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
May 13, 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.
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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
Presentation:
Pomona Valley Transportation Authority Proposed Changes to Get About Program, By Nicole Caranza, CEO
Recognitions:
Claremont Police Department Baker to Vegas Challenge Cup Relay Team Brandon Deal, 2025 United States Powerlifting Association California State Champion Announcements:
Claremont Helen Renwick Library Updates
Outside Public Agency Representative Updates
FEDERAL HOLIDAYS
Memorial Day, May 26, 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 RESOLUTIONS APPROVING THE CITY WARRANT REGISTERS1.
Recommendation: Staff recommends the City Council adopt:
A. 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 April 24, 2025; and
B. 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 8, 2025.
Resolution Approving City Warrant Register Dated April 24, 2025 Resolution Approving City Warrant Register Dated May 8, 2025 Attachment(s):
CITY COUNCIL MINUTES OF APRIL 22, 2025 (SPECIAL AND REGULAR)2.
Recommendation: Staff recommends the City Council approve the special and regular City Council meeting minutes of April 22, 2025.
Draft Special Meeting Minutes of April 22, 2025
Draft Regular Meeting Minutes of April 22, 2025
Attachment(s):
RESOLUTION ADOPTING A LIST OF PROJECTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025-26 FUNDED BY SB1: ROAD REPAIR AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 2017 (FUNDING SOURCE: STATE
GAS TAX FUND)
3. Recommendation: Staff recommends the City Council adopt A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING A LIST OF PROJECTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025-26 FUNDED BY SB 1: THE ROAD REPAIR AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 2017.
Resolution Adopting SB1 ProjectsAttachment(s):
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RESOLUTION APPROVING THE 2025-26 LANDSCAPE AND LIGHTING DISTRICT ENGINEER’S REPORT AND SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING (FUNDING SOURCE :
LANDSCAPE AND LIGHTING DISTRICT FUND)
4. Recommendation: Staff recommends the City Council:
A. Adopt 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 2025-26 PURSUANT TO THE LANDSCAPE AND LIGHTING ACT OF 1972 FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND SERVICING OF THE 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 10, 2025, for the purpose of hearing any comments on the proposed 2025-26 LLD assessment and for the ordering of the annual levy.
Intent Resolution
2025-26 Engineer's Report
Authorizing Resolution No. 2025-10
Attachment(s):
SANITATION AND SEWER RATE INCREASE OF 3.0 PERCENT, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025, AND MULTI -FAMILY BULKY ITEM PILOT PROGRAM (FUNDING SOURCE: SEWER
AND SANITATION FUNDS)
5. Recommendation: Staff recommends the City Council receive and file this report, and authorize staff to move forward with the proposed multi -family bulky item pilot program as described in the report.
Sanitation and Sewer Fee Summary 2025-26Attachment(s):
AWARD OF CONTRACT TO GRAND CENTRAL RECYCLING AND TRANSFER STATION FOR SOLID WASTE HAULING SERVICES (FUNDING SOURCE: SANITATION FUND)
6. Recommendation: Staff recommends the City Council:
A. Authorize the City Manager to enter into a three -year contract with two optional one -year extensions with Grand Central Recycling and Transfer Station for transfer hauling services in an amount not to exceed $ 600,000 annually;
B. Reject all bids for the Transfer Station and Hauling Services Request for Proposals; and
C. Appropriate $ 74,800 from the Sanitation Fund Balance to cover increased contract costs.
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AUTHORIZATION TO AMEND THE AGREEMENT WITH LIEBERT CASSIDY WHITMORE TO INCREASE COMPENSATION FOR SPECIAL LEGAL SERVICES (FUNDING SOURCE :
GENERAL FUND)
7. Recommendation: Staff recommends the City Council:
A. Authorize the City Manager to execute an amendment to the existing agreement with Liebert Cassidy Whitmore for special legal services pertaining to employment relations matters, increasing compensation by $75,000 for a not-to-exceed amount of $125,000; and
