AGENDA
Garden Grove City Council
Tuesday, April 14, 2026
6:30 PM
Community Meeting Center
11300 Stanford Avenue
Garden Grove, California 92840
Stephanie Klopfenstein
Mayor
George S. Brietigam
Mayor Pro Tem – District 1
Phillip Nguyen
Council Member – District 2
Cindy Tran
Council Member – District 3
Joe DoVinh
Council Member – District 4
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 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
ROLL CALL: COUNCIL MEMBER NGUYEN, COUNCIL MEMBER TRAN, COUNCIL MEMBER DOVINH, COUNCIL MEMBER MUÑETON, COUNCIL MEMBER ARESTEGUI, MAYOR
PRO TEM BRIETIGAM, MAYOR KLOPFENSTEIN
INVOCATION
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
PRESENTATIONS
1. Update by Board of Education Trustee Teri Rocco on the upcoming Garden Grove Unified School District's 60th Anniversary Celebration.
[Item 124/2026]
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS (TO BE HELD SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH OTHER
LEGISLATIVE BODIES)
WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS
2. Consideration of a written request from the Christ Cathedral Parish, Diocese of Orange, to extend the operating hours and make an exemption to the City’s Noise Ordinance for the annual Marian Days scheduled in 2026 and 2027. (Action Item)
[Item 116/2026]
RECESS
CONDUCT OTHER LEGISLATIVE BODIES' BUSINESS
RECONVENE
CONSENT ITEMS (WILL BE ACTED ON SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH ONE MOTION
UNLESS SEPARATE DISCUSSION AND/OR ACTION IS REQUESTED BY A
COUNCIL MEMBER)
3. Adoption of a Proclamation celebrating April as Arab American Heritage Month. (Action Item)
[Item 89/2026]
4. Adoption of a Proclamation recognizing Black April Memorial Month. (Action Item)
[Item 88/2026]
5. Adoption of a Proclamation recognizing April as Sexual Assault Awareness Month. (Action Item)
[Item 90/2026]
6. Adoption of a Proclamation recognizing April as Autism Awareness Month. (Action Item)
[Item 91/2026]
7. Adoption of a Proclamation recognizing April 24, 2026 as Arbor Day in Garden Grove. (Action Item)
[Item 115/2026]
8. Adoption of a Proclamation commemorating and celebrating April 20-24, 2026, Afterschool Professionals Appreciation Week. (Action Item)
[Item 92/2026]
9. Approval of Amendments to the Facility Use Agreements with Esparza Soccer Academic, Inc. for operation of the outdoor soccer facilities at Pioneer Park and Garden Grove Park. (Action Item)
[Item 128/2026]
10. Approval of a Joint-Use Lease Agreement with the Garden Grove Unified School District for an area in association with Water Well 22 at Chapman Hettinga Center located at 11852 Knott Street. (Action Item)
[Item 133/2026]
11. Approval of overnight travel travel to Sacramento for one Council Member to attend the League of California Cities 2026 City Leaders Summit from April 22- 24, 2026. (Action Item)
[Item 131/2026]
12. Approval of out-of-state travel for up to three Council Members to attend the 2026 Innovating Commerce Serving Communites from May 17-20, 2026. (Action Item)
[Item 137/2026]
13. Approval of Lease Agreements with Enterprise Fleet Management for five Police Vehicles. (Cost: $142,639)(Action Item)
[Item 123/2026]
14. Approval of Amendment No. 9 to the Scott Fazekas & Associates, Inc. agreement to provide on-call Building Plan Review Services. (Cost: $250,000)(Action Item)
[Item 108/2026]
15. Approval of an Amendment to the agreement with Seavco dba Irv Seaver Motorcycles for the repair of City owned Police Department motorcycles. (Cost: $250,000)(Action Item)
[Item 119/2026]
16. Authorization for the issuance of a purchase order to vCloud Tech Inc. for two new Arista Network Switches. (Cost: $66,250)(Action Item) [Item 121/2026]
17. Receive and file the minutes from the meeting held on January 27, 2026. (Action Item)
[Item 46/2026]
18. Receive and file warrants. (Action Item)
[Item 125/2026]
PUBLIC HEARINGS (MOTION TO APPROVE WILL INCLUDE ADOPTION OF EACH
RESOLUTION UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED)
19. Approval of the Fiscal Year 2026-27 Annual Action Plan for the use of U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development funding. (Action Item)
[Item 104/2026]
ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION
20. Approval of an Agreement with the County of Orange for Municipal Solid Waste Disposal and approval of a revision to the 2022 Amended and Restated Agreement with Republic Services. (Joint Action Item with the Sanitary District)
[Item 143/2026]
21. Approval of Amendment No. 4 Agreement with West Yost Associates for professional services for SCADA Implementation projects. (Cost: $605,002) (Action Item)
[Item 126/2026]
22. Approval of an Agreement with the County Of Orange to provide forensic services for the Garden Grove Police Department. (Action Item)
[Item 118/2026]
23. Award a contract to ILB Electric, Inc. for Project No. CP-1381000, Traffic Signal Modifications at Various Locations Fiscal Year 2025-26. (Cost: $1,265,280) (Action Item)
[Item 120/2026]
MATTERS FROM THE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CITY MANAGER
24. Discussion on naming of the new Police Department Community Meeting Room in honor of former Mayor and Police Lieutenant William Dalton as requested by Mayor Pro Tem Brietigam.
[Item 134/2026]
ADJOURNMENT
The next Regular Meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, April 28, 2026, at 5:30 p.m. in the Community Meeting Center, 11300 Stanford Avenue, Garden Grove, California, 92840.