>> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.
WELCOME TO THE NUMBER 12020
GLENDALE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
DUE TO EVOLVING SITUATIONS WITH
COVID-19 AND HEALTH
RECOMMENDATIONS FROM
THE LA COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT,
THE GLENDALE CITY COUNCIL
MEETING WILL BE AVAILABLE TO THE
PUBLIC
ELECTRONICALLY.
DUE TO SOCIAL DISTANCING
REQUIREMENTS, THE PUBLIC WILL
NOT BE ABLE TO ATTEND THE
MEETING.
THIS MEETING CAN BE VIEWED ON
LOCAL CABLE SPECTRUM CHANNEL
6 AND AT&T U-VERSE CHANNEL
99.
YOU MAY ALSO STREAM ONLINE
THROUGH OUR WEBSITE,
WWW.GLENDALECA.GOV
.
SCROLL ALL THE WAY TO THE BOTTOM
OF THE PAGE AND SELECT
LIVESTREAMING, WHICH IS THE
THIRD ICON FROM THE LEFT.
FOR PUBLIC QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS
DURING THE MEETING, CALL 898-
937-8100.
PLEASE DO NOT CALL IN ADVANCE OF
THE AGENDA ITEM.
YOU HAVE THE ROLLCALL PLEASE?
[CLERK CALLS NAMES]
COUNCILMEMBER BROCKMAN.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER DEVINE.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER KASSAKHIAN.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCI AT THE COUNCILMEMBER .
MAYOR AGAJANIAN: PLEASE LEAVE ME
IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
[RECITING THE PLEDGE OF
ALLEGIANCE] 
CLERK: 
VIDEO LOCATION.
PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR
TONIGHT'S INVOCATION.
GIVE THANKS FOR OUR LEADERS.
WE ASK THAT YOU BE A GUIDE TO
OUR COUNSEL.
WE ALSO ASK YOU BE WITH US IN
OUR DAILY LIVES THAT WE MAY BE
POSITIVE ROLE MODELS FOR OUR
FUTURE GENERATIONS.
TDEMAND.
MAYOR AGAJANIAN: THANK YOU.
NEXT ITEM, PLEASE[CLERK CALLS
NAMES]
>> OF THE AGENDA IS POSTED ON
THE BULLETIN BOARD OUTSIDE CITY
HALL.
NEXT WOULD-BE PRESENTATION AND
APPOINTMENTS.
3A WOULD BE A GENDER PREVIEW FOR
THE MEETING OF TUESDAY SEPTEMBER
8, 2020'S.
THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING IS
SCHEDULED FOR TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER
15, 2020.
ITEM WILL BE THE MAYOR'S
COMMENDATION, THE GLENDALE
ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS'IPAD
DONATIONS TO LOCAL NURSING
HOMES.
>> SPOILED THE SURPRISE!
[LAUGHTER]
AG .
MAYOR AGAJANIAN: MISSED DIVINE?
COUNCILMEMBER DEVINE: WE HAVE
SEEN GREAT EXAMPLES OF OUR
PANDEMICS DOING  THE SHOW OF
OUR FIRST RESPONDERS DURING THIS
PANDEMIC.
OUR LAST CALL DURING THE LAST
MEETING CAME FROM TERESA ROMO, A
TEACHER FOR 33 YEARS AND
CURRENTLY A PATIENT AT GLENDALE
ACUTE-CARE RECOVERING FROM
COVID-19.
SHE WANTED TO REQUEST HELP FOR
THE 100 OR SO PATIENTS WHO ARE
RECOVERING AT THE CENTER, WHO
HAVE NO WAY OF COMMUNICATING
WITH FAMILY BECAUSE, OF COURSE,
THEY ARE ISOLATED.
THE REQUEST WAS FOR TABLETS AND
IPADS WHICH WOULD ENABLE
PATIENTS NOT ONLY TO COMMUNICATE
WITH YOUR FAMILIES FAMILIES BUT
TO CELEBRATE EVENTS WITH FAMILY
AND FRIENDS AND OCCUPIED TIME
DURING THOSE DAYS OF RECOVERY.
SHORTLY AFTER OUR COUNCIL
MEETING, AND RECEIVED AN EMAILED
TO HELP THIS PATIENT.
WITH THE HELP OF STAFF, TERESA
WAS CONTACTED BY THIS INDIVIDUAL
AND THE REST, AS THEY SAY, IS
HISTORY.
THE HERO STEPPED UP AND IS HERE
TONIGHT TO TELL US WHAT HIS
ASSOCIATION, THE GLENDALE
ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS HAS
DONE.
A SHINING EXAMPLE OF HUMANITY,
GENEROSITY AND COMPASSION.
I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE
STEPHEN SMALL, PRESIDENT OF THE
GLENDALE ASSOCIATION OF
REALTORS.
TELL US WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
STEPHEN: THANK YOU FOR THE KIND
INTRODUCTION.
I WILL HIT A COUPLE OF POINTS
YOU SHARED TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE
KNOWS THE WHOLE STORY.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND MEMBERS
OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE TO
SHARE SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED IN
OUR COMMUNITY.
AS COUNCILMEMBER DEVINE
MENTIONED, DOING THE LAST
MEETING, A COVID-19 SURVIVOR
CALLED IN HOPES TO RECEIVE
ASSISTANCE FROM THE GLENDALE
ACUTE CENTER FOR SENIORS, ASKING
FOR THESE TABLETS WITH THESE
INFECTED CLOTHING PATIENTS.
COUNCILMEMBER DEVINE VOICED HER
EMPATHY REGARDING THE SITUATION,
WHICH REALLY MOVED ME.
BY THAT EVENING, COUNCILMEMBER
DEVINE AND I WERE IN CONTACT,
INVESTIGATING THE FULL SITUATION
OF WHAT WAS NEEDED FOR THE
FACILITY.
FORGIVE ME IF I AM REPEATING
ANYTHING THAT COUNCILMEMBER
DEVINE SAID, BUT I JUST WANT TO
MAKE SURE YOU GUYS KNOW THAT SHE
SHARED FIRST-HAND EXPERIENCE NOT
ONLY WITH THE ILLNESS BUT ALSO
THE LIVING SITUATION AS THE
RESIDENT.
SHE EXPLAINED THAT THE FACILITY
THAT HOUSES 300 RESIDENTS, 100
OF THEM WERE INFECTED WITH
COVID-19.
SHE WENT ON FOR THE TO EXPLAIN
THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
HEALTH ACTUALLY IS MOVING
PATIENTS FROM THE HOSPITALS TO
NEW LOCATIONS TO QUARANTINE.
SO WITH ALL OF THAT SHARED, SHE
EXPLAINED THE DIFFICULTY SO MANY
OF THESE PATIENTS ARE FACING.
SHE ADDED THAT IN THIS
ISOLATION, IPADS COULD BE USED
FOR FACETIME OR ZOOM, KEEP THEM
ENTERTAINED OR KEEP THEIR MINDS
STIMULATED.
HE COULD ROTATE THEM AND
SANITIZE THEM SO THE RESIDENCE
IN THE FACILITY COULD USE THEM
FOR MANY YEARS TO COME.
I GOT ALL THAT INFORMATION,
COUNCILMEMBER DEVINE GOT THAT
INFORMATION AND WE WERE BOTH SO
TOUCHED.
I FELT STRONGLY THAT THE
GLENDALE ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS
MUST GET INVOLVED, BECAUSE IF
REALTORS CARE ABOUT THE
COMMUNITY AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF
GLENDALE.
ALL THAT SAID, I AM PLEASED TO
ANNOUNCE THAT THE GLENDALE
ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS WILL BE
DONATING 50 IPAD TO THE GLENDALE
POST ACUTE CENTER.
WE HOPE THE SERVICE YOUR
RESIDENCE AND BRING YOU JOY IN
TE TIMES OF AN.
I WANT TO THANK THE ASSOCIATE OF
REALTORS, OUR CEO, MY
PRESIDENT-ELECT, AND THE
REST OF THE 2020 BOARD OF
DIRECTORS.
MEMBERSHIP AND STAFF ARE
ACTIVELY WORKING ALONGSIDE ME
THIS YEAR TO MAKE SURE THIS ALL
HAPPENS.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER DEVINE.
SHE HAS BEEN A SHOWPIECE PIECE
IN CONNECTING MYSELF WITH THIS
FACILITY, ALONG WITH HELPING
ASSIST IN COORDINATING AND
HELPING.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT
AND LEADERSHIP THROUGHOUT OUR
COMMUNITY.
YOU ARE INCREDIBLE AND I THANK
YOU.
I ALSO HOPE THAT THE PEOPLE OF
GLENDALE HERE THIS STORY AND IT
INSPIRES THEM, THAT IT IGNITES A
MOVEMENT TO HELP AND INVEST IN
OUR COMMUNITY INTO MAKING IT THE
BEST GLENDALE HUMANLY POSSIBLE.
MAYOR A GO AGAJAMIAN, AND
MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL,
THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER DEVINE: THE MAYOR
HAS SOMETHING FOR YOU, DAVID.
MAYOR AGAJANIAN: I HAVE A
COMMENDATION FOR YOU AND YOUR
GROUP, REALTORS AND DIRECTORS.
CITY OF GLENDALE MAYOR'S
COMMENDATION, PRESENTED TO
GLENDALE ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS
' IPAD DONATION IN RECOGNITION.
YOUR ACT OF KINDNESS WILL HELP
PROVIDE IT WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY
FOR PATIENTS TO COMMUNICATE WITH
THEIR LOVED ONES DURING DURING A
TIME OF LACK OF VISITATION
PRIVILEGES.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR THOUGHTFUL
DONATION.
AS THE MAYOR, I HAVE SIGNED,
SEPTEMBER 1, 2020.
THIS IS THE ACCOMMODATION FOR
YOU AND FOR THE REALTORS, ALL
THE REALTORS.
THANK YOU AGAIN.
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR.
[APPLAUSE]
COUNCILMEMBER DEVINE: THANK YOU,
STEPHEN.
MAYOR AGAJANIAN: WE WILL PRESENT
TO YOU DURING NEXT WEEK.
WHAT IS NEXT, PLEASE?
CLCLERK: CONSENT ITEMS.
ANY MEMBER OF COUNCIL OR THE
AUDIENCE REQUESTING SEPARATE
CONSIDERATION MAY DO SO BY
MAKING SUCH A REQUEST BEFORE THE
MOTION IS PROPOSED.
MAYOR AGAJANIAN: I HAVE A MOTION
FOR THESE ITEMS.
COUNCILMEMBER: THE CONSENT
CALENDAR.
MAYOR AGAJANIAN: OK, MAY HAVE A
SECOND.
COUNCILMEMBER: SECONDED.
MAYOR AGAJANIAN: SECONDED BY MR.
NAJARIAN.
CLERK ADJEMIAN: WOULD YOU LIKE
ME TO DO A ROLL CALL?
MAYOR: THANKS, PLEASE.
CLERK ADJEMIAN: COUNCILMEMBER
ROCKLIN.
>> YES.
CLERK ADJEMIAN: COUNCILMEMBER
DEVINE.
CLERK ADJEMIAN:.
>> YES.
CLERK ADJEMIAN: COUNCILMEMBER
KASSAKHIAN.
CLERK ADJEMIAN: YES.
CLERK ADJEMIAN: NAJARIAN.
>> YES.
CLERK ADJEMIAN: MAYOR. .
MAYOR AGAJANIAN: YES.
CLERK ADJEMIAN: 
BE CITY AND STAFF COMMENTS.
MAYOR AGAJANIAN: IS THERE ANY
COMMENTS FROM MY COLLEAGUES?
MR. NAJARIAN FIRST?
COUNCILMEMBER NAJARIAN: THANK
YOU, MR. MAYOR.
LAST THURSDAY AT THE METRO BOARD
MEETING REPRESENTING NORTHERN
CITIES OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY ON
THE METRO BOARD, WE GAVE
DIRECTION TO OUR CEO TO A STUDY
A WAY IN WHICH ALL BUS AND
 TRANSIT FARES WOULD BE
FREE.
IT IS REALLY THE IDEAL SITUATION
FOR A RIDER TO HAVE RELIABLE,
STUDY AND FREE PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION, THAT WAY WE CAN
GET PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR CARS AND
INTO TRANSIT, LEAVING THE
ROADWAYS LESS CONGESTED AND
REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF
GREENHOUSE GASES GOING INTO THE
AIR.
IT IS NOT AS TOTALLY FAR-FETCHED
AN IDEA AS IT MAY SOUND.
THE FARES THAT THE METRO GETS
FROM ITS THEIR BOX IS ABOUT 20%
OF THE OPERATING EXPENSES FOR
THE BUSES.
THE RATIO IS ABOUT 20%.
IN COMPARISON TO METRO'S
MULTIBILLION-DOLLAR BUDGET, IT
IS SOMETHING THAT IS NOT THAT
FAR OF A STRETCH TO DO.
.
THE BOARD DIRECTED THE CEO TO
ASSEMBLE A COMMUTING WHERE THEY
COULD LOOK AT WAYS TO MAKE THAT
FARE FREE A REALITY.
I DON'T WANT TO PUT THIS ON AS
AN AGENDA ITEM, THAT AT
COMPLAINT, I WOULD LIKE TO WITH
REGARD TO OUR B-NINE BUS SYSTEM
WHAT THE IMPACT OF A REDUCED OR
A FREE FARE WOULD BE.
AS OUR BUDGET IS NOT AS IT AS
THE METROS, WE CAN'T FILL THERE
IS THE WAY METRO CAN WITH OTHER
FUNDING SOURCES, THAT I KNOW
THAT AS LEAST OF EIGHT OR NINE
YEARS AGO, THE B-LINE FARE WAS
$.25.
WHEN WE DISCUSS EITHER THE
TRANSPORTATION PLAN OR THE
MOBILITY DISCUSSION, WE SHOULD
TALK ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT THE
FARES ARE, WE ARE UP TO $1.50
A FARE, $1.75 FOR OUR
RESIDENTS.
THE POINT IS TO GET PEOPLE OUT
OF THEIR CARS AND INTO THE
TRANSIT SO THAT THEY CAN GO
ABOUT AND ENJOY THEIR DAYS.
THE SECOND ITEM IS ALSO
TRANSPORTATION RELATED.
THIS TIME ON THE METRO LINK
BOARD, METROLINK IS THE
SIX-COUNTY COMMUTER RAIL
ORGANIZATION.
ACTUALLY, IT IS FIVE-COLONIES
BUT  DIPS DOWN INTO --
FIVE-COUNTIES, BUT IT DIPS DOWN
INTO SOME DID WORK AS WELL.
THERE IS A NEW PROGRAM FOR
CHILDREN RIDING FREE ON
WEEKENDS.
THREE CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF
17 MAY RIDE T FREE WITH ONE
ACCOMPANYING ADULT WHO PAYS THE
FAIR.
AND THE FAIR FOR THE ADULT ON
THE WEEKEND IS REDUCED TO $10.
SO YOU COULD HAVE A FAMILY OF
FOUR TRAVELING ANYWHERE THE
METROLINK SYSTEM TAKES YOU, TO
ALL FIVE COUNTIES.
IT GOES DOWN TO OCEANSIDE,
VENTURA, LOS ANGELES COUNTY, SAN
BERNARDINO, RIVERSIDE AND ORANGE
COUNTY, FOR $10 ALL DAY.
YOU CAN GO TO THE BEACHES IN SAN
DIEGO, TO THE MOUNTAINS, THE
TRAIN CARS ARE CONTINUALLY
SANITIZED.
IT IS JUST ONE MORE WAY TO GET
PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR CARS AND
INTO ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION.
SO PLEASE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT
IF YOU CAN.
THAT IS METROLINKTRAINS.COM.
MAYOR AGAJANIAN: THANK YOU VERY
MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER NAJARIAN.
ANYBODY ELSE HAS ANY COMMENTS?
COUNCILMEMBER DEVINE?
COUNCILMEMBER DEVINE: I JUST
WANT TO THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW
THAT STAFF HAD INVITED THE LOS
ANGELES COUNTY COMMISSION ON
HUMAN RELATIONS TO PRESENT A
WORKSHOP FOR ALL OF US, FOR
ELECTED OFFICIALS AND ALL STAFF
ON RACIAL BIAS AND ANTIRACISM.
A COUPLE OF TAKEAWAYS FOR ME.
THE FIRST WAS TO RECOGNIZE AND
DEAL WITH RACISM.
SECOND, IF YOU DON'T KNOW YOU
ARE RACIST, ASK A FRIEND.
THEY WILL TELL YOU THE TRUTH.
THE LAST ONE IS, TO THINK ABOUT
WHAT YOU ARE THINKING WHEN YOU
MAKE A DECISION THAT IS VERY
IMPORTANT.
AND I WANT TO THANK MANAGEMENT
AND STAFF FOR PROVIDING US WITH
THE SEMINARS ON SKILLS TO MANAGE
BIAS.
IT WAS QUITE INFORMATIVE AND
EYE-OPENING.
I WANTED EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT
WE WERE ALL GOING THROUGH THAT
PROGRAM.
THANK YOU.
MAYOR AGAJANIAN: THANK YOU.
MR. S KASSAKHIAN
, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS?
COUNCILMEMBER KASSAKHIAN: I DO
HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS I WANT
TO RAISE.
SOME PEOPLEMAY HAVE SEEN A
PHOTOGRAPH CIRCULATING ON SOCIAL
MEDIA OF TWO YOUNG CHILDREN WHO
ARE SITTING OUTSIDE OF A FAST
FOOD RESTAURANT USING THE WI-FI
AVAILABLE FROM THAT FAST FOOD
RESTAURANT TO DO THAT HOMEWORK
AND PARTICIPATE IN CLASS, WHICH,
NOWADAYS, IS A REQUIREMENT FOR
THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE NOT HAVING
IN-PERSON INSTRUCTION FOR
THEIR STUDENTS.
AS A PARENT OF ONE WHO STARTED
CLASSES ON SOME JUST YESTERDAY,
I HAPPENED TO HAVE SOME
CONDUCTIVITY ISSUES.
I CAN TELL ALL THE PARENT WHO
ARE WATCHING AND LISTENING, I
CAN FEEL YOUR PAIN.
IN THAT VEIN, ONE OF THE THINGS
I WOULD LIKE TO ASK IS FOR
RESEARCH TO BRING BACK -- I
WOULD LIKE TO ASK WHEN A MY
COLLEAGUES TO SECOND A PROPOSAL
FOR PUBLIC WI-FI.
THERE IS A COMPANY THAT WORKS
CURRENTLY WITH OUR WATER AND
POWER DEPARTMENT.
MAY HAVE DONE INSTALLATION OF
OTHER EQUIPMENT AND THEY HAVE
APPROACHED ME WITH
RECOMMENDATIONS WHICH I
FORWARDED TO STAFF.
I WOULD LIKE STAFF TO VET THEM
AND RESEARCH IT AND BRING BACK A
REPORT REGARDING A PUBLIC WI-FI
SYSTEM, THAT COULD BE
IMPLEMENTED IN PARTICULAR IN
SOME OF OUR DENSEST AREAS.
THERE MAY BE CAPACITY ISSUES.
I DO BELIEVE THIS IS NOW THE
21ST CENTURY PUBLIC UTILITY
RIGHT TO ACCESS ISSUE.
FOR THOSE RIGHT NOW WHO ARE
TRYING TO ACCESS CRITICAL THINGS
SUCH AS WORK AND SCHOOL WORK, IT
IS IMPORTANT FOR THE CITY TO
TAKE THE STEP IN THAT DIRECTION
AND EXPLORE IMPLEMENTATION OF
THIS.
THAT IS MY FIRST ITEM.
MAYOR AGAJANIAN: I WILL SECOND
IT.
COUNCILMEMBER KASSAKHIAN: THANK
YOU.
THE OTHER ISSUE I WANT TO RAISE
IS I WANT STAFF TO RESEARCH AND
BRING BACK A REPORT ON HOW WE
CAN HAVE PUBLICLY FUNDED
CAMPAIGNS HERE IN THE CITY OF
GLENDALE.
MANY COMMUNITIES DO THIS.
I'M NO OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS
HAVE ASTEROIDS PREVIOUSLY.
