Glendale City Council Watch

Eco-Items on the Agenda for 3/1/2022

ALERT! Item 8C is key to GEC’s campaign to eliminate or reduce the purchase of new gas equipment for Grayson and replace with clean energy:

6 pm Regular Meeting
Live Feed / Agenda: https://www.glendaleca.gov/government/public-meeting-portal

8. ACTION ITEMS
c. Glendale Water and Power, re: Grayson Repowering Project
Staff Report: https://glendaleca.primegov.com/Portal/viewer?id=3170&type=0
GEC Rebuttal to Staff Report: https://gec.eco/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2-27-2022-GEC-Letter-to-City-Council.pdf

1. 1. Motion (link) providing direction regarding development of additional clean energy resources and negotiation of reserves
   2. Resolution (link) amending Resolution No. 22-29 to provide direction to staff regarding the phasing and implementation of Alternative 7 (Tesla/ Wartsila Repowering)

GEC SUPPORTS BOTH THE RESOLUTION AND THE MOTION ABOVE!

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[Please note: In the 2 PM Special City Council Meeting on 31/2022, Council will address the following item, which has been removed from the 6PM agenda (2PM Agenda: here):

3. Public Works, re: Further Recommendations on the State of the Community Forest

a. Motion to set Glendale’s citywide tree canopy goal at 25%

b. Resolution dispensing with competitive bidding and authorizing the City Manager, or a designee, to amend contract 8000974 for City Tree Services, with West Coast Arborists, Inc. (WCA) increasing the contract amount by $250,000 to $7,306,000, for the purpose of utilizing Measure S funds to plant trees