October 25, 2011: City Council/Housing/Agency/Sanitary District

City Council/Housing/Agency/Sanitary District

AGENDA

Garden Grove City Council

Regular Meeting

October 25, 2011

05:45 p.m.

Community Meeting Center, Council Chamber
11300 Stanford Avenue, Garden Grove, CA 92840

William J. Dalton
Mayor
Dina Nguyen
Mayor Pro Tem
Bruce A. Broadwater
Council Member
Steven R. Jones
Council Member
Kris Beard
Council Member

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 desiring 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 prior to the start of the meeting. General comments are made during â€œOral Communications,â€ 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: Speakers must limit remarks for a total of (5) five minutes. 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.

CITY COUNCIL/AGENCY CLOSED SESSIONS: 5:30 P.M.

AGENCY ROLL CALL: MEMBER BEARD, MEMBER DALTON, MEMBER JONES, VICE CHAIR NGUYEN, CHAIR BROADWATER

1.	ORAL COMMUNICATIONS FOR CLOSED SESSION MATTERS ONLY:

ADJOURN TO FOUNDERS ROOM

2.	CLOSED SESSION:

2.a.

CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.8; Properties: 12241, 12261, 12271, 12291, 12311, 12321 Harbor Boulevard; 12246, 12251, 12252, 12261, 12262, 12281, 12282, 12291, 12292, 12311, 12312, 12321, 12322 Thackery Drive; 12142, 12211, 12231 Tamerlane Drive, Garden Grove; City/Agency Negotiator: Matthew Fertal, City Manager/Agency Director; Negotiating Parties: Purchaser: Kam Sang Companies, Ronnie Lam; Property Owners: Martha Reis (12311 Harbor, 12291 Harbor, 12312 Thackery, and 12292 Thackery); Chi Nguyen (12211 Tamerlane); Larry Nguyen (12231 Tamerlane); and REO International Corp. (12142 Tamerlane); Under Negotiation: To obtain direction regarding the price and terms for the purchase and sale of real property.

2.b.

CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.8; Properties: 12131, 12132, 12141, 12161, 12162, 12171, 12172, 12181, 12182, 12201, 12202, 12212, 12222 Tamerlane Drive, Garden Grove; City/Agency Negotiator: Matthew Fertal, City Manager/Agency Director; Negotiating Parties: Property Owner: Vista Communities, Chuck Fry; Under Negotiation: To obtain direction regarding the price and terms for the purchase of real property.

OPEN SESSION: 6:30 P.M.

CONDUCT HOUSING AUTHORITY MEETING

ROLL CALL: COMMISSIONER BEARD, COMMISSIONER BECKLES, COMMISSIONER DALTON, COMMISSIONER JONES, COMMISSIONER O?CONNOR, VICE CHAIR BROADWATER, CHAIR NGUYEN

1.	ORAL COMMUNICATIONS:

2.	CONSENT ITEMS: (Items 2.a. and 2.b. will be acted on simultaneously unless separate discussion and/or action is requested by a Commissioner.)

2.a.

Housing Authority Status Report for September 2011.

Agenda Report

2.b.

Minutes of the Regular Meeting held September 27, 2011.

3.	PUBLIC HEARINGS: None.

4.	ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION: None.

5.	MATTERS FROM COMMISSIONERS AND DIRECTOR:

6.	ADJOURNMENT OF HOUSING AUTHORITY:

CONDUCT CITY COUNCIL MEETING

INVOCATION

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

3.	PRESENTATIONS:

3.a.
Presentation by Orange County Transportation Authority.

3.b.
The award winning short film "One Small Dog, One Big Quest"..... "Mickie's Search for a Water Smart Garden," developed by the City to spread the word about saving water and reducing water bills.

4.	ORAL COMMUNICATIONS: (To be held simultaneously with Agency and Sanitary District Oral Communications.)

4.a.

Public Comments

4.b.

Council Member response to Public Comments

RECESS AGENCY AND SANITARY DISTRICT

5.	WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS:

5.a.
Request from Boy Scout Troop 1103 for co-sponsorship of the Eleventh Annual Cub Scout Pushcart Derby on Sunday, April 29, 2012.

