By Julie BUTCHER At the beginning of Tuesday’s meeting of the Glendale City Council, Mayor Paula Devine commended city staff for the recent holiday tree lighting and invited everyone to visit the Christmas tree in the courtyard of city hall. She also shared that the Democratic Party is holding a clothing drive at the Adult […]
By Julie BUTCHER Most of Tuesday night’s meeting of the Glendale City Council was dedicated to a long, detailed and thorough discussion of plans to utilize gas produced by the Scholl Canyon landfill to produce electricity for the city. The council heard extensive comments from approximately 44 callers and, after midnight, voted narrowly (3-2) to […]
By Julie BUTCHER The calming effects of trees was the topic that opened the Tuesday night Glendale City Council meeting. “It says here in the report on page 2 that trees help to calm traffic and reduce crime when they are well-kept. Can you tell me where you came up with this?” Councilmember Vrej Agajanian […]
By Julie BUTCHER The Glendale City Council met Tuesday night and most of Tuesday afternoon in a joint session with the city’s Housing Authority to take steps to move forward the development of two senior housing projects on city-owned property. At the beginning of the evening meeting, Councilmember Dan Brotman raised concerns about a recent […]
By Julie BUTCHER “Our priority should be to bring the jewel that is Rockhaven back into public view and enjoyment,” Glendale Mayor Paula Devine said before the Glendale City Council on Tuesday. The council then voted to take steps to restore and reopen the historic property and to accept an $8 million state grant facilitated […]
By Julie BUTCHER The design and funding for new parklets aimed at making al fresco dining permanent in the Montrose Shopping Park were both unanimously approved by the members of the Glendale City Council at an afternoon meeting on Tuesday. “As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and public health orders that severely restricted indoor […]
By Julie BUTCHER At a special meeting Tuesday afternoon, the Glendale City Council took steps to temporarily halt the development of new hotels in Glendale’s downtown. Assistant director of Community Development Bradley Calvert explained that “the moratorium must be related to potential or studied changes to the land use code” and that the city would […]
By Julie BUTCHER “Talk is cheap. You get what you pay for,” commented Glendale City Councilmember Dan Brotman who advocated for the city to bargain exclusively with Glendale Arts to manage the historic Alex Theatre during an afternoon meeting of the Glendale City Council on Tuesday. “We hired a consultant to study the operations of […]
By Julie BUTCHER At the end of Tuesday’s meeting of the Glendale City Council, two houses were added to the city’s historic register of Glendale homes: the first, called the Webber House, is at 268 W. Kenneth Road and was built in 1950. The small, open, mid-century home is an intact work by noted architect […]
By Julie BUTCHER On Tuesday night, the Glendale City Council approved a three-year contract with most of the city’s workers and authorized spending $1.26 million to fund the new agreement. The memorandum of understanding covers nearly 700 city workers, the largest bargaining unit in the city, and runs from July 1, 2021 through June 30, […]