AGENDA


Garden Grove City Council


Tuesday, February 13, 2024


6:30 PM


Community Meeting Center 11300 Stanford Avenue Garden Grove California 92840

Steve Jones

Mayor

Cindy Tran

Mayor Pro Tem - District 3

George S. Brietigam

Council Member - District 1

John R. O'Neill

Council Member - District 2

Joe DoVinh

Council Member - District 4

Stephanie Klopfenstein

Council Member - District 5

Kim B. Nguyen-Penaloza

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. 

 

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

 

COUNCIL MEMBER BRIETIGAM, COUNCIL MEMBER O'NEILL, COUNCIL MEMBER DOVINH, COUNCIL MEMBER KLOPFENSTEIN, COUNCIL MEMBER K. NGUYEN-PENALOZA, MAYOR PRO TEM TRAN, MAYOR JONES
INVOCATION
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
1.PRESENTATIONS
1.a.

Community Spotlight in recognition of Nancy Caruso, founder of Get Inspired, for her ocean conservation and restoration efforts in Orange County.

1.b.

Community Spotlight in recognition of the Garden Grove Police Department Special Resources Team for their continued efforts in addressing homelessness.

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 celebrating Black History Month in Garden Grove.  (Action Item)

3.b.

Rejection of bids received for the CDD-002 Civic Center Revitalization Project Plan Review/Inspections.  (Action Item)  

3.c.Adoption of a Resolution approving the recommended salary adjustments resulting from the Part-time Equity Study. (Action Item)
3.d.

Authorization for the California Automated Permit Processing Program (CalAPP) grant program agreement and appropriation of funds for program implementation; and award a contract to Symbium, LLC to provide online automated solar permitting software. (Grant Amount: $80,000) (Action Item)

3.e.Receive and file the current adopted Military Equipment Use Policy, and direct staff to move forward with an amendment to the Policy.  (Action Item)
3.f.

Receive and file minutes from the meetings held on December 12, 2023, December 20, 2023, and January 9, 2024.  (Action Item)

3.g.

Receive and file warrants.  (Action Item)

3.h.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 Resolutions for: Approval of a Mitigated Negative Declaration and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program, General Plan Amendment No. GPA-001-2023, Site Plan No. SP-127-2023, and Tentative Tract Map No. TT-19273 for a 30-unit residential townhome project; and the introduction and first reading of an ordinance approving Zoning Amendment No. A-036-202 

Entitled:  

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GARDEN GROVE APPROVING ZONING AMENDMENT NO. A-036-2023 TO AMEND THE CITY’S OFFICIAL ZONING MAP TO CHANGE THE ZONING DESIGNATION OF PROPERTIES LOCATED AT 13252 BROOKHURST STREET AND 10052 CENTRAL AVENUE AND IDENTIFIED AS ASSESSOR'S PARCEL NOS. 099-031-01, 099-031-02, 099-031-08, and 099-031-09 FROM C-1 (NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL) AND R-2 (LIMITED MULTIPLE RESIDENTIAL) TO R-3 (MULTIPLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL).  (Action Item)

5.ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION
5.a.Approval of a Cooperative Agreement with the City of Westminster for the rehabilitation of Garden Grove Boulevard, from Beach Boulevard (East city limit) to Edwards Street.  (Cost: $290,128) (Action Item)
5.b.

Adoption of a Resolution approving participation of the Clean California Local Grant Program, authorize appropriation of funds for a local match for the program, and approval of the Caltrans Restricted Grant Agreement. (Grant Amount: $441,000) (Action Item).

5.c.

Approval of an Agreement with AAA Oil Co. dba California Fuels and Lubricants to provide fuel and fuel management for city vehicles and equipment. (Cost:  $1,000,000) (Action Item)

5.d.

Adoption of a Resolution authorizing an application for OCTA Community-Based Transit/Circulators Program Project V funding. (Grant Amount:  $2.27 million over seven years.)  (Action Item)

6.ORDINANCES PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION
6.a.Second Reading and Adoption of Ordinance No. 2951

Entitled:

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GARDEN GROVE AMENDING SECTION 2.56.030 OF CHAPTER 2.56 OF TITLE 2 OF THE GARDEN GROVE MUNICIPAL CODE PERTAINING TO THE COMPOSITION AND APPOINTMENT OF TENANT COMMISSIONERS TO THE GARDEN GROVE HOUSING AUTHORITY  (Action Item)

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

Update on the Central Cities Navigation Center (CCNC) as requested by City Manager Kim including: Approval of Amendment No. 2 to the agreement with Borders Architects for architectural consulting services (Cost: $27,905); and approval of Amendment No. 1 to the agreement with Thomco Construction, Inc. for construction of the Central Cities Navigation Center Project. (Cost: $260,000) (Action Item)

7.b.

Update on the Strawberry Zest Statue Acceptance and Commissioning as requested by the City Council.  (Action Item)

8.ADJOURNMENT

The next Regular City Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, February 23, 2024, at 5:30 p.m. in the Community Meeting Center, 11300 Stanford Avenue, Garden Grove, California 92840.