What Placentia is about to decide
The council meets Tuesday, closed session 5:00 PM, open session 6:00 PM, City Council Chambers, 401 E. Chapman Avenue. Both sessions are posted as special meetings of the City Council, sitting also as Successor to the Placentia Redevelopment Agency, the Industrial Commercial Development Authority, and the Placentia Public Financing Authority; the agenda lists no public hearings and no regular-agenda items, and the council would adjourn to another special meeting on Tuesday, September 22, 2026. These are pending decisions from the posted agenda — not outcomes. Every item links to the official record.
Source: official agenda · meeting page
✅ What actually passed (per the signed minutes): The city’s signed minutes of the September 8 special meetings record all five members present (Hummer, Kirwin, Smith, Yamaguchi and Wanke). Every vote was 5-0. At the Acting City Administrator’s request, the two uniform-allowance resolutions (Items 1.f and 1.g, Resolution Nos. R-2026-60 and R-2026-61) were continued to the September 22 special meeting on a motion by Kirwin, seconded by Yamaguchi. The balance of the consent calendar was then approved “as recommended” on a motion by Yamaguchi, seconded by Smith — including the $302,848 T.Y. Lin International amendment for the Golden Avenue Bridge (cumulative $1,015,939), the $60,171.64 R.J. Noble Company amendment (cumulative $2,373,779.22), the $80,034.12 Vincor Construction agreement for Champions Sports Complex trash receptacles with Budget Resolution No. R-2026-62, both 401(a) plan addenda, the July 21 minutes and the registers. The open session recessed at 6:07 p.m. because of a “technological disruption” and reconvened at 6:32 p.m. On closed session, the City Attorney first reported that the council “discussed five of the seven items and provided direction”; after a second closed session he reported that it “discussed the remaining two items, provided direction, and took no reportable action,” and also reported “a vacancy in the City Administrator position.” Mayor Pro Tem Yamaguchi asked to agendize a review of the city’s contract with Flock Security Camera Systems. The meeting adjourned at 7:30 p.m.
The headline: a ten-item consent calendar carries the money. The council is asked to add $302,848 to T.Y. Lin International's construction-management contract for the Golden Avenue Bridge (new not-to-exceed $1,015,939, within a $6,375,873.55 total project budget), add $60,171.64 to R.J. Noble Company's residential street rehabilitation contract (cumulative $2,373,779.22), and award Vincor Construction an $80,034.12 agreement to replace trash receptacles at Champions Sports Complex. Registers to be received and filed total $5,867,687.49 in electronic disbursements and $1,627,600.79 in checks. Closed session covers three anticipated-litigation cases, two lawsuits, and property negotiations with BNSF Railway and CY Hospitality LLC.
🏗️ Contracts, bids & infrastructure
- Golden Avenue Bridge, construction management: Amendment No. 1 to the professional services agreement with T.Y. Lin International for an additional $302,848 in construction management and inspection services on Project No. 1801, for a cumulative not-to-exceed of $1,015,939. The agenda lists the total project budget as $6,375,873.55: $2,200,000.00 in Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending, $2,647,046.00 from the Highway Bridge Program, $215,682.00 from the County of Orange OC Loop Segment D contribution, and $1,313,145.55 in Measure U (including the required city federal match). Item 1.j
- Residential street rehabilitation, extra work: Amendment No. 2 to the public works agreement with R.J. Noble Company on the FY 24-25 Residential Street Rehabilitation Project (Project No. 26-104), adding $60,171.64 for "soil stabilization and pavement reconstruction," for a cumulative not-to-exceed of $2,373,779.22. The listed budget is $654,176.00 in Fiscal Year 2025-26 CIP, Measure M funds. Item 1.i
- Champions Sports Complex trash receptacles: a maintenance services agreement with Vincor Construction, Inc. for $80,034.12, plus a 5% contingency of $4,001.71, for a total not-to-exceed of $84,035.83. Funding is $70,034.12 from Parks and Rec DIF, $10,000.00 from a CalRecycle SB 1383 Local Assistance Grant, and the contingency from the DIF account. The council is also asked to adopt Budget Resolution No. R-2026-62 authorizing a Fiscal Year 2026-27 budget amendment under City Charter Section 1206. Item 1.h
💰 Money & personnel
- Registers: the council will receive and file check registers of $1,627,600.79 and electronic disbursement registers of $5,867,687.49. Item 1.c
- 401(a) plan addenda: two amendments to the city's 401(a) Defined Contribution Plan administered by MissionSquare Retirement Solutions — one for designated miscellaneous employees in the 2.0% at 60 or 2.0% at 62 CalPERS retirement formulas Item 1.d, and one for designated Fire employees not participating in CalPERS retirement formulas, "reflecting the employer contribution provisions contained in the current labor agreements" Item 1.e. Each lists no budget impact and would authorize the Acting City Administrator to execute the documents.
- Uniform allowance reporting: Resolution No. R-2026-60, adopting a side letter amending the Placentia Police Management Association MOU (and amending Resolution No. R-2026-04) to update uniform allowance reporting Item 1.f; and Resolution No. R-2026-61, amending the unrepresented Mid-Management and Executive Management Compensation Plan (MGT 25-27) for the same purpose Item 1.g. No budget impact is listed for either.
🔒 Closed session (5:00 PM)
- Anticipated litigation, Government Code § 54956.9(d)(2): 3 cases. The agenda gives no further detail. Closed Session Item 1
- Existing litigation, Government Code § 54956.9(d)(1): 2 cases — Orange County Health Care Agency vs City of Placentia, Case No. FA0024554; and Burroughs v. City of Placentia et al., Case No. 30-2026-01542582-CU-CR-CJC. Closed Session Item 2
- Real property negotiators, Government Code § 54956.8: 2 cases — the right-of-way at 207 W. Crowther, negotiating with BNSF Railway (agency negotiators Acting City Administrator Ramirez and Director of Public Works/City Engineer Tanio); and city right-of-way west of 450 S. Placentia Ave., negotiating with CY Hospitality LLC (Acting City Administrator Ramirez and Director of Development Services Lambert). Both are listed as "Price and Terms of Payment." Closed Session Item 3
🪑 Also on the agenda
- Waiving reading in full of all ordinances and resolutions Item 1.a, and approval of minutes of the July 21, 2026 regular meeting of the City Council/Successor Agency/ICDA/PPFA Item 1.b.
- The invocation is by Chaplain Tony Mercado and the pledge is led by Fire Chief Jason Dobine. Presentations, public hearings, and the regular agenda are each listed as "None." A closed session report and City Administrator report precede oral communications.
- Council listed on the agenda: Chad P. Wanke (Mayor, District 4), Jeremy B. Yamaguchi (Mayor Pro Tem, District 3), and Councilmembers Thomas Hummer (District 1), Kevin Kirwin (District 2), and Ward L. Smith (District 5). Staff listed are Acting City Administrator Rosanna Ramirez, City Attorney Christian L. Bettenhausen, City Clerk Robert S. McKinnell, and City Treasurer Kevin A. Larson. Deputy City Clerk Brooke Lovell certifies the agenda was posted September 3, 2026.
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