220304 1708 City Manager's Weekend UpdateFrom:Peter Grant
To:Peter Grant
Subject:City Manager"s Weekend Update
Date:Friday, March 4, 2022 5:08:07 PM
Happy Friday Team Cypress!
Only one week until Lexington Park’s grand opening! I hope to see you during the course of day and
you can check out the invite below and keep an eye on our social media accounts throughout the
week.
The City Council wrapped-up its California Voting Rights Act/election system community forums on
Saturday. Discussions about how to respond to Southwest Voter Education Project’s challenge will
continue at the March 14 meeting.
Monday, we will welcome our new Recreation Manager Ian Kokot to Cypress. Ian is a Cypress
resident and comes to us from the City of South Gate where he worked as the Recreation
Superintendent. He has extensive experience in recreation, capital projects, and brought a world-
class soccer facility to South Gate as part of a public-private partnership.
A couple of exciting construction updates: you may have noticed the Shea/13 acre project on Katella
just west of Costco has started vertical construction. Shea renamed its commercial center The
Square at Cypress and it will be accompanied by a Homewood Suites by Hilton and Acadia luxury
apartments. Just west of the civic center on Orange, Melia Homes has fenced the former Cypress
School District headquarters. It will eventually become an affordable senior housing community, but
first they have to complete asbestos remediation before they can begin demolition.
Have a great weekend!
Pete
Peter Grant
City Manager
City of Cypress
Office 714-229-6680
Cellular 714-335-1685
pgrant@cypressca.org