AGENDA


Garden Grove City Council


Tuesday, August 9, 2022


6:30 PM


Community Meeting Center 11300 Stanford Avenue Garden Grove California 92840 Council Member Klopfenstein to teleconference from 15947 South Shore Dr. Truckee, CA 96161

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 in memory of former City Manager George Tindall, October 11, 1943 - June 22, 2022.

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

Consideration of a written request for a one-day use of the Willowick Golf Course for the annual Golf Classic on September 28, 2022.  (Fee Waiver Amount:  $4320.00)(Action Item)

RECESS
CONDUCT OTHER LEGISLATIVE BODIES' BUSINESS
RECONVENE
4.CONSENT ITEMS
(Consent Items will be acted on simultaneously with one motion unless separate discussion and/or action is requested by a Council Member.)
4.a.

Adoption of a Resolution of Commendation for George Tindall, former Garden Grove City Manager.  (Action Item)

4.b.

Adoption of a Resolution declaring the intention to vacate a street and alley for Thackery Avenue and the Alley north of Twintree Avenue, west of Harbor Boulevard.  (Action Item)

4.c.

Authorize an increase to the purchase order with John B. Ewles, Inc., for disposing asphalt and concrete materials.  (Increased Cost:  $25,000) (Action Item)

4.d.

Authorize the issuance of purchase orders with Econolite Control Products and JTB Supply Company Inc., for Fiscal Year 2022-23 Traffic Control Operations.  (Cost: $75,000 Econolite; $125,000 JTB Supply Company) (Action Item) 

4.e.

Authorize issuance of a purchase order to Waterline Technologies Inc., for the purchase and and delivery of sodium hypochlorite for Water Disinfection IFB No. S-1297.  (Cost:  $150,000) (Action Item)

4.f.

Approval of a Cooperative Agreement with the Orange County Transportation Authority for the Valley View Street Corridor Traffic Signal Synchronization Project CP1180000.  (Cost: $115,620) (Action Item) 

4.g.

Approval of Amendment No. 2 of the contract with American Asphalt South, Inc., for increased costs to provide as needed asphalt and slurry seal services.  (Cost:  $200,000) (Action Item)

4.h.

Approval of Amendment No. 1 to the Professional Services Agreement with Ocean Blue Environmental Services, Inc. for removal of hazardous and biological waste from city properties.  (Cost: $200,000) (Action Item)

4.i.

Award a contract to Michael Baker International to provide U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and State of California Department of Housing and Community Development consultation services. (Cost: $200,000) (Action Item) 

4.j.

Receive and file minutes from the meeting held on June 14, 2022.  (Action Item)

4.k.

Receive and file warrants.  (Action Item)

4.l.

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

4.m.Adoption of a Resolution Amending the Salary Schedule. (Action Item)
5.COMMISSION/COMMITTEE MATTERS
5.a.

Acceptance of Commissioner Yasmin Vazquez's resignation from the Traffic Commission.  (Action Item)

6.ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION
6.a.

Award a contract to Ardurra Group Inc., for professional engineering services for the repair and rehabilitation of Water Storage Reservoirs-Phase II. (Cost: $399,738) (Action Item)

7.ORDINANCES PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION
7.a.Second Reading of Ordinance No. 2937

Entitled:  An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Garden Grove reauthorizing the public, educational, and Governmental fee on State Video Franchisees operating within the City of Garden Grove.  (Action Item)
8.MATTERS FROM THE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND CITY MANAGER
8.a.

Update on the progress of a future navigation center as requested by City Manager Stiles. (Action Item)

8.b.

Focused zoning amendments update on proposed text amendments relating to the creation of objective development standards for single-family residential, multi-family residential, mixed use, supportive housing, single-room occupancy (SRO) housing, and motel/hotel conversions as requested by City Manager Stiles.

8.c.Discussion regarding establishing a Garden Grove film incentive program in partnership with the Garden Grove Chamber of Commerce and Garden Grove Tourism Improvement District, as requested by Council Member Kim Nguyen.  (Action Item)
8.d.
Discussion regarding SB 357, repeal of prohibition of loitering with the intent to commit prostitution, as requested by Council Member Patrick Phat Bui (Action Item).  
9.ADJOURNMENT

The next Regular City Council Meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, August 23, 2022, at 5:30 p.m. in the Community Meeting Center, 11300 Stanford Avenue, Garden Grove, California 92840.

 

Happy Birthday to Mayor Pro Tem Diedre Thu-Ha Nguyen