B. Appropriate $ 90,000 from the unassigned General Fund balance to fully fund the agreement.
SECOND READING AND ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE REGULATING SHORT -TERM RENTALS (FUNDING SOURCE: GENERAL FUND)
8. Recommendation: Staff recommends the City Council:
A. Waive further reading and adopt AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING
AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 16 OF THE CLAREMONT MUNICIPAL CODE TO :
(1) ADD A NEW CHAPTER 16.110 TITLED "SHORT-TERM RENTALS," ( 2) AMEND VARIOUS PROVISIONS (INCLUDING SECTIONS 16.001.010,
16.004.020, 16.007.010, 16.013.010, AND 16.019.010) PERTAINING TO RENTAL ROOMS; AND (3) AMEND VARIOUS PROVISIONS (INCLUDING SECTION 16.33 AND CHAPTER 16.900 (DEFINITIONS)) PERTAINING TO
SHORT-TERM RENTALS AND TERMS PERTAINING TO SHORT -TERM
RENTALS;
B. Adopt A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING THE INITIAL RATES AND
ESTABLISHING STR ZONES FOR THE SHORT -TERM RENTAL
ORDINANCE PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 16.110 OF THE CLAREMONT
MUNICIPAL CODE; and
C. Find this item is exempt from environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
Short Term Rentals Ordinance
Short-Term Rentals Fee Resolution
Public Comments Received After the April 22, 2025 City Council Meeting Attachment(s):
PUBLIC HEARINGS - None
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ORDINANCE
PROVIDE DIRECTION ON TENANT PROTECTION MEASURES, INCLUDING: ( 1) A LOCAL RENTAL REGISTRY, AND (2) FIRST READING AND ADOPTION OF A REVISED ANTI-HARASSMENT ORDINANCE (FUNDING SOURCE: GENERAL FUND)
9. Recommendation: Staff recommends the City Council:
A. Provide policy direction to staff regarding the implementation of a Claremont Rental Registry that would apply to all rental units in the City of Claremont; and
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 HARASSMENT IN RENTAL HOUSING") TO TITLE 8 ("HEALTH AND SAFETY") OF THE
CLAREMONT MUNICIPAL CODE, PROHIBITING THE HARASSMENT OF TENANTS.
The items above are policy decisions for the City Council. Staff is not making a recommendation (positive, negative, or otherwise) on either of these items.
Anti-Harassment Ordinance
FPPC Advice Letter
Material from February 11 City Council Meeting
Public Comment (February 11 Meeting)
Public Comment (Received after February 11)
Material from Anti-Harassment Listening Sessions
Attachment(s):
ADMINISTRATIVE ITEM
PARK FACILITIES IMPROVEMENT PLAN (FUNDING SOURCES: PARK DEDICATION
FUND, LOS ANGELES COUNTY MEASURE A FUND, GENERAL FUND, AND
GRANTS/DONATIONS)
10. Recommendation: Staff recommends the City Council review and approve the proposed Park Facilities Improvement Plan.
Draft Park Facilities Improvement Plan
Claremont Municipal Code Chapter 11.08
Public Comment
Excerpt from the Draft 03-13-25 PHU Committee Meeting Minutes Excerpt from the Draft 04-02-25 CHS Commission Meeting Minutes Attachment(s):
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.
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COMMISSIONS/COMMITTEES
One Sustainability Committee Vacancy
ADJOURNMENT
THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING OF THE CLAREMONT CITY COUNCIL WILL BE HELD ON, MAY 27, 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 Recognition of the Claremont Stars Girls 2012 Team
Recognition of Daniel Tran for His Project Adopt Program Service Foothill Gold Line Project Update
Helen Renwick Library Program and Activities Update
Outside Public Agency Representative Updates
Resolution Approving City Warrant Register Dated May 22, 2025 Draft May 13, 2025 Special and Regular City Council Meeting Minutes Resolution Establishing an Appropriations Limit for Fiscal Year 25-26 Maintenance Agreement for Finney's Crafthouse, 129 N. Harvard Avenue Award of Contract for Citywide Street Striping
Award of Contract for Emergency Generator Services
AB2561 Recruitment and Retention Report
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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 MAY 8, 2025, PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54954.2.
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