What Villa Park is about to decide

The Villa Park City Council, which also sits as the city’s Planning Commission, meets Tuesday, September 22, 2026 at 6:30 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, 17855 Santiago Boulevard. These are pending decisions from the posted agenda — nothing below has been approved yet. Every item links to the official record.

Source: official agenda (PDF) · meeting page · Written comments: info@villapark.org by 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 22

⚖️ Ordinances (public hearings)

• E-bikes, second reading: “Consideration of the Amendment to Section 5-7 to the Villa Park Municipal Code Pertaining to the Operation of Bicycles and E-Bicycles.” Recommended: conduct a public hearing and adopt Ordinance No. 2026-640. Item 3
• Zoning Code Amendment (ZCA) No. 2026-01: introduce Ordinance No. 2026-641 for first reading after a public hearing, with a finding that it is exempt from CEQA under the “Common Sense” exemption. The agenda does not say what the amendment changes. Item 2

💰 Contracts

• Tropical Plaza Nursery, Inc.: Amendment No. 1 extending the landscape maintenance agreement from July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2028 “at a monthly cost of $3,286.44,” and an award of decomposed-granite trail maintenance and wood post work to the same firm “as the lowest bidder” at $6.75 per square foot for trail repair and $12.13 per linear foot for wood posts, “with a total not-to-exceed amount of $82,000, consisting of $72,000 for DG trail work and $10,000 for wood posts repair/replacement annually for two years ending September 22, 2028.” Item 12
• Sagecrest Planning + Environmental: a two-year contract extension expiring 8/30/28 at the same staffing level — one Planning Manager billed at $130/hour for 10 hours a week and one Assistant Planner at $100/hour for 18 hours a week. Item 11

🚗 Parking, records and investments

• New no-parking zones: Resolution No. 2026-3654 would prohibit parking on Santiago Boulevard for “an additional thirty feet for a total of 50 feet West of Prado Woods” and “an additional one hundred feet for a total of 140 feet East of Prado Woods,” and on “Taft Avenue, thirty feet West of Bixby Circle.” (The item title says Taft Road; the recommendation says Taft Avenue.) Item 13
• Records retention: Resolution No. 2026-3657 adopting an updated schedule and authorizing destruction of certain city records under Government Code Section 34090. Item 9
• Investment policy update: approval of the city’s Statement of Investment Policy and the policy statement for its non-CalPERS pension and OPEB trust funds. Item 10

📋 Consent calendar

• Appointment of Jason Coleman and Aimee Gomfin as directors of the Villa Park Community Services Foundation Board, terms expiring January 31, 2028. Item 8
• A report on 2026 Safe and Sane fireworks sales, August’s cash and investment report, and the minutes of August 19 and August 25, 2026. Items 4–7
• Presentations: a Hunger Action Month proclamation, the Office on Aging, the Sheriff’s Department, and the Orange County Fire Authority with a Fire Prevention Week proclamation.

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