I WOULD LIKE STAFF TO BRING THIS
BEFORE THE NEXT ELECTION CYCLE
SO WE CAN LOOK AT HOW WE CAN
HAVE A PROCESS WHICH ALLOWS
INDIVIDUALS WHO MAY NOT
INITIALLY HAVE THE MEANS, TO NOT
DISCOURAGE FOLKS TO RUN FOR
PUBLIC OFFICE.
THOSE OF US WHO PARTICIPATED IN
THE LAST ELECTION AND HAD TO
HAVE A VALID STATEMENT
PUBLISHED, WHEN WE SAW OVER A
$2000 BALLOT STATEMENT PRICE TAG
JUST FOR THE ENGLISH BALLOT
STATEMENT, IT CAUSED SIGNIFICANT
STICKER SHOCK PARTLY BECAUSE THE
COUNTY RUNS IT.
TO DO IT IN ALL THE LANGUAGES
AVAILABLE, OR THAT WE USUALLY
TRANSLATE OUR SAMPLE BALLOTS IN
GLENDALE, YOU MULTIPLY THAT BY
TIMES FOUR OR FIVE.
IN AND OF ITSELF, IT CAN BECOME
PROHIBITIVE AND I DON'T THINK IT
IS FAIR TO THE ELECTORATE.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US NOT
ONLY WITH A REPORT THAT WOULD
EXPLORE THE UNDERWRITING OF
THOSE COSTS SO THAT THE PUBLIC
HAS ACCESS TO INFORMATION ABOUT
CANDIDATES' PLATFORMS AND
RESUMES, BUT IN ADDITION TO
THAT, A PROGRAM WHERE
INDIVIDUALS WHO PERHAPS REQUEST
A REQUISITE NUMBER OF
SIGNATURES, PERHAPS IN A NUMBER
OF SIGNATURES CAN QUALIFY FOR
$20,000 IN PUBLIC FUNDS TO HELP
CAMPAIGNS GET OFF THE GROUND,
BECAUSE IT CAN REALLY MAKE A BIG
DIFFERENCE.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, I KNOW
THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS OUT THERE
WHO SAY, WELL, YOU HAVE LOCATED
DISTRICT ELECTIONS BUT YOU
HAVEN'T BROUGHT IT UP YET.
I WANT TO ASSURE THEM, IT IS
STILL AT THE FOREFRONT OF MY
MIND.
I DON'T WANT TO BURDEN STAFF
DURING THIS CRITICAL PERIOD.
IN ADDITION I AM WAITING FOR THE
SENSORS TO BE COMPLETED BEFORE
WE MOVE AHEAD WITH ANY SUCH
PROPOSAL, AWAITING SOME
COLLEAGUES' SECONDS.
IN THE MEANTIME, I DO WANT TO
EXPLORE PUBLICLY FUNDED
CAMPAIGNS, AS WELL AS
UNDERWRITING SOME OF THE COSTS
CANDIDATES FACE WHEN RUNNING FOR
OFFICE.
COUNCILMEMBER: WELL, I WILL
SECOND THAT, MR. MAYOR.
I FEEL THE SAME.
AND HAVE EXPERIENCED THE COST OF
RUNNING A CAMPAIGN.
WITHOUT A LOT OF RESOURCES, AND
HAVING TO PAY THESE COSTS.
SO, YES, I WOULD SECOND THAT
GLADLY.
COUNCILMEMBER KASSAKHIAN: THANK
YOU, COUNCILMAN.
LASTLY, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF
THERE'S ANY INTEREST IN MY
COLLEAGUES TO HAVE OUR POLICE
COMMUNITY RENAMED AFTER SOMEONE
WHO SERVED IN THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT FOR, I BELIEVE, OVER
20 YEARS, HELPED START THE
SCHOOL RESOURCE PROGRAM WHEN HE
WAS THERE, HE WAS A COMMUNITY
RESOURCE OFFICER, THE ONLY PUT
HIS OFFICER I KNOW OF WHO WAS
ELECTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND
SERVED AS MAYOR FOR ONE TERM
DURING THE EARLY 90'S, FORMER
MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBER REYES.
I THINK HE WOULD BE
INAPPROPRIATE FOR SOME TO HAVE A
COMMUNITY ROOM NAMED AFTER,
GIVEN ALL HE HAS DONE FOR THIS
COMMUNITY.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF THERE'S A
SECOND TO EXPLORE THAT AS WELL.
COUNCILMEMBER DEVINE: I THINK IT
IS A WONDERFUL IDEA.
I WILL SECOND THE.
HE HAS ALWAYS IN A REAL
PERSONALITY -- HE HAS ALWAYS
BEEN A REAL PERSONALITY AND A
REAL JEWEL IN OUR COMMUNITY, SO
I SECOND THAT.
COUNCILMEMBER KASSAKHIAN: THANK
YOU, MR. MAYOR.
MAYOR AGAJANIAN: MR. BROTMAN?
MR. BROTMAN: NOTHING FROM ME
TODAY.
MAYOR AGAJANIAN: OK, THANK YOU.
ANY COMMENTS FROM STAFF?
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR GOODE JENNY
 AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY
COUNCIL, IF I COULD YOU ON SOME
LEGISLATION VERY QUICKLY.
>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND
COUNCIL MEMBERS, STAFF, JUST
WANTED TO TOUCH ON TWO BILLS.
WE WILL BRING BACK A LEGISLATIVE
UPDATES TO YOU ONCE THE GOVERNOR
HAS SIGNED ALL THE BILLS AT THE
END OF THIS MONTH, BUT THERE ARE
TWO BILLS OF NOTE WE WANTED TO
BRING TO EVERYONE'S ATTENTION,
ONE IS SB793, REGARDING FLAVORED
TOBACCO PRODUCTS.
IT PROHIBITS IT TOBACCO RETAILER
FROM SELLING, OFFERING FOR SALE
OR POSSESSING WITH THE INTENT TO
SELL AMY FLAVORED TOBACCO
PRODUCT OR TOBACCO
PRODUCT AND HENCE ARE.
THIS INCLUDES VAPE PENCE AND
PENS AND CHEWING TOBACCO.
IN BANDS THE SALE OF CHEWING
TOBACCO IN CALIFORNIA ON JANUARY
1, 2021 WITH A FEW EXEMPTIONS.
IT DOES NOT APPLY TO SALE OF
TOBACCO PRODUCTS BY A HOOKAH
RETAILER IF THEY HAVE A LICENSE
TO SELL THE PRODUCTS, IN THE
RETAILER DOES NOT PERMIT ANYONE
UNDER THE AGE OF 21 TO BE
PRESENT OR ENTER THE PREMISES AT
ANY TIME.
IT DOESN'T APPLY TO THE SALE OF
PREMIUM CIGARS OR LOUNGES,
AND IT DOESN'T APPLY TO LOOSE
LEAF TOBACCO OR PREMIUM CIGARS.
BASED ON THE STATEWIDE BAN, I
KNOW THE CITY COUNCIL WAS GOING
TO CONSIDER A BAN ON FLAVORED
TOBACCO HERE IN THE CITY OF
GLENDALE, SO THIS PREEMPTS
ABOUT, SOME OF THAT DISCUSSION
WILL NOT RETURN TO
COUNCIL.
THE OTHER VERY IMPORTANT BILL
 SIGNED LAST NIGHT OR THE
GOVERNOR'S REGARDING RENTAL
EVICTIONS RELATED TO THE
PANDEMIC.
THIS WAS PART OF A DEAL REACHED
AT THE END OF LAST WEEK BETWEEN
THE GOVERNOR AND LEGISLATORS,
PROVIDING RENTAL WOMEN TO DOING
THE STATE OF EMERGENCY.
AT THIS POINT, WITH THIS LAW
THAT WENT INTO EFFECT, ANY RENT
MISSED BETWEEN MARCH 1 AND
AUGUST 31 WILL BE CONVERTED TO
CIVIL DEBT.
THIS MEANS LANDLORDS CAN TAKE
TENANTS TO SMALL CLAIMS COURT
FOR ANY MISSED RENT BUT THEY
CAN'T EVICT IT FOR NOT PAYING
IT.
FOR ANY RENT MISSED BETWEEN
TODAY, SEPTEMBER 1, AND JANUARY
31 OF NEXT YEAR, TENANTS MUST
PAY 25% OF THAT RENT WITHIN THAT
PERIOD OR THEY WILL BE OPEN FOR
EVICTION, AND THE REMAINING 75%
OF THEIR DEBT IS TREATED AS A
CIVIL DEBT, JUST LIKE THE MIST
RENT BETWEEN MARCH 1 AND AUGUST
 THE LAW PROVIDES A LONGER
TIMEFRAME FOR YOU BUT SHE
NOTICES.
THERE IS USUALLY A THREE-DAY
NOTICE TO INNOVATE THAT'S -- TO
EVICT.
THAT'S MANDATORY AND IT'S NOT A
15 DAY NOTICE.
THEY CAN FILE IF THEY HAVE A
PANDEMIC RELATED HARDSHIP.
THE TENANT MUST SWEAR UNDER
PENALTY OF PERJURY THAT THEY ARE
ENDURING HARDSHIP, NOT JUST AN
ATTESTATION, WHICH IS WHAT
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DOING.
IF THE TENANT BEHRENS 130% OF
THE COUNTY'S MEDIUM INCOME OR
HIGHER, THE LANDLORD CAN ASK FOR
PROOF OF A PANDEMIC RELATED
FINANCIAL HARDSHIP LIKE A LAYOFF
OR WAGE REDUCTION NOTICED FROM
THE EMPLOYER.
ADDITIONALLY, 8380 STIPULATES
THERE WILL BE NO MORE ADDICTION
MORATORIUM AT THE LOCAL LEVEL.
MEANING EVICTION MORATORIUM
PREVIOUSLY PASSED WILL BE
GRANDFATHERED IN.
BUT THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO PASS
ANY EXTENSIONS.
SOME OF THESE ARE SET TO EXPIRE
AFTER 30 DAYS.
AS LONG AS THEY EXPIRE WITHIN A
CERTAIN NUMBER OF DAYS THEY CAN
STAY ON.
COURTS CAN BEGIN PROCESSING
EVICTIONS FOR NONPAYMENT OF RENT
IN NON-COVID RELATED CASES ON
OCTOBER 5.
ANY OF THE MORTGAGE FORBEARANCE
PROVISIONS FOR PROPERTY OWNERS
THAT WERE IN OTHER BILLS THAT
WERE CONSIDERED ON THE SAME
TOPIC WERE NOT PART OF THE BILL
THAT PASSED LAST NIGHT.
A.B. 3080 EIGHT DEATHS EXTEND
ANTI-FORECLOSURE PROTECTIONS IN
THE HOMEOWNER BILL OF RIGHTS.
IT PROVIDES NEW ACCOUNTABILITY
AND TRANSPARENCY PROVISIONS TO
PROTECT SMALL LANDLORD BORROWERS
A REQUEST CARE COMPLIANCE
FORBEARANCE AND PROVIDES THOSE
HARMED WITH THE CAUSE OF ACTION.
AS I NOTED BEFORE, BECAUSE IS
WAS AN EMERGENCY BILL, IT DOES
TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.
AS NOTED, WE WILL BRING BACK THE
FULL LEGISLATIVE UPDATE SOMETIME
AFTER THE END OF THE MONTH.
MAYOR AGAJANIAN: THANK YOU.
IS THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM
STAFF?
OK, THANK YOU.
WHAT'S NEXT?
>> COMMUNITY EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT,
THREE-MINUTE PORTION.
I DO HAVE TERESA ON THE LINE.
TERESA, CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES.
>> GO AHEAD.
>> I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR GENEROUS
DONATIONS.
I WAS ZOOMING WITH MY FAMILY
LAST FRIDAY AND I WAS SPEAKING
TO ONE OF MY COUSINS AND SHE
INFORMED ME THAT MY AUNT, WHO IS
HER MOTHER, IS IN A FACILITY
RIGHT NOW.
THEY ARE HAVING DIFFICULTIES
COMMUNICATING WITH HER.
SHE SAID THAT THEY HAVE TWO
IPADS AND THE WHOLE FACILITY AND
THEY HAVE TO CALL IN THE MORNING
AND MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TO SEE
IF THE -- IF THEY CAN GET THE
RESIDENTS TO TELL THEM.
THEY SAY, WE WILL CALL YOU BACK
AT 6:00 TO MAKE THIS CALL.
I WAS TELLING THE DIRECTOR ABOUT
IT.
HE SAID, YOU NEED TO GET ON THE
PHONE -- HIS CHALLENGE TO ME WAS
TO SEE IF WE CAN GET AS MANY
FACILITIES AS POSSIBLE.
BECAUSE I KNOW WE ARE NOT THE
ONLY FACILITY THAT HAS
DIFFICULTIES LIKE THIS.
AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN
POINT ME IN THE DIRECTION OF WHO
OR WHAT DEPARTMENT I MIGHT SPEAK
TO.
L.A. CITY COUNCIL MIGHT BE ABLE
TO HELP WITH THAT POSSIBILITY?
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE AS MANY
PEOPLE BE ABLE TO MAKE CONTACTS
AND CONNECTIONS WITH THEIR
FAMILIES THROUGHOUT LOS ANGELES.
MAYOR AGAJANIAN: THANK YOU.
ARE YOU FINISHED?
ARE YOU DONE?
GO AHEAD.
>> I CAN BARELY HEAR YOU GUYS.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING.
DO YOU HAVE ANY MORE COMMENTS TO
MAKE?
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSTAD --
ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD?
>> I JUST WANTED TO THANK
STEPHEN FOR HELPING US OUT AND I
AM LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING
ALL OF YOU SOMEDAY SOON,
HOPEFULLY.
>> GOOD LUCK, BE WELL.
MAYOR AGAJANIAN: THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
NEXT CALLER.
>> DAVE, YOU ARE LIVE.
>> THANK YOU LADIES AND CHAIRMAN
OF THE COUNCIL.
I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING MY CALL.
I HAVE A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE
THAT I AM CONCERNED ABOUT.
THAT'S ALL THESE MASK DRIVERS.
FROM ALL THE MEDICAL AND
SCIENTIFIC MEASURE, IT'S
INDISPUTABLE THAT THESE MASKS
CAN CAUSE DIZZINESS, DOUBLE
VISION, LACK OF CONSCIOUSNESS.
SO, WHEN YOU ARE WEARING A MASK
AND OPERATING A VEHICLE, YOU'RE
ARE PUTTING EVERYONE ELSE AT
RISK AROUND YOU.
AND YOU HAVE THESE RESTAURANTS
THAT ARE FORCED TO HAVE THEIR
PATRONS EAT OUTSIDE PRACTICALLY
ON THE SIDEWALK IN SOME CASES.
TONIGHT YOU HAVE EVEN MORE OF A
THREAT.
YOU HAVE MASKS DRIVERS RISKING
LACK OF CONSCIOUSNESS AND I AM
WORRIED ABOUT, LIKE MY MOTHER
WHO IS ELDERLY AND IS DRIVING
AROUND.
I HAVE TALKED TO BUS DRIVERS,
THEY HAVE SAID THEY ARE FORCED
TO WEAR THESE WERE THEY LOSE
THEIR JOB.
ONE OF THEM TOLD ME HE GOT INTO
A CLOSE CALL.
HE WAS GETTING WOOZY AND HAD TO
TAKE IT OFF FOR A WILD.
THAT'S SCARY.
THAT'S REALLY SCARY TO THINK
THAT BUS DRIVERS WITH THE PERIOD
DIAPERS ON THEIR FAITH IS
JEOPARDIZING EVERYONE OUT THERE.
JUST LIKE TEXTING AND DRIVING.
THEY SHOULD NOT BE DRIVING WITH
THESE THINGS ON THEIR FACES.
WHEN I CALL LAW ENFORCEMENT THEY
AGREE WITH ME, FOR THE MOST
PART.
I TALKED WITH A FEW OFFICERS AND
THEY TOLD ME TO CALL YOU GUYS
BECAUSE YOU GUYS ARE ULTIMATELY
RESPONSIBLE.
I UNDERSTAND YOU GUYS HAVE A
MASK EDUCATION PROGRAM OR A
SPECIAL COVID UNIT.
SO YOU DO OFFER EDUCATION, BUT
WHY ISN'T ANYONE EDUCATING THESE
DRIVERS WERE PUTTING EVERYONE AT
RISK WEARING THESE THINGS DOWN
TO THEIR FACE WHEN THERE IS
ABSOLUTELY NO NEED TO,
WHATSOEVER.
NOT ONLY THAT, BUT ALL THE
MEDICAL LITERATURE RELATED TO
MASKS SAY THEY DO NOT PROTECT
FROM VIRUSES.
PERIOD.
THAT'S NOT EVEN DEBATABLE.
THE MANUFACTURING BOX SAYS THEY
DO NOT PROTECT FROM VIRUSES OR
INFLUENZA.
THERE IS NO POINT WEARING THESE
THINGS.
IT IS MISLEADING TO THINK THAT
PEOPLE HAVE THIS FALSE SENSE OF
SECURITY THAT THEY ARE BEING
PROTECTED OR PROTECTING OTHER
PEOPLE BY WEARING THESE THINGS
ON THEIR FACE WHEN THE
SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE SAYS
OTHERWISE.
I AM TALKING ABOUT THE CDC
WEBSITE.
I AM TALKING ABOUT CAMBRIDGE
UNIVERSITY, BRITISH JOURNAL OF
MEDICINE, NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF
MEDICINE.
THESE ARE THE SOURCES THAT SAY
THE SAME THING, THAT MASKS DO
NOT DETECT FROM VIRUSES.
THEY HAVE VERY SERIOUS AND
ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS AS WELL.
SO WHEN THE OFFICERS ARE OUT
THERE EDUCATING THE PEOPLE WHO
ARE MASK LISTS, THEY ARE LEAVING
ALL THAT OUT.
THEY ARE LEAVING OUT THE FACT
THAT COVID HAS A 99.9 RECOVERY
RATE AND THAT OVER 90% OF THE
PEOPLE THAT HAVE IT DON'T EVEN
EXPERIENCE A SINGLE SYMPTOM.
IT DOES NOT SOUND LIKE A DEADLY
PANDEMIC THREAT WITH A 99.9%
RECOVERY RATE.
WHY ARE PEOPLE EDUCATED IN THIS?
THE CITY IS NOW FINDING THEM AND
PRETTY MUCH HARASSING.
FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND THEY ARE
NOT DOING THAT.
THEY ARE VERY KIND.
MAYOR AGAJANIAN: YOUR TIME IS
UP.
>> I RESPECT THEM FOR THAT.
BUT IT IS THE DEFINITION OF
EXTORTION AT THAT POINT TO FORCE
PEOPLE TO WEAR THESE THINGS ON
THEIR FACES WHEN THEY ARE NOT
HEALTHY, WHATSOEVER.
THEY'RE PUTTING PEOPLE AT RISK.
IT IS CHILD ABUSE TO CHILDREN
FORCING PEOPLE TO WHERE THESE
THINGS.
AND YOU ARE FINING PEOPLE ON TOP
OF THAT, WHICH MAKE THEM EXTRA
SCARED.
MAYOR AGAJANIAN: DAVE, YOUR TIME
IS UP.
YOU PAST THE THREE-MINUTE LIMIT.
THANK YOU FOR CALLING.
>> BUT.
>> TONY, YOU ARE LIVE.
>> GOOD EVENING MAYOR,
COUNCILMEMBER, STAFF.
PLEASE DON'T START MY TIME UNTIL
THE BID -- UNTIL THE VIDEO GOES
UP.
>> LOOKING AT THE CDC WEBSITE.
MAYOR AGAJANIAN: PREVIOUS TIMES
YOU PAST FIVE MINUTES AND I DID
NOT SAY ANYTHING.
WHAT YOU ARE BARGAINING NOW I
DON'T UNDERSTAND.
>> I WON'T GO PAST THREE
MINUTES, I PROMISE.
>> FOUND THIS GRASS, PROVISIONAL
DEATH COUNTS FOR CORONAVIRUS
DISEASE COVID-19.
THE GRAPH STARTS ON FEBRUARY 1
AND AT THE BOTTOM YOU CAN SEE
THE DATE.
THE DISEASE PEAKED ON AROUND THE
END OF APRIL IF I CAN ZOOM A
LITTLE BIT RIGHT THERE IS THE
PEAK.
YOU SEE THE DATE AT THE BOTTOM,
FOUR/25.
