220416 1050 Fwd_ 220415 Maple Grove North BriefingFrom:Frances Marquez
To:Fred Galante
Subject:Fwd: 220415 Maple Grove North Briefing
Date:Saturday, April 16, 2022 10:49:59 AM
Attachments:220415 Maple Grove North Breifing.pdf
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From: Frances Marquez <fmarquez@cypressca.org>
Date: April 16, 2022 at 10:35:31 AM PDT
To: Michele Magar <tanyaprojectmlp@gmail.com>
Subject: Fwd: 220415 Maple Grove North Briefing
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From: Peter Grant <pgrant@cypressca.org>
Date: April 15, 2022 at 11:10:11 AM PDT
To: Peter Grant <pgrant@cypressca.org>
Cc: Jeff Draper <JDraper@cypressca.org>, Mark Lauderback
<MLauderback@cypressca.org>
Subject: 220415 Maple Grove North Briefing
Mayor and Council,
Included with this email is a briefing from RCS and PD about Maple Grove
North and the neighborhood that surrounds it.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Thank to Mark and Jeff for the effort required to compile this information
as follow-up to Monday’s City Council meeting.
Peter Grant
City Manager
City of Cypress
Office 714-229-6680
Cellular 714-335-1685
pgrant@cypressca.org
Maple Grove North
April 15, 2022
FROM RCS
MGN has undergone improvements in the past few years as part of the ADA Playground
Resurfacing project (2021) and citywide Park Enhancements (in progress). These
projects have updated parks, but not added amenities to them. RCS does not recommend
any other enhancements to MGN.
Operationally, RCS does not provide programming at MGN as there are no restrooms or
storage space for supplies. Installation of a restroom would enable RCS to add
programing (e.g. the Summer Parks program and pee wee sports) to the park for
residents in southern Cypress.
All park restrooms are managed the same way - contractors lock the restrooms in the
evening, perform a cleaning, and reopen them in the morning.
FROM PD
Maple Grove North Park and Surrounding Neighborhood: April 2020 - April 2022 Calls for
Service
There were 91 calls in the area over the last two years (less than one a week). PD
describes this as very low. The period and call volume includes enhanced patrol efforts
that were dedicated in response to a request from Council Member Marquez.
The calls include:
12 suspicious occupied vehicle 3 stolen vehicles
11 transients 3 pedestrian checks
11 suspicious person 3 Municipal Code violations
7 petty theft from residence 2 robbery
7 illegally parked vehicles 2 residential burglaries
6 vandalism 2 grand theft
4 petty theft from a vehicle 2 fireworks
4 grand theft vehicle parts 1 disturbing the peace
3 vehicle burglaries 1 stolen license plate
3 suspicious vehicle 1 sexual battery (unconfirmed)
3 suspicious circumstances
25 of the 91 calls referenced MGN:
6 transients 1 pedestrian check
4 suspicious occupied vehicles 1 sexual battery (unconfirmed)
3 vandalism 1 disturbing the peace
3 Municipal Code violations* 1 vehicle burglary
2 fireworks 1 suspicious person
2 illegally parked vehicles
* Water slide in the park; people without masks, and an oversize vehicle
Person Living In a Vehicle on Anegada Street
At Monday’s City Council meeting, Maple Grove Park neighborhood residents expressed
concerns regarding a person living in a vehicle in the neighborhood. As you will recall,
speakers reported the person urinates in public, on private property, parks illegally, drives
recklessly, and yells in the street in the middle of the night.
Chief Lauderback followed-up with several residents who spoke at Monday’s meeting and
was told that on Tuesday, the person’s mother, Sylvia Munoz, confronted and yelled at
several neighbors for speaking at the City Council meeting. Neighbors reported to PD
that they are concerned Ms. Munoz will continue to confront/yell at them regarding their
comments at the City Council meeting.
PD has received 27 calls for service regarding this person during the past 12 months:
11 calls were self-initiated, by the woman living in a vehicle. She reported she was the
victim of domestic violence, vandalism and sex crimes. PD’s investigations found each
calls was unfounded or there was no evidence of a crime.
6 calls about her sitting inside a vehicle
5 calls about her vehicle being illegally parked
1 reckless driving call (her vehicle was gone when PD arrived)
1 domestic violence call resulting from an email the woman living in her car sent to UCI.
PD’s investigation found the call was unfounded or there was no evidence of a crime.
1 call reporting her as a transient (she was offered homeless assistance, but refused)
1 Police Officer initiated contact (she was offered homeless assistance, but refused)
1 call for a restraining order violation. PD’s investigation found the call was unfounded or
there was no evidence of a crime.
In September 2020, the woman living in a vehicle was placed on two separate holds
authorized by Welfare and Institutions Code § 5150 (Detention of Mentally Disordered
Persons for Evaluation and Treatment). The OC Health Care Agency’s Crisis Assistance
Team initiated the first hold because she vandalized her home. PD initiated the second
after she assaulted her father.