CLAREMONT CITY COUNCIL
MEETING MINUTES
Tuesday, May 14, 2024 — 6:30 PM
Video Recording is Archived on the City Website
https://www.ci.claremont.ca . us/government/city-council/watch-city-cou ncil-meetings
CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Medina called the meeting to order at 6:36 PM.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
MOMENT OF SILENCE
ROLL CALL
PRESENT COUNCILMEMBER: CALAYCAY, LEANO, MEDINA, REECE,
STARK
ABSENT COUNCILMEMBER: NONE
ALSO PRESENT
Adam Pirrie, City Manager; Jamie Earl, Assistant City Manager; Alisha Patterson, City Attorney; Jeremy Swan, Director of Community Services; Brad Johnson, Director of Community Development; Aaron Fate, Chief of Police; Jeremy Starkey, Director of Finance; Melissa Vollaro, Director of Human Services; Shelley Desautels, City Clerk
CLOSED SESSION REPORT
There was no closed session meeting.
CEREMONIAL MATTERS, PRESENTATIONS, AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
The City Council recognized Claremont Stars Soccer Club — SoCaI State Cup Boys Elite Division Champions; received a presentation from the Claremont Police Foundation Presentation of LifeVacs; received an update from Katherine Loeser, Claremont Helen Renwick Library Manager; and introduced Jordan Goose, Assistant Planner.
ANNOUNCEMENT OF FEDERAL HOLIDAYS/OBSERVANCES
Memorial Day, May 27, 2024
MAYOR AND COUNCIL
Council Items — None
Council Assignment Reports
This item starts at 19:33 in the archived video.
Councilmember Leano reported that he attended the Southern California Association of Governments General Assembly meeting.
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Councilmember Stark reported that she also attended the Southern California Association of Governments General Assembly meeting.
CITY MANAGER REPORT
This item starts at 21:01 in the archived video.
City Manager Pirrie invited all to attend the Committee on Human Relations Workshop titled "Let's Start with Civility" on May 18 as well as the upcoming Memorial Day Service at the Oak Park Cemetery on May 27. Lastly, he announced the 4th of July Freedom 5000 run will return to the morning of the 4th of July with assistance from the Claremont Sunrise Rotary.
PUBLIC COMMENT
This item starts at 23:13 in the archived video.
Mayor Medina invited public comment.
City Clerk Desautels announced no written public comments had been received.
Michael spoke in support of the Claremont Police Department; however, raised concern regarding the lack of patrol units on City streets during the late night hours.
Unidentified speaker spoke about negative situations occurring at Motel 6 and raised concern that Motel 6 is being given special treatment.
Russ Binder, Active Claremont President, invited all to Active Claremont's membership meeting on May 16 with Mayor Medina and City Manager Pirrie to discuss legislation affecting Claremont.
Lydia Hernandez, Claremont Tenants United, spoke in support of a rent stabilization ordinance to include rent control.
Buff Brown, Claremont resident, spoke about cross walks with no intersection control and highlighted the lack of driver compliance.
There were no other requests to speak.
CONSENT CALENDAR
This item starts at 40:09 in the archived video.
Mayor Medina invited public comment on the Consent Calendar.
City Clerk Desautels announced no written public comments had been received on the Consent Calendar.
There were no requests to speak.
1. Adoption of Resolutions Approving City Warrant Registers A. Adopted Resolution No. 2024-17, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF CLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA, ALLOWING CERTAIN CLAIMS AND
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DEMANDS AND SPECIFYING THE FUNDS OUT OF WHICH THE SAME ARE TO BE PAID, dated April 11, 2024; and
B. Adopted Resolution No. 2024-18, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF CLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA, ALLOWING CERTAIN CLAIMS AND
DEMANDS AND SPECIFYING THE FUNDS OUT OF WHICH THE SAME ARE TO BE PAID, dated May 9, 2024.
2. City Council Minutes of April 23, 2024 (Special and Regular) Approved the special and regular City Council meeting minutes of April 23, 2024.
3. Resolution Approving the 2024-25 Landscape and Lighting District Engineer's Report and Setting a Public Hearing (Funding Source: Landscape and Lighting District Fund) A. Adopted Resolution No. 2024-19, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF CLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING THE ENGINEER'S REPORT
PREPARED BY WILLDAN FINANCIAL SERVICES AS FILED, DECLARING ITS
INTENTION TO LEVY AND COLLECT ASSESSMENTS WITHIN LANDSCAPE AND LIGHTING DISTRICT NO. LL001 FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2024-25 PURSUANT TO THE LANDSCAPE AND LIGHTING ACT OF 1972 FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND
SERVICING OF LIGHTING AND LANDSCAPING, AND GIVING NOTICE OF AND
SETTING THE TIME AND PLACE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE LEVY OF THE PROPOSED ASSESSMENTS; and
B. Set a public hearing date of June 11, 2024, for the purpose of hearing any comments on the proposed 2024-25 LLD assessment and for the ordering of the annual levy.