IN THE TOP THERE IS 85 AND
OLDER.
THOSE OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE
DYING.
AT THE VERY BOTTOM IS LIGHT
BLUE.
YOU CAN SEE THEM.
IT'S A FLAT LINE.
AGED ZERO TO 24.
VIRTUALLY UNAFFECTED.
IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, ZERO
DEPTHS 12 AND UNDER IN THE
STATUS -- DEBTS -- DEATHS IN
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA UNDER
12.
NOW IT HAS COMPLETELY FALLING
OFF THE CHARTS AS OF EIGHT/22.
NO MORE THREAT OF COVID-19.
WHY IS THE CITY OF GLENDALE
DOUBLING DOWN WITH FINES, ETC.?
THAT IS MY QUESTION.
>> YOU FOLKS ARE GIVING ME A LOT
OF AMMUNITION.
YOU ARE NOT MAKING IT HARD FOR
ME.
THE MAN THAT GOT THAT AWARD,
WHATEVER, THE REAL ESTATE GUIDE.
THE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE IN THE
NURSING HOME.
DO YOU KNOW THAT GOVERNOR CUOMO
FROM NEW YORK AND GRETCHEN
WIDMAR FOR MICHIGAN AND GOVERNOR
CUOMO ARE BEING INVESTIGATED BY
THE DOJ FOR FORCING NURSING
HOMES AND THESE CARE FACILITIES
TO TAKE COVID POSITIVE PATIENTS.
45% OF ALL THE DEATHS OF COVID
IN THIS COUNTRY WERE OUT OF
THESE NURSING HOMES.
OK.
THEY REDUCED DID JUST THIS
WEEKEND.
THE CDC COMMENTS ON THE WEBSITE,
DO YOUR RESEARCH.
THEY REDUCED IT TO 161,000 9002
-- 161,000 TO 9002 ONLY FROM
COVID.
THE OTHER WORK ON MOBILITY'S --
KOMAL BRUTALITIES -- THE OTHERS
WERE COMORBIDITIES.
0.027 OF THE POPULATION OF THIS
COUNTRY, THE HEALTHY PEOPLE
ACTUALLY GOT SICK AND DIED.
THE SEASONAL FLU IN THE LAST 10
YEARS KILLED UP TO 61,000 PEOPLE
PER YEAR AND THIS HAS KILLED
9200 HEALTHY PEOPLE.
AND ZERO KIDS IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA HAVE DIED AND YOU'VE
GOT THE PLAYGROUNDS CLOSED, YET
YOU HAVE THE TENNIS COURTS OPEN
FOR THE ADULTS.
YOU HAVE THE PEOPLE PLAYING THE
BOARDGAMES AND THE SENIORS THAT
ARE THE MOST AFFECTED BY THIS TO
BE SIDE-BY-SIDE.
THERE ARE SIGNS ALL OVER THE
PARK.
YET THEY ARE DISOBEYING THE
SIGNS AND THEY ARE NOT BEING
CITED.
SOMETHING IS VERY, VERY WRONG.
THIS IS BEING POORLY MISMANAGED.
85% OF COVID DEATHS WERE FROM
PEOPLE OVER 65.
ONLY 6%.
I ALREADY SAID THAT.
I THINK I'M DONE.
I OVER WENT LAST WEEK SO MAYBE
I'M GOING UNDER THIS WEEK.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
MAYOR AGAJANIAN: THANK YOU.
>> VIRGINIA.
YOU ARE LIVE.
>> THANK YOU.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT
AND A QUESTION AND CONCERN
REGARDING THIS APPLICANT WITH
THIS CASE NUMBER.
AMONG THE OTHER CONCERNS
REGARDING PARTIES AND VIOLATIONS
OF CODE, I HAVE VERY CONCERNED
ABOUT THE ENERGY.
IT IS OUR CITY SUFFERING FROM
ELECTRICITY AND WATER.
YOU ARE PLANNING TO BRING --
THESE PEOPLE NEEDED.
BUT I DON'T THINK THIS IS THE
CORRECT TIME, NOR THE -- NEEDED
THE CORRECT PLACE FOR THIS.
-- NEITHER THE CORRECT PLACE FOR
THIS.
HE WILL MAKE THESE PEOPLE SUFFER
OR THEY MAY HAVE A BETTER PLACE.
DOES MY COMMENT, HOW ARE YOU
PLANNING TO SOLVE ALL THOSE
PROBLEMS?
-- THAT IS MY COMMENT.
HOW ARE YOU PLANNING TO SOLVE
ALL THOSE PROBLEMS?
>> MALCOLM?
>> I AM CALLING AS A GLENDALE
CITIZEN AND GETTING SICK AND
TIRED OF PEOPLE USING THIS FORUM
TO SPREAD LIES AND
DISINFORMATION ABOUT HOW THIS
DISEASE IS SPREAD.
WE ARE DOING VERY WELL IN LOS
ANGELES COUNTY.
OUR NUMBERS ARE WILL BECAUSE
PEOPLE ARE WEARING MASKS, THERE
ARE SOCIALLY DISTANCING AND WE
ARE KEEPING THE RATE DOWN.
I COMMEND WITH THE CITY COUNCIL
HAS DONE.
I COMMEND THEIR ACTIONS GOING ON
TO THE FUTURE.
I KNOW THERE IS NOTHING YOU CAN
DO TO STOP THE DISINFORMATION,
BUT I AM TIRED OF THE LIES BEING
SPREAD ON THIS FORUM.
THANK YOU.
>> THAT WAS THE FINAL COLOR.
WE HAVE NO MORE COLORS.
-- THAT WAS THE FINAL CALLER.
WE HAVE NO MORE CALLERS.
MAYOR AGAJANIAN: WHAT IS THE
NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
>> MANAGEMENT SERVICES REGARDING
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE
SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION ONE
MOTION DIRECTING STAFF TO
PREPARE AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND
THE GLENDALE MUNICIPAL CODE TO
ESTABLISH A SUSTAINABLE
COMMISSION TO MAKE
RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY
COUNCIL.
THAT IS RELATED TO THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CITY OF
GLENDALE TO HELP ENGAGE THE
COMMUNITY IN VARIOUS PUBLIC
EDUCATION OUTREACH AND RELATED
TO SUSTAINABILITY.
>> THANK YOU MAYOR AND MEMBERS
OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
BEFORE I TURN THIS OVER TO THE
ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER I WANTED
TO FIRST SAY TO YOU, IT WAS YOUR
FORESIGHT MANY YEARS AGO, I
WOULD SAY TWO TO THREE, POSSIBLY
FOUR YEARS AGO WHEN THE CITY
COUNCIL STARTED HAVING
CONVERSATIONS REGARDING HAVING
ASUS AND -- A SUSTAINABILITY
OFFICER POSITIONED HERE IN THE
CITY OF GLENDALE.
YOU WILL MEET MR. DAVID JONES.
I KNOW ALL OF YOU HAVE MET HIM,
BUT THIS WILL BE AN INNER
DIRECTION -- AN INTRODUCTION TO
HIM TO THE COMMITTEE.
THE COUSIN OF -- BECAUSE OF THE
CITY COUNCIL'S DIRECTION AT THE
TIME TO HAVE THE POSITION IN
PLACE REALLY WAS THE BEGINNING
OF US PUTTING ALL OF THE PIECES
TOGETHER THAT THE CITY OF
GLENDALE HAD DONE AS IT RELATES
TO SUSTAINABILITY AND
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES.
AND HERE WE ARE TODAY WITH THE
APPROPRIATE POSITION IN PLACE
BASED ON THE DECISIONS THAT YOU
ALL HAD MADE AND WE HAVE A
SUSTAINABILITY OFFICER IN PLACE.
AND THE COUNCIL HAS REQUESTED TO
COME FORWARD RELATED TO A
SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION AND
THE POSSIBILITY OF HAVING ONE IN
PLACE, WHICH YOU WILL DISCUSS
THIS EVENING.
SO I WILL ASK HIM TO INTRODUCE
OUR SUSTAINABILITY OFFICER AND
GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF ACHERON
ABOUT MR. JONES.
-- BIT OF BACKGROUND ABOUT MR.
JONES.
>> I AM VERY EXCITED TO
INTRODUCE THE COUNCIL OFFICIALLY
AND COMMUNITY TO OUR VERY FIRST
SUSTAINABILITY OFFICER.
DAVID JONES, WHO COMES TO US VIA
-- VIA THE CITY OF LANCASTER
WHERE HE SPENT SIX YEARS
MANAGING THE ENVIRONMENTAL
COMPLIANCE PROGRAM FOR THAT CITY
.
PRIOR TO LANCASTER HE SPENT 10
YEARS MANAGING THE OFFICE OF
SUSTAINABILITY AT THE UNIVERSITY
OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE.
HE HAS ALSO BEEN ON THE
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF
INFRASTRUCTURE DESIGN
ENVIRONMENT SUSTAINABILITY
CENTER.
HE WAS THE CHAIR AT UNC
CHARLOTTE EXECUTIVE
SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE AND THE
PAST CHAIR ON THE VACATION
COMMITTEE OF THE U.S. BUILDING
COUNCIL CHARLOTTE REGIONAL
CHAPTER.
MR. JONES HOLDS A MASTER OF
SCIENCE DEGREE FROM EDINBURGH,
UNIVERSITY AND SCOTLAND, AS WELL
AS A POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND
BUSINESS.
WITH THAT, IT IS MY DISTINCT
PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE MR. DAVID
JONES, WHO WILL WALK YOU THROUGH
A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION.
BOTH HE ANDI WILL BE AVAILABLE
TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.
MAYOR AGAJANIAN: MR. JONES.
WELCOME TO GLENDALE.
MR. JONES: I AM HAPPY TO BE
HERE.
MAY I REMOVE MY MATH TO TALK --
MAY I REMOVE MY MASK TO TALK?
I AM HERE TO PRESENT ON THE
REPORT AND MOTION DIRECTING
STAFF TO AMEND THE MUNICIPAL
CODE TO ESTABLISH
SUSTAINABILITY.
STARTING WITH BACKGROUND.
ON JUNE 2020, THE CITY COUNCIL
ASKED STAFF TO RESEARCH THE
FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING THE
SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION.
THE COMMISSION WOULD BE TO
ADVISE AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS
TO CITY COUNCIL ON MATTERS
RELATED TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF
THE GLENDALE SUSTAINABLE -- CITY
OF GLENDALE SUSTAINABILITY
POLICIES.
THE COMMISSION WOULD HELP ENGAGE
THE COMMUNITY BY PARTICIPATING
IN VARIOUS PUBLIC EDUCATION,
OUTREACH AND PROMOTIONAL
ACTIVITY RELATED TO
SUSTAINABILITY.
IN ORDER TO DETERMINE BEST
PRACTICES, WE REACHED OUT TO A
NUMBER OF CITIES, INCLUDING
PASADENA, HOMS SPRINGS, CHULA
VISTA AND LONG BEACH TO
UNDERSTAND HOW THEY RAN THEIR
SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION'S AND
HOW THEY HAVE ADVISED THE CITY
COUNCILS.
THE ALSO RECEIVED INPUT FROM A
COMMUNITY GROUP.
THE ANALYSIS FOUND THAT THE
SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION AND
THE AREAS OF SUSTAINABILITY IN
GENERAL, RESEARCHERS
CONSERVATION AND PRESERVATION OF
NATURAL RESOURCES, ENERGY
EFFICIENCY AND LOW CARBON
TECHNOLOGIES, WASTE REDUCTION
PROGRAMS, URBAN DESIGN,
TRANSPORTATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE ISSUES.
A NUMBER OF THE COMMITTEES OF
THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSIONS
ALSO ASSISTED IN EDUCATING THE
CAMPAIGNS.
RAISING THE PROFILES OF THEIR
CITY SUSTAINABILITY.
THE PROPOSED MAKEUP OF THE
SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION WOULD
TO BE -- WOULD BE TO HAVE FIVE
MEMBERS APPOINTED BY CITY
COUNCIL WITH FOUR-YEAR TERMS
WITH A THREE TERM LIMIT.
IN ADDITION, IT IS PROPOSED THAT
TO STUDENT MEMBERS SERVE
ONE-YEAR TERMS WHO WOULD BE
APPOINTED BY THE COMMISSION.
THE POTENTIAL STRUCTURE OF THE
SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE TO
PROVIDE ADVICE TO THE CITY
COUNCIL MAY BE BASED ON THE FIVE
PATHWAYS FRAMEWORK, PROMOTED BY
THE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR
LOCAL INITIATIVES.
IT IS NOT NEW TO GLENDALE.
THE METHODOLOGIES WERE USED
DURING THE AGREEMENT CREATING
THE AGREEMENT.
THE FIVE PATHWAYS MAY PROVIDE
THE SUSTAINABILITY OF FRAMEWORK
TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO CITY
COUNCIL.
THE FIVE PATHWAYS WILL BE LOW
EMISSIONS DEVELOPMENTS, SO THIS
FOCUS IS ON GREENHOUSE GAS
EMISSIONS AND REDUCTIONS.
AREAS OF INTEREST MAY INCLUDE
HEATING, COOLING, LIGHTING
SYSTEMS.
TRANSPORTATION, THE BUILT
ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY SOLUTIONS
AND MOBILITY SYSTEMS.
AREA NUMBER TWO FOCUSES ON
PROTECTING AND ENHANCING
BIODIVERSITY IN THE ECOSYSTEM.
THINGS LIKE AIR QUALITY, WATER
QUALITY AND GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE
DEVELOPMENT.
AREA NUMBER THREE FOCUSES ON
CONSUMPTION PRACTICES.
AREAS OF INTEREST MAY INCLUDE
REDUCE, REUSE AND RECYCLING
PRACTICES.
SUSTAINABLE BUILDING DESIGN AND
ACCESS TO RESOURCES.
HOPING ON MAKING RESILIENCE AND
DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES.
THIS MAY BE DUE TO THE POTENTIAL
SUSTAINABILITY PLAN AND
POTENTIAL FOR AN ACTION PLAN
THAT THE COMMISSION MAY ADVISE
THE CITY COUNCIL ON.
THE FINAL AREAS OUT OF EQUITABLE
DEVELOPMENT.
THIS FOCUSES ON CREATING
INCLUSIVE COMMUNITIES THAT
ADDRESSES PROPERTY.
IT MAY INCLUDE ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE, PUBLIC HEALTH AND FOOD
SECURITY.
AND FINALLY, AS MENTIONED
EARLIER, THE SUSTAINABILITY
COMMISSION WOULD SEEK TO THE
PATIENT AND REGIONAL
STAKEHOLDERS AND SUPPORT
EDUCATION OUTREACH ACTIVITIES
LATER TO THE CITY OF GLENDALE
SUSTAINABILITY.
WITH THAT, CITY STAFF IS SEEKING
DIRECTION FROM THE CITY COUNCIL
FOR THE STATED PURPOSES --
PURPOSE AND FUNCTION OF
SUSTAINABILITY.
MAYOR AGAJANIAN: THE ONLY THING
I HAVE TO SAY IS I FEEL THAT THE
RESPONSIBILITY OF THIS
COMMISSION OVERLAPS THE OTHER
COMMISSIONS AND THEY DON'T KNOW
HOW WE WILL SEPARATE THE
FRAMEWORK WITH THIS GROUP.
HOW YOU WILL SEPARATE THEM?
>> MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE
CITY COUNCIL.
IF THE COUNCIL SO CHOOSES TO GO
DOWN THIS PATH THIS EVENING IT
GIVES US THAT DIRECTION.
WHAT WILL BE IMPORTANT IS FOR US
TO THEN COME BACK TO THE CITY
COUNCIL WITH VERY SPECIFIC
FRAMEWORK OF THE PURVIEW OF WHAT
THE COMMISSION WOULD HAVE.
THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES, WHAT
THEIR PURVIEW WOULD BE IN VERY
SPECIFIC TERMS BY WAY OF AN
ORDINANCE, ULTIMATELY.
AS ALL OF OUR COMMISSIONS HAVE
SPECIFIC LANGUAGE PERTAINING TO
EACH OF THEM IN TERMS OF WHAT
THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES ARE, THE
SAME WOULD BE IN PLACE FOR THIS
COMMISSION SHOULD THE COUNCIL
GIVE THAT DIRECTION THIS
EVENING.
BUT WE WOULD THEN HAVE TO GO AND
WORK ON THAT LANGUAGE, BE VERY
SPECIFIC IN TERMS OF WHAT OTHER
JURISDICTIONS MAY HAVE AS PART
OF THE LANGUAGE ON THE
COMMISSIONS THAT THEY HAVE IN
PLACE.
SEE WHAT HAS WORKED FOR THESE
OTHER CITIES, WHAT HAS NOT
WORKED FOR THESE OTHER CITIES,
AND ULTIMATELY BRING OPTIONS TO
THE CITY COUNCIL IN TERMS OF
WHAT YOUR COMFORT LEVEL MAY BE.
IF YOU PROVIDE US WITH OVERALL
DIRECTION THIS EVENING WITH SOME
THOUGHTS ABOUT WHAT THOSE
PARAMETERS ARE, WE CAN ALSO TAKE
THAT FEEDBACK THIS EVENING AS
WELL AND RESEARCH THIS ITEM
S'MORE.
SO, SOME OPTIONS FOR YOU MR.
MAHER AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY
COUNCIL, AS YOU HAVE THE
DELIBERATIVE PROCESS IN
DISCUSSING THIS.
MAYOR AGAJANIAN: MY COUNCIL
MEMBERS, DO THEY HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR MR.
JONES?
>> THERE MAY BE CALLERS.
MAYOR AGAJANIAN: DO WE HAVE ANY?
>> NO.
>> I DO HAVE A QUESTION.
I HAVE SPOKEN TO MR. JONES AND I
WAS HAPPY TO MEET WITH HIM
TODAY.
I DO HAVE SOME COMMENTS.
UNLESS YOU WANT TO GO THROUGH
QUESTIONS FIRST.
MAYOR AGAJANIAN: GO AHEAD WITH
YOUR COMMENTS.
COUNCILMEMBER BROTMAN: FIRST OF
ALL, I AM VERY, VERY EXCITED WE
ARE AT THIS POINT.
I'M VERY HAPPY THAT DAVID IS ON
BOARD AND I AM EXCITED THAT
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A
SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION.
WE HAVE DONE SOME GOOD THINGS
HERE IN GLENDALE, BUT WE STILL
HAVE A LOT OF WORK AHEAD, AS WE
ALL HAVE RECOGNIZED.
AND THIS IS, AS YOU ALL KNOW, A
PARTICULAR PASSION OF MINE AND
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES,
SUSTAINABILITY, CLIMATE,
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, THAT IS
WHAT GOT ME INVOLVED IN THE CITY
IN THE FIRST PLACE.
SO IT'S REALLY EXCITING AND I
WANT TO THANK STAFF FOR PULLING
ALL OF THIS TOGETHER.
TO ME, THE KEY ISSUE IS TO MAKE
SURE THAT THE COMMISSION CAN
PLAY A MEANINGFUL ROLE IN
FORMULATING POLICY, AND ALSO IN
ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY, SO IT'S
BOTH.
IF THE INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL.
I REALLY WANTED TO HAVE REAL
INFLUENCE.
I JUMP JUST WANT A COMMISSION
THAT HEARS REPORTS AND KNOBS
THEIR HEAD -- NODS THEIR HEADS.
THERE SHOULD BE SOME SMALL
BUDGET TO SUPPORT SUSTAINABILITY
PROJECTS.
SOMETHING THAT WOULD KIND OF
TAKE IT TO A HIGHER LEVEL OVER
HOW THE COMMISSION'S FUNCTION.
THERE IS A VERY BIG BUDGET AND I
AM NOT EXPECTING THIS TO BE
THAT.
SOMETHING WOULD BE HELPFUL.
AS FAR AS THE PARAMETERS THAT
THE CITY MANAGER WAS TALKING
ABOUT, I WOULD HAVE WORDED IT A
LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY THEM WHAT
I SEE IN THE REPORT THAT I DON'T
THINK THAT MATTERS.
I WOULD LIKE TO LAY OUT WHAT I
THINK THAT THE IMPORTANT
PARAMETERS.
I HAVE SEVEN OR EIGHT POINTS.
