Remarks by Glenn Grandis
175 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 7 of 7
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“It's detailed, the ADU fee treatment. Let's move on. We've explained it four times already.”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“It's been explained three times already to you.”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“Make it 1,450 so the number's as simple for him.”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“Actually, we're not done with the discussion yet.”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“So I'm just curious on the ordinance itself, if the state does come up with an ordinance or legislation, does our ordinance just go away at that point?”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“You said Congressman Tran is only able to have 15 submissions. And it looked like there were three or four submissions for Fountain Valley. That is correct. So he's allocating three or four of his 15 for Fountain Valley?”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“Also, just curious, so we also have a nonprofit arm of the city, the Fountain Valley Community Foundation, that's always looking for nonprofit grants. Now, I know that any money raised has to go to the city, but are you able to help them as well on items that benefit the city as a whole?”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“And do you guys recommend grants or do you respond to the grants that our staff find and ask you to go forward? Which way does it work typically?”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“Oh, that's great. I appreciate all this information. It seems really great. It seems like our return is pretty good. Thank you. Of course.”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“Yeah, just curious. You said the gas tax. Is that the Measure M gas tax that comes out, or it's a different, just the regular gas tax?”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“So I know everybody complains about gas taxes. I do, too. But it does come back to the city in some way, and it's paying for our roads. All right, good to know. Thank you. Any other comments?”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“Yeah, a couple questions. It's always a big red flag to me when there's only one quote provided. Who provided the original wall panels 20 years ago, and are they still in business?”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“Okay. It just... How do we end up with just one? Is this such a niche product that there's just not many manufacturers of this?”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“Yeah, that was the next question. Do we reach out to the four that did not bid and find out why?”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“This is not something that's unique to Fountain Valley. I mean, these walls and stuff should be everywhere. You know, most, well, not everywhere, but, you know, in every city. I just find it really hard to believe that only one company, and out of Canada, you know.”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“Did they use the same manufacturer, same installer that we do? It's the same one. The same one?”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“Yeah, I know we talked about, you know, you and I had talked about this already, and you told me you were saving money off Yucaipa. That's good. I did not realize that it was only one bid when we spoke, so... I would just say in the future we need to be a bit more aggressive in trying to get at least two bids because it shows us that we're at least in the ballpark.”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“I understand and I know I understand the importance of getting all this done by December so they're closed and we could actually do it and not impact the residents when we do so.”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“Yeah, we've had many, many conversations on this one. But this is where the bidding process comes in. As much as I hate to spend that much money, I'm with everybody. We just can't even understand why it's so expensive. But you got 22 bids. If you had one bid, I would be like, no way. Maybe even three bids, I'd say no way. But you got 22 bids, and that's the lowest. And some of them were really high. I mean, I can't wrap my mind around this, but.”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“I love it. They must have a gold-plated toilet or something. I don't know. Yeah, I really struggled with this one. I know it's been brought to us many, many times, and we've fought back on it many, many times, but here we are.”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“At this time, I reluctantly will make the motion to approve.”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“Yeah, I'm just curious. The $574,000, where did that money come from?”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“And this might be a dumb question, but is there any negotiating with the county that, hey, we'll stop this and give you $300,000?”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“No, just great job, guys. Appreciate all the effort you put in, and the numbers are looking good. So it's positive.”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“Getting it up on my phone here. All right, let's see, on June 18th through the 21st, we had Summerfest, and I wanna make sure we thank all of our volunteers the Summerfest Committee, Matt Taylor for running it, and all city staff who helped make that such a wonderful event for our community. It's basically us throwing a party for our residents and I think it was very successful. On Tuesday, June 23rd, I attended the first Civic Center ad hoc committee meeting. On Thursday, July 2nd, the Independence Barbecue for city employees. And then that evening, we had concerts in the park. Saturday,…”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026