AGENDA


Garden Grove City Council


Tuesday, March 27, 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 Master Officer Michael Elhami, Master Officer Juan Delgado, Officer Luis Ramirez, Officer Matt Marchand, Reserve Officer Joseph Vargas, and Reserve Officer Daniel Edwards for going above and beyond the call of duty with life saving efforts.

1.b.Presentation from the Orange County Fire Authority.
2.ORAL COMMUNICATIONS (to be held simultaneously with other legislative bodies)
RECESS
CONDUCT OTHER LEGISLATIVE BODIES' BUSINESS
RECONVENE
3.CONSENT ITEMS
(Consent Items will be acted on simultaneously with one motion unless separate discussion and/or action is requested by a Council Member.)
3.a.

Approval of Final Tract Map No. 18117 and Subdivision Improvement Agreement with Buaro Partners, LLC, for the property located at 12111 Buaro Street, Garden Grove. (Action Item)

3.b.Authorize an increase to purchase orders with Factory Motor Parts, Auto Parts Distributors, and O'Reilly Auto Parts for miscellaneous auto parts.  (Cost: $85,000) (Action Item)
3.c.

Receive and file minutes from the meeting held on March 13, 2018.  (Action Item)

3.d.

Approval of warrants.  (Action Item)

3.e.

Approval to waive full reading of Ordinances listed.  (Action Item)

4.ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION
4.a.

Required financial disclosure to implement a California Public Employee’s Retirement System two-year early retirement option.  (Action Item)

5.ORDINANCES PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION
5.a.Second reading and adoption of Ordinance No. 2890

Entitled:

An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Garden Grove amending Sections 14.12.010 and 14.12.030 of Chapter 14.12 of Title 14 ("Water") of the Municipal Code relating to water rates and charges. (Action Item)

6.MATTERS FROM THE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND CITY MANAGER
6.a.Continued discussion on the agreement with Focus Media Group regarding bus benches as requested by the City Manager. (Action Item)
6.b.Discussion on recognizing Constitution Day on September 17th and to direct the Parks, Recreation and Arts Commission to develop low cost activities  to engage local high schools with civic engagement as requested by Mayor Pro Tem Beard. (Action Item)
6.c.Discussion on adopting a Resolution supporting Senator Janet Nguyen's introduction of Senate Bill No. 895 for including a statewide school curriculum on the Vietnamese American refugee experience as requested by Council Member Bui. (Action Item)
6.d.Discussion on revisions to the Municipal Code relating to regulations and code enforcement of commercial properties as requested by the City Council. (Action Item)
7.ADJOURNMENT
NEXT MEETING

The next Regular City Council Meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 10, 2018, at 5:30 p.m. at the Community Meeting Center, 11300 Stanford Avenue, Garden Grove, California 92840.