Tustin meeting summaries, agendas, and minutes

Tustin agendas: $110 million bond hearing for Chatham Village, well and signal contracts, 15-unit Irvine Blvd. proposal

Tustin's City Council has scheduled a public hearing on bond financing of up to $110,000,000 for Chatham Village Apartments at 16331 McFadden Avenue, one of several money items on the Oct. 20 agenda. No minutes have been published for any meeting in the past two weeks, so none of the items below has a recorded outcome — they are agenda items scheduled for review, hearing or action, not decisions.

City Council, Oct. 20: bonds and construction contracts

The Chatham Village hearing concerns bond financing for a multifamily rental housing project, described in one summary as bond financing and in another as conduit financing. The agenda also lists:

• A construction contract of $1,350,700.00 to T.E. Roberts Inc. for Main Street Well No. 3 and Newport Well No. 3 Improvements.
• A construction contract of $126,666.00 to PTM General Engineering Services, Inc. for El Camino Real and Auto Center Drive Signal Improvements.
• Authorization of up to $309,241.00 for roof replacements at Laurel Glen, Heritage, and Cedar Grove Parks.
• Approval of $176,000.00 for engineering design services for the Red Hill Avenue Rehabilitation Project.

The meeting is listed with a special closed session at 5:30 p.m. and the regular meeting at 6:00 p.m. The same agenda items appear twice in the supplied records under the Oct. 20 date.

Planning Commission: subdivision and Irvine Boulevard housing

A Oct. 13 Planning Commission hearing was set for SUB 2025-0009/TPM 2025-168, a proposal to subdivide a 13.56-acre parcel at 1100 Valencia & 1101 Bell Avenues into two lots. The same agenda included the Community Development Department's 2026 Mid-Year in Review report and approval of August 25, 2026 minutes. The record labels the body for this entry "Rosie Test" while the headline and items refer to the Planning Commission.

On Oct. 22, the Planning Commission was scheduled to take up a proposal for 15 residential units at 17332 Irvine Boulevard, with General Plan Amendment 2026-0001 to change land use from Professional Office to Planned Community Residential, Zone Change 2026-0001 to rezone the site from Professional to Planned Community Residential, and Vesting Tentative Tract Map 19483 for condominium subdivision. The item is recommended for continuance to the Nov. 10 meeting. The agenda also lists historic preservation training from Architectural Resources Group.

Other commissions

The Audit Commission was scheduled to review the September 30, 2026 Quarterly Investment Report presented by Chandler Asset Management, receive a year-end update for Fiscal Year 2025-2026, and decide whether to forward the investment report to the City Council. Those items appear under both Oct. 19 and Oct. 22.

The Community Services Commission was set to review Sunset Market, Tustin Tiller Days and Bark or Treat, and to approve participation in the 2026 Halloween Howl and the 2026 Veterans Day Celebration & Car Show. Those items appear under both Oct. 15 and Oct. 21.

The Public Art Commission was scheduled to discuss donating a micro gallery structure to the Arvida Book Company Foundation for art display in Old Town Tustin, and to consider appointing a juror for the Tustin Legacy Park Sculpture Walk with a proposed honorarium not to exceed $1,500. A presentation by Valentin Flores on The HUB Gallery was also listed.

Coming up

The supplied data lists no upcoming meetings for the next 14 days, so there is nothing to preview here. Readers should check the city's official agenda postings for the Nov. 10 Planning Commission date referenced in the Oct. 22 staff recommendation. Minutes for the meetings above had not been published as of this roundup, and no vote tallies were available.

Tustin agendas: $110 million Chatham Village bond hearing, well and street contracts, senior housing land sale

Tustin's City Council agenda for Oct. 17 carries the largest dollar figure in the past two weeks of city meetings: a public hearing on bonds of up to $110,000,000 for Chatham Village Apartments at 16331 McFadden Avenue. Minutes have not been published for any of the six meetings summarized here, so this roundup describes what was scheduled for discussion and decision — not what was actually approved.

Chatham Village bond hearing

The Oct. 17 council agenda lists a public hearing on conduit financing for the Chatham Village Apartments, a multifamily rental housing project at 16331 McFadden Avenue, in an amount up to $110,000,000. The agenda describes the item as conduit financing; no further terms appear in the record provided.

Construction contracts and park roofs

The same Oct. 17 agenda lists four spending items:

• A construction contract of $1,350,700.00 to T.E. Roberts Inc. for Main Street Well No. 3 and Newport Well No. 3 Improvements.
• A construction contract of $126,666.00 to PTM General Engineering Services, Inc. for El Camino Real and Auto Center Drive Signal Improvements.
• Authorization of up to $309,241.00 for roof replacements at Laurel Glen, Heritage, and Cedar Grove Parks.
• $176,000.00 for engineering design services for the Red Hill Avenue Rehabilitation Project.

