Remarks by Patrick Harper
116 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 5
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“Yeah, I'd like to express a different viewpoint on this. I think that the signs that show up for 30 or 60 days every two years or whenever there's an election are – we already have pretty restrictive sign rules in Fountain Valley, and we're much – have fewer signs than other cities so I really don't have a problem with the signs that are up or have been up in other elections throughout the city. I do think that candidates should be mindful and use professional discretion but at the same time I think our sign rules are fine and I don't want to discourage candidate from putting up signs because…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“I had a question just from a procurement question. It says here it was advertised as a request for bid. Is that the same as a request for proposal or is it different?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Okay, so when we do, like, the sort of the road work, because those are all requests for bid?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thank you I'm okay with the direct appointments but I'm not prepared to appoint tonight I didn't realize that we were gonna do it tonight so I haven't really had time to talk to and vet any candidates but I would be prepared by the next meeting to do a direct appointment”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Yeah, let me suggest that you guys go ahead and make your appointments tonight. I'll do my next meeting. I don't know. The first meeting, I think, is sometime in October.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“No, I mean what's the first CARS meeting? Have we set a time for it?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Okay. So if we appoint October 6th, he'll be in time for the first CARS meeting. That was my point, yeah.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“And typically the committees meet in the kind of early evening, late afternoon, is that?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“What time does the advisory committee is at six, six, six. So probably weeknight at six.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“If you're going to appoint a Fountain Valley resident, I'm sure that would qualify, you know, under whatever policy we have. Unless you're thinking of appointing somebody that's not.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“We haven't determined that. I don't think we've made that determination.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. On September 8th, I attended OCTA Regional Transportation Planning Committee. And at that meeting, we are issuing the call for projects for road capacity projects increasing and also signal synchronization. And what happens is those projects go out once a year and cities bid for money that's available. They put in competitive bids. And we've been The city of Fountain Valley has been successful in getting money from OCTA for those projects in the past, so hopefully we'll get some this year. Also, on September 8th, attended the Sister City Advisory Committee…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thanks for the presentation. I have a couple questions. One is with the Mike Thompson RV sign. I do drive by there sometimes and see advertisements for the police department. What's our arrangement with them? Do they show it a certain number of times per hour or per day?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“All right. Yeah, well, I'd just like to shout out to Mike Thompson for doing that for us. Really appreciate it.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“And then next question is, do you know how many we have in the Explorer cadet program right now, approximately?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Oh, okay, so that's a lot of potential future.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Okay, and last question is, you mentioned this ESOP program, which is reducing the background check time. Can you give an example of some of the, like before the ESOP and after the ESOP, like one thing that sort of how we did it before and how the new program does it for the?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Yeah, because cutting three months off, it just seems like.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“So it's mostly a paperless process. Okay, great. All right. Thank you. That's all.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Do we need a motion on it? You want a motion on this?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Yeah, I would defer to the rest of the council. If there's only one that wants to attend, I'll be the second one, but I'm happy to have the three of you go.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Yeah, it's one. I'm the default if we need two and nobody else wants to go.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Yeah, I just want to state that I would be in support of moving forward with the delegation.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Okay. Yeah, are we going to have any problem if we use the name Little Saigon now that you bring it up?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“I guess I don't understand the topic. Didn't we already authorize a community survey to go ahead?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026