AGENDA


Garden Grove City Council


Tuesday, May 28, 2019


6:30 PM


Community Meeting Center 11300 Stanford Avenue Garden Grove California 92840

Steven R. Jones

Mayor

Stephanie Klopfenstein

Mayor Pro Tem - District 5

George S. Brietigam

Council Member - District 1

John R. O'Neill

Council Member - District 2

Thu-Ha Nguyen

Council Member - District 3

Patrick Phat Bui

Council Member - District 4

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

Community Spotlight in recognition of  Gregory Kozlowski for being named 2019 Special Olympics Athlete of the Year.

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.

Adoption of a Proclamation declaring June 2019 as LGBT Pride Month.  (Action Item)

3.b.

Approval of an amendment to the agreement with Continental Concrete Cutting, Inc., to provide saw cutting services for the removal of asphalt and concrete as needed throughout the City. ($200,000 per year) (Action Item)

3.c.

Receive and file minutes from the meeting held on May 14, 2019.  (Action Item)

3.d.

Approval of warrants.  (Action Item)

3.e.

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

4.COMMISSION/COMMITTEE MATTERS
4.a.

Acknowledgement of the resignation of Kevin Rodgers from the Traffic Commission. (Action Item)

5.MATTERS FROM THE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND CITY MANAGER
5.a.

Introduction and first reading of an Ordinance establishing a Nepotism Policy for Boards, Committees and Commissions as requested by City Council

Entitled:

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GARDEN GROVE ESTABLISHING A NEPOTISM POLICY FOR BOARDS, COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS. (Action Item)

5.b.

Transmittal of the 2019 Garden Grove Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Phase 1 Plan as requested by City Manager Stiles.

5.c.

Discussion on listing a Proclamation declaring June 20 as World Refugee Day on the June 11, 2019, City Council agenda as requested by Council Member K. Nguyen. (Action Item)

5.d.

Discussion regarding establishing a policy similar to the City of Fullerton for the display of flags at City Hall, as requested by Council Member K. Nguyen.

6.ADJOURNMENT
NEXT MEETING

The next Regular City Council Meeting will be on Tuesday, June 11, 2019, at 5:30 p.m. in the Community Meeting Center, 11300 Stanford Avenue, Garden Grove, California.