City Owned Solar Development – Brand Landfill

The City of Glendale and Glendale Water & Power are implementing the Brand Park Solar Photovoltaic System Project, which involves the construction and operation of a city-owned 1.815 megawatt ground-mount solar system. The project is located on a 2.1 acre portion of a 219 acre parcel at 1601 West Mountain Street in Glendale, California, situated within Pomeroy Canyon and the southern Verdugo Mountains. The installation will be placed on a manufactured flat pad of an inactive landfill, requiring only minor site preparation and leveling without significant grading. The infrastructure consists of 3,300 ground-mounted PV panels, transformers, inverters, and combiner panels reaching heights of approximately 6 feet 6 inches, with electrical distribution lines installed on new wood utility poles along existing access roads. The project is categorized as exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act under CEQA Guidelines Sections 15303 and 15304. To ensure environmental compliance and the protection of biological resources, the project requires adherence to a Biological Resources Assessment prepared by TRC. Mandatory pre-construction surveys must be completed before building permits are issued and construction begins, specifically targeting nesting birds, raptors, the Least Bell's vireo, special status wildlife, Crotch's Bumble Bee, and the Western Spadefoot Toad. The project is managed by the City of Glendale with primary coordination through the Principal Planner and Business Transformation Manager.