220304 1820 March 4 Weekend News and NotesFrom:Peter Grant
To:Peter Grant
Subject:March 4 Weekend News and Notes
Date:Friday, March 4, 2022 6:19:52 PM
Attachments:Cypress-11-2021_final.pdf
Mayor and Council,
+ We’ll Zoom Tuesday at 0830 for Strategic Planning. Great discipline will be required, but I believe it
is critical for the organization’s well-being that we keep the plan achievable and focused. We’re
going to have to be prepared to prioritize and say “not right now” to some good objectives.
+ Finance is participating in the County’s OC Procurement Alliance, which is comprised of
procurement leadership from the County as well as each OC city, and the purpose will be to
strategize on collaboration in procurement.
+ My office and RCS are helping Supervisor Do host a community coffee at the Senior Center or
Community Center. They’re considering Friday, April 15.
+ Despite our efforts, POA negotiations are slow to get started. We had our introductory meeting on
February 8, but haven’t heard from POA since. We followed-up and were told to expect their initial
proposal on 3/8 or 3/22. We’ll continue to regularly follow-up with POA to help negotiations
successfully conclude prior to 6/30/22. We will continue to keep you updated with any
developments.
+ The CVRA/election system survey closed this week and we expect to have results for you ahead of
the March 14 meeting.
+ Two businesses took advantage of the Business Recovery Program this week, Cypress Dental Office
and Daylight Transport. Both are new and had permit fees waived for signage.
+ Late last week George Pardon contacted Planning to discuss building an accessory dwelling unit on
his property.
+ State Department of Housing and Community Development requires cities to notify interested
parties when there is a revision to the draft Housing Element. Notifications were sent to 31
residents, and as of Thursday, two residents responded that they are not in favor of placing all of the
units on Lincoln Ave., rather they prefer allocating additional housing units on LARC.
+ On Thursday there was a case management conference for the Makkouk property at 8121 Gay St.
At the conference, the judge confirmed all paperwork had been properly submitted for next week’s
receivership hearing, which is scheduled for March 10 at 1:30 pm.
+ Public Works removed a deteriorated wood shade structure at Eucalyptus Park this week. This was
already part of the upcoming Shade Structure Replacement CIP. Due to its current condition it was
prudent to remove it now.
+ Brooke anticipates going on maternity leave in mid-June and returning in mid-October. We plan to
issue a task order to Communications LAB to maintain communications continuity while she is out.
+ Following-up on Council Member Marquez’s comments about Mackay Park Monday night, PD
reports that during the past six months there have been no calls for service at Mackay Park related
to drugs. PD routinely patrols the park (part of the reason it has a low crime rate and almost no
crimes occur at the park). Only one crime, graffiti, was reported during the last six months at
Mackay Park. You may recall that prior to the redevelopment of Mackay School, that site was the
single highest source of PD calls in all of Cypress.
+ PD also did a two year comparison of calls at Evergreen Park, which went through a complete
bathroom renovation last year. There were only four calls for service regarding the bathrooms in two
years. Two of the calls were graffiti, one call was construction noise, and the fourth call was about a
homeless person smoking marijuana (however Officers found no marijuana or narcotics). Thanks to
PD patrols, crime rates in our parks (regardless of which amenities a park offers) are very low to
nonexistent.
+ If you receive a resident complaint or concern, I insist you share it with me before raising publicly it
at a City Council meeting. Sandbagging city staff in this manner is unprofessional and unacceptable.
In this case, it also creates a false impression that Cypress has crime problems in its parks which
negatively affects residents, home values, and hardworking staff in PD and RCS. While I recognize an
uninitiated person might be concerned that a restroom in a park might be an attractive nuisance,
Council Members simply have to engage with staff to know better. In fact, Council Member Marquez
has broached this issue with me in the past and is aware that there is no connection between park
bathrooms and crime in Cypress and that new park bathrooms are designed with crime prevention
in mind.
+ Orbis Management (the team building consultant working for RCS on the Festival) has made
contact and held in-person meetings with the Festival Association and the Friends of Cypress
Recreation and Parks. After digesting the information from the individual meetings, a joint meeting
will be held to develop goals, objectives, and processes moving forward.
+ I thought you’d enjoy seeing Shea’s leasing brochure for The Square – it’s attached.
+ The General Manager of the Marriot Residence Inn invited me to play in a charity golf tournament
Monday and I will be out of the office, but available while I make sure Marriot remains a happy
business resident in the wake of our putting a Hilton on the 13 acre site.
Owen starts Champion baseball tomorrow and CSD drops it mask requirements on March 14.
Have a nice weekend,
Pete
Peter Grant
City Manager
City of Cypress
Office 714-229-6680
Cellular 714-335-1685
pgrant@cypressca.org
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