I WON'T GO INTO THEM IN DETAIL.
 C1
FIRST AND FOREMOST COMMISSION
SHOULD BE ADVISING US ALL ABOUT
PUTTING TOGETHER CLIMATE ACTION
PLAN OR SUSTAINABILITY PLAN.
I WOULD INCLUDE THINGS LIKE
SELECTING THE CONSULTANT, AND
DIRECT INVOLVEMENT IN COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT AROUND THE PLAN.
THAT IS NUMBER ONE, WE NEED TO
KICK THAT OFF IMMEDIATELY.
ALSO I WOULD WANT TO SEE THE
COMMISSION BE RESPONSIBLE FOR
MEASURING AND MONITORING
PROGRESS TOWARD ACHIEVING THE
GOALS WE WILL HAVE IN THE
CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, TO ENSURE
ACCOUNTABILITY.
I THINK THAT IS ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT FALLS SHORT IN THE
GREATER GLENDALE PLAN IS THERE
WASN'T A PROCESS FOR KEY
PERFORMANCE INDICATORS AND
ONGOING ACCOUNTABILITY.
I WOULD LIKE THE COMMISSION TO
BE DOING THAT.
BEYOND THAT, THERE ARE POLICIES
-- FOR INSTANCE, NUMBER ONE,
ACHIEVING 100% CLEAN ENERGY BY
2030, OR THE EARLIEST ACHIEVABLE
DATE.
DEFINITELY WANT TO BE LOOKING AT
ENERGY ISSUES.
THERE IS AN OVERLAP WITH THE GWP
COMMISSION BUT I THINK WE CAN
TALK ABOUT HOW TO WORK THAT OUT.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE THE COMMISSION
TO ADVISE ON POLICIES TO
ELECTRIFY BUILDINGS AND
TRANSPORTATION.
I WOULD LIKE THE COMMISSION TO
ADVANCE -- ADVISE ON POLICIES TO
SHIFT US TO A LESS CAR CENTRIC
TRANSPORTATION.
WE HAVE SOME OVERLAP WITH THE
TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION AND WE
WILL HAVE TO WORK THAT OUT.
I DON'T THINK IT'S TERRIBLE TO
HAVE TWO COMMISSIONS LOOKING AT
THE SAME ISSUES.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE THEM TO ADVISE
ON ACHIEVING ZERO WASTE,
INCLUDING HOW WE REDUCE OR
ELIMINATE DEPENDENCE ON THE
LANDFILL.
AND SOME OF THE THINGS STAFF ARE
LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW LIKE A
PURCHASING PLAN AND EXTENDED
PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY.
THEN, VERY IMPORTANTLY, AND I
KNOW MR. JONES KILLS THIS WAY,
IT HAS TO ADDRESS CLIMATE
RESILIENCE AND ADAPTATION,
INCLUDING THINGS THAT WE WILL DO
TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THE CITY
LIVABLE AS IT GETS HOTTER AND
HOTTER.
THAT WILL HAVE TO DO WITH URBAN
FOR STING AND THINGS LIKE WATER
RESILIENCE AND FIRE RISK.
AND LASTLY, ON POLICIES TO
REDUCE EMBEDDED CARBON IN OUR
BUILD ENVIRONMENT.
HOW WE ARE BUILDING AND HOW WE
CAN REDUCE OR EVEN EXTRACT
CARBON OUT OF THE ATMOSPHERE
WHEN WE BUILD.
THOSE ARE THE ISSUES I WOULD
LIKE THE COMMISSION TO LOOK AT,
PERSONALLY.
I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A STRONG
COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND EDUCATION
FUNDING -- AND EDUCATION.
I WOULD LIKE TO GET SOMEONE FROM
GLENDALE COLLEGE, FROM THE
SUSTAINABILITY GROUP, AND I CAN
CONNECT ANYONE WHO WANTS TO TO
CONNECT WITH THE PROFESSOR WHO
MENTORS THAT GROUP.
ALSO ONE FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL
WOULD BE GREAT.
WE HAVE A GOOD SUSTAINABILITY
PROGRAM AT CLARK.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY CALL IT
THAT WE HAVE STUDENTS STUDYING
THOSE ISSUES, AND THAT WOULD BE
A GREAT PLACE TO FIND SOME
STUDENTS, OR ELSEWHERE.
I JUST WANTED TO LAY OUT MY
THOUGHTS ON THE SUSTAINABILITY
COMMISSION.
AGAIN, THANK YOU, AND I LOOK
FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.
MAYOR AGAJANIAN: THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS BY
COLLEAGUES?
ANYBODY WANTS TO TALK?
COUNCILMEMBER KASSAKHIAN: I ECHO
MUCH OF WHAT WAS BROUGHT UP.
I THINK THE COMMISSION HAS BEEN
A LONG TIME COMING AND I AM
EXCITED ABOUT IT.
I BELIEVE THAT JUST AS
COUNCILMEMBER BROTMAN ROD UP, IF
WE CAN -- ARE BROUGHT UP, IF WE
CAN HAVE PLANS, PUBLISH
MATERIALS, WORK WITH LOCAL
SCHOOLS.
I WOULD PICK ONE FROM THE
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT AND ONE
FROM THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
MAYBE NOT STRICT IT TO -- WE
HAVE HOLY FAMILY AS WELL, BUT
MAYBE FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL.
-- THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL.
HAVING THEM WORKING WITH SCHOOLS
AND THE COLLEGE AND ALSO
REPORTING BACK TO COUNCIL.
I THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT, JUST
AS WE HAVE THE AUDIT REPORT
WROUGHT BACK TO US RECENTLY THAT
ALL OF OUR BOARDS AND
COMMISSIONS, AT LEAST
PERIODICALLY REPORT BACK WHERE
WE RECEIVE AT LEAST AN ANNUAL
REPORT AS TO WHAT THE SCOPE OF
THE WORK HAS BEEN AND WHAT THEY
HAVE ACCOMPLISHED.
AND WHAT ISSUES THEY ARE
PLANNING ON WORKING ON.
WITH THAT, I WANT TO THANK MR.
JONES AND WELCOME HIM TO
GLENDALE.
WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK FOR YOU,
WE WILL KEEP YOU VERY BUSY.
WE ARE EXCITED YOU ARE PART OF
THE TEAM.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, AND I WILL
SUPPORT THIS ITEM.
MAYOR AGAJANIAN: THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER DEVINE: THANK YOU,
MAYOR.
AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THIS IS
GOING TO BE BASED IN MANAGEMENT.
YOUR POSITION, MR. JONES, AND
THE COMMISSION AS WELL.
I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE BUDGET
COSTS, BUT I HAVE BEEN TOLD IT
WILL BE SHARED.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT, THE COST
FOR THE COMMISSION?
>> YES, YOU ARE CORRECT, AS IT
STANDS CURRENTLY, IN LAST YEAR'S
BUDGET, WE DIVIDED THE COST OF
MR. JONES'S SALARY AS WELL AS
ANCILLARY COSTS THAT GO ALONG
WITH HIS DUTIES BETWEEN THE TWO
DEPARTMENTS, THE TWO LARGER --
CARING THE RESOURCES AS WELL AS
BEING INVOLVED IN ENVIRONMENTAL
SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES AND
INITIATIVES.
I THINK AS IT STANDS, IT IS
CURRENTLY 65% GWP AND 35% BY
PUBLIC WORKS.
COUNCILMEMBER DEVINE: EXCELLENT.
WELCOME, MR. JONES.
I THINK WE ALL HAD CONVERSATIONS
WITH YOU AND I HOPE THAT YOU
WILL BE HAPPY IN GLENDALE.
I FEEL THE COMMISSION IS
IMPORTANT FOR FUTURE PROGRESS
AND SUSTAINABILITY.
OUR CITY, WE HAVE LOFTY GOALS,
AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
YOU AND WORKING WITH THIS
COMMISSION, AND HOPEFULLY WE
WILL GET QUALIFIED, PASSIONATE
ENVIRONMENTALISTS, COMMISSIONERS
INTERESTED IN THE ENVIRONMENT
APPOINTED TO THIS COMMISSION.
IT WILL GIVE OUR COMMUNITY
ENVIRONMENTALISTS FREEDOM TO DO
THE RESEARCH, FORM IDEAS, MAKE
SUGGESTIONS, BUT AT THE SAME
TIME, THE COMMISSION WILL HAVE
THE TEMPERED APPROACH AND A
PROCESS THAT WILL BE AN ADVISORY
ON FOR COUNSEL AND FOR YOU.
ALMOST LIKE A CHECK AND BALANCE.
I DO LKE THE IDEA OF THE YOUNG
EX OFFICIO'S.
WHEN I WAS ON THE STATUS OF
WOMEN, WE ALWAYS HAD TWO YOUNG
WOMEN AND THEY LEARNED SO MUCH.
SUCH A GOOD EXPERIENCE TO BE
INVOLVED IN GOVERNMENT.
FINDING A COUPLE OF YOUNG
ACTIVISTS I AM SURE WILL NOT BE
A PROBLEM.
THE COMBINATION OF EXPERTS IN
THE FIELD IS ALWAYS A PLUS.
I AM EXCITED AND I AM EXCITED
FOR YOU, MR. JONES, TO GET
STARTED, AND TO GET THE
COMMISSION ON THE ROAD.
I AM HERE TO APPROVE THE
SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION.
THANK YOU.
MAYOR AGAJANIAN: THANK YOU.
I GUESS I WILL GO TO
COUNCILMEMBER NAJARIAN.
COUNCILMEMBER NAJARIAN: THANK
YOU, I WANT TO WELCOME MR.
JONES.
WE HAVE TALKED MANY YEARS ABOUT
CREATING YOUR OFFICE AND
DIVISION IN THE MANAGEMENT
SERVICES UMBRELLA.
THERE WERE MANY QUALIFIED
CANDIDATES VYING FOR THE JOB AND
I'M VERY HAPPY THAT YOU CAME OUT
ON TOP.
YOU ARE THE VERY BEST, YOUR
BACKGROUND AND EXPERIENCE, AND
WORK WITH OUR NEIGHBORING CITY
OF LANCASTER SPOKE VOLUMES FOR
ME.
I FOLLOWED LANCASTER, AS I
REPRESENT THEM IN TRANSPORTATION
ISSUES.
THEY'VE BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF
MUCH OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL WORK
IN THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES.
THEY ARE GOING ZERO FOR SOLAR
AND MANY OTHER GREAT THINGS.
THAT SPOKE VOLUMES.
TO BE QUITE HONEST, I LIKE THE
IDEA OF A COMMISSION, BUT I AM
LOOKING TO YOU TO LEAVE THIS
DEPARTMENT.
I THINK IT COMMISSION HAS ITS
PLACE, ADVISORY.
I DON'T WANT THE COMMISSION TO
BE DIRECTING YOU AS WHAT TO DO,
BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT INTERVIEWED
THE COMMISSION.
THE COMMISSION HAS ITS ROLE AND
DISCUSSING NEW IDEAS OUT THERE.
IF THERE IS A BUDGET, I WANTED
OVERSEEN BY YOU, AND I AM NOT
KEEN ON GIVING FIVE NONELECTED
COMMISSIONERS, NON-EMPLOYEES,
BUDGET AUTHORITY TO SPEND AS
THEY SEE FIT.
IF THERE IS A BUDGET, I'M NOT
SURE WHAT THE BUDGET SITUATION
IS, BUT IF WE DO HAVE A BUDGET,
IT WILL BE YOUR BUDGET, AT LEAST
IN MY MIND.
I THINK IT WOULD BE
INAPPROPRIATE TO GIVE IT TO THE
COMMISSION AND SAY YOU
COMMISSIONERS AND YOUNG PEOPLE
DECIDE WHAT YOU WANT TO DO.
I WANT THE COMMISSION TO RAISE
IDEAS, I WANT THEM TO BRING UP
POINTS OF DISCUSSION.
I DON'T NECESSARILY WANT THEM TO
FORMULATE POLICY.
THAT SHOULD COME TO THE CITY
COUNCIL.
WE ARE THE ONES THAT FORMULATE
POLICY.
WE'VE GOT A GOOD GROUP.
MR. BROTMAN PERHAPS LEADING THE
WAY WITH ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES.
I WOULD WANT ANY POLICY
DISCUSSION TO BE AT THE CITY
COUNCIL LEVEL.
NOT TO SAY I WOULD NOT WANT TO
HEAR IDEAS TO COME THROUGH THE
COMMISSION, THAT IS SOMETHING I
AM CERTAINLY AMENABLE TO.
IT DOES COVER A LOT OF GROUND.
IT IS VERY BROAD, AND GOING
THROUGH YOUR PRESENTATION, I AM
NOT SURE YOU WROTE THE
PRESENTATION BUT I KNOW YOU
PRESENTED IT -- I THINK IT IS
IMPORTANT WE CREATE SOME BRIGHT
LINES FOR THE COMMISSION.
WITHOUT THOSE BRIGHT LINES I
COULD SEE THE COMMISSION BEING
INVOLVED WITH GWP ISSUES,
PARKING RECREATION ISSUES,
HISTORIC PRESERVATION ISSUES,
REVIEW BOARD ISSUES, PLANNING
ISSUES, AND TRANSPORTATION AND
PARKING COMMISSION ISSUES.
I DON'T THINK IT DOES A SERVICE
TO THOSE COMMISSIONS TO HAVE
THEIR DEFINED ROLE, SOME IN OUR
CHARTER, SOME IN ORDINANCES, AS
TO WHERE THEIR AUTHORITY BEGINS
AND ENDS.
I DON'T WANT TO COMMISSION THAT
HAS ITS HAND AND EVERYONE ELSE'S
COMMISSION.
I THINK THAT'S A RECIPE FOR
TROUBLE.
I THINK IT WOULD BE TO
EVERYONE'S BENEFIT IF WE HAD A
SPECIFIC BRIGHT LINE BOUNDARIES
FOR THAT COMMISSION.
THE FIRST THING WOULD LIKE YOU
TO DO, AND PERHAPS WITH THE
COMMISSION'S HELP, AND PERHAPS
WITH HELP FROM STAFF, IS TO DO
AN INVENTORY ON EVERYTHING THE
CITY HAS DONE, SUSTAINABILITY
GOING BACK 10 YEARS AND MORE.
WE HAVE DONE A LOT.
WE DON'T HAVE IT IN A NEAT
PACKAGE LIKE THE CITY OF LIGHT
-- CITY OF L.A.
WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF THINGS IN
MANY AREAS FROM WASTE TO
TRANSPORTATION TO DESIGN, PARKS,
YOU NAME IT.
BUT THEY ARE SCATTERED HERE AND
THERE.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE ALL OF THEM
BROUGHT TOGETHER AND PERHAPS --
I KNOW WE HAD A BRIEF DISCUSSION
ABOUT THAT EARLIER.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT
FIRST STEP.
YOU WILL THEN BE LEARNING ABOUT
THE CITY.
I KNOW THIS WAS YOUR FIRST DAY
AND THEY POINTED OUT TO YOU
WHERE YOUR OFFICE WAS AND THE
EXITS AND RESTROOMS AND ALL OF
THAT, BUT THERE'S A LOT TO LEARN
IN THE CITY, AND PERHAPS GOING
OUT AND DOING THE INVENTORY,
WHICH IS CITYWIDE AND COVERS
MANY DEPARTMENTS, YOU WILL START
TO GET A FEEL FOR WHAT WE HAVE
DONE AND THEN UNDERSTAND WHERE
WE NEED TO GO.
IN FACT, THERE ARE THINGS WE
HAVE DONE THAT EVEN I HAVE
FORGOTTEN ABOUT.
YOU NAME IT.
THERE HAS BEEN A LOT WE HAVE
DONE.
BUT UNFORTUNATELY WE'VE NOT HAD
YOUR DEPARTMENT WHERE WE COULD
PUT IT ALL TOGETHER AND MAKE IT
COMPREHENSIVE.
PEOPLE ASK IS, WHERE HAVE YOU --
WHAT HAVE YOU DONE IN GLENDALE,
WHAT HAVE YOU GOT TO SHOW FOR
YOUR GREENOUGH GLENDALE PLAN?
A LOT OF THE PLAN HAS BEEN
IMPLEMENTED IN DIFFERENT WAYS
BUT NOT CONSOLIDATED SO SOMEONE
COULD UNDERSTAND -- I SEE YOU
HAVE DONE THIS, MAYBE THE NEXT
UP IS THAT.
I THINK IF WERE LOOKING AT A
WORK PLAN, BEFORE WE GET TOO FAR
AHEAD, WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND
WHERE WE ARE CURRENTLY.
AND I THINK THE IDEAS AND
DISCUSSIONS WILL THEN NATURALLY
STEM FROM THAT INITIAL
ASSESSMENT.
THAT'S WHAT I AM THINKING.
TO BE HONEST, COLLEAGUES, I WAS
GOING TO SAY LET'S PUT THIS OFF
AND GIVE MR. JONES AT LEAST SX
MONTHS TO GET HIS FEET WET AND
GET A FEEL FOR WHERE WE ARE, BUT
I GET THE SENSE THAT WE HAVE
SOME SORT OF URGENCY TO GET THE
BALL ROLLING SO I'M NOT GOING TO
STAND IN THE WAY OF PROGRESS OR
JUSTICE, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE,
IF YOU WILL.
I WOULD SAY LET'S GO FORWARD,
BUT WITH ALL OF THOSE CAVEATS, I
WOULD LIKE STAFF -- I KNOW IT
WOULD COME BACK TO US -- I WOULD
LIKE STAFF TO KEEP THAT IN MIND
AS WE SET THE PARAMETERS AND THE
WORK PLAN AND BUDGETS, AND THOSE
SORT OF THINGS.
THAT'S WHERE I AM AT.
I'M GLAD WE ARE AT THIS POINT
AND WE HAVE A LOT OF EXCITING
WORK AHEAD OF US.
THANK YOU.
MAYOR AGAJANIAN: THANK YOU.
MR. JONES, ONE MORE TIME,
WELCOME TO GLENDALE.
I AM SURE YOU'RE GOING TO DO A
VERY GOOD JOB.
MY CONCERN IS THE COMMISSION.
MY COLLEAGUES VERY ELOQUENTLY
SAID IT ALL AND LEFT ME WITH
NOTHING.
BUT I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE
ABOUT THE JOB OF THE COMMISSION,
SOMETHING YOU HAVE TO WORK ON
WITH THE CITY MANAGER, ASSISTANT
CITY MANAGER.
BUT I WANT TO SEE AN ENGINEER,
SPECIFICALLY, WHAT IS THE
RESPONSIBILITY OF THIS GROUP?
THE COMMISSIONS WORK TOGETHER,
ONE LOOKING AT AN ISSUE AND THE
OTHER LOOKING AT THAT ISSUE ALSO
AND THEY COME UP WITH BETTER
IDEAS.
BUT WHEN IT OVERLAPS, IT CAUSES
PROBLEMS LIKE ANY PROJECT.
I DID PROJECTS AND OVERLAPPING
DIFFERENT GROUPS, DIFFERENT
TRADES, AND IT CAUSES A PROBLEM
AND IS NOT CLEAR WHO WAS
RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT.
THEY MINGLE OR INTERFERE WITH
OTHERS'S JOBS.
THAT'S MY CONCERN.
REALLY A HAS TO DO WITH
TRANSPORTATION AND PARKING,
PARKS COMMISSION, GWP, PLANNING,
ALTERING -- ART AND CULTURE.
WE HAVE TO SEPARATE THEM AND NOT
HAVE CONFLICTS OR PROBLEMS, THE
DIFFERENT COMMISSIONS, WITH EACH
OTHER.
THAT IS MY CONCERN.
YOU WANT TO ADD SOMETHING?
>> YES, IF I MAY.
WE TRULY APPRECIATE YOUR
FEEDBACK.
AS WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, THIS
WAS TO SET OUT THE
BROAD-SPECTRUM OF WHAT A
SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION CAN
GET INVOLVED IN, AND BASED ON
THE DIRECTION WE RECEIVED TODAY
AND THE FEEDBACK WE HAVE GOTTEN,
WE WILL BRING BACK AN ITEM AND
FINE TUNE THE ASPECTS THAT
COUNCIL MEMBERS INDIVIDUALLY AND
AS A GROUP HAVE DIRECTED US TO
DO.
