:59:30] benefiting from that?" And just because that's your political ideology, you

[1:59:33] should impose that on people. That mothers who have to pick their kids up

[1:59:36] at daycare should spend another 20 minutes in the car. I mean, you know, it

[1:59:39] does none of this makes sense to people. So I'm imploring you uh to do that

[1:59:44] because if you have disproportionate harm, there are so many ways that you

[1:59:48] can apply criteria and also to think about

[1:59:52] what kind of decision-m you're doing. Is it tactical? Is it strategic? Is it

[1:59:56] short-term? Is it long-term? Because you can't, you know, have art installations

[2:00:00] if people are homeless. I'm sorry that money. I'm sorry. You're going to have

[2:00:03] to live without the art installations if people are are homeless. Priorities. You

[2:00:07] have to set priorities and have objective criteria and that will help

[2:00:10] you. and we could be a we could show every single city council how things

[2:00:15] should be run if we do that. Thank you. >> Our next speaker is on on air. Fernando

[2:00:23] Raldon, you have five minutes to speak. >> Uh thank you, Mr. Mayor, members of the

[2:00:29] council, and uh members of uh the public. Happy New Year to everybody, and

[2:00:34] uh happy MLK. And of course um we should also remember the memory of uh the great

[2:00:41] Ed Roberts who was also a disabled advocate and also the founder of the

[2:00:46] independent living centers in California and around the United States. Um my New

[2:00:51] Year's resolution is simple. Um and I'm still going to ask this from uh from

[2:00:56] city council. Please create a disability advisory group. I've already you've

[2:01:01] already heard what uh what Mr. Small Hill said and he said it clearly, we got

[2:01:06] to stop we got to make sure that our finances are in check. I want to make

[2:01:10] sure that some of some of our budget here in in Glendel can be used for the

[2:01:16] uh creation of a disability advisory council made up of volunteers such as

[2:01:21] myself or any other disabil disabled person who lives in the city of Glendo

[2:01:26] for the purpose of making sure that our we have more accessible housing which is

[2:01:31] what we need right now. um better transportation. I'd like to see beline

[2:01:36] expand a little bit more in their horizons and especially the dial ride

[2:01:40] program and making sure that uh we have better connections with metro to make

[2:01:46] sure that the bus routes are being met here at the city and around our

[2:01:51] neighborhoods. The point is uh Mr. May me members of the council and I still

[2:01:56] continue to ask this. We need more of the disabled input here in in Glendale.

[2:02:02] I've lived all my life in in here in Glendel. I plan to live my retirement

[2:02:07] here in Glendel as a person with a disability. So my hope is that uh the

[2:02:12] that our voice with the disabled committee

[2:02:16] um be heard especially in this upcoming election year. And as usual, that's my

[2:02:21] two cents on that. Thank you. >> Thank you. And that is all.

[2:02:26] » All right. And I believe that concludes our business our

[2:02:29] » Yeah, I agenda. >> I'll I'll make a motion to adjourn. But

[2:02:32] before we do, I do want to say that I think all of us, especially those who

[2:02:35] have family in Iran, I I do not, but I have many friends um and uh close

[2:02:41] friends who do. Um I'm have been in communication with them. I've been

[2:02:44] following the news. My heart is breaking. I'm hoping that um those who

[2:02:49] are uh protesting and speaking out for their rights and for freedom and for

[2:02:52] better living conditions um are successful. Um and uh but I I would

[2:03:00] pause before we make a public declaration unless there's consensus to

[2:03:04] do so uh until I've had a chance to um talk to individuals and find out what it

[2:03:10] is that we should say or be asking for. But I do stand in solidarity with the

[2:03:14] people of Iran, with freedom loving people all over the world and with our

[2:03:18] Iranian neighbors who hail from Iran here in the city of Glendale. Thank you.

[2:03:22] And I move to adjourn. >> Before we adjourn, Mr. Mayor, I I kind

[2:03:27] of agree with uh Miss Brooks. I think uh the European nation and most of the

[2:03:34] world is very silent on this issue. I think they're turning the the blind eye.

[2:03:39] Uh massive demonstrations all over the world. Uh and 99.9% peaceful. No

[2:03:48] buildings were damaged. Uh no injuries to public. No police officer has been

[2:03:54] assaulted. they don't flip the the police cars and

[2:03:57] burn them down. Um but again I don't know for some strange reason everyone is

[2:04:04] silent. Even the coverage that we they get uh by news media is almost nothing.

[2:04:10] It's very similar to what was happening in Arts. 9 months of blockades and you

[2:04:16] couldn't you couldn't even see it anywhere. And 120,000 people were

[2:04:20] forcefully moved from their motherland. No coverage. I think um I'm really

[2:04:26] shocked that human rights activists, women's rights activists, none of them

[2:04:31] are out there speaking out about this what's going on in Iran. And uh the

[2:04:36] people are fighting for their freedom. Um I think they will free themselves

[2:04:41] eventually from what's going on from the uh the very vicious government that's

[2:04:47] ruling for over 40 years. And I I I just I'm I'm really shocked that nothing is

[2:04:54] happening. Nobody's saying anything. Nobody's taking a step to put a put a

[2:04:58] stop to what's going on. Uh Iran is the only country that over 75% of their

[2:05:03] population is between the age of I believe 20 25 to 40 and they're very

[2:05:10] intelligent. They would they will free themselves up because they care about

[2:05:14] what's going on and their rights especially the women's rights. We know

[2:05:16] what happened in last 40 years. Uh maybe probably the the the issue they have is

[2:05:21] they don't want to uh give into special interest groups. That's why maybe

[2:05:26] nobody's talking about it. I I don't know. I don't have the magic answer. As

[2:05:28] far as resolutions, I'm willing to look at it as well, but empty resolutions to

[2:05:33] me it's uh we we issued resolutions as well. Of course, it's it's important to

[2:05:37] do so, but I don't think it's going to make a difference in what's going on. I

[2:05:41] think our uh government has to step in and [clears throat] do whatever it's

[2:05:45] right. And many not only only United States, the entire world is watching and

[2:05:51] not doing anything especially the European nations that they um pretended

[2:05:56] to be the friends of the people of Iran, not the government, but the people of

[2:06:01] Iran. But uh I stopped there, Mr. Mayor, and um

[2:06:05] » yeah. >> Well, it's yeah, it's the death of any

[2:06:09] person uh wherever located is tragic. Um, I think there's a lot of moving

[2:06:15] pieces in the events in Iran. I think from what I've I've looked at both both

[2:06:23] in uh Farsy and translations, this started as an economic protest due to

[2:06:29] the collapsing economy due to the United States sanctions on the country. We know

[2:06:37] that there are other uh governments involved in this with different uh

[2:06:42] motives and I think before we decide to make a comment and uh encourage Trump to

[2:06:51] bomb Iran or whatever he's been talking about, we need to just see what the true

[2:06:57] facts are on the ground and then if if council decides to bring it up for uh a

[2:07:03] further discussion, that's certainly something we can do. at that time. I

[2:07:06] just don't know exactly what's happening. I'm hearing a lot of

[2:07:09] different facts out there. Uh is there a motion to adjurnn?

[2:07:14] » So moved. >> We are adjourned.

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