City Council Agenda
Special Meeting
Monday, January 27, 2025
6:30 PM
Windmill Community Room, Diamond Bar City Hall, 21810 Copley Dr., Diamond Bar, CA 91765
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How to Submit Public Comment:
The public may provide public comment by attending the meeting in person, by sending an email, or by logging into the teleconference. Please send email public comments to the City Clerk at [email protected] by 4:00 p.m. on the day of the meeting and indicate in the Subject Line “FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.” Written comments will be distributed to the Council Members, noted for the record at the meeting and posted on the City’s official agenda webpage as soon as reasonably practicable (found here: http://diamondbarca.iqm2.com/Citizens/Default.aspx).
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American Disability Act Accommodations:
Pursuant to the Executive Order, and in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in the Council Meeting, please contact the City Clerk’s Office (909) 839- 7010 within 72 hours of the meeting. City Council video recordings with transcription will be available upon request the day following the Council Meeting.
JANUARY 27, 2025 PAGE 2
ANDREW CHOU
Council Member
STAN LIU
Council Member
RUTH M. LOW
Council Member
CHIA YU TENG
Mayor
STEVE TYE
Mayor Pro Tem
City Manager Dan Fox • City Attorney Omar Sandoval • City Clerk Kristina Santana
DIAMOND BAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING RULES
Welcome to the meeting of the Diamond Bar City Council. Meetings are open to the public and are broadcast on Spectrum Cable Channel 3 and Frontier FiOS television Channel 47. You are invited to attend and participate. Copies of staff reports or other written documentation relating to agenda items are on file and available for public inspection by contacting the Office of the City Clerk. If requested, the agenda will be made available in an alternative format to a person with disability as required by Section 202 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. If you have questions regarding an agenda item, please contact the City Clerk at (909) 839-7010 during regular business hours.
PUBLIC INPUT
Members of the public may address the Council on any item of business on the agenda during the time the item is taken up by the Council. In addition, members of the public may, during the Public Comment period address the Council on any Consent Calendar item or any matter not on the agenda and within the Council’s subject matter jurisdiction. Any material to be submitted to the City Council at the meeting should be submitted through the City Clerk.
Speakers are limited to five minutes per agenda item, unless the Mayor determines otherwise. The Mayor may adjust this time limit depending on the number of people wishing to speak, the complexity of the matter, the length of the agenda, the hour and any other relevant consideration.
Speakers may address the Council only once on an agenda item, except during public hearings, when the applicant/appellant may be afforded a rebuttal.
Public comments must be directed to the City Council. A person who disrupts the orderly conduct of the meeting after being warned by the Mayor or the Mayor’s designee that their behavior is disrupting the meeting, may result in the person being removed from the meeting.
INFORMATION RELATING TO AGENDAS AND ACTIONS OF THE COUNCIL Agendas for regular City Council meetings are available 72 hours prior to the meeting and are posted in the City’s regular posting locations, on DBTV (on Spectrum Cable Channel 3 and Frontier FiOS television Channel 47) and on the City’s website at www.diamondbarca.gov/agendas. The City Council may take action on any item listed on the agenda.
HELPFUL PHONE NUMBERS
Copies of agendas, rules of the Council, Video of meetings: (909) 839-7010 Computer access to agendas: www.diamondbarca.gov/agendas General information: (909) 839-700
Written materials distributed to the City Council within 72 hours of the City Council meeting are available for public inspection immediately upon distribution in the City Clerk’s Office at 21810 Copley Dr., Diamond Bar, California, during normal business hours.
CITY OF DIAMOND BAR
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
SPECIAL MEETING
January 27, 2025
CALL TO ORDER: 6:30 p.m.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Mayor
ROLL CALL: Chou, Liu, Low, Mayor Pro Tem Tye,
Mayor Teng
APPROVAL OF AGENDA: Mayor
1. PUBLIC COMMENTS:
This public comment period is for items listed on the Special Meeting Agenda ONLY. Please complete a Speaker Card and give it to the City Clerk (completion of this form is voluntary) and your name will be called after the Mayor opens the public hearing. There is a five minute maximum time limit when addressing the City Council.
2. PUBLIC HEARINGS:
2.1 GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT, DEVELOPMENT CODE AMENDMENT
AND ZONING MAP AMENDMENT TO IMPLEMENT THE 2021-2029
HOUSING ELEMENT.
Recommended Action:
A. Open the public hearing to receive public testimony; B. Close the public hearing;
C. Adopt Resolution No. 2025-04 amending the General Plan Land Use and Economic Development Element to implement Program H-8 of the City’s Certified 2021-2029 Housing Element; and
D. Introduce first reading by title only, waive full reading of the Ordinance, and schedule the second reading and adoption at the next regularly scheduled City Council meeting.
ORDINANCE NO. 01 (2025): AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DIAMOND BAR, CALIFORNIA,
JANUARY 27, 2025 PAGE 2
AMENDING VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF TITLE 22
(DEVELOPMENT CODE) OF THE DIAMOND BAR CITY CODE
TO ESTABLISH A HOUSING ELEMENT SITE OVERLAY
DISTRICT TO IMPLEMENT THE GENERAL PLAN.
Requested by: Community Development Department
3. ADJOURNMENT: