Remarks by Jim Cunneen
313 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 7 of 13
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“Consider this. If none of the council can agree who's going to go, rest assured that we have good representation with former Mayor Steve Nagel, who will be there and will represent us well. So either way. There you go. You've got a former mayor.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Okay. I think, do we have any requests to speak from the public?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Okay, I think we've heard from council on interest in attending. It's got about a one week decision.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Okay. Put a pin in it. That's where it stands. Great, thanks so much to those that came from the sister city advisory committee. Thank you for your time and your effort. I'll see you next week. Okay, our last study session item is the Little Saigon Recommended Design Guidelines. We're going to be welcoming up our esteemed planning commission. And I'll mention by name and alphabetical order, Kristen Escona, Cheryl Brothers, Rudy Huebner, Lisa James. Matthew Langer, and On Vu. And I believe, city clerk, they're going to be coming up here?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Please come on up. Hey, forget to get close to this one.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Thank you so much for the presentation. Very interesting. My first question is, I don't know, have you ever seen a city council and a planning commission all assembled on the dais before?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“So I'll just open it up, and Chair Langer, you can, same with you, if you want to ask for any questions.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“So just a little bit of background. At the very beginning of this process, I was in, ironically, the city that wasn't part of this exercise. It was actually an Assemblyman Treetaw's office where the Orange County Business Council awarded a grant to the cities of Fount Valley, Garden Grove, and Santa Ana. We were standing in Westminster. and and so that's probably a challenge with this overall business improvement district is to not have that city at the table you know it's just this is one of those things where hopefully we can we can reach out and there can be an inclusion with with our…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“I just want to make sure that Planning Chair Langer's question got answered. I think it was for the consultant. We remember.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“I think we've had a robust discussion. We've had counsel and planning up here, which is a cool moment. Thank you for being up here and together. You didn't have to go to a planning commission meeting. You got efficiency. I want to thank Gensler. You belong to a world-class firm. I work in design and construction, so do some of my commissioner colleagues. and so this this was not done with any lack of diligence it brings worldwide global perspectives to this project so I really appreciate that I think this is not the end of the discussion but just the beginning and so there's opportunities to…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Okay. Great. Thank you so much. I appreciate it. Thanks for being here. Thank you, everyone. We'll just take maybe a five-minute bio break, and we'll be back.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Okay, I'm going to call our meeting to order at 6.50 p.m. I apologize, we're a little bit behind schedule, but we're back on track. And as always, we start with an invocation, so if you will please rise. And I'd like to invite up Pastor Kenny Pannis. Welcome. Welcome.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Thank you, Pastor. Next is our salute to the flag. I'd like to invite Councilmember Ted Boyd to lead us.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Thank you, Council Member Bowie. Next is City Council Successor Agency Housing Authority roll call.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Thank you. Are there any reportable actions out of closed session? City Attorney? No reportable action. Thank you so much. Are there any supplemental communications?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Great. Thank you. Next, we'll move to city manager updates. City manager Lee.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Thank you, City Manager Lee. So for the mayor's update, the original Lobster Festival with Fresh Live Maine Lobster flown in daily will be held on September 11th to 13th, 2026 at the Fountain Valley Sports Park on Brookhurst. Come see a variety of popular artists throughout the day on the dance floor. Enjoy tasty eats in the food court, check out the local artists, visit the beer and wine garden, and sing a tune at the karaoke lounge with a live band Friday and Saturday night. There is something for everyone, including magic shows, balloon sculptures, face painting, carnival rides, and games,…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“And I just want to ask a question. So when those proposals were received, do they have an expiration? Are they good for a certain amount? Would that carry us through, even if it was, say, 90 days from now?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“I think my other, and this is a bigger concern, is we're in a season where there's so much media coming at us. There's phone and video. And so I would just worry if we got into that effort There may just not be the kind of response that we would hope for. And so I think when you talk to surveying firms, there are ideal times when I think we're crossing the line here.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Hold on, let's check with the city attorney. I believe we do have rules in regards to that.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“For clarity, Councilwoman Constantine, what was the ask?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Can I clarify? Let's go back to, so this is the third item for consideration. Sure. It sounds like maybe a fact page or some kind of informational, beyond just what's available to the campaign, to the candidates.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“So the ask is a staff presentation on the subject matter?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“I mean, if it's something like that. Yeah, I'll support that because I think if there is a need for clarity on some of those items, I think that's helpful.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“I'm sorry. And I just want to remind the audience and those watching that we actually have the first day of our Citizens Academy tomorrow night here in the chambers. And we're actually going to go over a lot of those kind of items. And I'll be speaking. And so I invite those who want to come join and learn more about all of those items. So perfect. Any other council members with future consideration? And before we do that, City Manager Lee.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026