211208 2026 Re_ 30-day extension of time_REDACTEDFrom:Peter Grant
To:Fred Galante
Subject:Re: 30-day extension of time
Date:Wednesday, December 8, 2021 8:26:27 PM
On Dec 8, 2021, at 16:36, Fred Galante <fgalante@awattorneys.com> wrote:
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 |
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