AGENDA


Regular Meeting


Garden Grove City Council


Community Meeting Center
11300 Stanford Avenue, Garden Grove, California 92840


Tuesday, December 8, 2020

6:30 PM

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


COVID-19 Information: Masks are required to be worn and adherence to six foot distancing from others when attending public meetings.

 

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.
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)
2.REORGANIZATION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
2.a.

Selection of Mayor Pro Tem.  (Action Item)

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.

Receive and file the Garden Grove Housing Authority Annual Report as Housing Authority and as Housing Successor for Fiscal Year 2019-20. (Joint Action Item with the Garden Grove Housing Authority.)

3.b.

Receive and file the annual financial reports and auditor’s communication related to Fiscal Year 2019-20 annual audit. (Action Item)

3.c.

Adoption of a Proclamation declaring December 10, 2020, to be Human Rights Day in Garden Grove.  (Action Item)

3.d.

Adoption of a Resolution dissolving the Joint Powers Employee Benefit Authority and terminating the Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement. (Action Item)

3.e.

Adoption of a Resolution establishing procedures and delegating authority for settlement of claims and litigation, and collection of delinquent accounts.  (Action Item)

3.f.

Adoption of a Resolution approving a new classification for the position of Sewer Pump Station Electrician. (Action Item)

3.g.

Approval of an Agreement with the Children and Families Commission of Orange County for First 5 Orange County Program Funding.  (Grant Amount:  $125,000) (Action Item)

3.h.

Authorize the issuance of a purchase order for three new Police Department Administration utility vehicles to National Auto Fleet Group.  (Cost:  $108,987.23) (Action Item)

3.i.

Receive and file minutes from the meeting held on November 24, 2020.  (Action Item)

3.j.

Receive and file warrants.  (Action Item)

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

Acceptance of the Fiscal Year 2019-20 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report.  (Action Item)

5.COMMISSION/COMMITTEE MATTERS
5.a.

Consideration of appointments to the Audit Committee and outside Committees.  (Action Item)

5.b.

Adoption of a Resolution appointing a City Council Member to the Orange County Fire Authority Board of Directors. (Action Item)

6.ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION
6.a.

Report on the status of the Surplus Land Act process for the Willowick Golf Course. (Action Item)

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

Presentation of the 6th Housing Element Cycle and proposed Land Use Alternatives as requested by City Manager Stiles.

7.b.

Discussion on considering an ordinance requiring a minimum of thirty days residency prior to pulling nomination papers to run for Mayor or City Council as requested by Council Member Kim Nguyen.

7.c.Courtesy of the floor extended to Mayor Jones, Council Member O'Neill, Council Member Klopfenstein, and Council Member K. Nguyen in connection with the 2020 General Election (if needed).
8.ADJOURNMENT
The next Regular City Council Meeting will be on Tuesday, December 22, 2020, at 5:30 p.m. in the Community Meeting Center, 11300 Stanford Avenue, Garden Grove, California.

The next Regular City Council Meeting will be on Tuesday, December 22, 2020, at 5:30 p.m. in the Community Meeting Center, 11300 Stanford Avenue, Garden Grove, California.