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Garden Grove council approves consent calendar, multiple contracts and capital projects; ordinance updating 2025 California building codes adopted
Summary
Council approved the consent calendar, adopted Ordinance 2971 to update local construction codes to the 2025 California Building Standards, and awarded multiple contracts for on‑call engineering, parks improvements, water main replacement and graffiti removal. Nearly all items passed unanimously or by 6‑0 vote with absences noted.
The Garden Grove City Council on Nov. 12 approved a range of routine and project items in a single meeting, voting to advance capital projects, maintain services and align local codes with state standards.
Notable actions on the consent calendar and items for consideration included:
- Adoption of Ordinance No. 2971 (second reading) to update Garden Grove’s municipal code to adopt the 2025 editions of the California Building Code and related codes (effective 01/01/2026); vote: unanimous adoption recorded (6–0).
- Housing Authority: receipt and filing of the Housing Authority status report for October 2025 and approval of the revised Housing Authority Administrative Plan (8–0 vote in the Housing Authority session).
- Contract awards and extensions: on‑call design engineering contracts to AKM Consulting, JIG Consultants and Civiltech Engineering Inc. (each not‑to‑exceed $500,000); award of a parks improvement contract to RG General Engineering, Inc. for $1,544,348; a water‑main construction contract to All Cities Engineering (low bid ~ $1.8 million) for the Woodbury Road project; an agreement with Graffiti Protective Coatings, Inc. for citywide graffiti removal (FY partial year $291,471.30, then $488,919.60 annually); extension of agreements with Turbo Data Systems Inc. (parking citation management) and Sweeping Corps of America (street sweeping) through 06/30/2027. Most items passed on roll call votes recorded as 6–0 with some absences noted.
Public Works Director Bill Murray described the on‑call engineering contracts and capital projects as necessary to handle a peak in design work and to keep capital improvement schedules on track. “Staff believes that the three firms selected will be able to assist the department in meeting the current capital improvement schedules,” he said.
What’s next: contractors are expected to begin work per project schedules (some as early as December), staff will notify stakeholders during preconstruction, and councilmembers asked for updates on project sequencing and community notifications for construction impacts.
