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
November 25, 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 public comment is announced, please proceed to the 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
November 25, 2025Page 2 City Council Agenda
ROLL CALL
CLOSED SESSION REPORT - None
CEREMONIAL MATTERS, PRESENTATIONS, AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
Presentation:
State of the State by Senator Sasha Renee Perez
Introduction:
Julio “Alex” Lara, Traffic and Transportation Commissioner Announcements:
Claremont Helen Renwick Library Updates
Outside Public Agency Representative Updates
FEDERAL HOLIDAYS
Thanksgiving, November 27, 2025
MAYOR AND COUNCIL
Council Items
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.
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.
November 25, 2025Page 3 City Council Agenda
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 CITY WARRANT REGISTERS1.
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 November 20, 2025.
Resolution Approving City Warrant Register Dated November 20, 2025Attachment(s):
CITY COUNCIL MINUTES OF NOVEMBER 12, 2025 (SPECIAL) AND NOVEMBER 13, 2025 (SPECIAL MEETING WITH THE CLAREMONT UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF
EDUCATION)
2. Recommendation: Staff recommends the City Council approve the special City Council meeting minutes of November 12 and November 13, 2025.
Draft Special Meeting Minutes of November 12, 2025
Draft Special Meeting Minutes of November 13, 2025
Attachment(s):
AWARD OF CONTRACT TO WE R BUILDERS, INC. FOR THE MILLS AVENUE BETWEEN MORENO STREET AND ARROW HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT, C .I.P. 2025-07 (FUNDING SOURCES: ARPA FUND, MEASURE M FUND, AND TDA FUND)
3. Recommendation: Staff recommends the City Council:
A. Award a contract to We R Builders, Inc. and authorize the City Manager to enter into an agreement with We R Builders, Inc. in the amount of $207,476, and authorize a 10 percent contingency in the amount of $ 20,748, for a total of $ 228,224 for the Mills Avenue Between Moreno Street and Arrow Highway Improvements Project, C.I.P. 2025-07; and B. Find this item is exempt from environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
AUTHORIZATION TO AMEND THE AGREEMENT WITH LIEBERT CASSIDY WHITMORE TO INCREASE COMPENSATION FOR SPECIAL LEGAL SERVICES (FUNDING SOURCE :
GENERAL FUND)
4. 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 $150,000 for a not-to-exceed amount of $250,000; and
B. Appropriate $ 150,000 from the unassigned General Fund balance to fully fund the agreement.
November 25, 2025Page 4 City Council Agenda
PUBLIC HEARINGS
Public Hearings will not begin before 7:00 p.m.
PUBLIC HEARING AND ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CLAREMONT MUNICIPAL CODE TITLE 15, INCORPORATING THE 2025 CALIFORNIA BUILDING CODES BY REFERENCE AND CONTINUATION OF LOCAL AMENDMENTS (FUNDING SOURCE :
GENERAL FUND)
5. Recommendation: Staff recommends the City Council:
A. Conduct the public hearing; and
B. Waiver further reading and adopt AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CLAREMONT CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THE 2025 EDITION OF THE CALIFORNIA BUILDING
STANDARDS CODE (CALIFORNIA CODE OF REGULATIONS, TITLE 24); INCLUDING THE 2025 CALIFORNIA BUILDING CODE, (INCORPORATING AND AMENDING THE 2024 INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE ); THE 2025
CALIFORNIA RESIDENTIAL CODE, (INCORPORATING AND AMENDING THE 2024 INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODE ); THE 2025 CALIFORNIA ELECTRICAL CODE (INCORPORATING AND AMENDING THE 2023
NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE ); THE 2025 CALIFORNIA MECHANICAL CODE (INCORPORATING AND AMENDING THE 2024 UNIFORM
MECHANICAL CODE ); THE 2025 CALIFORNIA PLUMBING CODE
(INCORPORATING AND AMENDING THE 2024 UNIFORM PLUMBING
CODE); THE 2025 CALIFORNIA ENERGY CODE; THE 2025 CALIFORNA
WILDLAND-URBAN INTERFACE CODE (INCORPORATING AND
AMENDING THE 2024 INTERNATIONAL WILDLAND -URBAN INTERFACE CODE ); THE 2025 CALIFORNIA EXISTING BUILDING CODE; THE 2025 CALIFORNIA GREEN BUILDING STANDARDS CODE; IN ADDITION
ADOPTING THE 2024 INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE;
TOGETHER WITH CERTAIN ADDITIONS, INSERTIONS, DELETIONS AND CHANGES THERETO; AND ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THE 2026 LOS
ANGELES COUNTY FIRE CODE (LOS ANGELES COUNTY CODE, TITLE 32) INCORPORATING AND AMENDING THE 2025 CALIFORNIA FIRE CODE (INCORPORATING AND AMENDING THE 2024 EDITION OF THE INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE).
Proposed OrdinanceAttachment(s):
November 25, 2025Page 5 City Council Agenda
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM - APPROVAL OF THE 2026-27
BUDGET AND AMENDMENT TO THE HOUSING REHABILITATION PROGRAM GUIDELINES (FUNDING SOURCE: COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUND)
6. Recommendation: Staff recommends the City Council:
A. Approve the Community Development Block Grant program budget for the 2026-27 programs as proposed, and authorize staff to proportionally increase or decrease each program budget based on the final Community Development Block Grant allocation;
B. Approve the 2025-26 Community Development Block Grant budget amendment to allocate $ 100,000 from the Community Development Block Grant unallocated balance to the Housing Rehabilitation Program and appropriate $ 100,000 in Community Development Block Grant unallocated balance to the Housing Rehabilitation Program;
C. Approve the 2026-27 Community Development Block Grant budget amendment to allocate $ 5,000 from the Community Development Block Grant unallocated balance to the Job Creation and Business Incentive Program and appropriate $ 5,000 in Community Development Block Grant unallocated balance to the Job Creation and Business Incentive Program; and D. Approve the Housing Rehabilitation Program Guidelines with the proposed modifications.
Proposed Claremont Housing Rehabilitation Program GuidelinesAttachment(s):
ORDINANCES - None
ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS - None
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
Public Art Committee, One Vacancy
ADJOURNMENT
THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING OF THE CLAREMONT CITY COUNCIL WILL BE HELD ON, DECEMBER 9, 2025, AT 6:30 PM, IN THE CLAREMONT COUNCIL CHAMBER, 225 WEST SECOND STREET, CLAREMONT, CA 91711.
November 25, 2025Page 6 City Council Agenda
A LOOK AHEAD – Upcoming Meetings and Tentative Agenda Items Helen Renwick Library Program and Activities Update
Outside Public Agency Representative Updates
Appointment of a Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem/Vice Mayor
Resolution Approving City Warrant Registers Dated December 4, 2025 Draft Minutes of the November 25, 2025 Regular City Council Meeting Approval of the Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule (ROPS) for the Dissolved Claremont Redevelopment Agency and 26-27 Successor Agency Administrative Budget Approval of Historic Property (Mills Act) Agreements (Various) Acceptance of Public Improvements and Release of Bond, Intracorp Colby Circle Project 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 NOVEMBER 20, 2025, PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54954.2.
POST THROUGH: November 26, 2025