
Appointee of the the Los Angeles County City Selection Committee, nominated by the North County/San Fernando Valley Subcommittee
Credit: Metro
About Ara J. Najarian
Ara J. Najarian has served on the Glendale City Council for 12 years and was recently re-elected to his fourth term with the highest number of votes of all candidates. He has served three terms as Mayor of Glendale. Before serving on Council Ara was elected to the Glendale Community College Board of Trustees.
Ara is a regional leader in transportation, holding a seat on the Los Angeles MTA since 2006 and previously serving as MTA Chairman. Ara also is 2nd Vice Chairman of Metrolink and has served on the Board of Directors since 2007.
Ara sits on the Board of Directors of the San Fernando Valley Council of Governments, and held the position of Chairman.
Ara received a B.A in Economics from Occidental College, and his J.D. degree from the University of Southern California Law School. In his private life, Ara is a practicing attorney in Glendale. He is married to Palmira Perez, and has two boys.
Board Reports
Board reports acted upon most recently by committees to which Ara J. Najarian belongs
2023-0259 - PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENT/CONSTRUCTION CAREERS POLICY (PLA/CCP) Received
RECEIVE AND FILE the status update on the Project Labor Agreement and Construction Careers Policy programs through the quarter ending December 2022.
5/18/2023 - RECEIVED AND FILED
Board approved a Motion Construction Informational Report Labor Outreach Policy Project Strategic planning2023-0200 - TUNNEL ADVISORY PANEL Approved
AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to execute: A. Contract Modification No. 12 to Contract No. PS-2020-1055 with Dr. Geoffrey R. Martin for the continuation of Tunnel Advisory Panel Services, ...
5/25/2023 - APPROVED
Budgeting Central Los Angeles subregion Construction Construction engineering Contracts Gateway Cities (Southeast LA County) Service Sector Gateway Cities subregion Los Angeles Union Station Metro Rail A Line Metro Rail D Line Metro Rail E Line Metro Rail L Line Metro Vision 2028 Plan Procurement Project Project delivery Project management Westside Subway Extension/Purple Line Extension Phase 2 Westside/Central Service Sector Zoning2023-0351 - CREATION OF A PERMANENT BUSINESS INTERRUPTION FUND MOTION Approved
APPROVE Motion by Directors Horvath, Dupont-Walker, Solis, Barger, Krekorian, and Dutra that the Metro Board direct the Chief Executive Officer to establish a permanent Business Interruption Fund ...
5/25/2023 - APPROVED
Construction Crenshaw/LAX Transit Corridor Project Hilda Solis Los Angeles International Airport Metro Rail A Line Metro Rail D Line Metro Rail E Line Metro Rail L Line Metro Vision 2028 Plan Motion / Motion Response Program Project Westside Subway Extension/Purple Line Extension Phase 2 Westside/Central Service Sector2023-0027 - MEASURE M MULTI-YEAR SUBREGIONAL PROGRAM ANNUAL UPDATE - NORTH COUNTY SUBREGION Approved
CONSIDER: A. APPROVING: 1. programming of $9,720,367 within the capacity of Measure M Multi-Year Subregional Program (MSP) - Active Transportation Program, as shown in Attachment ...
5/25/2023 - APPROVED
Bicycling Budgeting Construction Guidelines Plan Program Project Safety Strategic planning2023-0099 - HIGH DESERT CORRIDOR FY24 WORK PROGRAM Approved
CONSIDER: A. APPROVING $1,947,500 in Measure M High Desert Multipurpose Corridor (HDMC) funds identified in the Expenditure Plan for Right-Of-Way acquisition to be repurposed to the High ...