IN RESPONSE TO YOUR QUESTION,
I'M LOOKING AT THE GWP
COMMISSION, POWERS AND DUTIES
GENERALLY SPEAKING, AND THERE IS
NO MENTION OF ANY ENVIRONMENTAL
OR SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES OR
PROGRAMS.
THAT SAID, WE WILL GO BACK AND
MAKE SURE THERE ARE NO OVERLAP
OF DUTIES, NO DUPLICATION OF
EFFORTS, THAT WILL NOT SERVE
ANYONE WELL.
WHEN WE BRING IT BACK, WE WILL
BE MORE SPECIFIC, WE WILL FIND
TUNE THE ITEMS FOR COUNSEL
REVIEW AND APPROVAL BEFORE WE
MOVE FORWARD WITH DRAFTING AN
ORDINANCE TO ESTABLISH THE
COMMISSION.
MAYOR AGAJANIAN: THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER BROTMAN: I WOULD
LIKE TO ADD A COUPLE OF THINGS.
FIRST OF ALL TO THE COMMENT
ABOUT SETTING POLICY, I AGREE
WITH YOU AND I SPECIFICALLY SAID
ADVISE ON POLICIES, NOT
ESTABLISHED POLICIES.
SO I THINK THE IDEA IS WE HAVE A
SMART GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO CAN
ADVISE ON POLICIES AND A BROAD
RANGE OF AREAS.
I WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT POINT.
ON THE ISSUE OF OVERLAPS, THE
REALITY IS SUSTAINABILITY CUTS
ACROSS EVERYTHING WE DO.
THERE IS REALLY NO WAY TO -- AND
I THINK WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
ADVISORY GROUPS.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY HARM
IN HAVING A SUSTAINABILITY
COMMISSION, LOOKING AT THINGS
FROM A CERTAIN PERSPECTIVE AND
WATER AND POWER LOOKING FROM A
DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE.
I DON'T SEE THAT CREATES ANY
HARM.
IT GIVES US MORE INTERESTING
IDEAS AND A DIVERSE RANGE OF
VIEWS.
TO ME, THAT IS NOT A PROBLEM.
I DON'T THINK YOU CAN DROP RIGHT
LINES BECAUSE THE FACT OF THE
MATTER IS, LOOK AT WHAT IS
IMPORTANT FOR SUSTAINABILITY --
POWER, TRANSPORTATION, THE
ENVIRONMENT.
IT IS INEVITABLY GOING TO CUT
ACROSS.
I JUST WANT US TO BE REALISTIC
ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I DON'T THINK
YOU CAN BOX THESE THINGS UP.
ANYWAY, I WANTED TO MAKE THOSE
TWO POINTS.
IQ.
MAYOR AGAJANIAN: -- THANK YOU.
MAYOR AGAJANIAN: THANK YOU.
>> BEFORE YOU MOVE ON, I HAVE A
COLLAR ON THE LINE.
MONICA?
>> I JUST WANTED TO SAY GOOD
EVENING TO THE MAYOR AND CITY
COUNCILMEMBERS, CITY STAFF, I AM
A STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBER OF
OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY GROUP CALLED
THE GLENDALE ENVIRONMENTAL
COALITION, AND ON BEHALF OF OUR
GROUP, I WANTED TO WELCOME MR.
JONES TO OUR CITY AND TO THANK
HIM FOR JOINING US AND HELPING
TO PROPEL ALL OF THE THINGS WE
HAVE UNDERTAKEN IN THE CITY, TO
MOVE US FORWARD, AND I
APPRECIATE THAT STAFF IS BEING
SUPPORTIVE OF THE IDEA OF
ESTABLISHING A COMMISSION AND I
HOPE THIS COMMISSION WILL BE OF
USE TO MR. JONES AND HIS WORK IN
HIS ADVISORY CAPACITY.
I THINK SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES,
ESPECIALLY RESILIENCE, IT IS A
HEAVY LIFT AND WICKED USE ALL
THE HELP WE CAN GET, AND HAVING
A GROUP OF EXPERTS WHO SPEND
THEIR LIVES DOING THIS WORK CAN
ONLY HELP OUR WHOLE CITY AND ALL
OF THE STAFF WORKING SO HARD ON
SO MANY PROJECTS.
SO WELCOME, MR. JONES, AND THANK
YOU AGAIN TO COMING TO GLENDALE
AND BEING PART OF OUR COMMUNITY.
MAYOR AGAJANIAN: THANK YOU.
>> NO MORE CALLERS.
MAYOR AGAJANIAN: THANK YOU.
OK.
>> WE HAVE A MOTION, MR. MAYOR.
MAYOR AGAJANIAN: WHO IS OFFERING
THE MOTION?
COUNCILMEMBER DEVINE: I MOVED
THE ITEM.
MAYOR AGAJANIAN: A SECOND?
COUNCILMEMBER BROTMAN: YES.
COUNCILMEMBER DEVINE: YES.
COUNCILMEMBER KASSAKHIAN: YES.
COUNCILMEMBER NAJARIAN: YES.
MAYOR AGAJANIAN: YES.
>> POLICE, RESOLUTION DISPENSING
WITH COMPETITIVE BIDDING AND
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO
EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH AXON
ENTERPRISES TO PURCHASE TASERS
AND RELATED LICENSES,
MAINTENANCE AND PARTS FOR PERIOD
OF FIVE YEARS AND AMOUNT NOT TO
EXCEED $595,000 $315.
>> THANK YOU, WE WILL GO
DIRECTLY TO THE CHIEF TO PROVIDE
YOU WITH A REPORT ON THIS ITEM.
MAYOR AGAJANIAN: DO YOU COME
WITH OLIVES OFFICERS -- ALL OF
THE OFFICERS AND LIEUTENANTS?
>> THEY ARE HERE FOR THE
EXPERIENCE TONIGHT.
[LAUGHTER]
>> I AM BEFORE YOU TONIGHT
RESPECTFULLY ASKING TO REPLACE
OUR EXISTING TASERS WITH WHAT
THEY CALL THE TASER 7 PRODUCTS.
WE ARE ASKING TO ENTER INTO A
FIVE-YEAR AGREEMENT FOR AN
AMOUNT OF 595 $315  --$595,315.
THIS IS ALREADY ALLOCATED IN OUR
ASSET FORFEITURE ACCOUNT.
THE REASON FOR THIS IS THAT OUR
CURRENT TASERS, WHICH WE HAVE
USED IN EXCESS OF 10 YEARS, THEY
HAVE BASICALLY REACHED THE END
OF THEIR USEFUL LIFE.
TASERS PROVIDE POLICE OFFICERS
WITH A LESS LETHAL OPTION AS OUR
GOAL IS TO TAKE PEOPLE INTO
CUSTODY AS SAFELY AS POSSIBLE
WITHOUT INJURY TO EITHER THE
POLICE OFFICER OR THE PERSON WE
ARE TAKING INTO CUSTODY.
IT PROVIDES ONE OF THOSE OPTIONS
FOR US.
OUR POLICIES AND THE EQUIPMENT
WE HAVE ALL WORK TOGETHER IN
THIS PROCESS WITH OTHER
TECHNIQUES, SO A LOT OF TIMES,
WHERE TASERS ARE DEPLOYED, WITH
PEOPLE WITH EDGED WEAPONS, A
COMMON TERM IS A KNIFE, IT MIGHT
BE DANGEROUS AND YOU NEED SOME
DISTANCE, AND HAVING AN OPTION
THAT ALLOWS YOU TO INCAPACITATE
SOMEBODY SHOULD THE SITUATION
BECOME VIOLENT OR DANGEROUS
ALLOWS OFFICERS TO USE TIME AND
DISTANCE TO DE-ESCALATE THE
SITUATION BUT ALSO IF IT BECOMES
DANGEROUS, TO HANDLE IT AS
SAFELY AS POSSIBLE AND NOT
HAVING TO ESCALATE BEYOND THAT.
CURRENTLY WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY
170 TASERS AND ABOUT 66 ARE IN
NEED OF REPAIR.
WE ALSO NEED CARTRIDGES.
EVEN WITH EXISTING EQUIPMENT, WE
WOULD END UP SPENDING NEXT YEAR
SOMEWHERE BETWEEN $90,000 AND
$130,000 AND AN ESTIMATED
ONGOING EXPENSE OF $182,000 PER
YEAR TO MAINTAIN THE EXISTING
EQUIPMENT.
THEY ARE PLANNING TO PHASE OUT
THE CURRENT EQUIPMENT BUT
THEY'VE NOT GIVEN US A TIMEFRAME
FOR WHEN THAT WILL OCCUR.
NEW EQUIPMENT IS MORE EFFECTIVE
AND IT HAS ADVANTAGES FOR
OFFICERS WHEN YOU HAVE TO GO
INTO THAT.
THEY'VE UPGRADED THE TECHNOLOGY
FOR BETTER AIMING, BETTER
CONTACT SO THAT PEOPLE CANNOT
BRUSH THEM OFF, AND THE DEVICE
IS MORE LIKELY TO WORK THAN NOT,
IT GOES THROUGH THICKER
CLOTHING.
IT ALSO COMES WITH A FUTURE
WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE TO REMOVE
THE CARTRIDGES AND IT CAN REMOVE
WHAT IS CALLED ARC.
-- WHAT IS CALLED ARC.
TASERS MAKE A DISTINCTIVE SOUND.
80% OF THE TIME WHEN HE USE THAT
FEATURE, THE SITUATION ENDS
THERE AND YOU DON'T NEED TO
DEPLOY THE TASER FURTHER, WHICH
IS A GOOD THING FOR EVERYBODY
INVOLVED.
IT ALSO, THE CURRENT TASERS ARE
A SINGLE CARTRIDGE, THESE ARE
DOUBLE CARTRIDGE AND THAT ALLOWS
US TO BE EFFECTIVE AT CLOSER
RANGE.
SOMETIMES WE ARE WORKING IN
CLOSER QUARTERS AND IS NOT
ALWAYS POSSIBLE TO HAVE THAT
DISTANCE AND AGAIN, YOU WANT TO
BE ABLE TO GO TO A HIGHER LEVEL
OF FORCE IN THIS PROVIDES THAT
OPTION.
SURROUNDING JURISDICTIONS HAVE
MOVED TO THE NEW EQUIPMENT,
INCLUDING PASADENA, BURBANK,
LAPD, L.A. COUNTY SHERIFF'S
DEPARTMENT.
POLICE WORK IS SOMETIMES COMPLEX
AND DANGEROUS, AND OUR FOLKS GO
OUT THERE AND I WANT TO MAKE
SURE THEY HAVE THE EQUIPMENT
THAT PROVIDES LESS LETHAL
OPTIONS, EQUIPMENT THAT CAN
PROVIDE -- THAT THEY HAVE
CONFIDENCE IN AND THAT WILL WORK
WHEN THEY NEEDED.
WE HAVE DEPLOYED TASERS, LAST
YEAR WE DEPLOYED THEM ON 60
INCIDENTS AND THEY WERE
EFFECTIVE ABOUT 64% OF THE TIME.
WHAT WE DID NOTICE IS WHEN THEY
WERE NOT EFFECTIVE, THE PROBES
DID NOT NECESSARILY MAKE
CONTACT.
WE THINK GOING TO THE NEWER
VERSION WILL TAKE CARE OF THAT
PROBLEM.
IN SOME INSTANCES WHERE WE HAVE
USE THEM, PEOPLE HAD A KNIFE AND
WERE THREATENING POLICE
OFFICERS, OR THOSE WHO -- WE
WILL CALL IT SUICIDE BY COP,
WHERE THEY THREATEN THE POLICE
OFFICER BECAUSE THEY WANT THE
POLICE OFFICER TO DO WHAT THEY
ARE NOT WILLING TO DO -- THIS
TOOL ALLOWS US TO INCAPACITATE
THEM SO THAT WE CAN TAKE THEM
INTO CUSTODY AND PROVIDE THEM
WITH CARE, FOR SAFETY FOR BOTH
THE OFFICER AND THE OTHER PERSON
INVOLVED.
THERE ARE ONLY TWO WAYS TO
PURCHASE TASERS, ONE IS THROUGH
PRO FORCE AND ONE IS THROUGH
TASER ITSELF.
THE QUOTE FROM AXON TASER IS A
LITTLE MORE EXPENSIVE, BUT AXON
TASER ALSO PROVIDES OUR CURRENT
IN CAR SYSTEM AND THIS SYSTEM
WILL INTEGRATE INTO THE
EVIDENCE, IT HAS AN
ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM, IT KNOWS
HOW MANY TIMES IT'S BEEN FIRED
AND HOW LONG, ALL OF THAT IS
AUTOMATICALLY DOWNLOADED INTO
THE EVIDENCE SYSTEM AND WILL
MATCH WITH IN CAR VIDEO.
IT WILL ALSO
PROVIDING AN ADDITIONAL LEVEL 
OF ACCOUNTABILITY.
WE'VE HAD GOOD SERVICE FROM 
AXON TASER IN TERMS OF SPARE  
PARTS AND REPAIR. 
AND SO WE WOULD RECOMMEND 
ACTUALLY GOING WITH PURCHASING  
IT DIRECTLY FROM THE FACTORY TO 
MAINTAIN THAT RELATIONSHIP AND  
KNOWING THAT WE CAN KEEP THE  
EQUIPMENT RUNNING.
WITH THAT, WE'RE RESPECTFULLY 
ASKING FOR YOUR APPROVAL TO BE  
ABLE TO ENTER INTO THE CONTRACT 
FOR FIVE YEARS WITH AXON TASER. 
>> I JUST WANT TO ASK A 
QUESTION. 
HOW FAR SHOULD THE OFFICER BE 
FROM THE PERSON WHEN USING A  
TASER?
>> THE CURRENT ONES ARE WORKING 
IN THE AREA OF ABOUT -- BEYOND  
12 FEET SO 12 TO 20 FEET AND  
TENDS TO BE LESS EFFECTIVE  
CLOSER BECAUSE YOU NEED A 
CERTAIN DEPLOYMENT AND PROBES 
ON THIS DISTANCE TO WORK. 
THE NEWER VERSION HAS THE 
CAPABILITY TO WORK AS CLOSE AS  
FOUR FEET.
AND SO THAT ALLOWS OFFICERS A 
LOT MORE OPTIONS IN TERMS OF  
BEING ABLE TO HANDLE A  
SITUATION.
AND ALLOWS THEM TO UTILIZE MORE 
TIME TO HOPEFULLY USE OTHER 
TECHNIQUES BEFORE YOU HAVE TO 
GET TO POTENTIALLY USING A  
TASER.
MAYOR AGAJANIAN: IS THERE A NEW 
ONE, IS IT STRONGER THAN THE  
OLD ONE OR LESS --  
>> IT HAS MORE ENERGY.
AS IT SHOOTS OUT THE PROBE SO 
IT WILL PENETRATE CLOTHING. 
BECAUSE YOU DO HAVE TO MAKE 
CONTACT WITH THE PROBES FOR 
THIS TO WORK. 
MAYOR AGAJANIAN: OK.
THANK YOU.
IS THERE OTHER QUESTIONS? 
MS. DEVINE. 
COUNCILMEMBER DEVINE: HOW MANY  
-- HOW LONG HAVE WE BEEN USING  
TASERS IN OUR POLICE  
DEPARTMENT, CHIEF?
>> MR. MAYOR, COUNCILMEMBER 
DEVINE, I'M GOING TO SAY IN 
EXCESS OF 10 YEARS. 
WE GOT THEM WHEN CHIEF ADAMS  
WAS HERE. 
COUNCILMEMBER DEVINE: AND HOW 
MANY TIMES LIKE -- YOU  
MENTIONED A NUMBER. 
I THINK YOU SAID 36.
MOUMENTS IN THE LAST TWO YEARS  
HAVE YOU -- HOW MANY TIMES IN 
THE LAST TWO YEARS HAVE 
OFFICERS HAD TO USE THE TASERS  
AND WERE THERE ANY INJURIES OR  
DEATHS BECAUSE OF THIS USE? 
>> WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY SERIOUS  
INJURIES OR DEATHS BECAUSE OF 
THE USE.
LAST YEAR WE HAD 16 INCIDENTS 
THOUGH THERE HAD TO BE SOME 
MULTIPLE DEPLOYMENTS ON SOME OF 
THOSE INSTANCES BECAUSE THE 
PROBES JUST DIDN'T NECESSARILY  
MAKE CONTACT. 
OVER THE LAST FIVE, I'VE SEEN 
IT USED AS LITTLE AS SINGLE 
DIGITS, SIX OR NINE TIMES.
AND AS MANY AS 18.
COUNCILMEMBER DEVINE: IF  
SOMEONE WAS COMING AT WITH YOU  
THE KNIFE AND YOU DIDN'T HAVE A 
TASER WHAT WOULD YOU DO, SHOOT  
THEM? 
>> IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, IT'S ONE 
OF THOSE THINGS THAT IS MAYBE 
IN SOME CASES A POLICE  
OFFICER'S NIGHTMARE.
BUT YES.
IT LEAVES YOU WITH A DEADLY 
FORCE OPTION WHICH WE WORK  
VERY, VERY HARD TO DE-ESCALATE  
AND WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE 
OPTIONS TO TRY AND AVOID THAT 
IF WE CAN.
COUNCILMEMBER DEVINE: EXACTLY.
TO DE-ESCALATE AND DO IT  
WITHOUT HARMING ANYONE. 
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
MAYOR AGAJANIAN: WE GO TO OUR 
CALLERS.
I'M SORRY FOR THAT. 
FIRST I HAVE TO GO TO THE 
CALLERS.
>> MIKE, YOU'RE LIVE. 
>> HI THERE, MAYOR, AND CITY  
COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS MIKE MOHILL. 
I FULLY SUPPORT THE POLICE  
DEPARTMENT IN UPGRADING THEIR 
LASER TECH -- WITH TASER  
TECHNOLOGY. 
LIKE COUNCILWOMAN PAULA DEVINE  
MENTION FED WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT 
, BUT WE WOULD HAVE TO USE A  
GUN TO TAKE -- -- THE CRIMINALS 
KNOW THEY CAN GET AWAY WITH A 
LOT OF THINGS.
BUT OTHER THAN HAVING THIS  
LASER -- TASER GUN, I THINK 
THAT THE -- IT'S A GREAT IDEA 
AND AN UPGRADE WOULD BE GREAT.
AND THANK YOU, POLICE CHIEF 
KARL, UNION DEPARTMENT IS DOING 
A GREAT JOB.
AND I APPRECIATE THE WORK 
YOU'RE DOING. 
I SUPPORT THE POLICE  
DEPARTMENT. 
MAYOR AGAJANIAN: THANK YOU VERY 
MUCH. 
NEXT CALLER, PLEASE.
>> STEVEN SMALL, YOU'RE LIVE. 
STEVEN. 
>> THANK YOU. 
GOOD EVENING AGAIN, MAY MAYOR 
AGAJANIAN AND MEMBERS OF THE  
CITY COUNCIL. 
THE 2020 PRESIDENT OF THE GLEN  
DORR ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS. 
ON BEHALF OF OUR MEMBERSHIP I 
WOULD LIKE TO SHARE THAT WHILE  
WE HOPE TODAY'S NATIONWIDE  
PROTESTS AGAINST POLICE 
BRUTALITY WILL LEAD TO LASTING  
AND SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES TO  
POLICING METHODS, WE'RE STILL 
COGNIZANT OF THE ABSOLUTE NEED  
FOR A WELL-TRAINED AND  
RESPONSIVE POLICE FORCE.
A POLICE FORCE THAT RESPECTS  
HUMAN LIFE. 
IN WHICH VALUES QUIET DEERVING  
LAOTIAN OF POTENTIALLY VOLATILE 
SITUATIONS. 
IT IS THIS KIND OF POLICE FORCE 
THAT PROTECTS OUR PUBLIC SAFETY 
AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE WE  
ENJOY HERE IN GLENDALE. 
WITH THAT IN MIND THE GLENDALE  
ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS URGES 
YOU TO APPROVE THE GLENDALE 
POLICE DEPARTMENT'S REQUEST FOR 
FUNDING OF TASERS.
WE QUOTE FROM THE STAFF REPORT, 
GLENDALE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS  
ALWAYS INCLUDED DE-ESCALATION 
AS AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR 
WRITTEN POLICIES AS WELL AS OUR 
TRAINING. 
