AGENDA


Garden Grove City Council


Tuesday, November 9, 2021


6:30 PM


Community Meeting Center 11300 Stanford Avenue Garden Grove California 92840

Steve 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
INVOCATION
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 Resolution approving the submittal of an application to the Orange County Transportation Authority for the Engineering Phase of the Harbor/Garden Grove Intersection Improvement Project.  (Grant Amount:  $97,500) (Action Item)

2.b.Approval to extend lease Agreement with Credit Union of Southern California for property located at 11390 Stanford, Garden Grove. (Action Item)
2.c.Review of the automatic pass-through water rate increase.  (Action Item)
2.d.Approval of out-of-state travel to attend the 2021 Innovating Commerce Serving Communties (ICSC) convention, previously known as the International Council of Shopping Centers at the Las Vegas Convention Center from December 6, through December 7, 2021.  (Cost Estimate: $10,000) (Action Item)
2.e.

Authorize the issuance of a purchase order for three new Police Department vehicles to National Auto Fleet Group.  (Cost:  $85,660.88) (Action Item)

2.f.

Authorize the issuance of an increase to the purchase order with Grainger for hardware supplies.  (Cost: $100,000) (Action Item)

2.g.

Receive and file minutes from the meeting held on October 26, 2021.  (Action Item)

2.h.

Receive and file warrants.  (Action Item)

2.i.Approval to waive full reading of ordinances listed.  (Action Item)
3.PUBLIC HEARINGS
(Motion to approve will include adoption of each Resolution unless otherwise stated.)
3.a.

Adoption of Resolutions to certify the environmental impact report for the proposed General Plan Update with zoning amendments, a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program, a Statement of Overriding Considerations, and to approve General Plan Amendment No. GPA-003-2021; and Introduction and first reading of an Ordinance approving Amendment No. A-031-2021

Entitled:

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GARDEN GROVE APPROVING ZONING AMENDMENT NO. A-031-2021 MAKING FOCUSED AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 9 OF THE GARDEN GROVE MUNICIPAL CODE AND THE ZONING MAP TO IMPLEMENT THE GENERAL PLAN HOUSING ELEMENT AND LAND USE ELEMENT UPDATES BY INCREASING THE MAXIMUM PERMITTED RESIDENTIAL DENSITY IN MIXED USE ZONES, IMPLEMENTING A MIXED-USE OVERLAY ZONE ALLOWING RESIDENTIAL AND MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT ON SPECIFIED PARCELS, AND REZONING SPECIFIED PARCELS TO ALLOW MULTIPLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL USES.  (Action Item)

4.ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION
4.a.Consideration of a Resolution affirming that the current City Council districts continue to be substantially equal in population based on the 2020 Census and the district map shall remain the same. (Action Item)
4.b.

Approval of the Extension of the Agreement with Redflex Traffic Systems Inc., for Traffic Photo Enforcement.  (Cost: $369,600) (Action Item)

4.c.

Authorize the issuance of a purchase order for new playground equipment for Garden Grove Park to Innovative Playgrounds Company, Inc. (Cost: $261,002.46) (Action Item)

4.d.

Adoption of a Resolution approving the submittal of an application to the Orange County Transportation Authority for the Garden Grove Boulevard Rehabilitation Project.  (Grant Amount: $506,380) (Action Item)

4.e.

Adoption of a Resolution approving the submittal of the Euclid Street Traffic Signal Synchronization Improvement Project to the Orange County Transportation Authority for Funding Under the Comprehensive Transportation Funding Program.  (Grant Amount: $1,300,000) (Action Item)

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

The next Regular City Council Meeting is Tuesday, November 23, 2021, at 5:30 p.m. in the Community Meeting Center, 11300 Stanford Avenue, Garden Grove, California.

 

Happy Birthday Council Member O'Neill