EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS WHAT HAPPENED The City Council...
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
WHAT HAPPENED
The City Council authorized the acceptance and appropriation of
state emergency preparedness equipment funds.
WHAT IT MEANS
City Manager Mary Alvord can now accept $21,184 in equipment grant
funds for the fire department. The 2003-04 budget would be amended to
account for the money. The purpose of the grant, according to a city
staff report, is to purchase equipment, support planning efforts and
conduct training exercises to enhance emergency responses to
hazardous materials incidents and terrorism.
VOTE
The City Council voted 4-0 in favor, with Councilman Todd Campbell
absent.
GAS ELECTRIC PLANT
WHAT HAPPENED
The council approved a Burbank Water & Power landfill electric
generation project.
WHAT IT MEANS
The project will provide a 250-kilowatt expansion to the existing
300-kilowatt Burbank Landfill Gas Electric Generation Project. The
expansion will cost $1.1 million. The California Energy Commission
will contribute $450,000 to BWP’s $650,000 cost.
VOTE
The council voted 4-0 in favor of the project.
TRANSPORTATION PLAN UPDATE
WHAT HAPPENED
Glendale City Councilman Bob Yousefian, the area’s representative
to the Southern California Assn. of Governments, gave an update to
the council on the association’s Regional Transportation Plan.
WHAT IT MEANS
Yousefian talked about the association’s development of a
transportation plan for the region and how increasing population,
more jobs and traffic, and the potential for airport expansion will
affect the demand for expanded public transportation programs. He
talked about how increased rail capacity and other forms of mass
transit are part of the 20-year regional plan. The plan is scheduled
to be adopted next year.
VOTE
No vote was needed.