Eleven of the 14 property owners have already signed on to the historic district plan, and no formal opposition has been filed, city planners said.
Supporters of the district initiated the process more than a year ago in a bid to preserve the “movie set” neighborhood of cottage-style homes built mostly between 1924 and 1928.
If the application stays on the fast track, city planners said Glendale could see its second historic district approved before the end of the year.
Two requests to extend existing consulting contracts for Glendale Water & Power found an unreceptive audience Tuesday in City Councilmen Bob Yousefian and Frank Quintero, who both harped on the fiscal liabilities in approving a combined $60,356 in additional money during what has been a harsh economic downturn.
Both incumbents opposed a request for an additional $40,000 to maintain the consulting services of former interim utility Director Dan Waters until Dec. 31.
With Quintero vowing to vote against the extensions altogether, city officials offered a last-minute compromise, telling the council that Waters could probably be retained long enough to see the project through with just $20,000 — half the amount originally requested.
Yousefian eventually acquiesced to the $20,000 amount, with Quintero holding firm on his dissent.
In the wake of a meeting where Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger reportedly told educators he may call for up to $4 billion in midyear budget cuts to education, state and local officials expressed concern about a crisis that may further impair an already struggling state education system.
