CLAREMONT CITY COUNCIL
MEETING AGENDA
“We are a vibrant, livable, and inclusive community dedicated to quality services, safety, financial strength, sustainability, preservation, and progress with equal representation for our community.”
City Council Chamber
225 Second Street
Claremont, CA 91711
Tuesday
February 11, 2025
6:30 PM
COUNCILMEMBERS
COREY CALAYCAY
MAYOR
JED LEANO ED REECE JENNIFER STARK SAL MEDINA Meetings are open to the public for in -person attendance. The meeting will be live streamed via Zoom, technology permitting. Members of the public will not be able to provide public comment via Zoom. To watch the meeting via Zoom, use the following link: https://zoom.us/j/256208090. To listen via telephone dial (213)338-8477, Webinar ID: 256 208 090. The recorded meeting will be uploaded to the City website and archived.
OPTIONS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT
Public comment may be provided by one of the following methods. Each speaker will be given up to three (3) minutes to provide their comment.
IN-PERSON LIVE COMMENTS
When the item you wish to speak to is announced, please proceed to the speaker’s podium one by one.
E-MAIL/MAIL
Written comments sent to the City Clerk ’s office will be distributed to the City Council and imaged into the record of the meeting. Email: [email protected]. Mail: PO Box 880, Claremont, CA 91711.
Written comments submitted after publication of the agenda will be made available in the document archive system on the City website as soon as possible - www.claremontca.gov.
For assistance, comments, or more information please contact the City Clerk’s Office:
email: [email protected]; phone: (909) 399-5461 or (909) 399-5463.
CALL TO ORDER THE MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
MOMENT OF SILENCE
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ROLL CALL
CLOSED SESSION REPORT
CEREMONIAL MATTERS, PRESENTATIONS, AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
Recognition:
Ron Vera, Outgoing Tri-City Mental Health Authority Governing Board Community Member Introductions:
Ontson Placide, Tri-City Mental Health Authority Executive Director Sandra Grajeda, Tri-City Mental Health Authority Governing Board Community Member Announcement:
Claremont Helen Renwick Library Updates
FEDERAL HOLIDAYS AND OBSERVANCES
Upcoming Federal Holidays:
Washington’s Birthday, February 17, 2025
MAYOR AND COUNCIL
Council Items - None
Council Assignment Reports
City Councilmembers may serve as representatives on regional organizations. This time is allocated for reports about their activities. For information about the Council's local, intergovernmental and regional appointments please visit the City website :
https://www.claremontca.gov/Government/City-Council/Council-Appointments.
CITY MANAGER REPORT
PUBLIC COMMENT
The Council has set aside this time for persons who wish to comment on items that are not listed on the agenda, but are within the jurisdiction of the City Council. Members of the public will have the opportunity to address the City Council regarding all items on the agenda at the time the Council considers those items.
General public comment will be taken for 30 minutes and will resume later in the meeting if there are speakers who did not get an opportunity to speak because of the 30-minute time limit.
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The Brown Act prohibits the City Council from taking action on oral requests relating to items that are not on the agenda. The Council may engage in a brief discussion, refer the matter to staff, and/or schedule requests for consideration at a subsequent meeting.
CONSENT CALENDAR
All matters listed on the Consent Calendar are considered routine. The City Council may act on these items by one motion following public comment. Only Councilmembers may pull an item from the Consent Calendar for discussion, reading of resolutions and ordinances will be waived.
ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE CITY WARRANT REGISTER1.
Recommendation: Staff recommends the City Council adopt 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 January 30, 2025.
Resolution Approving City Warrant Register Dated January 30, 2025Attachment(s):
CITY COUNCIL MINUTES OF JANUARY 28, 2025 (SPECIAL AND REGULAR)2.
Recommendation: Staff recommends the City Council approve the special and regular City Council meeting minutes of January 28, 2025.
Draft Special Meeting Minutes of January 28, 2025
Draft Regular Meeting Minutes of January 28, 2025
Attachment(s):
ANNUAL HOTEL /MOTEL REPORT FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2024 (FUNDING SOURCE :
GENERAL FUND)
3. Recommendation: Staff recommends the City Council receive and file the Annual Hotel /Motel Report for calendar year 2024.
