CITY COUNCIL RECAP October 20, 2020, 6PM EXCERPTS (Eco-related Items only) Full Agenda & Meeting Video  Staff Comments: Devine mentioned that the council received a text from Assembly member Quirk in support of the council’s decision regarding the Mylar balloons. Brotman acknowledged the clean energy program approvals and requested further exploration on five topics: Evaluating solar within the commercial sector, including…

The Glendale Environmental Coalition stands in solidarity with the people of Artsakh and Armenia, who wish to dwell in their ancestral homeland and live in peace with the peoples around them. For more than a century, Azerbaijan’s fossil fuel resources and infrastructure have played a key role in large-scale wars, conflicts, and disputes. Armenians’ quest to protect their homelands and…

Glendale Joins Transportation Electrification Partnership ADVANCING EV INFRASTRUCTURE & INCREASING EV INTEGRATION Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator recently announced that the local utilities for the cities of Burbank,  Glendale, and Pasadena have joined the Transportation Electrification Partnership (TEP) as part of the Advisory Group. The Partnership now includes over 30 members who have committed to working individually and collectively to achieve an additional 25 percent reduction…

GWP has proposed to build a 12 MW power-generating facility at the Scholl Canyon Landfill, to burn biogas produced by the landfill. In July, GWP released a Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) for this project, and accepted public comments on the report through September 30, 2020. GEC submitted a comment letter, which addresses the DEIR and highlights GEC’s top concerns…

New Rebate Program for Glendale residents!  GWP announces The Laundry to Landscape Greywater System program. Per their website, "The program offers a rebate of up to $500 (not to exceed the actual installed cost) for residential customers who install a Laundry to Landscape (L2L) greywater system that does not require a City permit. These systems are designed to reuse the…

GEC Letter to Glendale News Press RE: CITY MANAGER SELECTION PROCESS Concerned about the lack of tranparency in the city's process of selecting the next city manager, the Glendale Environmental Coalition's Steering Committee collectively sent a letter to the editor in the Glendale News Press calling on Glendale City Staff "to embrace a deliberative, innovative, and inclusive approach by hiring…

CLEAN ENERGY MOMENTUM! UPDATE: GWP Commission heard a report on the first three clean energy projects (see details below) and discussed additional clean energy strategies moving forward. The outcome is a motion that will be presented next to City Council. It went through some amending and landed as follows: Motion recommending to the City Council and the City Manager to…

GEC was pleased to work with Sierra Club to develop a Solar Ordinance Concept Paper for Glendale City Council and staff consideration. Glendale City Council has voted unanimously to direct staff to explore hiring a consultant team to determine the feasibility of adopting a commercial solar PV requirement, and looking at a range of “reach codes” to include battery storage and additional energy efficiency…