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The City of Glendale is sponsoring a TRANSPORT ABILITY EXPO at
Larry Zarian Transportation Center 400 W. Cerritos Ave, in Glendale
There will be information on how to use public transportation for older adults, persons with mobility impairments, and those who have never ridden a bus. This free event will be held SATURDAY, JUNE 23, 9 AM - 12 PM.
THERE WILL BE GIVEAWAYS AND FREE FOOD.
CONTACT 888 -743- 5977 or glendalebeeline.com
Come enjoy a summer's evening and hang out with your neighbors at the 2nd annual National Night Out.
Tuesday, August 7th
6pm - 8pm
Glenoaks Canyon Park
Hope to see you there!
The City of Glendale is holding summer art and recreation classes at the Chevy Chase Library and at Glenoaks Park.
The last day to register is this Friday, June 15th, by 10am.
Some of the class offerings include:
FOR YOUNGER KIDS:
Gymnastics, ages 5-9, Tuesdays 4-4:45 p.m.
Elementary Tap Dance, ages 4-7, Tuesdays, 5-5:45 p.m.
Ballet, ages 3-5, Tuesdays, 6-6:45 p.m.
FOR OLDER KIDS:
Basic Drawing, ages 6-12 (6 weeks), Thursdays, 5-6 p.m.
Fine Arts Camp, ages 5-12, August 13-17, half days and/or full days available
FOR FAMILIES TOGETHER:
Parent & Child Art, working together, ages 2-5, Mondays 4-5 p.m.
Family Music Night, birth to 5 years, Thursdays 6:45-7:15
For a complete list, plus adult art and zumba fitness classes at Chevy Chase Library, and classes at Glenoaks Park check out this downloadable schedule of CCL-GM Classes Only - SUMMER 2012 or look at the Glendale Summer Leisure Guide for a comprehensive list of all activities in Glendale this summer. Classes June 18-Aug. 25, (or some classes are fewer weeks)
On June 10-11 in the overnight hours, we had multiple vehicles broken into via smashed windows and some unlocked doors. This spree took place on Eat Glenoaks, Hollister, and Scholl. In many cases, victims reported losing the usual items: GPS, iPods, sunglasses. In others, the garage remote was taken. Please remove ALL ITEMS of value including your remotes every night and lock the doors. When possible, installing a motion light near the parking area may help. The individuals will keep coming back when they need more loot for their dope habit, so any night owls would be useful in keeping an extra eye out for any movement on the street.
The Glendale Police Department has begun putting out a regular bulletin outlining some of the crime trends going on in our city. Glendale Police Chief Ron DePampa (rdepompa@ci.glendale.ca.us) attributes the increased crime in the city to the release of "realigned" felons into the community. These felons are considered by the state to be lowrisk offenders: non-violent, non-serious, and non-high risk sex offenders. But, the reality is that these felons are also career criminals: five felony convictions already, 56% have mental health issues, 56% have substance abuse issues and re-offenders with a 70% recidivism rate. It is estimated that the state will be releasing 55,000 of these felons by the end of 2012. To read more about this problem and how it affects our city and neighborhood, read the full bulletin here:
http://www.ci.glendale.ca.us/police/pdfs/crimetrends/crimetrendscrimetrends_1qtr2012.pdf
If you would like to subscribe to the Crime Trends Bulletin, a sign up form (name and email address) can be found here:
http://www.ci.glendale.ca.us/police/crimetrends/signup.asp
Be safe and vigilant out there and report anything suspicious you see in the canyon.
Yup, it's that time of the year again when all the canyon K-9s can come out and show their stuff (and bring their humans too).
The Dog Parade will be held this Saturday, June 2nd from 1-4pm. As in past years we will have a costume contest, a contest to see who's dog can do the best tricks, and the ever popular obstacle course. We will also be parading all of the neighborhood pups around the park for a fun-filled afternoon.
See you there.
We have posted a comprehensive, 130 page Emergency Guide written by Isabelle Meyer on the site. This guide has everything you will need to get prepared for an emergency and help you be confident in what to do when an emergency happens.
You can find the guide on this site's Disaster Preparedness page.
We have also provided a link to download the guide here:
This guide covers everything from preparing for an emergency, to what you need to do after an emergency strikes. This is something that everyone should check out.
Please note that as this document is quite large, it may take some time to download.
On March 27th, the City Council passed the Glendale Bicycle Safety Plan. This affects our canyon in that as part of the street resurfacing project [see: Glenoaks Blvd. Rehabilitation Meeting Notes] the city will be painting bike lanes and sharrows markers in the canyon upon completion of resurfacing. Below is a summary of what this means for our canyon.
Here is what the plan proposes:
From Chevy Chase to Mt. Carmel
Current 46' wide 2 lanes with on-street parking
Proposed 46' wide 2 lanes with on-street parking 6' bike lanes 7' wide parking lanes 10' wide travel lanes
From Mt. Carmel to Scholl Dr.
Current 46' wide 2 lanes with on-street parking 9.5' center turn lane 8' parking lanes 10' 3" travel lanes
Proposed 46' wide 2 lanes with on-street parking Remove center turn lane 7' parking lanes 6' bike lanes 10' travel lanes
From Scholl Dr. to Scholl Canyon Park Entrance
Current 40' wide 2 lanes with on-street parking 4' center painted median 7' parking lanes 11' driving lanes
Proposed 40' wide 2 lanes with on-street parking Remove center painted median 7' parking lanes 13' travel lanes with sharrows (see below for an explanation of what a "sharrow" is)
From Scholl Canyon Park Entrance to Tennis Courts
Current 40' wide 2 lanes with parking only from 6am to 10:30pm 6' wide painted lines, no bike lane markings
Proposed 40' wide 2 lanes with parking only from 6am to 10:30pm Stencil and sign existing stripes to create bike lane
A "sharrow" is a shared bike lane. Signified by the symbol:
The stated purposes of the shared-lane markings used in California are to:
You can download the full copy of the bicycle master plan here: http://www.ci.glendale.ca.us/public_works/GlendaleBicycleMasterPlan.asp
Here are some great tips that were posted by one of our canyon residents:
For non-emergencies call Glendale PD at (818) 548-4911
For suspicious vehicles, GPD needs make, model, color, AND LICENSE PLATE #. Also special features like bumper damage, bondo, peeling paint, custom paint job and tell dispatch the direction the car is traveling.
For suspicious people GPD needs as much detail as possible dark skin, light skin, hair color, height and weight approximated AND what they are wearing.
Other resources: Crimemapping.com for up to the minute crimes in our area. lacrimestoppers.com (tip line) 818 507-STOP & 800 222-tips (anonymous tip line) TIPLA@2744637 for texting
The City Council will host a “study session” at 3:00 pm on Tuesday March 27th (prior to the regular Council Meeting) to gain input from staff and other sources regarding the proposed addition of Bike Lanes in the City of Glendale. The session should last about 2 hours.
All concerned citizens are encouraged to attend the session and voice their opinions – both pro and con. Council will use the input for further study the program. There is nothing scheduled yet as to when the Council will bring up the program for a vote.
We urge all Canyon residents to participate in the study session and verbally present their ideas regarding adding bike lanes to Glenoaks Boulevard to our Council. if you can't make it to the meeting, please email your thoughts about bike lanes in Glendale to citycouncil@ci.glendale.ca.us.
