AGENDA


Garden Grove City Council


Tuesday, January 11, 2022


6:30 PM


AMENDED - Meeting conducted Telephonically - Public attendance at 11300 Stanford Avenue, Garden Grove, CA 92840, or by phone at 669-900-6833 ID 82625559715 - further instructions at https://ggcity.org/city-council/meetings-participation

Steve Jones

Mayor

Diedre Thu-Ha Nguyen

Mayor Pro Tem - District 3

George S. Brietigam

Council Member - District 1

John R. O'Neill

Council Member - District 2

Patrick Phat Bui

Council Member - District 4

Stephanie Klopfenstein

Council Member - District 5

Kim B. Nguyen

Council Member - District 6


COVID-19 Information:  Consistent with State Assembly Bill 361, members of the City Council may be present or participate telephonically.  Members of the public can address the City Council during the public comment portion of the meeting in person or via teleconference.  If you plan to attend the meeting in person, masks or face coverings are required to be worn at all times.  If you feel ill or are showing symptoms of COVID-19, please participate via teleconference.  Teleconference instructions are available on the City's website at  https://ggcity.org/city-council/meetings-participation

 

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 who attend the meeting in-person and would like 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 before the meeting begins. 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.  Members of the public participating via teleconference should review the instructions on the City's website pertaining to Live Virtual Public Comments at https://ggcity.org/city-council/meetings-participation

 

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 BUI, COUNCIL MEMBER KLOPFENSTEIN, COUNCIL MEMBER K. NGUYEN, MAYOR PRO TEM D. 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 Proclamation declaring January 13, 2022, as Korean American Day in Garden Grove.  (Action Item)

2.b.

Receive and file the Fiscal Year 2020-21 Development Impact Fee Annual Report.  (Action Item) 

2.c.

Approval of overnight training for Police Department management and supervisory personnel to attend a leadership training and team building workshop.  (Estimated Cost:  $28,000) (Action Item)

2.d.

Receive and file warrants.  (Action Item)

2.e.Approval to waive full reading of Ordinances listed.  (Action Item)
2.f.

Approval to place a Strawberry Zest statue in front of Fire Station 84 on Valley View Street upon completion of private fund raising efforts.  (Action Item)

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

Introduction and first reading of an Ordinance to approve Amendment No. A-033-2021

Entitled:

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GARDEN GROVE APPROVING AMENDMENT NO. A-033-2021, A ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT TO TITLE 9 OF THE GARDEN GROVE MUNICPAL CODE TO ADOPT NEW REGULATIONS FOR TWO-UNIT RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS AND PARCEL MAPS FOR URBAN LOT SPLITS IN SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONES IN ACCORDANCE WITH SENATE BILL 9.  (Action Item)

3.b.

First public hearing regarding the Redistricting Process post 2020 Census. (Action Item)

4.COMMISSION/COMMITTEE MATTERS
4.a.

Consideration of an appointment to fill a vacancy on the Neighborhood Improvement and Conservation Commission.  (Continued from the meeting held on December 14, 2021.) (Action Item)

5.ORDINANCES PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION
5.a.Second reading and adoption of Ordinance No. 2926

Entitled:

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GARDEN GROVE APPROVING AMENDMENT NO. A-032-2021, A ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT TO PORTIONS OF CHAPTER 9.16 (COMMERCIAL, OFFICE PROFESSIONAL, INDUSTRIAL, AND OPEN SPACE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS) OF TITLE 9 OF THE CITY OF GARDEN GROVE MUNICIPAL CODE ESTABLISHING ENHANCED DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATIONAL STANDARDS AND MODIFIED PARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR INCIDENTAL OUTDOOR DINING AREAS ASSOCIATED WITH EATING ESTABLISHMENTS/RESTAURANTS WITHIN THE COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL ZONES. (Action Item)

5.b.Second reading and adoption of Ordinance No. 2928

Entitled:

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GARDEN GROVE AMENDING CHAPTER 36 OF TITLE 10 OF THE GARDEN GROVE MUNICIPAL CODE ESTABLISHING SPEED LIMITS FOR CERTAIN DESIGNATED CITY STREETS BASED UPON AN UPDATED TRAFFIC AND ENGINEERING SPEED SURVEY (Action Item)

6.MATTERS FROM THE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND CITY MANAGER
6.a.Discussion regarding adjusting the City Council's salary as authorized by California law based on Garden Grove's population, as requested by Council Member Kim Nguyen and Council Member George Brietigam.   

6.b.ERP Project Subcommittee update provided by Council Member Bui.
7.ADJOURNMENT
The next Regular City Council Meeting is Tuesday, January 25, 2022, at 5:30 p.m. in the Community Meeting Center, 11300 Stanford Avenue, Garden Grove, California 92840.