AGENDA


Garden Grove City Council


Tuesday, April 28, 2020


6:30 PM


Community Meeting Center 11300 Stanford Avenue Garden Grove California 92840

Steven R. Jones

Mayor

John R. O'Neill

Mayor Pro Tem - District 2

George S. Brietigam

Council Member - District 1

Diedre 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: 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 D. NGUYEN, COUNCIL MEMBER BUI, COUNCIL MEMBER KLOPFENSTEIN, COUNCIL MEMBER K. NGUYEN, MAYOR PRO TEM O'NEILL, MAYOR JONES
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
1.ORAL COMMUNICATIONS (to be held simultaneously with other legislative bodies)
RECESS
CONDUCT OTHER LEGISLATIVE BODIES' BUSINESS
RECONVENE
2.CONSENT ITEMS
(Consent Items will be acted on simultaneously with one motion unless separate discussion and/or action is requested by a Council Member.)
2.a.

Adoption of a Proclamation declaring May 2020 as Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.  (Action Item)

2.b.

Adoption of a Proclamation declaring May 2020 as Building and Safety Month.  (Action Item)

2.c.

Authorize an extension of 60-day Surplus Land Act notification of interest deadline due to COVID-19. (Action Item)

2.d.

Approval of a donation of fire equipment to the City of La Habra Heights.  (Action Item)

2.e.

Approval of the West Orange County Water Board Cathodic Protection Project. (Annual cost for eight years:  $42,000)  (Action Item)

2.f.

Approval of an agreement with Stommel, Inc. dba Lehr Auto for Police Department vehicle outfitting. (Cost: $85,800) (Action Item)

2.g.

Approval of an Amendment to the Citizen Participation Plan and Substantial Amendment No. 3 to the 2019-20 Annual Action Plan for the use of Housing and Urban Development Funding. (Action Item)

2.h.

Receive and file minutes from the meeting held on April 14, 2020.  (Action Item)

2.i.

Receive and file warrants. (Action Item)

2.j.

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

3.ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION
3.a.

Award a professional services contract to Carl Warren & Company for third-party liability claims administration services.  (Cost: $365,060) (Action Item)

3.b.

Acceptance of Department of Justice Grant funding and approval to allocate funding to award a contract to Motorola Solutions, Inc.  (Grant amount:  $450,000) (Action Item)

3.c.

Introduction and first reading of an Ordinance amending Chapter 2.52 of the Municipal Code increasing public works contracts bidding thresholds to conform with State law

Entitled:

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GARDEN GROVE AMENDING PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 2.52 OF TITLE 2 OF THE GARDEN GROVE MUNICIPAL CODE INCREASING PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACTS BIDDING THRESHOLDS TO CONFORM WITH STATE LAW.  (Action Item)

3.d.Introduction and first reading of an Ordinance to require electronic submittal of campaign disclosure statements and Form 700 filings

Entitled:

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GARDEN GROVE ADDING CHAPTER 2.14 TO TITLE 2 OF THE GARDEN GROVE MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO ELECTRONIC FILING OF CAMPAIGN FINANCE DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS.  (Action Item)

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

Discussion regarding a proposed Resolution denouncing coronavirus discrimination against Asians and Asian Americans, as requested by Council Member Diedre Thu-Ha Nguyen.

4.b.

Financial update for Fiscal Year 2019-20 and Fiscal Year 2020-21 as requested by City Manager Stiles.

5.ADJOURNMENT
NEXT MEETING

The next Regular City Council Meeting will be on Tuesday, May 12, 2020, at 5:30 p.m. in the Community Meeting Center, 11300 Stanford Avenue, Garden Grove, California.