Glenoaks Canyon Wildfire Response & Preparedness Meeting Tonight

The Glendale Fire Department will hold a community meeting on Glenoaks Canyon Wildfire Response & Preparedness on Wednesday, December 14, 2022 from 6 to 8 pm at Glenoaks Elementary.  The following topics will be presented:

•  Glenoaks Canyon Wildfire History

•  The Glendale Fire Department’s Wildfire Response to Glenoaks Canyon

•  Area Automatic Air & Mutual Threat Zone Aid

•  Evacuation Guidelines

•  Community Alerting

•  Brush Clearance Requirements in Glendale

•  Local & State Codes

•  Vegetation Management Inspection Process

Glenoaks Canyon Wildlife Response & Preparedness Meeting
Wednesday, December 14, 2022
6pm-8pm
Glenoaks Elementary School Auditorium

Community Meeting on New Park at Scholl Canyon 12/7/22

Glendale Community Services and Parks is hosting its first community meeting to envision the new park at Scholl Canyon. The meeting will be Wednesday, December 7th from 6 to 8 pm at the Joe Bridges Clubhouse at Glenoaks Park. This is an opportunity to share what type of recreation amenities you would like to see after the landfill closes (estimated to be the end of 2025) and is capped. Please come and participate.

Community Meeting on New Park at Scholl Canyon
Wednesday, December 7, 2022
6:00pm - 8:00pm
Joe Bridges Clubhouse
Glenoaks Park

Glenoaks Canyon Evacuation Drill - 11/29/21 at 9:00am

[UPDATE] Please click here for a video message from Chief Lanzas of the Glendale Fire Department.

On Monday, November 29th at 9:00 AM, GOCHA and the City of Glendale are holding an emergency evacuation drill. Your participation in this drill will help emergency responders learn how to best assist us in a real emergency.

Glenoaks Canyon presents the challenge that there is only one way in and one way out and emergency teams want to learn how they can help us prevent a bottleneck at the canyon entrance. Please look for the three Evacuation Drill handouts that either have been delivered or will be delivered to your doorstep during the next couple of days or you can download them here.

The Evacuation Drill:  Canyon residents will be notified via text, voice message or email at 9:00 AM on Monday, November 29th. The notification will announce the start of the drill and give us instructions. Once the drill is completed we will be notified that we can return home. 

If you haven’t yet done so, please sign up for emergency notices (such as the practice one we will receive for our drill on Nov. 29th) at https://www.glendaleca.gov/government/departments/fire-department/emergency-preparedness and then click on the Emergency Alerts button and sign up. 

Thank you in advance for your participation in this important drill. 

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Rabid Bat Advisory

We have been notified by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, that a bat tested positive for rabies near the Glen Oaks/Fair Oaks Community of Glendale. The bat was reported on August 30, 2019.

Please see advisory here.

Although bats are the major animal species that carry rabies in Los Angeles County, only a very small percentage (1-2%) of bats in nature have rabies. Every year bats are tested positive for rabies throughout Los Angeles County. Please see: http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/vet/rabiesmap2019.htm

This website contains step by step instructions for residents if a bat is found inside their home: http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/vet/batinhouse.htm

If residents own dogs or cats, they should make sure their pets are up to date with their rabies vaccination.

If you have any questions or concerns, you can contact Michelle Chang at the LA County Dept of Public Health.

Michelle Chang, DVM, MPH
Veterinary Public Health Program
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
Tel. 213-288-7060
mchang@ph.lacounty.gov

http://www.publichealth.lacounty.gov/vet

Bats and Rabies: A Public Health Guide

Scholl Canyon Landfill Article

Mary Stewart Douglas

Below is an interesting and informative article written by Mary Stewart Douglas, a Washington DC environmental attorney about the Scholl Canyon landfill along with the other planned energy projects proposed by the City of Glendale. 

Community Groups Look to the Future But Glendale Officials Largely Cling to Tipping Fees and Fossil Fuels

Comment on MND relating to Biogas Renewable Generation Project

Gerry Rankin, a GOCHA Board Member and a 76 year resident of Glenoaks Canyon, submitted the following comment on the City's intent to adopt a Mitigated Negative Declaration relating to "Biogas Renewable Generation Project." 

It is an important read and provides some important information about the proposed Biogas Plant that GWP wants to build on the Scholl Canyon Landfill.

Gerry Rankin - Biogas Project on Landfill

Important Public Hearing Regarding Scholl Canyon Landfill

On Wednesday, March 21st at 5:00 PM, the Glendale Planning Commission will be hearing oral comments and will be voting whether to approve the Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) for the Biogas Renewable Generation Project (Power Plant) at the Scholl Canyon Landfill.  Meeting location is  633 E. Broadway, Room 105, in Glendale.

What this means is the City is trying to fast track the installation of a new power generating system on top of our landfill without a full and proper analysis of environmental hazards.  An Environmental Impact Report (EIR) would more fully examine these hazards and would also provide alternatives solutions.  GOCHA is calling for a full EIR report.  Be advised that if this MND is approved on Wednesday, the power plant will be built on the landfill.

It is important that we get a big turnout for this very important meeting. We need the city to hear us. 

Please see attached flyer and plan to attend this important meeting regarding a power plant that would affect all of us in the canyon as well as in surrounding areas.

Wednesday, March 21, 2018 5:00 pm

Municipal Services Building 633 E. Broadway Room 105

Public Hearing Flyer