Remarks by Patrick Harper
116 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 5
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“Thanks. It sounds like you've done a great job gathering information about the properties and the leases and all the getting some good kind of, I'd call it the information gathering phase. So I think that's a good thing. I appreciate all the information you've shared tonight. What is the and so I guess? For today as far as direction with regards to the Boys and Girls Club I guess we just kind of wait until next meeting to hear the next step in the lease negotiations Yep, and for the library I guess if the committee feels that it's a good discussion to have with the county, then, you know, it…”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“We've got a reporter over here. We can read about it. No, I'm just kidding. Exactly.”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“specific policy yeah I mean I would like I mean other let's see how to say I hadn't formulated anything it could be dangerous um let's see well let me let me suggest maybe uh we before we formulate our own policy we can see if there's other cities have policies that they use and maybe copy copy theirs just as a suggestion Sure.”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Vice Mayor Harper? Let me suggest that we just give staff direction to try to determine the different ways viewership that people are viewing media and see if there's a way to kind of get a sense of how that is in Fountain Valley. If there's a segment that's not viewing PCTA, is it because we're not providing the media? Is it because they're not interested? Are they viewing on other opportunities, something like that? Maybe we try and we just can't determine it, but I think we'll leave that up to you.”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“I'll second to bring that back to a future meeting.”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“A question. So do you offer a senior discount program for the seniors? We do, yes. And do the seniors have to apply for that? And if so, how do they go about getting that?”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“And second question, are there different size trash bins available or just the one standard size?”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“And how do you, if you want to exchange, because I, now that you mentioned it, one of my carts is cracked, so how do I?”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Thanks. I appreciate you bringing this to the council. And definitely, you know, 2015, that's a long time. And I'm sure we've got some new classifications since then. The question is, do we have any staff that are out helping fires right now or anticipate any soon or?”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Thanks in the interest of moving this forward because I think it's important to get a cars committee seated I think other than the mayor I think all of us are appointing residents of Fountain Valley I think for this round of appointments which lasts through December 31st of 2028 I would be comfortable appointing the members that we have including Van Vu although my personal preference is that we should be appointing only residents I think for this round which again gets us going takes us through December 2028 I think we just appoint the people that we have right now And then, you know, for…”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“We're going forward with names. We have two names. Let's appoint them and then we can finish this issue. That's where we started. I just wanted to clarify. Not everybody's 100% happy about this, neither am I, but in the interest of getting the committee seated and going, I think we should just move ahead.”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“thank you I'd like to point Kim To who's runs he's a business owner but also a resident of Fountain Valley on Vietface TV very happy to appoint him and also the alternate would be Kristin Azcona councilmember Bowie I point Nicole Tran and the alternate will be Dave Garofalo”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Well, everybody's gone, but I want to thank everybody for coming out tonight and speaking. Really appreciate your input. And on September 16th, attended a PCTA meeting. Also later that day went to the police department badge ceremony. We had 11, 9, I think we had somewhere around, how many did we have? How many badge? I think it was, I'm going to say 11. So those are promotions or new recruits for the police department. And it was a great summer. The room was full over at the rec center, probably had over 150 people there. And it's a great tradition that we do to celebrate the accomplishments…”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“I have a question on this slide. Looking at the personal expenses line, it goes from looking at column 1, 2, and 3, it goes from 41 to 44 and then jumps to 50. Is that really going to happen or is that assuming all positions are filled or how does it jump so much in one year?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thank you. Thank you for the report. I want to say thanks to all the officers and police department personnel that are here. We appreciate it. It's great to see everybody together, but who's in charge over there? No, but thanks for all your great work on behalf of the city. We really appreciate it. I had a question about the school resource officer in the report it said that we had one for Garden Grove Unified School District but I thought we also had one at Fountain Valley High School is that not correct because my kids go to school there”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“But did we used to have one and now we don't have one anymore? Because I remember seeing somebody there.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“No, I understand. So you're saying it hasn't been a budgeted position, but when you had extra people, they would go over there? Or maybe I thought I saw somebody, but it was not a dedicated person. Right.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“yeah I think the the positions in here are I would agree that they are priority positions so you know based on the based on the study based on especially the court liaison I know there's a lot of key I don't know How we got 1,800 cases, does that include everything from traffic tickets to burglaries and everything, or is it specific types of cases?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Okay, so we had 1,800 of those in one year. That seems like a lot.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Are we having, does that mean we're having more, I guess, commissions of the crimes or just greater enforcement or accommodation or can you?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Well, I think, you know, one of the reputations that Fountain Valley has is, you know, a very safe place to be. And, you know, I think from the residents, you know, I've heard a lot of positive comments about the police and their feelings about safety. And so, you know, that reflects well on everybody in the department. So on behalf of the residents, I want to thank you guys for keeping us safe. And, you know, I support the recommendations in the report. Thank you.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Yeah, I would say, go ahead, Council Member Constantine, if you'd like to.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Okay, so my feeling is I think either one or two would work. Having been on, I don't know, trips on the city behalf, whether they're local or have to go somewhere, my feeling is if the city council member is willing to put in the time to do the trip, it's beneficial. There's networking opportunities. You forge connections. bonds with people. There's just a lot of good that comes from going on a trip. So I would support, too, if there was another council member that was interested in going, either Council Member Grandis or Council Member Bowie. But if the consensus is just one Council Member…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Vice Mayor Harper? You're going to the mailbag, huh? Yes.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026