Remarks by Jim Cunneen
313 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 13
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“Good afternoon, everyone. We call our meeting to order at 5 o'clock. We'll begin with public comments on study session matters only. Are there any requests to speak?”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Okay, we'll move into first presentation. This is the Civic Center Plaza update, the ad hoc committee advisory program we've got. Presentation by community services manager, deputy city manager, Robert Frizzell. Welcome. Thank you, sir. Thank you, council.”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“So before I open it up for questions, comments from council, just two quick things. Number one, I'm just curious, are there members of the public that are coming to these ad hoc committee meetings? We have. Because that was one of the intents was to give the public many opportunities to kind of come forward, maybe listen to what's happening, get some ideas out there.”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Sorry, Mr. Mayor. Just real quick. We have representation on the OC library. I actually sit on the library advisory board. And so we have a seat at the table. And Councilmember Constantine is the alternate on that. If that's helpful in any way, let us know how we facilitate that. And I'll pass it to you, Councilman Grandes.”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“But it is available. It is being advertised. There is access to those meetings. Okay. Great. Okay. I'll open it up for council comments. Sure.”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Yeah, my sense is the design has progressed, and so, you know, this may be a surprise to them, so we kind of have to be ready for that.”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Thank you. Any other council questions, comments? Give Councilman Grandis an opportunity.”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Another question is the the triggering of the Surplus Property Act. And so I know we kind of dealt with that a few years ago, but how does that relate to even some of the ideas that we're thinking about? Does that become a factor in some of these options?”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Okay. Any last call? No? All right. Well, thank you so much, Deputy City Manager Frizzell, on the presentation. And did we give you any kind of? I've got everything I need. You did? Okay. I appreciate it. Okay. And Mayor. Yes. I can. City Manager Lee.”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Yeah, I think what makes the most sense to me is communication. And so if we have some thoughts, how are we as a city communicating that to the county, particularly the librarian and all those that are responsible for capital improvements? So I think that's probably a good starting point. I'm not sure when our next meetings, they're not scheduled. structured very yeah yeah I think I think the next one's this month but they're not they're not as patterned as most meetings are so”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Yeah, I think that might be a good first step is to have kind of a city communication thing. This sort of is the temperature, the thinking of the council. Yeah. Because I believe it's pretty far along in the design, and it's been budgeted. So we kind of want to see where we fit.”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“It is our property. They are a tenant. I believe we have some leverage. But I think that first communication would be a good starting point. Terrific. We don't want them to read about it in an article. How's that? We want to do this directly. Correct.”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Thanks so much. Move on to our next presentation, update on public cable television authority PCTA. Presentation by management analyst Megan Wishner.”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Great. Thanks Megan. I'll open it up to counsel for Discussion and sort of direction on those three calls of questions Sure Councilwoman Constantine.”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Yeah, I think to kind of wrap all this up, I think great ideas from those that know PCTA who are serving, representing our city. There's a couple of things we can do for budget management, perhaps when there's a request or a request is made of, let's say, the mayor. We could just take a look at the budget and see this is what we spent to date. This is kind of what's left for the year. Maybe make some good. prudent business decision or financial decisions based on that and Good shape for 2026 as there's only been five requests so far.”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Yeah, I think it's good Just just paint. Where are we in the you know, what's the budget? What's been spent? What's left to spend? That's an easy you do that in ten seconds or less. I And, you know, we've all been married now, and so we kind of know how the process works. And, you know, I really appreciate all that PCTA does. I want to make sure we emphasize that. Yeah, no, they're incredible. I have spectrum, and pretty much every night, you know, as I go from Channel 2 to Channel 3, we go right by it, and then, hey, there's something cool on it. Excellent.”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Great. Thank you so much, Megan. Thank you, Danny. Thank you. Okay, we're going to take just a quick recess. We'll start about 6.10. We'll be right back.”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Go ahead and call our meeting to order at 6.11 PM. Welcome, everyone, to Foud Valley City Council meeting Tuesday, October 6, 2026. We'd like to begin with an invocation, and we're very blessed to have Chaplain Chuck McElhinney here tonight. Please rise.”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Amen. Thank you, Chaplain Chuck. Next we'll have the salute to the flag by Council Member Kim Constantine.”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Thank you, Councilwoman Constantine. Sure. Next, we'll move into City Council's successor agency housing authority roll call.”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Thank you. Are there any supplemental communications?”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“All right. Next we'll move into City Manager Update from City Manager Maggie Lee.”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Thank you, City Manager Lee. So for the mayor's update, Fire Department open house on October 10th from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Residents of Fountain Valley are invited to attend this year's Fire Department open house on Saturday, October 10th. And this is at Fire Station 1 on Bouchard, across from Fountain Valley High School. This year's Fire Prevention Week campaign, Charge into Fire Safety, Safe charging is a superpower. Highlights the importance of safely charging and using lithium ion battery powered devices. Bring the whole family out for a fun and educational day at the fire station. Tour…”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Thank you. I think before we get into presentation, City Clerk Miller, do we want to open up public comments for unscheduled matters? Or should we move into presentations?”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Sorry. I always race past that. I do apologize. Are there any items for future consideration?”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026