AGENDA
Garden Grove City Council
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
6:30 PM
Community Meeting Center
11300 Stanford Avenue
Garden Grove, California 92840
Stephanie Klopfenstein
Mayor
Joe DoVinh
Mayor Pro Tem – District 4
George S. Brietigam
Council Member – District 1
Phillip Nguyen
Council Member – District 2
Cindy Tran
Council Member – District 3
Yesenia Muñeton
Council Member – District 5
Ariana Arestegui
Council Member – District 6
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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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AGENDA
ROLL CALL: COUNCIL MEMBER BRIETIGAM, COUNCIL MEMBER NGUYEN, COUNCIL MEMBER TRAN, COUNCIL MEMBER MUÑETON, COUNCIL MEMBER ARESTEGUI, MAYOR PRO
TEM DOVINH, MAYOR KLOPFENSTEIN
INVOCATION
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
PRESENTATIONS
1. Community Spotlight in recognition of the Santiago High School Boy's Basketball Team for winning the CIF Championship.
[Item 112/2025]
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS (TO BE HELD SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH OTHER
LEGISLATIVE BODIES)
RECESS
CONDUCT OTHER LEGISLATIVE BODIES' BUSINESS
RECONVENE
CONSENT ITEMS (CONSENT ITEMS WILL BE ACTED ON SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH
ONE MOTION UNLESS SEPARATE DISCUSSION AND/OR ACTION IS REQUESTED
BY A COUNCIL MEMBER)
2. Adoption of a Proclamation recognizing April as Fair Housing Month. (Action Item)
[Item 111/2025]
3. Adoption of a Proclamation recognizing April as National Child Abuse Prevention Month. (Action Item)
[Item 131/2025]
4. Adoption of a Proclamation recognizing April as Sexual Assault Awareness Month. (Action Item)
[Item 129/2025]
5. Adoption of a Resolution approving the Memorandum of Understanding between the City and the Garden Grove Police Management Association. (Action Item)
[Item 116/2025]
6. Adoption of a Resolution to approve a 180-Day wait period exemption to hire a retired annuitant for the Office of Community Relations. (Action Item) [Item 120/2025]
7. Approval of an Agreement with the County of Orange to receive Families and Communities Together (FaCT) Grant Funding for the Magnolia Park Family Resource Center. (Action Item)
[Item 115/2025]
8. Receive and file warrants. (Action Item)
[Item 130/2025]
9. Approval to waive full reading of ordinances listed. (Action Item)
[Item 125/2025]
PUBLIC HEARINGS (MOTION TO APPROVE WILL INCLUDE ADOPTION OF EACH
RESOLUTION UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED)
10. Adoption of Resolutions for: Approval of a Mitigated Negative Declaration and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program, General Plan Amendment No. GPA- 001-2025, Tentative Parcel Map No. PM-2024-124, Site Plan No. SP-150-2025, Tentative Tract Map No. TT-19336, Variance No. V-045-2025, and Conditional Use Permit No. CUP-119-60 (REV. 2025) for a request to develop a 26-unit residential townhome project, on a portion of an approximately 3.025-acre site developed with a parking lot of a religious facility, at 5802 Santa Catalina Avenue; and the introduction and first reading of an ordinance approving Zoning Map Amendment No. A-041-2025.
Entitled:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GARDEN GROVE APPROVING ZONING MAP AMENDMENT NO. A-041-2025 TO AMEND THE CITY’S OFFICIAL ZONING MAP TO CHANGE THE ZONING OF A 1.73 ACRE PORTION OF
THE PARCEL LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF SANTA CATALINA AVENUE,
NORTHWEST OF SANTA BARBARA AVENUE, BETWEEN VALLEY VIEW STREET AND ST. MARK STREET, AT 5802 SANTA CATALINA AVENUE, ASSESSOR’S PARCEL NO. 224-212-01, FROM R-1 (SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL) TO R-3 (MULTIPLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL) ZONE TO FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF A 26-UNIT RESIDENTIAL ATTACHED TOWNHOME PROJECT ON THE SUBJECT SITE. (Action Item)
[Item 93/2025]
ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION
11. Approval of a Preliminary Award Letter between the City of Garden Grove, Garden Grove Housing Authority, Domus Development, LLC, and Korean Community Services, Inc. (Joint Action Item with the Garden Grove Housing Authority.)
[Item 119/2025]
ORDINANCES PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION
12. Second reading and Adoption of Ordinance No. 2963, entitled:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GARDEN GROVE AMENDING SECTION 14.20.020 OF CHAPTER 14.20 OF TITLE 14 OF THE GARDEN
GROVE MUNICIPAL CODE PERTAINING TO THE CROSS-CONNECTION CONTROL PROGRAM. (Action item)
[Item 124/2025]
MATTERS FROM THE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND CITY MANAGER
ADJOURNMENT
The next Regular Meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, April 22, 2025, at 5:30 p.m. in the Community Meeting Center, 11300 Stanford Avenue, Garden Grove, California, 92840.