Letter

RECESS CITY COUNCIL

CONDUCT AGENCY BUSINESS

4.	CONSENT ITEMS:

4.a.
Minutes of the Regular Meetings held August 9, 2011, and August 23, 2011.

5.	PUBLIC HEARINGS: None.

6.	ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION: None.

7.	MATTERS FROM AGENCY MEMBERS AND DIRECTOR:

8.	ADJOURNMENT OF AGENCY:

CONDUCT SANITARY DISTRICT BUSINESS

ROLL CALL: MEMBER BROADWATER, MEMBER JONES, MEMBER NGUYEN, VICE PRESIDENT BEARD, PRESIDENT DALTON

2.	CONSENT ITEMS: (It is recommended that Items 2.a. and 2.b. be acted on simultaneously unless separate discussion and/or action is requested by a District Member.)

2.a.

Agreement with F&F/WC City Villas Associates, LLC for the acquisition of an easement at 13061 Lampson Avenue, Garden Grove for the installation of a sewer line. (Cost: $175,200)

Agenda Report

2.b.

Minutes of the Regular meeting held September 27, 2011.

3.	PUBLIC HEARINGS: None.

4.	ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION: None.

5.	MATTERS FROM BOARD MEMBERS AND GENERAL MANAGER:

6.	ADJOURNMENT OF SANITARY DISTRICT:

RECONVENE CITY COUNCIL

6.	CONSENT ITEMS: (Items 6.a. through 6.d. will be acted on simultaneously with one motion unless separate discussion and/or action is requested by a Council Member.)

6.a.

Acceptance of Project as Complete for the Solar Photovoltaic Installation Project on the rooftops of the City Municipal Yard buildings and the Public Safety building.

Agenda Report

6.b.

Payment to Psomas for emergency engineering services rendered on the Westhaven Reservoirs pipe system. (Cost: $66,747)

Agenda Report

6.c.

Minutes of the Regular Meetings held on August 9, 2011, and August 23, 2011.

6.d.

Waiver of full reading of Ordinances listed.

7.	PUBLIC HEARINGS: (Motion to approve will include adoption of each Resolution unless otherwise indicated.)

7.a.
Amendment to the Garden Grove Municipal Code: General update of Title 6, changing obsolete references, conforming language to current City organization and to recent state and/or federal laws.

7.a.1.

ORDINANCE NO. , for introduction and first reading, by title only, entitled AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GARDEN GROVE AMENDING TITLE 6 OF THE GARDEN GROVE MUNICIPAL CODE TO REMOVE OBSOLETE REFERENCES, TO CONFORM REFERENCES TO CURRENT CITY ORGANIZATION AND PRACTICES, TO MAKE CONSISTENT WITH RECENT CHANGES IN STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS, AND TO MAKE OTHER NON-SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES

7.b.
Protest Hearing regarding the Fall 2011 Weed Abatement Notices.

Agenda Report

8.	COMMISSION/COMMITTEE MATTERS: None.

9.	ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION:

9.a.
Award of Contract to Harris & Associates, Inc., for on-call professional engineering services. (Cost: as needed, not to exceed $300,000)

Agenda Report

10.	ORDINANCES PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING:

10.a.
Amendment to the Garden Grove Municipal Code: General update of Title 8 changing obsolete references, conforming language to current City organization and to recent state and/or federal laws.

10.a.1.

ORDINANCE NO. 2802, for second reading and adoption, by title only, waiving full reading, entitled AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GARDEN GROVE AMENDING TITLE 8 OF THE GARDEN GROVE MUNICIPAL CODE TO REMOVE OBSOLETE REFERENCES, TO CONFORM REFERENCES TO CURRENT CITY ORGANIZATION AND PRACTICES, TO MAKE CONSISTENT WITH RECENT CHANGES IN STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS, AND TO MAKE OTHER NON-SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES

Ordinance

11.	MATTERS FROM THE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND CITY MANAGER:

12.	ADJOURNMENT:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO COUNCIL MEMBER BEARD

The next Regular Meeting of the City Council will be held on Tuesday, November 8, 2011, at 5:30 p.m. in the Council Chamber of the Community Meeting Center, 11300 Stanford Avenue, Garden Grove.

October 25, 2011: City Council/Housing/Agency/Sanitary District

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