AGENDA


Garden Grove City Council


Tuesday, April 26, 2016


6:30 PM


Community Meeting Center, 11300 Stanford Avenue, 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


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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. 

 

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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.PRESENTATIONS
1.a.Community Spotlight:  Recognition of Garden Grove College Graduates Class of 2016.
1.b.Police Department Medal of Merit awarded to Investigator Michael Farley.
2.ORAL COMMUNICATIONS (to be held simultaneously with other legislative bodies)
3.WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS

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.

Approval of a Lease Agreement for property located at 11554 Salinaz Avenue, Garden Grove.  (Cost:  $40,764) (Action Item)

4.b.

Adoption of a Resolution authorizing the receipt of Grant Funding from the Orange County Transportation Authority for the 2016 Tier 1 Environmental Cleanup Grant program.  (Action Item)

4.c.

Acceptance of Project No. 7271-Brookhurst Street Rehabilitation from Trask Avenue to Garden Grove Boulevard, and from Hazard Avenue to Westminster Avenue, and HAWK Pedestrian Signal Installation as complete.  (Action Item)

4.d.

Adoption of a Resolution approving an amendment to the asbestos and lead abatement service contract with Edgar Gonzalez for 12302 Harbor Boulevard, 12511 Twintree Lane, 12531 Twintree Lane, 12551 Twintree Lane, and 12571 Twintree Lane, Garden Grove. (Cost: $47,000) (Action Item)

4.e.Receive and file minutes from the March 22, 2016, meeting. (Action Item)
4.f.Approval of Warrants.  (Action Item)
4.g.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.Consideration of proposed voting district maps for the formation of six Council Districts, Public Hearing to receive public input on district boundaries and introduction of an ordinance implementing by-district elections.  (Action Item)
6.COMMISSION/COMMITTEE MATTERS
6.a.

Appointment of Lac Tan Nuygen to the Planning Commission.  (Action Item)

6.b.

Confirmation of the Vacancy of Commissioner Michael Pauwels from the Main Street Commission.  (Action Item)

7.ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION
7.a.

Consideration and approval of agreement with the Orange County Humane Society for animal shelter services.  (Action Item)

7.b.

Discussion of February 24, 2016, District Attorney report regarding allegations of Brown Act violations, and Adoption of a Resolution designating City Clerk as Closed Session Recorder.  (Action Item)

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

Discussion of a Resolution urging the President and the State Department to call for the release of Nguyen Van Dai, as requested by Mayor Nguyen. 

8.b.Discussion regarding the Municipal Code requirements for front yard landscaping and paving, as requested by Council Member Bui.
9.ADJOURNMENT

 

The next Regular City Council Meeting will be held on Tuesday, May 10, 2016, at 5:30 p.m. at the Community Meeting Center, 11300 Stanford Avenue, Garden Grove, CA.