AGENDA


Garden Grove City Council


Tuesday, March 13, 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 the local students selected as ambassadors to represent Garden Grove in the 29th annual Sister City Exchange Program to Anyang, South Korea.

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

Consideration of proposed changes and request to waive annual fees associated with the Garden Grove Farmers Market on Main Street.  (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.

Adoption of a Resolution establishing a Low-Income Senior Discount Program for water customers.  (Action Item)

4.b.

Adoption of a Resolution to add a new classification specification of Code Enforcement Supervisor and approval of salary schedule.  (Action Item)

4.c.

Approval of Amendment No. 4 to Cooperative Agreement No. C-1-2491 between the City of Garden Grove, the Korean American Senior Association of Orange County, and the Orange County Transportation Authority for the Senior Mobility Program. (Action Item)

4.d.

Approval to accept Fiscal Year 2016-17 Public Safety Realignment and Postrelease Community Supervision Funds for law enforcement services. (Amount:  $65,529) (Action Item)

4.e.Authorize issuance of a purchase order to National Auto Fleet Group for two (2) new Public Works pickups and one (1) new Public Works utility body truck.  (Cost:  $89,219.55) (Action Item)
4.f.

Award a contract to Richard Fisher Associates for the preparation of a Parks, Recreation and Facilities Master Plan.  (Cost: $159,641) (Action Item)

4.g.

Approval of a Cooperative Agreement with the City of Westminster for a rehabilitation project on Westminster Boulevard from Newland Street to Magnolia Street.  (Cost: $173,231) (Action Item)

4.h.

Receive and file minutes from the meeting held on February 27, 2018.  (Action Item)

4.i.Approval of warrants.  (Action Item)
4.j.

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

5.PUBLIC HEARINGS
(Motion to approve will include adoption of each Resolution unless otherwise stated.)
5.a.

Introduction and first reading of an Ordinance enacting adjustments in water rates and charges and authorizing future automatic adjustments in water rates to account for adopted increases or decreases in wholesale charges the City pays to other agencies for water

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.ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION
6.a.

Approval to accept Fiscal Year 2017-18 Supplemental Law Enforcement Services Account (SLESA) funds. (Amount:  $269,705) (Action Item)

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

Discussion of agreement with Focus Media Group regarding bus benches as requested by the City Manager.

8.ADJOURNMENT

The next Regular City Council Meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 27, 2018, at 5:30 p.m. at the Community Meeting Center, 11300 Stanford Avenue, Garden Grove, California 92840.