TAKES REMEMBERS USED AS A 
LIFE-SAVING DEVICE TO 
DE-ESCALATE A THREAT AS THEY  
ARE LESS LETHAL OPTION. 
THAT OFFICERS MAY UTILIZE TO  
CONTROL VIOLENT, POTENTIAL  
VIOLENT INDIVIDUALS.
THIS REDUCES THE RISK OF  
SERIOUS BODILY HARM TO BOTH 
OFFICERS AND COMBATIVE SUSPECTS 
DURING THESE ENCOUNTERS.
THIS JUST MAKES SENSE.
PLEASE VOTE YES ON AGENDA ITEM  
8-B AND PLEASE WORK IN  
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COMMUNITY  
AND MAKE A COMMITMENT TO  
ONGOING DIALOGUE ON COMMUNITY 
POLICY. 
THANK YOU FOR YOUR  
CONSIDERATION.
AND HAVE A WONDERFUL REST OF  
YOUR EVENING. 
MAYOR AGAJANIAN: THANK YOU. 
NEXT CALLER.
>> VICTORIA VALENTINE.
VICTORIA, YOU'RE LIVE.
GO AHEAD. 
>> YES. 
I AM -- FASCINATING HEARING 
ABOUT THE TASERS. 
DO THEY POINT THEM INTO THE 
SHOES, THE FEET?
AND I'M CONCERNED BECAUSE IN  
LOS ANGELES, THEY DON'T WORK. 
EVERY TIME SOMEBODY IS KILLED 
BECAUSE THE TASERS DIDN'T WORK. 
AND IS EACH AND EVERY OFFICER 
TRAINED TO USE THE TASER? 
THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO SAY. 
MAYOR AGAJANIAN: THANK YOU. 
NEXT CALLER.
>> GREG, YOU'RE LIVE. 
GO AHEAD. 
>> MY NAME IS GREG ASTORIAN AND 
I'M CALLING IN SUPPORT OF THE 
RESOLUTION TO REPLACE THE 
TASERS THAT HAVE REACHED THEIR  
END OF LIFE CYCLE.
NOW, GLENDALE HAS FOR MANY  
YEARS RANKED AMONG TOP 10 
CITIES OF ITS SIZE IN THE 
COUNTRY, THE STATE ORDINATION.
INDEED, SEVERAL TIMES IT HAS  
RANKED IN THE TOP TWO OR THREE  
SAFEST CITIES IN THE NATION AND 
I BELIEVE IT IS BECAUSE OUR 
RESIDENTS ARE PROACTIVE, LOVE 
AND RESPECT OUR DIVERSITY AND 
INCLUSIVE NATURE AND THAT WE  
HAVE A POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT 
HAS MADE IT A PRIORITY TO 
ENGAGE IN COMMUNITY POLICING  
AND DE-ESCALATION AS MAJOR  
PRIORITIES. 
I ALSO BELIEVE THAT OUR 
RESIDENTS WOULD OVERWHELMINGLY  
PREFER AND APPROVE USE OF 
NON-LETHAL OR LESS-THAN-LETHAL  
MEASURES IN CONFRONTING 
PERPETRATORS, AS A FIRST  
OPTION. 
OF COURSE, WHEN WARRANTED.
TASERS GIVE OUR OFFICERS  
EXACTLY THAT LESS-THAN-LETHAL 
OPTION. 
AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE AS  
GLENDALIANS SHOULD PREFER THAT  
EVERYBODY SHOULD BE ABLE TO GO  
HOME SAFELY AFTER AN  
ALTERCATION OR INCIDENT.
THE PERPETRATOR, THE POLICE 
OFFICER, AND THE INNOCENT 
BYSTANDERS. 
TASERS ARE THE ADDITIONAL TOOL  
IN THE DE-ESCALATION TOOL 
BLOCK.
LASTLY, MR. MAYOR, I WANT TO  
THANK YOU AND ENCOURAGE YOUR  
COLLEAGUES OF THE WORK THAT YOU 
HAVE BEEN DOING AS COUNCIL  
MEMBERS.
SOMETIMES -- ESPECIALLY IN THIS 
INDUCED PANDEMIC-INDUCED  
RECESSION THAT WE HAVE. 
THAT REALLY STRETCHES OUR 
TEMPERS, OUR BUDGETS, AND OUR 
BEHAVIORS AT TIMES. 
WITH THAT, I THANK YOU, AND 
HAVE A WONDERFUL EVENING. 
MAYOR AGAJANIAN: THANK YOU. 
NEXT CALLER.
>> MAYOR, THAT WAS THE LAST 
CALLER. 
MAYOR AGAJANIAN: OK.
MY COUNCIL MEMBERS, THEY WANT 
TO COMMENT ON THIS ITEM?
OR WE CAN VOTE ON IT? 
>> MR. MAYOR -- 
MAYOR AGAJANIAN: YES, MR. 
KASSAKHIAN. 
MR. KASSAKHIAN. 
COUNCILMEMBER KASSAKHIAN: SO  
CERTAINLY I DON'T WANT OUR  
OFFICERS OUT IN THE FIELD 
PERFORMING THE IMPORTANT WORK 
THAT THEY DO TO KEEP THE  
COMMUNITY AND THE RESIDENTS'  
BUSINESSES SAFE AND PROVIDE 
THEM WITH THE EQUIPMENT THAT  
THEY NEED TO DO IT. 
I THINK THAT WOULD BE 
RESPONSIBLE OF ME TO DO.
CERTAINLY I SUPPORT THEM IN 
THAT REGARD.
BUT I DO HAVE QUESTIONS AND I 
ALSO WANT TO RAISE SOME POINTS. 
ON THE FIRST, CHIEF, YOU  
MENTIONED THAT IF WE WERE TO  
MAINTAIN THE TASERS THAT WE 
HAVE TODAY, THE ANNUAL UPKEEP 
COST OF IT WOULD BE SOMEWHERE 
BETWEEN $80,000 TO $100,000 A 
YEAR JUST FOR THE ONES THAT WE  
HAVE NOW? 
>> COUNCILMEMBER KASSAKHIAN,  
THAT'S CORRECT. 
COUNCILMEMBER KASSAKHIAN: COST, 
I KNOW THERE IS INITIAL STICKER 
SHOCK LOOKING AT THIS TOTAL 
AMOUNT. 
BUT WE DIVIDE IT BY THE NUMBER  
OF YEARS THAT THE CONTRACT IS 
FOR AND NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS 
THAT CARRY THESE UNITS AND I  
THINK IT'S REASONABLE.
BUT WHEN YOU BRING THAT POINT 
UP, I MEAN, IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S  
NOT THAT FAR OFF IN TERMS OF  
WE'RE LOOKING AT $100,000 A 
YEAR JUST FOR THE ONES THAT WE  
HAVE AND THE ONES -- WHAT DOES  
-- I GUESS WHAT I'M HAVING  
TROUBLE UNDERSTANDING IF  
SOMEONE CAN PERHAPS EXPLAIN TO  
ME WHAT EXACTLY MAINTENANCE ON  
THE CURRENT DEVICES MEANS THAT  
HAS SUCH A HIGH PRICE TAG?
FOR THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND? 
>> MR. MAYOR, COUNCILMEMBER 
KASSAKHIAN, SO WHEN WE PURCHASE 
THIS PACKAGE FROM TASER, WHAT 
WE'RE ACTUALLY GETTING IS NOT 
ONLY THE TASER BUT THE  
CARTRIDGES, THE TRAINING  
CARTRIDGES, IN THIS CASE WITH 
THE NEW CONTRACT, IT INCLUDES A 
SPECIALIZED TRAINING SUIT.
IT INCLUDES VIRTUAL REALITY 
GOGGLES T INCLUDES AN ENTIRE  
PACKAGE.
SO EVEN WITH THE OLD EQUIPMENT, 
NOT ONLY DO WE NEED TO WORK --  
THEY HAVE A COMPUTERIZED SYSTEM 
INSIDE AND SOMETIMES THEY BREAK 
AND AS THEY AGE, THEIR USEFUL 
LIFE ENDS.
SO WE END UP REPLACING THEM,  
REPAIRING THEM. 
WE ALSO HAVE TO -- WE END UP  
BUYING IF YOU WILL A LA CARTEE. 
THE CARTRIDGES. 
WHICH WE ALSO USE FOR TRAINING. 
SO THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE PUT 
INTO THE AREA OF LOW FREQUENCY. 
WE DON'T HAVE TO USE THEM A 
LOT.
BUT THEY ARE HIGHER RISK. 
AND SO TRAINING BECOMES 
CRITICALLY IMPORTANT IN THOSE 
ISSUES. 
AND SO MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE 
THE INVENTORY, NOT BECAUSE WE 
NECESSARILY ANTICIPATE HAVING 
TO USE THEM A LOT.
BUT MAKING SURE THAT WE'VE DONE 
THE TRAINING THAT IF WE DO NEED 
TO USE THEM, WE ARE PROFICIENT  
WITH THE EQUIPMENT. 
COUNCILMEMBER KASSAKHIAN: 
CERTAINLY.
SO THE $80,000 TO $1 THOON -- 
$100,000 FOR REPAIR,  
REPLACEMENT OR PURCHASING NEW 
ONES OF THE SAME SORT?
>> CORRECT. 
AND CARTRIDGES. 
COUNCILMEMBER KASSAKHIAN: AND 
HAS THAT BEEN WHAT WE HAVE BEEN 
SPENDING LIKE FOR INSTANCE IN 
THIS SCHOOL YEAR? 
ARE WE ON TRACK TO HAVE SPENT 
APPROXIMATELY THAT MUCH JUST ON 
THE CURRENT TASERS THAT WE  
HAVE? 
>> WE -- ACTUALLY HELD OFF ON 
-- BECAUSE WE WERE LOOKING AT 
THE OPTIONS HERE, AND WE'VE 
BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR A  
WHILE.
BUT WITH COVID AND SOME OTHER 
ISSUES T. GOT SIDETRACKED FOR 
JUST A BIT. 
IN ORDER TO BRING US BACK UP TO 
SPEED, COULD END UP SPENDING AS 
MUCH AS $129,000 THIS YEAR TO 
REPAIR OR REPLACE ALL OF THE  
EXISTING EQUIPMENT AND REPLACE  
OUR CARTRIDGES. 
COUNCILMEMBER KASSAKHIAN: OK. 
THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
I THINK I HAVE SOME BETTER  
IDEA. 
NOW, THERE IS OTHER EQUIPMENT 
IN ADDITION TO THIS.
NOT EXCLUSIVE TO THIS.
I UNDERSTAND EVERY EQUIPMENT, 
EVERY TOOL HAS ITS PURPOSE. 
AS OUR DEPARTMENT -- HAS OUR  
DEPARTMENT LOOKED INTO OTHER  
NON-LETHAL DEVICES AS WELL TO 
EITHER COMPLEMENT OR IN 
ADDITION TO THIS SUCH AS BOLO 
WRAP? 
THE HAND-HELD I GUESS IT SHOOTS 
A LASSO THAT WILL IMMOBILIZE OR 
TRY TO WRAP ITSELF AROUND 
POTENTIAL PERSONS' LEGS?
>> COUNCILMEMBER KASSAKHIAN, WE 
CONTINUE TO LOOK AT ALL 
EQUIPMENT.
THAT ONE IS ACTUALLY BEING  
TESTED BY LOS ANGELES POLICE  
DEPARTMENT SO WE ARE TRACKING 
-- TRACKING THEIR EQUIPMENT.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT WILL 
ACTUALLY REPLACE TASER  
ELECTRONIC CONTROL DEVICES AT 
THIS POINT. 
BUT WE ARE ALSO LOOKING FOR --  
FOR THOSE TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES  
THAT ALLOW US TO USE LESS 
LETHAL OPTIONS AND PROVIDE  
OPTIONS FOR OFFICERS TO USE 
UNDER DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES.
COUNCILMEMBER KASSAKHIAN: THAT  
TO ME IS CRITICAL TO GIVE OUR 
OFFICERS AGAIN THE TOOLS THAT 
THEY NEED TO DO THEIR JOBS. 
THE LESS LETHAL THE BETTER. 
CERTAINLY TASERS ARE NOT  
PERFECT.
THERE ARE INSTANCES OF IT 
CAUSING HARM TO INDIVIDUALS WHO 
ARE TASED.
I UNDERSTAND THERE IS MUCH OF A 
DIFFERENCE WHERE A PERSON IS  
TASED AND PERHAPS THERE'S MORE  
INCIDENTS OF INJURY WHEN IT'S 
THE TORSO VERSUS THE LOWER BODY 
AT LEAST FROM WHAT I'VE READ  
FROM VARIOUS ARTICLES AND 
RESEARCH. 
AND I'M FINE WITH THIS BUT ONE  
ISSUE THAT'S CRITICAL FOR US TO 
REALIZE AND I'M CERTAIN THAT  
YOUR OFFICERS DO AND SHOULD IS  
THAT OFTENTIMES INDIVIDUALS WHO 
-- ON WHOM TASERS ARE USED ARE  
INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE SUFFERING 
FROM MENTAL ILLNESS, WHO HAVE 
MENTAL ISSUES THAT CAUSE THEM 
TO BE IN SITUATIONS WHERE 
UNFORTUNATELY THEY DO HAVE AN 
ENCOUNTERWITH A LAW ENFORCEMENT 
-- ENCOUNTER WITH A LAW 
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL AND MAY  
HAVE AN OUTCOME WITH UNINTENDED 
CONSEQUENCES OR WORSE.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS I WOULD 
LIKE US TO DO IS IT'S FINE, I 
SUPPORT EQUIPPING OUR POLICE  
OFFICERS WITH -- WHO I BELIEVE  
ARE DOING A FANTASTIC JOB OF  
KEEPING OUR CITY SAFE WITH NEW  
EQUIPMENT.
BUT IT IS ALSO MY 
RESPONSIBILITY, AS A  
COUNCILMEMBER, TO ASK STAFF TO  
BRING BACK A REPORT -- TO FIND  
OUT WHAT WE ARE DOING FOR OUR 
COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF MENTAL  
HEALTH SUPPORTIVE SERVICES, 
WHAT RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE  
AND HOW WE'RE ABLE TO HELP  
INDIVIDUALS IN THIS COMMUNITY 
IN TERMS OF MENTAL HEALTH 
ISSUES. 
I DON'T KNOW, CHIEF, WHAT YOUR  
THOUGHTS ARE ON THAT. 
BUT I WOULD HOPE THAT ONE OF MY 
COLLEAGUES WOULD SECOND OR  
REPORT BACK FROM STAFF FOR US 
TO HAVE AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT 
RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE, WHAT 
WE'RE DOING, WHAT ARE THE 
ISSUES, WHAT OUR PARTNERS AND 
WHAT WE AS A COUNCIL CAN DO TO  
PROVIDE MORE RESOURCES AND HELP 
AND SOCIAL SERVICES FOR 
INDIVIDUALS WITH MENTAL HEALTH  
CHALLENGES? 
MAYOR AGAJANIAN: OK.
>> MR. MAYOR. 
MAYOR AGAJANIAN: YES. 
>> I WOULD LIKE TO ASK A FEW  
QUESTIONS AND IF COUNCILMEMBER  
KASSAKHIAN'S REQUEST JUST THERE 
NEEDED A SECOND, I'LL PROVIDE 
THE SECOND ON THAT. 
MAYOR AGAJANIAN: OK.
>> I WANTED TO -- SO ON THIS  
FINANCIAL ISSUE, AGAIN, I KNOW  
IT'S BEEN ASKED.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M  
CLEAR.
SO IT'S -- IT SEEMS TO ME THAT  
BASICALLY THIS NEW CONTRACT 
WOULD BE SAVING MONEY RELATIVE  
TO OUR EXISTING PROGRAM.
BECAUSE YOU'RE SAYING WE MAKE 
-- YOU'RE SAYING THE NEW  
CONTRACT IS ABOUT $119,000 A  
YEAR. 
>> YES. 
THE NEW CONTRACT WILL AVERAGE 
OUT TO APPROXIMATELY $119,000 A 
YEAR. 
>> AND THAT WOULD BE ALL IN 
WITH REPAIRS? 
BECAUSE IT'S ALL UNDER  
WARRANTY? 
>> THAT IS CORRECT. 
REPAIRS.
TRAINING. 
CARTRIDGES. 
THE WHOLE KIT AND KABOODLE IF 
YOU WILL. 
>> REPLACING CARTRIDGES SO AS 
MANY AS WE USE WE GET 
REPLACEMENTS FOR THOSE? 
>> CRERK. 
COUNCILMEMBER BROTMAN: AND IF 
--  
>> THAT'S CORRECT.
>> AND IF WE DIDN'T DO THAT WE  
WOULD BE SPENDING $129,000 TO 
REPAIR THOSE OUT OF SERVICE, IS 
THAT RIGHT? 
>> REPAIR OUT OF SERVICE AND  
REPLENISH OUR CARTRIDGE SUPPLY  
WOULD BE ABOUT $129,000.
COUNCILMEMBER BROTMAN: AND THEN 
$80,000 TO $100,000 FOR ONGOING 
CARTRIDGE REPLACEMENTS AND ALL  
THE REST? 
>> THAT'S CORRECT.
THAT'S OUR BEST ESTIMATE OF 
WHAT WE THINK WE WOULD HAVE TO  
REPLACE GOING FORWARD TO  
REPLACE AGING EQUIPMENT OVER  
TIME. 
COUNCILMEMBER BROTMAN: SO 
BASICALLY ALMOST A WASH.
>> THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE 
BROUGHT IT FORWARD. 
IT IS ALMOST A WASH.
AND WITH THE -- WITH THE  
IMPROVED TECHNOLOGY, WE THINK 
IT CAN BE MORE EFFECTIVE AND  
ACTUALLY SAFER ALL THE WAY  
AROUND. 
COUNCILMEMBER BROTMAN: OK.
BECAUSE ONE OF MY ISSUES WAS -- 
YOU KNOW, THERE'S -- THERE'S A  
COMMUNITY CONVERSATION GOING ON 
AROUND POLICE USE OF FORCE AND  
AROUND POLICE BUDGETS.
AND WE ALL GOT A LOT OF EMAILS  
TALKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT 
THIS WOULD BE ADDING TO THE 
GLENDALE POLICE DEPARTMENT  
BUDGET. 
AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE  
THAT IT'S CLEAR TO THE  
COMMUNITY THERE'S A POINT THAT  
BASICALLY IT'S ACTUALLY NOT 
INCREASING OUR SPENDING AND IN  
FACT THIS IS FROM AN EXISTING 
BUDGET ALLOCATION AND NOT 
INCREMENTAL BUDGET. 
AND THAT'S CORRECT, RIGHT?
>> YES, COUNCILMEMBER, THAT'S 
CORRECT.
IT IS ALREADY IN OUR BUDGET 
THIS YEAR.
COUNCILMEMBER BROTMAN: OK.
I ALSO -- THERE'S BEEN A  
NARRATIVE OUT THERE THAT  
SOMEHOW IF WE DON'T DO THIS, WE 
ARE TAKING AWAY -- WE'RE TAKING 
AWAY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S  
TASERS. 
AND THAT IS CERTAINLY NOT THE 
CASE, RIGHT?
WE STILL HAVE EXISTING  
EQUIPMENT.
IT'S JUST A MATTER OF KEEPING 
IT UP TO DATE.
>> CORRECT. 
WE WOULD -- WE WOULD EITHER BE  
BACK HERE OR GOING THROUGH  
PURCHASING TO REPLACE, REPAIR 
THE EXISTING EQUIPMENT THAT WE  
HAVE. 
COUNCILMEMBER BROTMAN: OK.
OK. 
BECAUSE I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT 
THAT NARRATIVE THAT WAS OUT 
THERE THAT SOMEHOW COUNCIL IS 
CONSIDERING TAKING AWAY THE 
POLICE DEPARTMENT'S TASERS. 
AND I DON'T THINK, YOU KNOW,  
ANY OF US WOULD DO THAT.
AT THIS STAGE UNLESS THERE WAS  
SOME REASON TO THINK THAT WE  
NEEDED TO.
BUT THAT HAS NEVER BEEN PART OF 
THE DISCUSSION. 
I WANT THAT TO BE CLEAR.
