Metro and Caltrans, as part of the ongoing Alternative Analysis phase of the SR-710 Study, are hosting a series of Open Houses in May 2012. This study team is evaluating options to improve mobility and relieve congestion within the study area.
GWP Commission Cancelled meeting date: June 4, 2012
Special meeting date: June 14, 2012
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Updated: May 18, 2012
Honolulu Ave. Redesign “Road Diet”
A “road diet” is an element in the city’s adopted Safe and Healthy Street Plan, a policy document that promotes a vision in Glendale where residents live healthier, safer lives by walking and riding a bicycle for transportation and recreation. --- Learn more
Updated: April 25, 2012
Salary Information
In determining the salaries for City of Glendale employees, the City’s goal is to remain competitive within the labor market in order to attract and retain a competitive and qualified workforce to serve the needs of our community. At the same time, the City ensures that these salaries are set in a fair and prudent manner which includes a collective bargaining process, as well as gathering information using pre-determined comparable benchmark cities. These salaries include the full percentage of the employees’ Public Employee Retirement System (PERS) contribution, as well as any cost-sharing percentage of the employer’s PERS rate pursuant to the respective Memoranda of Understanding (MOU).
City Manager Scott Ochoa's employment contract is provided here.
Updated: May 2, 2012
The Need for Economic Development
On December 29, 2011, the California Supreme Court upheld the Legislature's dissolution of all redevelopment agencies across California. The impact of this legislation on the City of Glendale cannot be overstated. Quite simply, millions of dollars of local tax revenue, which would have been invested in our community, must now be redirected to Sacramento.
Bob Hope Airport Regional Intermodal Transportation Center Project Update
Original Project E10-35; Revised to Project E10-35-(I)-A
Regional Intermodal Transportation Center, Consolidated Rental Car Facility, Elevated Walkway, Site Work, Off-Site Work & Site Preparation for Replacement Parking Structure
Court Ruling on Redevelopment Agencies: Glendale will Seek Legislation
The City of Glendale learned today, as did other cities throughout California, that the courts upheld AB 26 and ruled against AB 27, essentially eliminating local redevelopment agencies. AB 26 was the State legislation that eliminated the agencies; AB 27 was the companion legislation that allowed the agencies to continue if they agreed to pay the so called "ransom" of $1.8 billion to the State.
