AGENDA


Garden Grove City Council


Tuesday, March 8, 2022


6:30 PM


Community Meeting Center, 11300 Stanford Avenue, Garden Grove, CA 92840- A ZOOM CALL IN OPTION FOR THE REDISTRICTING PUBLIC HEARING IS AVAILABLE AT 669-900-6833 ID 82625559715 - participation information at https://ggcity.org/redistricting

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:  Members of the public can address the City Council during the public comment portion of the meeting in person or via e-mail.  If you plan to attend the meeting in person, masks or face coverings are required to be worn if you are not vaccinated.  If you feel ill or are showing symptoms of COVID-19, please consider submitting comments by e-mail.  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. 

 

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.PRESENTATIONS
1.a.

Community Spotlight recognizing Mr. Damien Lorton for being named Citizen of the Year in 2020 by the Cypress College Americana Foundation, and Mr. Ric Lerma and Ms. Maureen Blackmun for being named the 2020/2021 Garden Grove Chamber of Commerce Man and Woman of the Year.

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 proclamation honoring Mr. Damien Lorton for being named Citizen of the Year in 2020 by the Cypress College Americana Foundation.  (Action Item)

3.b.

Adoption of a proclamation recognizing Mr. Ric Lerma and Ms. Maureen Blackmun for being named the 2020/2021 Man and Woman of the Year by the Garden Grove Chamber of Commerce. (Action Item)

3.c.

Adoption of a Proclamation celebrating March as Women's History Month.  (Action Item)

3.d.

Receive and file the 2021 Annual Progress Report on the status of the General Plan.  (Action Item)

3.e.

Acceptance of Project Completion for Project No. CP1293000, Katella Avenue Overlay Project, from Magnolia Street to Jean Street.  (Action Item)

3.f.

Award a contract for RFP No. S-1289 to Master Landscape and Maintenance, Inc., for oleander trimming and storm drain maintenance.  (Cost:  $152,545.70) (Action Item) 

3.g.

Receive and file the minutes from the meeting held on February 22, 2022.  (Action Item)

3.h.

Receive and file warrants.  (Action Item)

3.i.

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

4.PUBLIC HEARINGS
(Motion to approve will include adoption of each Resolution unless otherwise stated.)
4.a.Fourth Public Hearing regarding the Redistricting Process post 2020 Census and introduction of an Ordinance implementing one of two draft voting district maps

Entitled:

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GARDEN GROVE ADOPTING THE CITY OF GARDEN GROVE DISTRICT MAP FOLLOWING REVIEW OF THE POPULATION CHANGES RESULTING FROM THE 2020 FEDERAL DECENNIAL CENSUS.  (Action Item)

(For public comments related to Redistricting Agenda Item No. 4.a., a Zoom call-in option is available.  Call in by 6:50 p.m. for the 7:00 p.m. public hearing start time at 669-900-6833 - ID 826 2555 9715.)

5.ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION
5.a.

Adoption of a Resolution approving a Tobacco Law Enforcement Grant and an Agreement with Bureau Veritas for providing operational tasks for the implementation of the grant program, and to appropriate grant funds in Fiscal Year 2021-22 for operating costs. (Grant Amount: $467,699) (Action Item).

5.b.

Adoption of a Resolution to approve related documents to authorize issuance of the City of Garden Grove Pension Obligation Bonds and related Judicial Validation Proceedings. (Action Item)

5.c.

Approval of the Amendment to the City Manager Employment Agreement to extend the expiration of Separation Pay for three years.  (Action Item)

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

The next Regular City Council Meeting will be Tuesday, March 22, 2022, at 5:30 p.m. in the Community Meeting Center, 11300 Stanford Avenue, Garden Grove, California 92840.