AGENDA


Garden Grove City Council


Tuesday, June 13, 2023


6:30 PM


Community Meeting Center 11300 Stanford Avenue Garden Grove California 92840

Steve Jones

Mayor

George S. Brietigam

Mayor Pro Tem - District 1

John R. O'Neill

Council Member - District 2

Cindy Tran

Council Member - District 3

Joe DoVinh

Council Member - District 4

Stephanie Klopfenstein

Council Member - District 5

Kim B. Nguyen

Council Member - District 6


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. 

 

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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

 

COUNCIL MEMBER O'NEILL, COUNCIL MEMBER TRAN, COUNCIL MEMBER DOVINH, COUNCIL MEMBER KLOPFENSTEIN, COUNCIL MEMBER K. NGUYEN, MAYOR PRO TEM BRIETIGAM, MAYOR JONES
INVOCATION
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
1.PRESENTATIONS
1.a.Community Spotlight in recognition of Pacifica High School's Varsity Softball team for winning the CIF Southern Section Division 1 Championship.
1.b.

Community Spotlight in recognition of Pacifica High School's NJROTC program for their history-making placement at the NJROTC Nationals.

2.ORAL COMMUNICATIONS (to be held simultaneously with other legislative bodies)
3.WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS
3.a.Consideration of a written request from the Korean Festival Committee of Orange County to host the Arirang Festival at Garden Grove Park on October 12, 2023, through October 15, 2023.  (Action Item)
3.b.Consideration of a written request from the Honoring Our Fallen Organization for approval of temporary closure of city streets for the Independence Day-Freedom Parade on Saturday, July 1, 2023.  (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 Proclamation recognizing June 19th as Juneteenth in Garden Grove.  (Action Item) 

4.b.

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

4.c.

Award contracts to B&D Towing, dba Balcaceres and Davalos Towing, and Cylinder Enterprises Inc., dba Finish Line Towing to provide on-call towing services as needed by the Police Department.  (Action Item) 

4.d.

Acceptance of grant funds from the California Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) for Police Officer Wellness programs.  (Grant Funds: $122,162.38) (Action Item)

4.e.Amendment to the Agreement with Woodruff & Smart to adjust the rates for City Attorney services. (Cost $20,000) (Action Item)
4.f.Award a contract to U.S. Bank, N.A. for banking services for Fiscal Years 2023-24 through 2025-26. (Cost: $79,000 per year) (Action Item)
4.g.

Adoption of a Resolution Declaring a Surplus Land Exemption for real property located at 11390-11400 Stanford Avenue, Garden Grove. (Action Item)

4.h.

Adoption of a Resolution for the Fiscal Year 2023-24 Project List Funded by Senate Bill 1 – The Road to Repair and Accountability Act of 2017. (Action Item)

4.i.

Adoption of Resolutions for: Initiating Proceedings for the Levying of Fiscal Year 2023-24 Assessment for the City of Garden Grove Street Lighting District, Street Lighting District No. 99-1, and Park Maintenance District; the Engineer's Report; and Intention for Fixing a Time and Date to Conduct a Public Hearing. (Action Item)

4.j.

Approval of the Fiscal Year 2023-24 Downtown Assessment District Budget; Adoption of a Resolution Initiating Proceedings for the Levying of Assessments for Fiscal Year 2023-24; Adoption of a Resolution Approving the Engineer’s Report; and Adoption of a Resolution of Intention Fixing a Time and Date for a Public Hearing. (Action Item) 

4.k.

Approval of Fiscal Year 2023-24 Measure M2 Seven-Year Capital Improvement Plan; and adoption of a Resolution ensuring conformance of the City’s Circulation Element with the Orange County Transportation Authority Master Plan of Arterial Highways in concurrence with the City’s existing Mitigation Fee Program. (Action Item) 

4.l.Approval of writing off certain delinquent obligations owed to the City as uncollectible debt. (Action Item)
4.m.

Receive and file warrants.  (Action Item)

4.n.

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

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

Adoption of Resolutions approving the biennial budget for Fiscal Year 2023-24 and Fiscal Year 2024-25.  (Action Item)

6.COMMISSION/COMMITTEE MATTERS
6.a.

Appointments to the Planning Commission to fill two vacancies.  (Action Item)

7.ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION
7.a.

Introduction and first reading of an ordinance to adopt the Paramedic Tax Override Rate for Fiscal Year 2023-24

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)

7.b.

Award a contract to RJ Noble Company to provide material, equipment, and labor for Residential Streets Rehabilitation 2023, City Project No. CP1362023. (Cost: $1,213,545) (Action Item)

8.MATTERS FROM THE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND CITY MANAGER
8.a.

Update on the Civic Center Revitalization Project as requested by City Manager Kim.

9.ADJOURNMENT

The next Regular City Council Meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, June 27, 2023, at 5:30 p.m. in the Community Meeting Center, 11300 Stanford Avenue, Garden Grove, California 92840.

 

Happy Birthday Council Member Klopfenstein