AGENDA


Garden Grove City Council


Tuesday, January 23, 2018


6:30 PM


Community Meeting Center, 11300 Stanford Avenue, Garden Grove, CA 92840

Steven R. Jones

Mayor

Kris Beard

Mayor Pro Tem - District 1

John R. O'Neill

Council Member - District 2

Thu-Ha Nguyen

Council Member - District 3

Patrick Phat Bui

Council Member - District 4

Stephanie Klopfenstein

Council Member - District 5

Kim B. Nguyen

Council Member - District 6


Meeting Assistance:  Any person requiring auxiliary aids and services, due to a disability, to address the City Council, should contact the City Clerk's Office 72 hours prior to the meeting to arrange for accommodations.  Phone:  (714) 741-5040.

 

Agenda Item Descriptions: Are intended to give a brief, general description of the item.  The City Council may take legislative action deemed appropriate with respect to the item and is not limited to the recommended action indicated in staff reports or the agenda. 

 

Documents/Writings:  Any revised or additional documents/writings related to an item on the agenda distributed to all or a majority of the Council Members within 72 hours of a meeting, are made available for public inspection at the same time (1) in the City Clerk's Office at 11222 Acacia Parkway, Garden Grove, CA  92840, during normal business hours; (2) on the City's website as an attachment to the City Council meeting agenda; and (3) at the Council Chamber at the time of the meeting. 

 

Public Comments:  Members of the public desiring to address the City Council are requested to complete a pink speaker card indicating their name and address, and identifying the subject matter they wish to address.  This card should be given to the City Clerk prior to the start of the meeting.  General comments are made during "Oral Communications" and should be limited to matters under consideration and/or what the City Council has jurisdiction over.  Persons wishing to address the City Council regarding a Public Hearing matter will be called to the podium at the time the matter is being considered.

 

Manner of Addressing the City Council: After being called by the Mayor, you may approach the podium, it is requested that you state your name for the record, and proceed to address the City Council. All remarks and questions should be addressed to the City Council as a whole and not to individual Council Members or staff members. Any person making impertinent, slanderous, or profane remarks or who becomes boisterous while addressing the City Council shall be called to order by the Mayor.If such conduct continues, the Mayor may order the person barred from addressing the City Council any further during that meeting.

 

Time Limitation: Speakers must limit remarks for a total of (5) five minutes. When any group of persons wishes to address the City Council on the same subject matter, the Mayor may request a spokesperson be chosen to represent the group, so as to avoid unnecessary repetition.At the City Council's discretion, a limit on the total amount of time for public comments during Oral Communications and/or a further limit on the time allotted to each speaker during Oral Communications may be set.

 

PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES DURING THE MEETING.

 

AGENDA

 

ROLL CALL: COUNCIL MEMBER O'NEILL, COUNCIL MEMBER T. NGUYEN, COUNCIL MEMBER BUI, COUNCIL MEMBER KLOPFENSTEIN, COUNCIL MEMBER K. NGUYEN, MAYOR PRO TEM BEARD, MAYOR JONES
INVOCATION
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
1.PRESENTATIONS
1.a.

Community Spotlight in recognition of Kathryn Beck, a Bolsa Grande High School teacher and a Finalist for the 2017 Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching.

1.b.

Presentation from the Orange County Transportation Authority on the Harbor Corridor Study.

2.ORAL COMMUNICATIONS (to be held simultaneously with other legislative bodies)
3.WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS
3.a.

Consideration of a request from the Sister City Association of Garden Grove for co-sponsorship of the 2018 Strawberry Stomp 5K. (Cost: $10,177) (Action Item)

RECESS
CONDUCT OTHER LEGISLATIVE BODIES' BUSINESS
RECONVENE
4.CONSENT ITEMS
(Consent Items will be acted on simultaneously with one motion unless separate discussion and/or action is requested by a Council Member.)
4.a.

Acceptance of the Municipal Service Center East Island Fuel Dispenser Replacement Project at 13802 Newhope Street, Garden Grove, as complete. (Action Item)

4.b.

Authorize the issuance of a purchase order to National Auto Fleet Group for one (1) new Community and Economic Development Department vehicle. (Cost: $24,313.92) (Action Item)

4.c.

Authorize the issuance of a purchase order to National Auto Fleet Group for one (1) new Public Works Department pickup truck.  (Cost: $23,537.04) (Action Item)

4.d.

Approval of an agreement with LSA Associates to provide California Environmental Quality Act compliance documents for the proposed House Foods expansion project at 7351 and 7421 Orangewood Avenue, Garden Grove; and approval of a Reimbursement Agreement with House Foods America Corporation.  (Action Item)

4.e.Approval of the 2018 Investment Policy; re-appointment of a City Treasurer and a Deputy City Treasurer; and delegation of Investment Authority.  (Action Item)
4.f.

Adoption of a Resolution approving the Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Garden Grove and the Garden Grove Fire Management Association.  (Action Item)

4.g.Receive and file minutes from the meeting held on January 9, 2018.  (Action Item)
4.h.

Approval of warrants.  (Action Item)

5.ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION
5.a.

Acceptance of 2016 Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) (Grant: $308,130); authorize the grant matching funds in the amount of $30,812; authorize the issuance of purchase orders to L.N. Curtis & Sons (Cost: $147,340.15) and Municipal Emergency Services (Cost: $135,560.06), to purchase nozzles/appliances and thermal imaging cameras with AFG federal grant funds. (Action Item)

6.MATTERS FROM THE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND CITY MANAGER
7.ADJOURNMENT

The next Regular City Council Meeting will be held on Tuesday, February 13, 2018, at 5:30 p.m. at the Community Meeting Center, 11300 Stanford Avenue, Garden Grove, California.