SO FROM MY POINT OF VIEW, LOOK, 
I WANT TO KEEP OUR POLICE 
OFFICERS SAFE.
AND I WANT TO REDUCE THE USE -- 
THE NEED TO USE DEADLY FORCE. 
THAT'S KIND OF A STARTING POINT 
I THINK FOR ALL OF US.
I WANT TO BE FRUGAL WITH  
SPENDING. 
THAT'S THE SECOND ONE.
AND THE THIRD IS I WANT TO BE 
SENSITIVE TO THIS WHOLE 
DISCUSSION THAT'S GOING ON  
AROUND USE OF FORCE.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT SOMETIMES 
HOPEFULLY LATER IN THIS YEAR, 
WE'RE GOING TO GET A REPORT 
BACK ON SOME OF THE 
CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE GOING ON 
WITH THE COALITION FOR  
ANTI-RACIST.
GLENDALE AND THIS GROUP THAT  
WE'VE JUST JOINED CALLED GARE 
WHICH WILL GIVE US INPUT AND  
FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
MY CONCERN WAS AROUND, IS THIS  
REALLY GOING TO BE AN 
IMPROVEMENT, A MEANINGFUL 
IMPROVEMENT THAT'S GOING TO 
SAVE LIVES? 
IS IT FINANCIALLY PRUDENT?
AND DOES IT RESPECT THE 
CONVERSATION THAT'S GOING ON IN 
THE COMMUNITY?
AND I PERSONALLY I THINK THE  
TIMING OF THIS IS VERY  
UNFORTUNATE.
I WOULD MUCH RATHER HAVE SEEN 
THIS COME UP SIX MONTHS FROM  
NOW, ONCE THAT CONVERSATION HAS 
KIND OF HAD TIME TO EVOLVE. 
BUT WE ARE WHERE WE ARE.
AND BASED ON WHAT I SEE FROM A  
BUDGET POINT OF VIEW AND FROM A 
USEFULNESS POINT OF VIEW, I'M 
GOING TO SUPPORT IT.
I DO, THOUGH, I DO, THOUGH, 
WANT TO READ SOMETHING THAT TOG 
LEONARD, THE PASTOR OF GLENDALE 
CITY CHURCH, SENT TO ALL OF US. 
BECAUSE I JUST THINK IT'S 
IMPORTANT TO GET TO THE POINT 
OF THE TIMING AND ALSO THE  
SYMBOLISM OF THIS.
OK? 
SO WHAT -- WHAT PASTOR LEONARD  
SAID IS IN A MOMENT WHEN OUR  
CITIES, PEOPLE OF COLOR, BLACK  
AND BROWN R. PLEADING -- BROWN, 
ARE PLEADING FOR POLICE REFORM, 
ADDING MORE TOOLS TO ENFORCE  
LAW AND ORDER WILL COMMUNICATE  
THAT GLENDALE IS STILL  
GLENDALE. 
THE SYMBOLISM IS CLEAR. 
I ASK YOU AS OUR CITY'S LEADERS 
TO NOT APPROVE ANOTHER ITEM 
THAT IS USED TO KEEP PEOPLE IN  
LINE UNTIL THE POLICE 
DEPARTMENT, CITY MANAGER'S  
OFFICE AND CONCERNED CITIZENS 
LIKE THOSE ON THE COALITION FOR 
AN ANTI-RACIST GLENDALE START 
DISCUSSING WAYS TO IMPROVE  
COMMUNITY CARE WHICH WILL NOT 
ONLY REDUCE VIOLENCE BUT  
INCREASE HAPPINESS. 
AND AFTER INITIATING NEW  
APPROACHES TO COMMUNITY PEACE 
AND WELL-BEING, THE USE OF  
TASERS NEEDS TO BE EXPLORED 
AGAIN.
THAT WILL BE THE TIME TO DO SO. 
I WANTED TO READ THAT BECAUSE I 
FEEL THAT.
I FEEL THE SYMBOLISM HERE.
IT MAKES ME NOT COMFORTABLE.
I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THIS 
ANYWAY DESPITE THAT DISCOMFORT. 
BECAUSE I THINK IT MAKES SENSE  
FROM A FINANCIAL POINT OF VIEW  
AND IT MAKES SENSE FROM AN  
OFFICER SAFETY AND SAFETY OF  
SUSPECT POINT OF VIEW.
SORRY.
THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT LENGTHY 
BUT I WANTED TO SET THAT OUT. 
AND I DO APPRECIATE 
COUNCILMEMBER KASSAKHIAN  
RAISING THE POINT ABOUT MENTAL  
HEALTH. 
AND I WOULD LIKE US TO LOOK 
INTO THAT AS WELL.
SO THANK YOU. 
THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS.
MAYOR AGAJANIAN: THANK YOU. 
MR. NAJARIAN. 
COUNCILMEMBER NAJARIAN: THANK 
YOU, MR. MAYOR. 
THIS WAS GOING TO BE VERY EASY  
VOTE FOR ME.
AND THAT WASN'T UNTIL ABOUT A 
WEEK AGO WHEN I STARTED GETTING 
EMAILS CALLING FOR THE  
DEFUNDING OF THE GLENDALE 
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THAT'S WHAT THE EMAIL SAID. 
DON'T BUY THE TASERS. 
DEFUND THEM.
USE THAT MONEY THAT YOU WOULD 
OTHERWISE SPEND ON THE TASERS 
FOR ISSUES LIKE MENTAL HEALTH 
AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH. 
AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT ME. 
I'M NOT GOING THERE.
OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IS A VERY 
FINE AGENCY.
THEY WORK WITH LESS OFFICERS  
PER CAPITA THAN ANY OF OUR  
SURROUNDING CITIES. 
AND IF I'M WRONG ABOUT THAT, I  
WOULD LIKE SOMEONE TO POINT 
THAT OUT. 
SO WE BASICALLY TRIMMED OUR 
POLICE DEPARTMENT DOWN AS LOW 
AS WE CAN GET IT. 
AND WHEN THE CHIEF REPRESENTING 
THE ORGANIZATION TO MY MEMORY,  
HAS NOT HAD ANY ISSUES WHERE  
THEY'VE SHOT UNARMED  
INDIVIDUALS OR SHOT PEOPLE WITH 
MENTAL ILLNESS. 
THAT CHIEF COMES TO ME -- 
>> I CAN'T HER COUNCILMEMBER  
NAJARIAN WELL.
IS IT JUST ME OR IS EVERYBODY 
ELSE'S AUDIO OFF? 
COUNCILMEMBER DEVINE: NO. 
AND YOU'RE RIGHT. 
THERE WE GO.
>> I HEARD BITS OF IT.
BUT IF YOU CAN -- 
COUNCILMEMBER NAJARIAN: THIS  
WAS GOING TO BE AN EASY 
DECISION FOR ME WHEN THE CHIEF  
COMES TO US AND ASKS FOR AN 
UPGRADE OF EQUIPMENT FOR AN 
AGENCY THAT HAS SHOWN GREAT 
RESTRAINT, THAT HAS MAINTAINED  
OUR SAFE RANKING IN THE TOP 10  
FOR AT LEAST THE LAST 15 TO 20  
YEARS THAT I CAN REMEMBER.
IT WAS GOING TO BE EASY UNTIL I 
STARTED GETTING THESE EMAILS  
FROM A GROUP OF RESIDENTS IN  
THE CITY, AND I COULD READ ONE, 
TOO.
THEY'RE PERHAPS NOT COUCHED 
QUITE AS ELOQUENTLY AS PASTOR 
LEONARD'S, BUT BASICALLY SAYING 
DEFUND THE POLICE.
THEY HAVE NO BUSINESS HAVING  
THESE NON-LETHAL WEAPONS. 
AND DIRECT THAT MONEY TOWARD  
MENTAL HEALTH.
AND I STRONGLY DISAGREED WITH 
THE WRITERS OF THOSE. 
AND IT WASN'T JUST ONE PERSON.
IT WAS MOST OF THE EMAILS I GOT 
CONTAINED THAT ISSUE IN IT. 
TO DEFUND THE POLICE. 
OUR POLICE FORCE IS ONE OF THE  
LOWEST PER CAPITA THAN ANY OF 
THE OTHER CITIES IN OUR 
SURROUNDING REGION. 
SO OUR POLICE OFFICERS ARE  
DOING A GREAT JOB.
AND WHEN THE POLICE CHIEF COMES 
BEFORE US WITH CLEAN HANDS, AND 
NO RECORD OF ANY OF THE ABUSES  
THAT WE SEE ACROSS THE COUNTRY, 
WE SHOULD BE CELEBRATING THE  
POLICE FORCE. 
AND WE SHOULD BE WITHOUT  
HESITATION APPROVING THE  
UPGRADE OF THEIR NON-LETHAL 
EQUIPMENT.
I SUPPORT PUBLIC SAFETY.
POLICE AND FIRE.
AND FIRE CAME AND WANTED NEW  
EQUIPMENT, I WOULD BE MAKING  
THE SAME ARGUMENT.
WE'VE GOT A GREAT FIRE  
DEPARTMENT. 
OUR POLICE OFFICERS NEED THESE  
TOOLS.
THIS SHOULD NOT BE CAUGHT UP IN 
THE POLITICAL ISSUES OF THE 
DAY.
WE SHOULDN'T BE PUTTING THIS  
OFF FOR SIX MONTHS. 
AND IF WE THINK THAT WE HAVE A  
PROBLEM WITH OUR GLENDALE 
POLICE FORCE, THEN WE SHOULD  
COME OUT AND SAY IT.
AND NOT PLAY GAMES WITH 
QUESTIONING THE TIMING OF THE 
FUNDING TOWARD NON-LETHAL 
EQUIPMENT.
AND THAT'S -- THAT'S JUST WHERE 
I'M AT ON THIS. 
AND IT'S A SHAME THAT WE ARE IN 
THIS POLITICAL SITUATION. 
IT'S A SHAME THAT OUR GLENDALE  
POLICE OFFICERS ARE SOMEHOW 
BEING THROWN IN THE SAME BASKET 
AS SOME OF THE ABUSIVE OFFICERS 
IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS. 
SOME VERY CLOSE.
SOME IN LOS ANGELES.
L.A. COUNTY.
AS WELL AS OTHER AREAS. 
BUT UNTIL THEY CROSS THAT LINE, 
I AM 100% SUPPORTING OF THEM. 
AND AT THE SAME TIME, ENCOURAGE 
THEM TO MAINTAIN THEIR FOCUS ON 
DE-ESCALATION, ON MAINTAINING 
AND PRESERVING CIVIL RIGHTS FOR 
EVERYONE THAT THEY COME INTO  
CONTACT WITH. 
AND I KNOW THAT IS A FOCUS OF 
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND THAT'S WHY WE DON'T HAVE  
THESE OUTRAGEOUS EXAMPLES OF  
ABUSE.
NEIGHBORING CITIES. 
I WON'T CALL OUT A NEIGHBORING  
CITY. 
BUT WE ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH  
WHAT HAS HAPPENED.
I'M VERY PROUD OF THE POLICE  
DEPARTMENT'S RESTRAINT. 
AND IF THIS NON-LETHAL RENEWAL  
OF THE TASER EQUIPMENT WILL 
HELP THEM DO A BETTER JOB, THEN 
I'M 100% FOR IT WITHOUT 
RESERVATION.
MAYOR AGAJANIAN: THANK YOU. 
COUNCILMEMBER NAJARIAN. 
>> MR. MAYOR. 
MAYOR AGAJANIAN: YES, MR. 
KASSAKHIAN. 
COUNCILMEMBER KASSAKHIAN: 
COUNCILMEMBER DEVINE WOULD LIKE 
TO SPEAK AND I WOULD LIKE TO  
ADD A FEW THINGS AND COMMENT ON 
COUNCILMEMBER NAJARIAN'S  
COMMENT.
COUNCILMEMBER DEVINE: YOU MIGHT 
DO THAT WHILE IT'S FRESH IN 
EVERYONE'S MIND.
GO AHEAD. 
COUNCILMEMBER KASSAKHIAN: THANK 
YOU, COUNCILMEMBER. 
COUNCILMEMBER NAJARIAN, WE ALL  
RECEIVED THE EMAILS.
WE ALL ARE FOLLOWING WHAT'S 
HAPPENING IN THE COUNTRY. 
I DON'T THINK ANYONE IS IMMUNE  
TO THE FRUSTRATIONS, INCLUDING  
OUR BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN SERVING 
IN LAW ENFORCEMENT WHO SEE SOME 
BAD ACTORS IN OTHER AGENCIES  
WHO GIVE ENTIRE PROFESSION A  
BAD NAME. 
BUT TO SAY THAT WHEN PEOPLE ARE 
CALLING FOR FUNDING FOR MENTAL  
HEALTH ISSUES OR OTHER ISSUES,  
AND SOME MAY COUPLE THAT WITH 
THE RHETORIC THAT IS OUT THERE  
BEING DRIVEN BY VARIOUS SIDES.
THAT SOMEHOW THAT MAKES THEIR 
COMMENTS INVALID IS I THINK 
COMPLETELY INACCURATE.
AND IT IS -- IT DOES A  
DISSERVICE TO THE PEOPLE WHO  
ARE SPEAKING OUT. 
YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT AN  
EITHER/OR.
I'VE STATED CLEARLY MY SUPPORT  
FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I DON'T HAVE TO STATE IT AT 
EVERY SINGLE MEETING, AT EVERY  
SINGLE OPPORTUNITY. 
BUT I THINK THAT WE ALSO HAVE A 
RESPONSIBILITY NOW AT THIS TIME 
TO ALSO LOOK AT HOW WE CAN DO 
CERTAIN THINGS BETTER AND 
CERTAINLY FOCUSING ON MENTAL  
HEALTH ISSUES IN THIS COMMUNITY 
SHOULD BE ONE OF THOTION. 
SO, YOU KNOW, TO TAKE THIS AND  
USE SOME OF THE POLITICAL 
RHETORIC OUT THERE, 
SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS, TO SAY 
THAT, WELL, I SUPPORT POLICE, 
AND WE ALL DO.
WE ALL DO.
I THINK NOT FAIR TO ANYONE, 
INCLUDING OUR POLICE OFFICERS.
SO YOU MAY BE REFERRING TO THE  
EMAILS AND YOU MAY BE REFERRING 
TO CERTAIN THINGS YOU HEAR ON 
THE DAIS BUT WE CAN DO BOTH.
WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO BOTH. 
THE DAIS IS WHERE WE MOVE AWAY  
FROM SIMPLIFIED SLOGANS AND DO  
DEEPER DIVES. 
AND WE SHOULD ASK QUESTIONS AS  
TO WHY THIS COSTS THIS MUCH.
WHAT ARE THE PREVIOUS EXPENSES? 
WHAT ARE THE IMPACTS? 
WHERE ELSE CAN WE BE SUPPORTING 
OUR POLICE OFFICERS AS WELL AS  
OUR OTHER SERVICES TO BE ABLE 
TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY BETTER? 
SO I HAVE TO JUST GET THAT OUT  
THERE.
STATE THAT. 
AND THANK YOU.
>> THE EMAILS I WAS REFERRING 
TO -- 
MAYOR AGAJANIAN: COUNCILMEMBER  
NAJARIAN. 
COUNCILMEMBER NAJARIAN: 
SPECIFICALLY SAID DEFUND THE  
POLICE AND TAKE AWAY THIS MONEY 
AND DO NOT OFFER THIS $600,000  
CONTRACT FOR NEW TASERS AND 
REDIRECT IT TO MENTAL HEALTH. 
NOW F. WE WANT TO TALK -- NOW 
F. WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT MENTAL 
HEALTH AS A COMMUNITY WE CAN  
TALK ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH BUT  
TAKING AWAY MONEY FROM TASERS 
AND GIVING IT TO MENTAL HEALTH  
THAT'S WHERE I HAVE A PROBLEM.
AND IT WAS CLEARLY LAID OUT IN  
SEVERAL -- MORE THAN SEVERAL, 
CLOSE TO A DOZEN OR MORE EMAILS 
THAT I GOT AND MY POINT IS I'M  
NOT THERE.
THEY'RE THE ONES THAT HAVE  
LINKED IT AND IT MAY BE POPULAR 
TO DO THAT IN CERTAIN AREAS BUT 
I'M NOT.
YOU'VE ASKED FOR A MENTAL 
HEALTH ASSESSMENT.
I'M HAPPY WE'RE GOING TO DO 
THAT. 
I'M NOT SURE WHICH -- I'M NOT 
SURE IF YOU WANT THAT TO TAKE 
PRIORITY OVER THE OTHER THREE 
ISSUES THAT YOU ASKED FOR, THE  
ELECTION REFORM.
BUT I WOULD SUGGEST WE LOOK AT  
IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. 
AND GET AN ASSESSMENT ON OUR  
MENTAL HEALTH.
I KNOW THAT OUR POLICE OFFICERS 
AND WE HEARD, WE HEARD FROM OUR 
HOMELESS ACCOUNT PEOPLE THAT  
ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE DO 
HAVE SUCH A DROP IN HOMELESS  
COUNT IS BECAUSE OUR POLICE 
OFFICERS ARE ACTIVELY MAKING  
CONTACT WITH PEOPLE WITH MENTAL 
HEALTH WHO ARE HOMELESS AND 
EITHER GETTING THEM THE 
SERVICES OR THE HOUSING THAT  
THEY NEED.
YOUR POINT IS WELL C1
MAYOR AGAJANIAN: THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER DEVINE.
COUNCILMEMBER DEVINE: MY
THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS GO TO THE
ISSUE THAT IS GOING ON RIGHT
NOW.
THE SHOOTINGS THAT WE ARE
WITNESSING, HEARING ABOUT.
SHOOTINGS THAT MAYBE WOULD NOT
HAVE HAD TO HAD THE POLICE
INVOLVED IN THESE INCIDENTS
WOULD HAVE USED TASERS.
I DON'T SEE THIS AS A RACIST.
I THINK IT IS AS YOU -- AN ISSUE
ABOUT PROTECTING THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT, THE PERPETRATORS,
EVEN PROTECTING BYSTANDERS.
THIS LEADS ME BACK TO THAT
CONFERENCE.
THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE
THINKING.
LET'S THINK NOT ABOUT THIS AS A
RACIST THING.
OR THAT WE ARE ESCALATING
VIOLENCE AGAINST WHOEVER.
IT IS NOT, IT IS ABOUT KEEPING
PEOPLE SAFE.
USING LESS LETHAL FORCE.
CARL HAS TOLD US THAT WE USED
THESE FOR YEARS.
WE HAVE NOT HAD SERIOUS
INJURIES, WE HAVE NOT HAD
DEATHS.
THIS IS FEDERAL FUNDING.
DO WE LOSE IT IF WE DON'T USE
IT?
THE FUNDING?
>> I AGREE THAT WE CANNOT AFFORD
TO LEAVE OUR POLICE OFFICERS
DEFENSELESS, I THINK THE TASERS
ARE A NECESSITY.
I CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO SEE
IT.
THE POLICE ARE THERE FOR OUR
SAFETY.
I AM ALL FOR THIS BUDGET ITEM.
THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS.
MAYOR AGAJANIAN: THANK YOU FOR
COMMENTING.
>> WHILE I AM HERE BEFORE YOU
ASKING FOR EQUIPMENT AND I, I
WANT TO SAY THAT EVEN THOUGH WE
ARE ASKING FOR EQUIPMENT, THAT
DOES NOT CHANGE MY COMMITMENT OR
THE ORGANIZATION'S COMMITMENT.
THE EQUIPMENT IS NOT ABOUT THE
EQUIPMENT, IT IS ABOUT WHAT WE
DO AND WHO WE ARE.
>> I THINK I WOULD LIKE -- CAN I
HAVE A MOTION?
ROLL CALL PLEASE.
THEN LET ME SPEAK, OF COURSE.
BUT THAT IS FINE.
COUNCILMEMBER BROTMAN: YES.
COUNCILMEMBER DEVINE: YES.
COUNCILMEMBER NAJARIAN: YES.
COUNCILMEMBER KASSAKHIAN: YES.
MAYOR AGAJANIAN: YES.
>> THIS IS FOR ITEMS NOT PART OF
THIS AGENDA.
THERE WILL BE NO DEBATE OR
DECISION.
>> LET'S GO TO THE FAINT CALLS
-- PHONE CALLS.
>> THIS IS PETER.
