AGENDA
Garden Grove City Council
SPECIAL MEETING
Wednesday, November 5, 2025
6:00 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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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 procee d 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.
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PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES DURING THE MEETING.
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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 FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS - ITEM(S) ON THE AGENDA
MATTERS FROM THE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CITY MANAGER
1. Adoption of a Resolution affirming the City Council's support for public safety, the Garden Grove Police Department and the Chief of Police. (Action Item)
[Item 436/2025]
ADJOURNMENT
The next Regular Meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, November 12, 2025, at 5:30 p.m. in the Community Meeting Center, 11300 Stanford Avenue, Garden Grove, California, 92840. 2 Item 436/2025
Final
City of Garden Grove
INTER-DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM
To:
Lisa L. Kim From: Omar Sandoval
Dept:
City Manager Dept: City Attorney
Date: 11/5/2025
Subject: Adoption of a Resolution affirming the City Council's support for public safety, the Garden Grove Police Department and the Chief of Police. (Action Item)
Attached for City Council consideration is a Resolution affirming the City Council’s support for public safety, the Garden Grove Police Department and the Chief of Police, as directed by the City Council at the meeting held on October 28, 2025.
ATTACHMENT(S)
1. Resolution
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GARDEN GROVE CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION NO. ___-25
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GARDEN GROVE AFFIRMING THE CITY COUNCIL’S SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, THE GARDEN
GROVE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE CHIEF OF POLICE
WHEREAS, the City of Garden Grove City Council affirms the City’s fundamental responsibility to protect all its residents and maintain public safety; and
WHEREAS, the Garden Grove Police Department serves the Garden Grove community with compassion and fairness; and
WHEREAS, the City Council supports the Chief of Police and the City’s Police Department in advancing the public safety of all residents, businesses and visitors in the City.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL does hereby affirm its support for the Garden Grove Police Department, its officers and the Chief of Police in their daily duties and activities providing for the public safety of the City’s residents, businesses and visitors, and encourages the public to report any crime that may be committed and approach the City’s police officers without hesitation or fear.
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