AGENDA


Garden Grove City Council


Tuesday, January 26, 2016


6:30 PM


Courtyard Center

12732 Main Street, Garden Grove, CA 92840

Bao Nguyen

Mayor

Steven R. Jones

Mayor Pro Tem

Christopher V. Phan

Council Member

Phat Bui

Council Member

Kris Beard

Council Member


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

 

Open Session

 

ROLL CALL:  COUNCIL MEMBER BEARD, COUNCIL MEMBER BUI, COUNCIL MEMBER PHAN, MAYOR PRO TEM JONES, MAYOR NGUYEN

 

INVOCATION

 

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

1.CLOSED SESSION REPORT
2.PRESENTATIONS
3.ORAL COMMUNICATIONS (to be held simultaneously with other legislative bodies)
4.WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS
4.a.

Approval for use of Willowick Golf Course for annual Garden Grove Community Foundation Golf Classic.  (Action Item)

4.b.

Approval of written request from the Garden Grove Farmers Market Director to waive annual fees associated with the Garden Grove Farmers Market.  (Cost:  $1,625.50) (Action Item)

RECESS

 

CONDUCT OTHER LEGISLATIVE BODIES' BUSINESS

 

RECONVENE 

5.CONSENT ITEMS
(Consent Items will be acted on simultaneously with one motion unless separate discussion and/or action is requested by a Council Member.)
5.a.

Approval of the 2016 Investment Policy; Re-Appointment of a City Treasurer and a Deputy City Treasurer; and Delegation of Investment Authority.  (Action Item)

5.b.

Approval of the First Amendment to an agreement with Community Action Partnership of Orange County for grant funding for physical activity opportunity projects.  (Action Item)

5.c.

Authorize the issuance of a purchase order to Apex Computer Systems, Inc. for the purchase of Hewlett Packard Computers. (Cost:  $57,736.80) (Action Item)

5.d.

Acceptance of Project No. S-1124-A Material Storage Canopy as complete.  (Action Item)

5.e.

Consideration of donation request from the Vietnamese American Federation of Southern California.  (Cost:  approximately $260) (Action Item)

5.f.

Request for authorization to participate in the City of Santa Ana's application for a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Promise Zone Designation. (Action Item)

5.g.Approval of warrants. (Action Item)
5.h.Approval to waive full reading of Ordinances listed.  (Action Item)
6.PUBLIC HEARINGS
(Motion to approve will include adoption of each Resolution unless otherwise stated.)
6.a.

Public Hearing - Consideration of an amended and restated Operating Covenant Agreement with AAA Oil, Inc. dba California Fuels and Lubricants at 11621 and 11671 Westminster Avenue.  (Action Item)

6.b.Public Hearing - District Elections mapping process update. (Action Item)
7.COMMISSION/COMMITTEE MATTERS
7.a.Appointment of Michael Barker to fill the vacancy on the Planning Commission.  (Action Item)
8.ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION
8.a.Approval of funding for 800 MHZ Backbone and Radios. (Action Item)
8.b.

Award of Independent Financial Auditor/Contract to Davis Farr LLP for FY 2015-16 through FY 2019-20 (Cost:  $397,041 for five years) (Action Item)

9.ORDINANCES PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION
9.a.

Second reading of Ordinance No. 2863 updating the City’s Land Use Regulations pertaining to cannabis dispensaries, delivery, and cultivation; and confirming unlisted uses are prohibited.  (Action Item)

Ordinance No. 2863  entitled AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GARDEN GROVE APPROVING AMENDMENT NO. A-015-2015 AMENDING TITLE 9 OF THE GARDEN GROVE MUNICIPAL CODE TO UPDATE THE CITY’S LAND USE REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO CANNABIS DISPENSARIES, DELIVERY, AND CULTIVATION, AND TO CONFIRM THAT USES NOT SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIED IN A ZONING DISTRICT ARE PROHIBITED IN THAT DISTRICT

 

 

ORDINANCE NO. 2860, for second reading, by title only, entitled                                 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GARDEN GROVE ADDING CHAPTER 18.56 TO TITLE 18 OF THE GARDEN GROVE MUNICIPAL CODE TO PROVIDE AN EXPEDITED, STREAMLINED PERMITTING PROCESS FOR SMALL RESIDENTIAL ROOFTOP SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS

 

 

ORDINANCE NO. 2860, for second reading, by title only, entitled                                 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GARDEN GROVE ADDING CHAPTER 18.56 TO TITLE 18 OF THE GARDEN GROVE MUNICIPAL CODE TO PROVIDE AN EXPEDITED, STREAMLINED PERMITTING PROCESS FOR SMALL RESIDENTIAL ROOFTOP SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS

 

 

ORDINANCE NO. 2860, for second reading, by title only, entitled                                 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GARDEN GROVE ADDING CHAPTER 18.56 TO TITLE 18 OF THE GARDEN GROVE MUNICIPAL CODE TO PROVIDE AN EXPEDITED, STREAMLINED PERMITTING PROCESS FOR SMALL RESIDENTIAL ROOFTOP SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS

10.MATTERS FROM THE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND CITY MANAGER
10.a.Presentation on SR22 Billboards (per City Manager).
10.b.Discussion on the qualifications of City Commissioners, as requested by Council Member Beard. (Action Item)
10.c.

Discussion regarding the provision of financial support for non-profit organizations, as requested by Council Member Bui.

11.ADJOURNMENT

The next Regular Meeting will be held on Tuesday, February 9, 2015, at 5:30 p.m. in the Community Meeting Center, 11300 Stanford Avenue, Garden Grove.