By Endia Fontanez | Arizona Republic
Glendale’s proposed renovations to its downtown campus already was raising questions, but a council member on Tuesday added another: why not move city hall to Westgate?
City buildings are in Glendale’s historic downtown, but Councilmember Joyce Clark proposed moving city operations to the newer area that has developed further west along Loop 101. The city owns land in the area that is home to the NFL stadium, concert arena and a boom of commercial development.
The proposal was a dramatic departure from what the council set out to discuss at Tuesday’s workshop: an update on their nearly $70 million proposal to upgrade the 1980s-era city hall campus and adjacent Murphy Park.
Not all councilmembers supported Clark’s idea.
“Hogwash” is how Vice Mayor Jamie Aldama characterized it. “You would decimate downtown Glendale,” he said.
