211208 1637 FW_ 30-day extension of time_REDACTEDFrom:Fred Galante
To:Peter Grant
Subject:FW: 30-day extension of time
Date:Wednesday, December 8, 2021 4:36:34 PM
Hi Pete,
Fred
From: Fred Galante
Sent: Monday, December 6, 2021 3:10 PM
To: shenkman@sbcglobal.net
Subject: RE: 30-day extension of time
Hi Kevin,
I am back from vacation and wanted to confirm the discussion we had on our November 11, 2021
call. I explained that the Cypress Council is still evaluating your September 17, 2021 letter and that
the timing to gain all relevant information to understand the nature of your allegations has proved
difficult in light of the general unavailability of demographic consultants due to the ongoing
redistricting process required by statute at this time. I also asked if you and your clients were willing
to allow the City to defer any decision on responding to your Sept. 17 letter until after the Nov. 2022
Cypress City Council election so that we could ascertain if your allegations had support in light of the
outcome of that election.
You said your client would not agree to extend the timelines to allow another at-large election to
proceed for City Council in Cypress. I then asked if Cypress could nevertheless have additional time
to respond to your letter before it has to initiate the process to convert to by-district elections. At
that point, you graciously agreed to allow Cypress more time and would not raise any issue of a lack
of timeliness in responding to the letter; provided Cypress took timely action to convert its at-large
elections to by-district elections by complying with the deadlines set by the County Registrar’s
Office. We appreciate your courtesy. We estimate the time to initiate that process to be April or
early May, 2022. Nevertheless, I will let you know what the Council decides and understand your
explanation that you may proceed to court if the Council does not initiate the action to convert to
by-district elections in time for the Nov. 2022 election to proceed as a by-district election.
Please let me know if you have any questions or disagree with the confirmation I provided. Thank
you. You may reach me anytime on my cell at (714)606-2728.
Fred Galante | Equity Partner
Aleshire & Wynder, LLP | 18881 Von Karman Ave., Suite 1700, Irvine, CA 92612
Tel: (949) 223-1170 | Dir: (949) 250-5410 | Fax: (949) 223-1180 | fgalante@awattorneys.com |
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