AGENDA


Garden Grove City Council


Tuesday, June 14, 2022


6:30 PM


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

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 the District Winners and Runners-Up of the City's new, virtual home beautification program, called Garden Grove Gems.
1.b.

Public Safety update for the upcoming July 4th holiday as presented by the Police Department and Orange County Fire Authority.

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 recognizing June 19th as Juneteenth in Garden Grove.  (Action Item) 

3.b.

Adoption of a Proclamation declaring June 20th as World Refugee Day in Garden Grove.  (Action Item)

3.c.

Adoption of Resolutions for the November 8, 2022, General Municipal Election. (Action Item)

3.d.

Adoption of a Resolution declaring a Stage 2 Mandatory Conservation-Water Alert under the City’s Water Conservation Program.  (Action Item)

3.e.Adoption of a Resolution approving the Garden Grove Tourism Improvement District Advisory Board's 2022-23 Annual Report, Declaration of Intention to levy assessments for Fiscal Year 2022-23, and setting the time and date to conduct a public hearing on the proposed assessment. (Action Item)
3.f.

Adoption of a Resolution approving the Memorandum of Understanding with the Garden Grove Police Management Association.  (Action Item)

3.g.

Acceptance of the Notice of Completion for the Medal of Honor Bike and Pedestrian Trail - Tree Information Signs Project Urban Forest Management Plan Project No. 01-2022.  (Action Item)

3.h.

Acceptance of a Street Deed for street and highway purposes for an easement at the property located at 12202 S. Harbor Boulevard, Garden Grove.  (Action Item) 

3.i.

Appropriation of Fiscal Year 2021-22 Public Safety Realignment and Post-Release Community Supervision Funds.  (Action Item)

3.j.

Authorization for modifications to the Amended Promissory Note with Lab Holding, LLC for the Cottage Industries Project.  (Action Item)

3.k.

Authorization of a blanket purchase order increase with Charles P. Crowley Company to purchase parts for the City’s Sodium Hypochlorite Systems at various water production facilities.  (Cost:  $100,000) (Action Item)

3.l.

Award a contract to Overland, Pacific & Cutler, LLC. for relocation planning and assistance services. (Cost:  $156,500) (Action Item)

3.m.Approval of Amendment No. 2 to the agreement with InfoSend, Inc. for data processing, printing, inserting, and mailing services for business licenses, utility bills, and the CityWorks publication. (Cost: $180,000) (Action Item)
3.n.

Receive and file minutes from the meetings held on April 26, 2022, May 3, 2022, May 10, 2022, and May 16, 2022.  (Action Item) 

3.o.

Receive and file warrants.  (Action Item)

3.p.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.

Adoption of a Resolution for the annual levy of Fiscal Year 2022-23 assessment for the Downtown Assessment District.  (Action Item)

4.b.

Adoption of Resolutions confirming the annual levy of Fiscal Year 2022-23 assessments for the Garden Grove Street Lighting District, the Garden Grove Street Lighting District No. 99-1, and the Garden Grove Park Maintenance District.  (Action Item)

5.ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION
5.a.

Introduction and first reading of an ordinance to adopt the Paramedic Tax Override Rate for Fiscal Year 2022-23  

Entitled:  An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Garden Grove establishing the amount of money for paramedic services that must be raised by an ad valorem tax override and the setting of the tax rate of said override. (Action Item)

5.b.

Approval of a Memorandum of Understanding with the City of Fountain Valley and the City of Westminster to explore advancement of a future Navigation Center.  (Action Item)

5.c.

Award a contract to R.J. Noble Company, for Various Street Rehabilitation 2022 Projects. (Cost: $4,971,340) (Action Item continued from the May 24, 2022, City Council meeting.)

6.ORDINANCES PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION
6.a.Second reading of Ordinance No. 2935
Entitled:  An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Garden Grove adopting the Garden Grove Police Department Military Equipment Use Policy pursuant to Government Code 7071.  (Action Item)
7.MATTERS FROM THE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND CITY MANAGER
8.ADJOURNMENT

The next Regular City Council Meeting will be on Tuesday, June 28, 2022, at 5:30 p.m. at the Community Meeting Center, 11300 Stanford Avenue, Garden Grove, California, 92840.

 

Happy Birthday Council Member Klopfenstein!