Hotel-Motel Ordinance
Quarterly Report #1
Quarterly Report #2
Quarterly Report #3
Quarterly Report #4
Attachment(s):
PUBLIC HEARINGS - None
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ORDINANCE
URGENCY ORDINANCE TEMPORARILY SUSPENDING REQUIREMENTS IN THE HOTEL/MOTEL ORDINANCE (CMC CHAPTER 16.101) THAT INTERFERE WITH HOTELS
AND MOTELS RENTING ROOMS TO INDIVIDUALS DISPLACED BY WILDFIRES IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY (FUNDING SOURCE: GENERAL FUND)
4. Recommendation: Staff recommends the City Council:
A. Adopt AN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF CLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA, ENACTED PURSUANT TO
CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS 36934 AND 36937
TEMPORARILY SUSPENDING REQUIREMENTS IN THE HOTEL /MOTEL ORDINANCE (CMC CHAPTER 16.101) THAT INTERFERE WITH HOTELS
AND MOTELS RENTING ROOMS TO GUESTS DISPLACED BY WILDFIRES IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY; and
B. Find this item is exempt from environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
Proposed Urgency OrdinanceAttachment(s):
ADMINISTRATIVE ITEM
PROVIDE DIRECTION ON TENANT PROTECTION MEASURES, INCLUDING: ( 1) TENANT ASSISTANCE; (2) INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING OF AN ANTI -HARASSMENT ORDINANCE; (3) DISPUTE RESOLUTION AND MEDIATION SERVICES; AND (4) A LOCAL RENTAL REGISTRY (FUNDING SOURCES: GENERAL FUND AND AMERICAN RESCUE
PLAN ACT (ARPA) FUND)
5. Recommendation: Staff recommends the City Council:
A. Receive an update and provide direction to staff regarding the Claremont Temporary Housing Stabilization and Relocation Program; B. Consider introducing for first reading and that reading by title only AN
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA, ADDING CHAPTER 8.35 ("PROHIBITION OF TENANT HARASSMENT") TO TITLE 8 ("HEALTH AND SAFETY") OF THE
CLAREMONT MUNICIPAL CODE, PROHIBITING THE HARASSMENT OF TENANTS;
C. Provide policy direction to staff regarding funding for "dispute resolution " and/or "mediation" services to address landlord/tenant disputes; and D. Provide policy direction to staff regarding the implementation of a Claremont Rental Registry.
Each of the items above are policy decisions for the City Council. Staff is not making a recommendation (positive, negative, or otherwise) on any of these items.
Anti Harassment Ordinance
Public Comment
Attachment(s):
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CONTINUED PUBLIC COMMENT
This time is reserved for those persons who were unable to speak earlier in the agenda because of the 30-minute time restriction.
COMMISSIONS/COMMITTEES
One Traffic and Transportation Commission Vacancy
Two Sustainability Committee Vacancies
ADJOURNMENT
THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING OF THE CLAREMONT CITY COUNCIL WILL BE HELD ON FEBRUARY 25, 2025, AT 6:30 PM, IN THE CLAREMONT COUNCIL CHAMBER, 225 WEST SECOND STREET, CLAREMONT, CA 91711.
A LOOK AHEAD – Upcoming Meetings and Tentative Agenda Items Helen Renwick Library Program and Activities Update
Resolution Approving City Warrant Register Dated February 13, 2025 Draft February 11, 2025 Regular City Council Meeting Minutes Annual Audited Financial Reports for Year Ended June 30, 2024 Annual Homeless Services Update
Contract for Upfitting of Eight Public Safety Vehicles
Permanent Local Housing Allocation Funding
Resolution Authorizing 2024-25 Landscape and Lighting District Report Preparation 2024-25 Mid-Year Budget Report
IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT 0F 1990, THIS AGENDA WILL
BE MADE AVAILABLE IN APPROPRIATE ALTERNATIVE FORMATS TO PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES. ANY PERSON WITH A DISABILITY WHO REQUIRES A MODIFICATION OR
ACCOMMODATION IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE IN A CITY MEETING SHOULD CONTACT THE CITY CLERK AT 909-399-5461 or 909-399-5463 “VOICE” OR 1-800-735-2929 “TT/TTY” AT LEAST THREE (3) WORKING DAYS PRIOR TO THE MEETING, IF POSSIBLE.
I, SHELLEY DESAUTELS, CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF CLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA, HEREBY
CERTIFY UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY THAT THE FOREGOING AGENDA WAS POSTED AT CLAREMONT CITY HALL, 207 HARVARD AVENUE, ON FEBRUARY 6, 2025, PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54954.2.
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