City Council - Regular Meeting

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Good afternoon and welcome to a joint meeting of the Burbank City Council with the successor agency, Housing Authority and Parking Authority on Tuesday, June 2nd, 2026. Mr. City Attorney, will you please state the items on the agenda for closed session?

Yes, Madam Mayor, Vice Mayor, members of the City Council, and for the benefit of the public, the City Council is meeting at 4.30 this afternoon to discuss two items in closed session. The first item is a matter of existing litigation pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9d1 in the case of Amber Victoria Rangeley versus City of Burbank. This is a motor vehicle accident. The second item also involves existing litigation pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9d1 in the matter of LOS ANGELES COUNTY METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY VERSUS CITY OF BURBANK. THIS IS A CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL EQUALITY ACT AND BREACH OF CONTRACT MATTER.

THANK YOU. MADAM CITY CLERK, WELCOME BACK.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

DO WE HAVE ANY IN-PERSON PUBLIC COMMENT?

WE HAVE ONE. AND WE HAVE ONE PHONE CALLER TODAY.

GREAT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO THE ONE IN-PERSON PUBLIC COMMENT IS BRADEN DAY. WELCOME. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

Okay, right. I was expecting a slightly larger turnout, even if this was, like, a closed session. Anyway, here's what I have, like, written down and what I want to say. So, it's already been news. The Los Angeles County Metro is suing the city of Burbank over its refusal to help all the rest of the valley and give the bus rapid transit dedicated bus lanes. And as of last Wednesday, the project has already broken ground in Pasadena, and thankfully we can still get up and running for the 2028 Olympics if we lock in. Now this is basically Metro suggesting that we all focus on finishing this project and connecting both the San Fernando Valley and the San Gabriel Valley. Metro can't wait anymore and this project must be done. This is important more now than ever and we absolutely must get this project done. So it's time we work with Metro instead of against them and improve every city involved.

Thank you for your comment. And Madam City Clerk, you said we have someone on the phone?

We have one caller. You can go ahead and put them through. Our first speaker is Ben Hillman. Hello.

Welcome. You have three minutes.

Hello.

You're on with counsel. You have three minutes.

I'm not sure if I'm on right now. I guess I'll just talk. Before Council discusses whether to settle or continue litigating the Metro BRT matter, I'd like to ask the City Attorney to confirm that all Council members, the Vice Mayor, and the Mayor have been screened for a Local Reform Act conflicts involving Form 700 Disclosed Interests in or near SB 79, TOD, or BRT affected areas. Based on public records and mapping, at least three members appear close enough to affected areas to require analysis. One is inside a Tier 2 TOD half-mile area. One within 500 feet of that area and one within 500 to 1,000 feet of the area. Under FPPC regulation 18702.2, those facts require conflict analysis before process and litigation direction. If anyone has a qualifying conflict, they should not participate unless the city publicly explains why legally participation complies. And allegedly there's momentum to have renters on the council recuse themselves from SC-79 related matters and the PRT. So if those renting in an area affected by SC-79 would materially benefit from the zoning change, why would those who own property not benefit? I look forward to the explanation from the city attorney. Thank you.

Thank you for your comment. There being no further public comment, I now declare the public comment period closed. We will now proceed to a closed session meeting. The regular session of the council meeting will begin at 6 p.m. The public is invited to view the meeting online or by TV and will be able to provide public comment by appearing in person or by calling indirectly to the council meeting at 818. 238-3335. Public comment is accepted in person and on the phone for general public comment and the public hearing. The public comment period for the reports to council will be taken in person only. The televised portion of the closed session is now over.