Senior housing land sale at Tustin Legacy

The Oct. 6 council agenda listed a proposed $15,054,243 land sale to CD-CW (Tustin) LLC for 172 rental senior units and a care facility. The record's headline for that meeting referred to an "$18 million" senior living project; the agenda item itself lists $15,054,243.

Mariners Church ordinance and police equipment

Also on the Oct. 6 agenda: adoption of Ordinance No. 1581 for a 33,422 square foot Mariners Church religious assembly project, and approval of Ordinance No. 1579 regarding Tustin Police Department military equipment use. The agenda also listed ratification of payroll of $1,232,702.73 and demands of $7,290,649.23, plus $7,500 for a park bench art project at Tustin Metrolink Station and $1,500 for a planter box project.

Planning Commission: cancelled meeting, walking tour, subdivision hearing

The regular Planning Commission meeting scheduled for Oct. 13, 2026, was cancelled, according to the record. In its place the commission scheduled an Oct. 8 special meeting consisting of a walking tour of The Colonnade Apartments at 3000 Marketplace, Irvine, CA.

A separate Oct. 13 entry lists a public hearing on SUB 2025-0009/TPM 2025-168, a proposal to subdivide a 13.56-acre parcel at 1100 Valencia & 1101 Bell Avenues, along with a 2026 Mid-Year in Review report from the Community Development Department and approval of August 25, 2026 meeting minutes. That entry is labeled "Rosie Test" in the record provided, while its contents describe Planning Commission business; the labeling could not be verified from the material supplied.

Community Services and Public Art

Two commissions met Oct. 15. The Community Services Commission was scheduled to review the Sunset Market, Tustin Tiller Days and Bark or Treat events, and to approve participation in the 2026 Halloween Howl and the 2026 Veterans Day Celebration & Car Show. It was also set to receive a summary of the September 16, 2026 Parks and Facilities Tour and commissioner reports on visits to city parks.

The Public Art Commission was scheduled to consider donating a micro gallery structure to the Arvida Book Company Foundation for art display in Old Town Tustin, and to appoint a juror for the Tustin Legacy Park Sculpture Walk with a proposed honorarium not to exceed $1,500. A presentation by Valentin Flores regarding The HUB Gallery was also listed.

Coming up

No upcoming meetings were listed in the records provided for the next 14 days. Residents should check the city's official agenda page for postings and confirmed dates before attending; agendas are the authoritative source for times, locations and item wording.

Tustin agendas weigh $15M Tustin Legacy land sale for 172 senior units; no minutes yet published

Tustin's City Council agendas from the past two weeks put a $15,054,243.00 land sale for senior housing at Tustin Legacy, a development agreement for Mariners Church, and a police military equipment policy before the council. None of the summaries provided include published minutes, so the record does not show whether the council approved, rejected, or continued any of these items. The two council entries are dated October 2 and October 6, 2026, and describe nearly identical agendas; the record does not make clear whether these are one meeting or two.

Tustin Legacy: 172 senior units

The main land-use item is a Disposition and Development Agreement with CD-CW (Tustin) LLC covering about 6.14 acres in Tustin Legacy, for 172 senior rental units and a senior care facility. The land price listed is $15,054,243.00, plus a $3,029,764.58 fair share contribution. One summary headline in the same record described the project as an "$18 million senior living project"; the itemized figure given is $15,054,243.00. The council also scheduled a closed session on litigation and real property negotiations. Closed session discussions are not public, and no outcome is recorded in the material provided.

Police equipment policy

Ordinance No. 1579 would adopt Tustin Police Department Policy 706, a Military Equipment Use Policy, under Assembly Bill 481. One entry lists the item as a second reading; the other lists it as approval of the ordinance.

Mariners Church

Ordinance No. 1581 concerns Development Agreement 2026-0002 for the Mariners Church Tustin Legacy project, described as a 33,422-square-foot religious assembly use in Neighborhood D. As with the police policy, one entry lists a second reading and the other lists adoption.

Title VI plan

A public hearing was scheduled on Resolution No. 26-42, adopting the Title VI Implementation Plan for submission to Caltrans.

Consent calendar: payroll, bills, public art

The consent calendar included payroll of $1,232,702.73 and demands of $7,290,649.23. Two art items were listed: $1,500 for planter box art by Orange County School of the Arts, and $7,500 for park bench art by artist RFX1 at the Tustin Metrolink Station.

Planning Commission

The regular Planning Commission meeting scheduled for October 13, 2026 is cancelled. In its place, the commission held a special meeting on October 8, 2026 consisting of a walking tour of The Colonnade Apartments at 3000 Marketplace, Irvine, CA. No minutes for that tour have been published.

What the record does not show

The material provided consists of agendas only. It does not establish any vote tally, any final action, or any dollar amount actually paid. Amounts listed here are as written in the agenda items.

Coming up

The data provided lists no upcoming meetings in the next 14 days. The only scheduling note is the cancellation of the Planning Commission's October 13 regular meeting. Residents should check the city's official posting for agendas and any rescheduled dates.