City of Fountain Valley

What a journey it has been as I wrap up my second year as Fountain Valley City Manager! It has been fun with ups and downs but no regrets on my end. I #appreciate my team, my bosses, my community champions and those that don't agree with my decisions as I embrace this journey with one end goal---positive impact! We have accomplished so much in the last year with the opening of our #CentralCitiesNavigationCenter (thank you Lisa Kim for leading this effort and Christine Cordon for our partnership), completion of OCTA #405ImprovementProject (congrats Chair Tam T. Nguyen), groundbreaking of #UniversallyAccessiblePlayground and near completion, General Plan Update, City leading the first State of the City Luncheon, strategic planning sessions that also included our managers for succession planning, completed six labor groups MOUs, fun activities implemented by our Engagement Team (employees driven), Executive Team retreat and team building events and so on. Our team continues to work hard to provide #excellentcustomerservice and be #innovative so we can elevate #FountainValley to the next level. We are creating a #culture to retain and attract quality employees and it may take up to 5-7 years and I know our team is up for that challenge. We got this! I would like to #thank my supporters at #OCCMA and throughout our amazing professions including #MMASC peeps, #FountainValley team and champions, friends and family, and of course my bosses. I also made sure I take vacations along the way to have a work/life balance. 😁 Lisa Kim and Christine Cordon - it is a privilege to work side by side with you ladies and we will continue to do what is needed to #serve our community and profession. #fvproud #fvstrong #liveyourbestlife #publicservant #citymanager #loveit

We continue to celebrate our proud Fountain Valley resident, friend, philanthropy Tam Nguyen as the new Orange County Transportation Authority Chair. Our City Council recognized this major milestone and congratulated Tam tonight at our City Council Meeting. It was extra special that we all wore our traditional Vietnamese outfit (ao dai) to embrace diversity and the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet). To many more celebrations in 2024! #fvproud #fvstrong #liveyourbestlife #octachair #tamnguyen

Building a cohesive team is critical to the success of our organization. I am so proud of #TeamFV and our #EMT. We work hard and make time to enjoy each other company too. Our future is bright! Happy holidays from our team and my family!

As we wrap up 2023 our calendar is filled with activities and luncheons. We were energized with our bi-annual strategic planning session, I-405 Improvement Project Dedication celebration, Shop with a Cop, Annual Tree Lighting with Santa Claus and fireworks display, PD Volunteer Appreciation luncheon, PD promtional ceremony, City Council Re-Organization with new Mayor Glenn Grandis and Vice Mayor Ted Bui. We work hard and try to have fun too at CSUF MPA holiday mixer, FV day at #SecondHarvestFoodDistributionCenter, Executive Management Tean (EMT) luncheon and holiday photo with City Council, #OCCityManagersAssociation holiday luncheon, and a soccer game at lunch to finish the week. Life is busy but fun at the same time in city management at the City of Fountain Valley, "#ANicePlacetoLive", work and play so you can #liveyourbestlife. #fvproud #fvstrong #citygovernment #letselevatein2024

After 10 years of discussions, the first #UniversallyAccessiblePlayground is happening in the City of Fountain Valley. We were the first to hold the #SpecialOlympics back in 2013 too thanks to #EdArnold, retired KTLA sports anchor who resides in FV since 1968 and maybe even before that according to Ed. We had a successful groundbreaking event with the project fully funded and will surpass our project cost thanks to Assemblyman Tri Ta, Congresswoman Michelle Steel, Fountain Valley Community Foundation, and many more. The City had to advance general funds to move the project forward so now we can use our $1.7 million for other park projects. Great job to Rob Frizzelle and his team for leading this project and our Finance and Public Works Departments for their partnership and support to get us here! The community looks forward to the grand opening celebration in 2024. #fvproud #fvstrong #liveyourbestlife #UAP Bob Hall Rob Houston

Today our Community Services Department with the support of our Public Works Department were proud to showcase our well maintained #FountainValleySportsPark to the City of Sakura Mayor, Superintendent of Education, and its delegation from Japan. It was definitely an #honored that they reached out to us to learn about our park and operations suggested by their youth leagues. Our Councilmember Harper and Mayor Takashi exchanged gifts as a kind gesture. Also, this weekend is the #LobsterFestival at our #FountainValleySportsPark (Brookhurst and Heil) so stop by and enjoy #lobsters from Maine. Thank you to our #team for their #dedication in making #FountainValley "A Nice Place to Live". #fvproud #fvstrong #fvplay #parksmakelifebetter #liveyourbestlife Rob Frizzelle

As a #publicservant, I am grateful to have an awesome #CityCouncil and #cityteam who are committed in serving our community everyday. Not many can say they love their job and community as much as I do. This past year has been #rewarding at many levels from #uniting my bosses to #rebuilding our executive management team and at all staff levels to #teambuiling events to #buildingrelationship with city managers and also have a family life. To another GREAT fiscal year with a purpose in #FountainValley. #fvstrong #fvproud #liveyourbestlife

So #proud of our #TeamFV for #achieving another #milestone with a #modern, mobile-friendly, user-friendly, ADA compliant City website, https://lnkd.in/grkHgisg. Meghan Wishner #led this #effort with #ITsupport along with #department representatives to get us to the finish line. The #website refresh usually takes 8-10 months to complete but #TeamFV willingness to #collaborate completed the project in three months. We also created a new city logo to further our branding effort of #liveyourbestlife. We had a live #launchparty to #celebrate our #success #together. I am #grateful for #TeamFV and a #supportive #FVcitycouncil! Our #futureisbright so join #TeamFV now to #reimage our #organizationalculture and #developmentprojects. https://lnkd.in/gPU6vYzu Fountain Valley City Hall, California Omar Dadabhoy Meghan Wishner Jake Hopkins, MPA Rob Frizzelle CSUF Business Honors Program Official