By Julie BUTCHER After 14 years of advocacy and fight, there might be a glimmer of hope and good news for activists, community members and the Friends of Rockhaven. At a special afternoon council meeting this week, City of Glendale staff recommended entering into a six-month exclusive negotiating agreement with Avalon Investment Company, one of […]
By Julie BUTCHER “My neighbor wants to grow watermelons,” Mayor Ara Najarian announced at the end of the Tuesday night meeting of the Glendale City Council that included deliberations of existing parkway standards. The Council opted to keep the standards that it had adopted during the depth of the drought in December 2015 governing the […]
By Julie BUTCHER Before getting down to business this week, the Glendale City Council heard from now former Councilmember Zareh Sinanyan who announced his resignation from the council effective June 7 to accept a position in the cabinet of the Republic of Armenia. Sinanyan expressed his gratitude for his six-and-a-half years on the council. “I […]
By Julie BUTCHER “The rates have gone up but the quality of water, especially the high mineral content, has not. So how can you ask us to pay more for an inferior product?” the first speaker asked the Crescenta Valley Water District board of directors at the Tuesday night public meeting to discuss the district’s […]
By Julie BUTCHER Before deliberating and unanimously adopting a budget in excess of $938 million for the upcoming fiscal year, the Glendale City Council at Tuesday night’s meeting debated and ultimately green-lighted the transfer of $21 million from the City’s utility. Prior to the budget discussions, the Council recognized and honored graduates from the City’s […]
By Julie BUTCHER The plan for repowering Glendale’s Grayson power plant to be presented by Glendale Water & Power (GWP) to the utility’s citizen commission and the City Council this summer will look considerably different than the plan GWP staff envisioned when first planning for the repowering of the local energy site. In spring 2017, […]
By Julie BUTCHER For now, 31-year Glendale resident Tony Passarella is celebrating the cancellation of a city-backed program to allow electric scooters on the streets of Glendale – not even as part of a test program. “I don’t see a need,” Passarella addressed the Glendale City Council on this issue for the 14th time on […]
By Julie BUTCHER “Glendale’s greatest strength is in the beauty of its residential communities, the naturally exquisite mountains, along with a lively civic district. Charming neighborhoods are a big draw to Glendale. That’s why I moved here,” said Kathleen Clark of the Bellehurst Hillslopes neighborhood to the Glendale City Council at its Tuesday night meeting. […]
By Julie BUTCHER This week’s meeting of the Glendale City Council concluded late into the night with the approval of a controversial boutique hotel proposed in the Riverside Rancho neighborhood, contingent on the addition of two feet to the alley adjacent to the property. The project has engendered strong opposition from the neighbors who live […]
By Julie BUTCHER Glendale Mayor Ara Najarian surprised the crowd at the beginning of Tuesday’s council meeting with a commendation for Fernando Allende and his family, stars of the TV show “Mexican Dynasties.” Allende thanked the City, noting that their show and family embody the same values as Glendale. “This is a city that embraces […]