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
March 24, 2026
6:30 PM
COUNCILMEMBERS
JENNIFER STARK
MAYOR
JED LEANO COREY CALAYCAY ED REECE 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
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ROLL CALL
CLOSED SESSION REPORT
CEREMONIAL MATTERS, PRESENTATIONS, AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
Introduction:
Dylan Hundley, Sanitation Maintenance Craftsworker I
Announcements:
Claremont Helen Renwick Library Updates
Outside Public Agency Representative Updates
UPCOMING FEDERAL HOLIDAYS - None
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.
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.
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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 March 12, 2026.
Resolution Approving City Warrant Register Dated March 12, 2026Attachment(s):
CITY COUNCIL MINUTES OF MARCH 10, 2026 (SPECIAL AND REGULAR)2.
Recommendation: Staff recommends the City Council approve the special and regular City Council meeting minutes of March 10, 2026.
Draft Special Meeting Minutes of March 10, 2026
Draft Regular Meeting Minutes of March 10, 2026
Attachment(s):
AUTHORIZATION TO ENTER INTO A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH TKE
FOR THE DESIGN AND PREPARATION OF PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE AMERICAN AVENUE ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT (FUNDING SOURCE :
PROPOSITION C FUND)
3. Recommendation: Staff recommends the City Council:
A. Authorize the City Manager to enter into an agreement with TKE in the amount of $ 65,665, and authorize a ten percent contingency in the amount of $ 6,567, for an amount not to exceed $ 72,232, for the design and preparation of plans for the American Avenue Roadway Improvements Project;
B. Appropriate Proposition C funds in the amount of $72,232; and C. Find this item is exempt from review under the California Environmental Quality Act.
CC Reso #2025-28 Approving TTM #84564Attachment(s):
HOUSING ELEMENT - 2025 ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT (FUNDING SOURCE :
GENERAL FUND)
4. Recommendation: Staff recommends the City Council approve the 2025 Housing Element Annual Progress Report to be submitted to the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) and the Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation (LCI).
2025 Housing Element Annual Progress ReportAttachment(s):
AUTHORIZATION TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH BLACK AND WHITE EMERGENCY VEHICLES, LLC, TO UPFIT PATROL VEHICLES (FUNDING SOURCE: MOTOR FLEET FUND)
5. Recommendation: Staff recommends the City Council authorize the City Manager to enter into a contract with Black and White Emergency Vehicles in the amount of $191,605.30 for the upfit of two Ford Police Interceptor Utility (PIU) vehicles and four Chevrolet Tahoes.
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GARNER HOUSE SUBLEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN CLAREMONT HERITAGE AND THE
CLAREMONT COURIER
6. Recommendation: Staff recommends the City Council review and approve the new three -year sublease agreement between Claremont Heritage and the Claremont Courier and authorize the City Manager to sign in consent of the agreement.
Sublease Agreement between Claremont Heritage and the Claremont CourierAttachment(s):
PUBLIC HEARING
Public Hearings will not begin before 7:00 p.m.
TAX EQUITY AND FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY ACT OF 1982 HEARING TO APPROVE THE ISSUANCE OF UP TO $ 16 MILLION IN REVENUE BONDS BY THE CALIFORNIA
MUNICIPAL FINANCE AUTHORITY FOR THE BENEFIT OF NCRC CLAREMONT LP
7. Recommendation: Staff recommends the City Council adopt A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING THE
ISSUANCE OF THE CALIFORNIA MUNICIPAL FINANCE AUTHORITY
EXEMPT FACILITY BONDS IN AN AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $ 16,000,000 FOR THE PURPOSE OF FINANCING OR
REFINANCING THE ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENT AND EQUIPPING OF ST. AMBROSE SENIOR HOUSING AND CERTAIN OTHER MATTERS RELATING THERETO.
St. Ambrose Project TEFRA ResolutionAttachment(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
One Public Art Committee Vacancy
One Sustainability Committee Vacancy
ADJOURNMENT
THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING OF THE CLAREMONT CITY COUNCIL WILL BE HELD ON, APRIL 14, 2026, AT 6:30 PM, IN THE CLAREMONT COUNCIL CHAMBER, 225 WEST SECOND STREET, CLAREMONT, CA 91711.
March 24, 2026Page 5 City Council Agenda
A LOOK AHEAD – Upcoming Meetings and Tentative Agenda Items Mothers Against Drunk Driving Programs and Services Presentation Helen Renwick Library Program and Activities Update
Outside Public Agency Representative Updates
Resolution Approving City Warrant Registers Dated March 26 and April 9, 2026 Draft Minutes of the March 24, 2026 Regular City Council Meeting Amendment to Contract for Street Improvements at First St/Arrow Hwy/Indian Hill Blvd Award of Contract for On-Call Sewer Repair Services
American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Update
Memorandum of Understanding for Tri-City Mobile Crisis Response Team Services Artist Agreement for El Barrio Park Art Project
Funding for Teen Committee Youth Mural Project
Citywide Speed Survey Ordinance
Rental Assistance Program Update
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 MARCH 19, 2026, PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54954.2.
POST THROUGH: March 25, 2026