AGENDA
Garden Grove City Council
Tuesday, May 13, 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
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 giv en 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 rega rding 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 r ecord, 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 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 Services 2025 Summer Program Update.
[Item 164/2025]
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 celebrating May 4 - May 10, as National Small Business Week. (Action Item)
[Item 159/2025]
3. Adoption of a Proclamation recognizing May 18 - 24, 2025 as National Public Works Week. (Action Item)
[Item 165/2025]
4. Adoption of a Proclamation recognizing May as Building and Safety Month. (Action Item)
[Item 168/2025]
5. Adoption of a Proclamation recognizing May as Mental Health Awareness Month. (Action Item)
[Item 167/2025]
6. Adoption of Resolutions for: Initiating Proceedings for the levying of Fiscal Year 2025-26 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)
[Item 170/2025]
7. Approval of the Fiscal Year 2025-26 Downtown Assessment District Budget; Adoption of a Resolution Initiating Proceedings for the Levying of Assessments for Fiscal Year 2025-26; 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)
[Item 171/2025]
8. Acceptance of an easement for public street and highway purposes for the property located at 11081 College Avenue. (Action Item)
[Item 160/2025]
9. Authorization for the issuance of an emergency purchase order with Tess Electric for electrical equipment replacement at Well No. 31. (Cost: $54,225.64) (Action Item)
[Item 161/2025]
10. Receive and file warrants. (Action Item)
[Item 169/2025]
PUBLIC HEARINGS (MOTION TO APPROVE WILL INCLUDE ADOPTION OF EACH
RESOLUTION UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED)
11. Adoption of a Resolution confirming the Garden Grove Tourism Improvement District Advisory Board Report and levying an assessment for Fiscal Year 2025- 2026. (Action Item)
[Item 166/2025]
ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION
12. Adoption of a Resolution to approve a 180-day wait period exemption to hire a retired annuitant for the Community Services Department. (Action Item)
[Item 173/2025]
MATTERS FROM THE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND CITY MANAGER
ADJOURNMENT
The next Regular Meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, May 27, 2025, at 5:30 p.m. in the Community Meeting Center, 11300 Stanford Avenue, Garden Grove, California, 92840.