I AM NOT COMMENTING ON THE
TASER.
I HAVE A DIFFERENT TOPIC
REGARDING THE PROPOSAL TO
CONVERT AN OFFICE BUILDING INTO
A DRUG REHAB CENTER AT 5477, SAN
FERNANDO.
I GREW UP IN GLENDALE MY WHOLE
LIFE.
I WENT TO ALL THE LOCAL SCHOOLS.
GLENDALE HOW I -- GLENDALE HIGH
SCHOOL, GLENDALE FELLOWS.
I MOVED BACK TO GLENDALE AFTER I
WENT TO COLLEGE.
I RAISE MY FAMILY AND LIVE WITH
TWO CHILDREN AND MY
MOTHER-IN-LAW.
I SEND ANY MAIL TO ALL THE
COUNCILMEMBERS.
I APPRECIATE ALL THE COUNCIL
MEMBERS WHO APPLIED -- REPLIED.
A WEEK AGO ON MONDAY, WE
RECEIVED NOTICE THAT THE OWNER
OF THE OFFICE BUILDING IS
SEEKING TO CONVERT IT TO A DRUG
REHAB CENTER WITH 13 BEDROOMS
FOR 56 PATIENTS.
THIS COMES OUT TO 4.3 PATIENTS
PER ROOM IN WHAT LOOKS LIKE VERY
SMALL ROOMS.
ON THE PROPOSAL, THEY WILL SHOW
TWO BEDS.
THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN GET THIS IS
WITH BUNK BEDS.
YOU NEED TO HAVE AT LEAST FOUR
TO A ROOM AND UP TO INTO A ROOM.
WE NOTIFIED OTHER NEIGHBORS.
OVER 700 PEOPLE HAVE SIGNED A
PETITION TO HAVE THIS PROPOSED
REZONING OR RECOMMISSIONING OF A
PROPERTY INTO A RESIDENTIAL
HOUSING UNIT FOR REHAB DENIED.
WE HAVE NOT RUN INTO ANYBODY WHO
IS IN FAVOR OF THIS PROPOSAL.
NOT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THIS IS CHANGING AN OFFICE
BUILDING WHICH HAS A
COUNTERCYCLICAL CYCLE WHERE
PEOPLE COME TO THE OFFICE WHILE
THE PEOPLE LIVING IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD GO TO WORK.
IT SEEMS LIKE IT IS OK TO PARK
ON THE STREET.
NOW, IF YOU HAD 56 PATIENTS PLUS
THE STAFF, YOU SHOULD NEED 60 OR
70 PARKING SPACES.
THERE IS ONLY 18 COMPLIANT
PARKING SPACES WITH MORE
NONCOMPLIANT PARKING SPACES IN
THESE -- IN THE FACILITY.
THIS WOULD CAUSE ALL THE
OVERFLOW ONTO THE NEIGHBORING
STREETS.
WE HAD THIS PROBLEM BEFORE.
WE HAD TO GET PERMANENT PARKING
TO LIMIT THE PARK -- LIMIT THE
PARKING FROM THE FACILITY TO TWO
HOUR PARKING.
IT DOES SEEM LIKE AN OVERREACH.
ALSO, HAVING A 24/7 REALLY
CHANGES THE COMPLEXION OF THE
BUILDING.
THE NEXT POINT IS THAT --
MAYOR AGAJANIAN: THIS WAS NOT
RELATED TO THE ITEM THAT WE WERE
DISCUSSING.
>> I DID TRY THREE TIMES TO GET
ON.
I AM BRINGING UP THIS ITEM.
THEY JUST TOLD ME TO CALL AT THE
END OF THIS ITEM.
>> YOU ARE CORRECT.
>> YOU ARE GOOD.
>> IF YOU LOOK AT THE PLAN,
THERE IS A CAFETERIA WITH
SEATING FOR ONLY 18 PEOPLE, AT
LEAST IN THE DRAWING.
THE FACILITY DOES NOT SEEM TO BE
FIRE CODE COMPLIANT.
THE WINDOWS NEXT TO THE ROOMS DO
NOT OPEN.
THEY REPLACE THOSE.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE INSIDE
BEDROOMS, THERE IS ONLY ONE
EGRESS PER ROOM.
MY DAD WAS A FIREMAN, THAT WAS
NOT COMPLIANT FOR SLEEPING
ARRANGEMENTS.
THERE ALSO DOES NOT SEEM TO BE
ENOUGH ROOM FOR PATIENTS, THEY
WOULD WANDER THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE ARE REALLY UNCLEAR ON WHAT
THE PROPOSAL IS, IF THERE IS
SECURITY.
THERE IS A LOT OF WORRY ABOUT A
CRIMINAL ELEMENT THAT MAY COME
IN.
WE HAD A HOME INVASION AND
KIDNAPPING ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE
YEARS AGO RIGHT NEXT TO MY HOUSE
.
MY NEIGHBOR'S CLOSE ON GOT HOME
AND WAS HELPED -- HELD CAPTIVE
-- MY NEIGHBOR'S SON GOT HOME
AND WAS HELD CAPTIVE WHILE THEY
ROBBED THE HOUSE.
THOSE ARE THE CONCERNS.
ALSO, THAT THERE WILL BE
INCREASED TRAFFIC.
WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A MEETING
WITH ELLEN VARTANIAN.
HE IS THE OWNER AND DEVELOPER TO
COME UP WITH A BETTER PROPOSAL
FOR THE USE OF THE PROPERTY.
I DON'T THINK -- I THINK
EVERYBODY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE
BUILDING OCCUPIED.
WE HAVE HOMELESS PEOPLE SLEEPING
IN THE ALLEY IN THE PARKING
STRUCTURE CURRENTLY.
THEY ARE OFTEN THERE.
I FEEL SORRY FOR THEM, I DON'T
CALL THE POLICE OR ANYTHING BUT
HAVING IT OCCUPIED IS A BETTER,
MORE SECURE WAY OF KEEPING THE
NEIGHBORHOOD SAFE.
IF WE HAVE ANY INTEREST IN
THERE.
I THINK THERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS
THAT ARE BEST -- MUCH BETTER FOR
THE PROPERTY.
MUCH BETTER TO HAVE THE
NEIGHBORS OF THE PROPERTY
APPROVE OF WHAT IS BEING PUT IN
THEIR AND TO SNEAK SOMETHING IN
THAT EVERYBODY DISLIKES.
THAT IS WHAT I HAVE TO SAY.
I THINK THERE SHOULD BE A FEW
OTHER PEOPLE THAT WOULD ALSO
LIKE TO ADD IN THEIR COMMENTS
ABOUT THIS PROPOSAL.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN,
SIR.
IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS
IS GOING TO COME BEFORE AN
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER.
WHICH EVER WAY THAT DECISION
GOES, THAT MAY BE APPEALED TO
CITY COUNCIL.
IN WHICH WE WOULD HAVE TO MAKE A
DECISION.
THAT BEING SO, IT IS
INAPPROPRIATE FOR US TO EXPRESS
ANY PREJUDGMENT ONE WAY OR
ANOTHER.
EVERYONE ELSE WHO HAS WRITTEN
EMAILS TO US, SAYING THAT WE
HAVE TO SAVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THERE WILL BE AN APPROPRIATE
TIME FOR US TO WEIGH IN AND MAKE
OUR DISCUSSIONS PUBLIC.
>> MAYOR --
I THINK IT IS THE PLANNING
HEARING OFFICER THAT IS GOING TO
BE HEARING THIS.
>> THIS IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE USE
PERMIT UNDER THE STREAMLINING
THE COUNCIL ADOPTED SEVERAL
YEARS AGO.
THERE IS A TENTATIVE DRAFT
DECISION LETTER THAT IS POSTED.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS NOTIFIED AND
THEY CAN COMMENT ON THAT.
THOSE COMMENTS ARE CONSIDERED BY
THE CASE PLANNER.
THERE IS NO HEARING.
IT IS ALL WRITTEN
CORRESPONDENCE.
AS MR. NAJARIAN MENTIONED, THE
COUNCIL REDUCED TO THE FEE.
>> NEXT CALLER PLEASE.
>> TRAVIS YOU ARE ALIVE.
GO AHEAD.
>> APPRECIATE THE MAYOR AND CITY
COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I JUST WANT TO ADD A COUPLE OF
POINTS.
FIRSTLY, AS A RELATIVELY YOUNG
PERSON IN MY 30'S WHO DOES HAVE
PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS AND AS A
RESULT, I APPRECIATE THE
COUNCILMEMBERS LISTING TO
SCIENCE, EPIDEMIOLOGISTS,
VIROLOGIST IN TERMS OF THE
CURRENT PANDEMIC.
SOME LIVES ABOUT FOUR NOT --
FOUR BLOCKS DOWN THE STREET FROM
THE PROPOSED TREATMENT.
I AM IN STRONG SUPPORT OF IT.
I SEE IT AS A COMMUNITY SERVICE.
I AM CERTAINLY IN SUPPORT OF
THAT AS WELL.
GIVEN THAT THE FUNDS ARE ALREADY
USE IT OR LOSE IT.
I AM ALSO IN SUPPORT OF
EVALUATING THE ROLE OF THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT IN OUR
COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF APPLYING
FUNDS TO OTHER AREAS OF
COMMUNITY SERVICE THAT CAN
REDUCE CRIME AND IMPROVE OUR
OVERALL HEALTH AND SAFETY OF OUR
CITIZENS.
I YELLED BACK THE REMAINDER OF
MY TIME.
-- YIELD BACK THE REMAINDER OF
MY TIME.
THANK YOU.
>> MARLA CORTEZ, GO AHEAD.
MARLA: GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND
COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I AM CALLING IN REGARDS TO THE
PROPOSED DRUG AND ALCOHOL
REHABILITATION FACILITY.
I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS MY
STRONGEST OPPOSITION TO THIS
FACILITY.
AS A LONGTIME RESIDENT OF THIS
NEIGHBORHOOD, I WOULD LIKE TO
VOICE MY CONCERN ABOUT THIS
APPLICATION.
I FEEL THAT THIS WILL HAVE A
HUGE IMPACT.
I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT OUR
ISSUES.
THE PROPOSED CONCH -- CONTRACTOR
DOES NOT COMPLY WITH 20/20
CALIFORNIA BUILDING CODE.
THERE ARE APPLICATIONS THAT SAY
-- THIS IS AN OCCUPANCY.
THIS IS SECTION 504 AND 506.
FURTHERMORE, THIS PROHIBITS
ACTION.
I UNDERSTAND THE ZONING ALLOWS
THIS FACILITY BUT IT IS AGAINST
THE CODE TO LOOK AT THIS
FACILITY.
THAT IS MY MAIN POINT.
MY NUMBER -- MY SECOND POINT IS
THIS WILL GENERATE TRAFFIC IN A
DIFFICULT AREA.
I HAVE BEEN LIVING HERE FOR 14
YEARS.
WHEN THE PARKING PROVIDED IS
FOR, THIS WAS AN ADEQUATE.
THEY WILL BE STANDING BY AT THE
FRONT DOOR.
THE CAR WILL PICK UP OR DROP OFF
PATIENTS.
WHEN CARS WANT TO GET GAS AT THE
ARCO STATION, TURNING LEFT, THEY
HAVE TO WAIT IN THE MIDDLE OF
THAILAND JUST TO CLEAR FROM THE
INCOMING TRAFFIC COMING NORTH
FROM HIGHLAND.
THIS WILL CREATE A SITUATION
WHERE IN PEOPLE TURNING RIGHT
FROM SAN FERNANDO OR GOING TO
HIGHLAND, THEY WILL HIT TRAFFIC.
THERE IS NO MENTION ABOUT THE
APPLICATION.
I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT WE
ALLEVIATE OUR CONCERNS.
THE PROPOSED PROJECT WILL CREATE
SUBSTANTIAL NOISE TO THE NEARBY
RESIDENCES.
THE FACILITY IS ONLY SEPARATED
BY AN ALLEY.
GIVEN THE FACT THAT THIS
FACILITY HAS 56 BEDS, OPERATES
20 47 AND IS CLASSIFIED AS A
MEDICAL FACILITY, EMERGENCY
VEHICLES -- IMAGINE THE
AMBULANCE GOING THERE OR THE
FIRE TRUCK.
THAT IS OUR CONCERN.
LOOK AT THE PLAN, THIS IS ONLY
PASSENGER PARKING.
THIS WILL CREATE A MAJOR CONCERN
TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
MY LAST POINT, THERE IS NO
DELIVERY PARKING.
DELIVERY TRUCKS WILL BE THERE,
WHERE WILL THEY PARK?
IN THE CENTER OF A ROOM?
THE ALLEY?
CONSIDER THIS POINT.
>> NEXT CALLER.
>> ROBERTO SANDOVAL, YOU ARE
ALIVE.
>>>> ROBERTO, YOU ARE ALIVE.
ROBERTO: I LIVE IN GLENDALE.
I HAVE BEEN HERE FOR 20 YEARS.
I WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON YOUR
FACILITY BEING PROPOSED ON SAN
FERNANDO ROAD.
I AM AGAINST IT.
THE COMMENTS FROM THE CITY
PLANNER, THEY ARE STILL ANSWERED
-- UNANSWERED.
THE REQUIREMENTS FOR BOTH OF
THOSE -- I DON'T THINK THE
FACILITY IS SUITED FOR THAT.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO KNOW IF THE
CITY ANNOUNCES THIS REPORT FOR
THE RESIDENTS OF GLENDALE TO
ASSURE US IN THIS COMMUNITY.
AS MENTIONED BEFORE FOR THE
PREVIOUS COLOR.
I DON'T SEE THE PICKUP POINT OR
PATIENTS.
I DON'T SEE HOW THE DROP OFF
POINT FOR AMBULANCES OR
DELIVERIES OF FOOD, MATERIALS OR
THINGS THAT WE NEED IN THE
FACILITY.
THERE ARE ALSO COMMENTS FROM THE
CITY PLANNER THAT THEY HAVE NOT
MET THE REQUIREMENTS.
AND THE CDC CHAPTER 13 AND 14.
BEFORE THIS IS APPROVED, I WOULD
LIKE TO SEE PLANS AND COMMENTS
FROM THE CITY TO MAKE SURE THAT
THEY ARE MEETING ALL THE
REQUIREMENTS.
BESIDES, ALL THE THINGS I DO
WILL BE COMING BACK OF THAT
COMMUNITY.
THAT IS ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
>> NECK -- NEXT CALLER.
VICTORIA: I ALSO MISSED A
COMMENT DURING THE PERMISSION
APPLICATION REQUEST.
I AM SUCH A DUMMY.
I THOUGHT THIS WAS FOR FREE,
THEY ARE VOLUNTEERING.
NOW I LEARNED SOMETHING ELSE.
IN A GOOD HOUSEHOLD, YOU GET
SOMETHING NEW BUT THEN YOU HAVE
TO GET RID OF SOMETHING OLD
FIRST TO MAKE ROOM FOR NEW.
MY QUESTION IS IF THE COMMISSION
WOULD REPLACE SOME OF THE COSTLY
CONSULTANTS.
THAT IS NOT WHY I AM CALLING.
I AM CALLING BECAUSE THIS IS MY
NUMBER TWO ANNOUNCEMENT.
ANOTHER MYLAR BALLOON CAME
FLOATING INTO MY BACKYARD.
THIS TIME, IT WAS WHITE.
I DID NOT EVEN RECOGNIZE IT.
THIS IS VERY TRICKY.
WHITE, FROM GUADALAJARA.
A QUESTION TO THE CITY ATTORNEY,
HOW MUCH MONEY DOES IT COST THE
CITY TO GET THAT BAN
ESTABLISHED?
I BELIEVE SOMEBODY ELSE WORKED
ON IT BEFORE.
THEN I HAVE A COMMENT FOR MR.
NAJARIAN.
WE ARE IN AUTUMN NOW AND I AM
GLAD THAT HE WAS HEALED AND DOES
NOT NEED -- I WOULD NOT HAVE
RECOGNIZED HIM.
WHY DO WE NEED A BAN ON THOSE
MYLAR BALLOONS?
THEY ARE DANGEROUS FOR FIRE AND
ELECTRICITY.
WE DON'T WANT TO LOSE
ELECTRICITY.
EVERYONE IS COMPLAINING ABOUT
THE SITUATION.
IT DAWNED ON ME, WE ARE IN THE
STORY OF SLEEPING BEAUTY, THE IN
COUNTRY IS DARK, COVERED IN
COBWEBS.
THE PANDEMIC IS THE PRINCESS.
WE ARE WAITING FOR THE PRINCE TO
COME AND WAKE HER UP.
THANK YOU.
THE NEXT CALLER IS TERESA.
TERESA: GOOD EVENING CITY
COUNCIL MEMBERS.
THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY CALL.
I AM CALLING TO SAY I AM A
RESIDENT FOR OVER 30 YEARS IN
GLENDALE.
I AM CALLING IN REGARDS TO THE
PROJECT PROPOSED IN SAN FERNANDO
ROAD.
I AM CALLING TO INFORM THAT WE
HAVE PUT TOGETHER A POSITION --
A PETITION, AN ONLINE PETITION.
WE WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT THOSE
SIGNATURES, OVER 800 SIGNATURES
THAT WE HAVE IN THE COUNTY.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE WERE GIVEN
LESS THAN A WEEK'S NOTICE.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE MAIN
CONCERNS.
I AM: TO REQUEST THOSE
SIGNATURES BE ACCEPTED.
IN ADDITION, I WOULD LIKE TO
MENTION SOME OF THE THINGS THE
PETITIONERS HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING
.
THEY ARE ADVOCATING FOR SAFETY,
PRIVACY.
THEY ARE ADVOCATING FOR KIDS IN
SCHOOL.
THEY HAVE SCHOOLS NEARBY, THREE
OF THEM.
THERE IS A BUS STOP IN THE
CORNER WHERE KIDS MIGHT COME AND
LEAVE FROM THAT CORNER.
THAT IS RIGHT WHERE THE CLINIC
WOULD BE.
THERE ARE ALSO QUESTIONS ABOUT
TRAFFIC, NOISE, PARKING.
PARKING IS NOT AVAILABLE IN THAT
AREA.
CONGESTION, JUST PEOPLE
WANDERING AROUND.
WHERE THESE PATIENTS WILL BE
ABLE TO HAVE TIME TO BE
OUTDOORS, THERE ARE MANY
QUESTIONS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN
ANSWERED.
WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO MAKE IT
SAFER.
RIGHT NOW, IT IS UP IN THE AIR,
THERE IS A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY.
AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO
REQUEST THAT YOU ACCEPT THESE
SIGNATURES AND YOU CONSIDER
PUTTING A HEARING TOGETHER FOR
THIS PROJECT.
ALSO, PUTTING US ON THE AGENDA.
THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO MANY
RESIDENTS THAT ARE TAXPAYERS AND
HARD-WORKING PEOPLE.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK, NEXT CALLER.
>> YOU ARE ALIVE.
>> I AM WITH THE POLICE.
I DON'T THINK THERE IS A NEED
FOR THAT.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THEY
SHOULD SAY TO THE PEOPLE OF
GLENDALE.
HOW MUCH THEY WILL PAY TO THIS
PERSON AND HOW MUCH TIME UNTIL
-- HE IS NOT THAT YOUNG.
PRE-SOON, I THINK HE WILL
RETIRE.
WHY IS THE CITY MANAGER NOT
DOING SOME OF THE JOB FROM THE
COMMISSIONERS WE HAVE ALREADY?
WHY IS HE NOT DEMANDING SOME
MORE JOBS FROM THEM?
WE DON'T NEED THIS ONE.
IT IS NOT NECESSARY AT THIS
TIME.
NOW YOU NEED THIS POSITION.
LET'S KNOW THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN THE COMMISSIONERS AND
THIS PERSON.
HOW THEY CAN COOPERATE.
YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW ALL THOSE
THINGS AND THEN YOU HAVE TO
DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT YOU HAVE
TO HIRE IT OR NOT.
BUT I DON'T THINK YOED IT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THAT WAS THE LAST COLOR.
>> MOVED TO ADJOURN?
>> DO I HAVE THE SECOND?
OK.
WITH THAT SAID, THE MEETING IS
ADJOURNED AT 8:31 P.M. THANK
YOU.
>> THANK YOU, GOOD NIGHT.
