AGENDA


Garden Grove City Council


Tuesday, January 26, 2021


6:30 PM


The Meeting will be conducted telephonically - submit comments to cityclerk@ggcity.org by 3:00 p.m. on the day of or attend at the Community Meeting Center, 11300 Stanford Avenue, Garden Grove, CA, following strict COVID-19 Guidelines

Steven R. Jones

Mayor

Kim B. Nguyen

Mayor Pro Tem - District 6

George S. Brietigam

Council Member - District 1

John R. O'Neill

Council Member - District 2

Diedre Thu-Ha Nguyen

Council Member - District 3

Patrick Phat Bui

Council Member - District 4

Stephanie Klopfenstein

Council Member - District 5


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.

 

AGENDA

 

ROLL CALL: COUNCIL MEMBER BRIETIGAM, COUNCIL MEMBER O'NEILL, COUNCIL MEMBER D. NGUYEN, COUNCIL MEMBER BUI, COUNCIL MEMBER KLOPFENSTEIN, MAYOR PRO TEM K. NGUYEN, MAYOR JONES
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
1.PRESENTATIONS
1.a.

Information on the 46th Annual Americana Awards as presented by Howard Kummerman, Executive Director of Cypress College Foundation.

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

Adoption of a Resolution of Commendation for CalOptima's PACE program delivering healthcare to homes of low income seniors as requested by the City Council.  (Action Item)

3.b.Adoption of a Proclamation recognizing January 2021 as Human Trafficking Awareness Month in Garden Grove. (Action Item)
3.c.

Approval to exonerate the Improvement bonds for Tract Map No. 17927, located at 12901 Lewis Street, Garden Grove. (Action Item)

3.d.Approval of the 2020 Orange County Operational Area Agreement. (Action Item)
3.e.

Receive and file minutes from the meeting held on January 12, 2021.  (Action Item)

3.f.Receive and file warrants. (Action Item)
4.COMMISSION/COMMITTEE MATTERS
4.a.

Appointments to City Commissions, Committee, and Board.  (Action Item)

5.ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION
5.a.

Appropriation of funding and approval of an agreement for public safety software with Axon Enterprise, Inc. (Cost:  $2,662,951) (Action Item)

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

Discussion of potential short-term and long-term impacts of COVID-19 related to homelessness as requested by City Manager Stiles. (Action Item) 


7.ADJOURNMENT
The next Regular City Council Meeting will held on Tuesday, February 9, 2021, at 5:30 p.m. in the Community Meeting Center, 11300 Stanford Avenue, Garden Grove, California.