220225 1325 City Manager's Friday UpdateFrom:Peter Grant
To:Peter Grant
Subject:City Manager"s Friday Update
Date:Friday, February 25, 2022 1:25:25 PM
Happy Friday Team Cypress!
Lexington Park’s grand opening is just two weeks from Saturday. Here’s a preview of the upcoming
Minute with the Mayor about it. I can’t heap enough praise on the PW and RCS team that delivered
this project for Cypress, although celebrating their work with a Knyght Ryder concert is a pretty great
start.
City flags are at half-staff in memory of, and to honor, Huntington Beach Police Officer Nicholas Vella
who was killed in a police helicopter crash last week. He and another Officer were responding to
provide aerial support to Newport Beach PD when the helicopter crashed into Newport Bay. Officer
Vella and his partner were both pulled from the helicopter and transported to a local hospital where
he succumbed to his injuries. Officer Vella served the Huntington Beach Police Department for 14
years and had previously served the Laguna Beach Police Department for two years. He is survived
by his wife and daughter. The City Council is also adjourning Monday’s meeting in his memory.
The City Council’s next Strategic Planning workshop is March 8. An update on the current Strategic
Plan appears on Monday’s City Council agenda. If you have any suggestions for Strategic Objectives,
please let me or your department director know before the workshop. I’m always impressed by how
much important and quality of life enhancing work we accomplish through the Strategic Plan, but
you’ll notice the current planning period has seen the strain of the pandemic and our
staffing/resource levels impact how much we can get done. I anticipate the next few planning
periods to be more constrained to give us a chance to catch our breath and continue to adjust to a
pandemic/post-pandemic/endemic work place.
Saturday is the City Council’s third (and final) California Voting Rights Act/election system community
forum. We’ll be presenting information and listening to residents at the Community Center
beginning at 10am. Be sure you keep up to date on this issue by monitoring our dedicated webpage.
Have a great weekend!
Pete
Peter Grant
City Manager
City of Cypress
Office 714-229-6680
Cellular 714-335-1685
pgrant@cypressca.org