Week In Review

The contract, which partners CC Vending and Coca-Cola with the city, could bring in about $500,000 in revenue over the next 10 years, Deputy City Manager Yasmin Beers said. Currently vending machines on city property bring in a couple hundred dollars, she said.

The city currently has multiple vendors servicing a number of vending machines throughout city facilities, Beers said.

The partnership between CC Vending and Coca-Cola — presented to the city in March — will bring that vending service under one umbrella, she said.

CC Vending will provide and service the machines, and Coca-Cola will provide the merchandise, Beers said.

Through the contract, the city will be receiving several perks, including 150 cases of free goods a year, a $250 annual scholarship for a Glendale Unified School District student and use of a special-events trailer, Beers said.

The number of vending machines on city property will also be more than doubling through the contract, city administrative analyst Shea Eccleston-Banwer said.

The city currently has 50 existing vending machines on its property, he said. CC

Vending will be replacing those machines — hopefully by the end of the year, according to Beers — and bringing in an additional 65 machines that will offer beverages, snacks, coffee and ice cream, to bring the total to 115 machines, a city report said.

POLITICS

California drivers have until July 2008, before hanging up hand-held cellphones for good since Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill banning drivers from using hand-held cellphones.

The bill, introduced by Sen. Joseph Simitian, a Democrat who represents Palo Alto, allows for the use of hands-free devices like headsets and speaker phones.

And plenty of residents and police alike agree that it's a good idea.

California Highway Patrol data shows that cellphones are the number one cause of distracted-driving accidents.

Glendale Police Lt. Carl Povilaitis said that while distractions like eating or applying make-up while driving, are dangerous, most moving violations he's seen have been caused by drivers on cellphones.

People talking on cellphones tend not to stop for pedestrians, said Alex Lee, who works in downtown Glendale.

EDUCATION

Students taking classes at Glendale Community College this winter semester will get an unexpected tuition break.