4. Sanitation and Sewer Rate Increase of 3.0 Percent Based Upon the Consumer Price Index From March 202 To March 2024, Effective July 1, 2024 (Funding Source: Sanitation and Sewer Funds)
Received and filed the report.
5. Authorization to Waive Legal Conflicts to Allow Six Basins Watermaster to Retain Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, LLP in a Defense of Litigation Regarding Stone Canyon Groundwater Seepage and Flooding (Funding Source: General Fund) Approved the requested conflict waiver and authorize the City Attorney to reply "Approved" to the email from Lois Brisbois attached to the report.
6. First Amendment to the Lease Agreement Between the City of Claremont and Claremont Heritage Inc. for the Garner House and Consideration of Sublease Agreement Between Claremont Heritage Inc. and the Claremont Courier Inc.
A. Reviewed and approved the First Amendment to the Garner House Lease between the City of Claremont and Claremont Heritage amending Section 3.17 and authorized the City Manager to sign the Amendment;
B. Reviewed and approved the new one-year sublease agreement between Claremont Heritage and the Claremont Courier and authorized the City Manager to sign in consent of the sublease agreement; and
C. Found this item is exempt from review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
Councilmember Calaycay moved to approve the Consent Calendar, seconded by Councilmember Stark, and carried on a roll call vote as follows:
AYES: Councilmember- Calaycay, Leano, Medina, Reece, Stark NOES: Councilmember- None
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PUBLIC HEARINGS — None
ORDINANCES — None
ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
7. Consideration of Tenant Preference Policy for Affordable Housinq Units Pursuant to Government Code Section 7061 (Funding Source: General Fund) This item starts at 41:32 in the archived video.
City Attorney Patterson provided a PowerPoint presentation.
City Attorney Patterson and City Manager Pirrie responded to questions from the City Council regarding bond counsel, funding mechanisms exempt from Senate Bill 649, need for a housing division and addition of a full-time position, number of affordable housing units in cities that have a tenant preference policy, outreach and program implementation, disparate impact analysis, existing tenant preference policies, impacts on funding availability, and potential options for a City tenant preference policy.
The City Council recessed at 8:18 PM.
The City Council reconvened at 8:18 PM
Mayor Medina invited public comment.
City Clerk Desautels announced no written public comments had been received.
Michael Massey, Jamboree Housing, spoke in support of tenant preference policies that include active and on -going community engagement.
Lydia Hernandez, Claremont resident, suggested that funding be used for housing protection instead of a tenant preference policy.
Russ Binder questioned if a tenant preference policy would apply to Accessory Dwelling Units.
Rachel Forester asked the City Council to consider the problem that currently exists, a lack of housing.
There were no other requests to speak.
City Attorney Patterson responded to Mr. Binder's question and confirmed the City Council has the discretion to decide if the policy would apply to existing and future Accessory Dwelling Units.
Councilmember Calaycay raised concern regarding the creation of a tenant preference policy due to the small population size of Claremont and suggested this item be discussed at the next priority setting meeting.
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Councilmember Leano spoke in support of the comments made by Councilmember Calaycay and would like to see what other jurisdictions create before Claremont makes any decision to move forward with a tenant preference ordinance.
Councilmember Stark spoke in support of a wait and see approach in order to assess community needs in the long term.
Councilmember Reece spoke in support of a wait and see approach and suggested City staff provide the City Council with an update on this topic when more information becomes available.
Mayor Medina spoke in support of the comments made by his fellow Councilmembers and believes this is a large topic to undertake and understands that time and money is precious to the community.
The City Council directed staff to monitor how newly -adopted tenant preference policies in other cities are working and return to the City Council with a report on "lessons learned" and "best practices" when information becomes available, and add the item as a discussion topic during the next priority setting discussion.
8. 2024-26 Budget Process Update
This item starts at 2:09:57 in the archived video.
Jeremy Starkey, Finance Director, provided a PowerPoint presentation.
City Manager Pirrie responded to questions from the City Council regarding Police Department staffing and cell phone infrastructure in the City.
Mayor Medina invited public comment.
City Clerk Desautels announced no written public comments had been received.
There were no requests to speak.
The City Council received and filed the 2024-26 Budget Process Update.
ADJOURNMENT
Mayor Medina adjourned the regular meeting of the Claremont City Council at 9:32 PM. The next regular meeting of the Claremont City Council will be held on Tuesday, May 28, 2024, at 6:30 PM, in the Claremont Council Chamber.
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