City Council Agenda
Tuesday, July 15, 2025
Regular Meeting 6:30 PM
South Coast Air Quality Management District/Main Auditorium 21865 Copley Drive, Diamond Bar, CA 91765
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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.
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CITY OF DIAMOND BAR
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
July 15, 2025
CALL TO ORDER: 6:30 p.m.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Mayor
INVOCATION: Cantor Paul Buch, Temple of Beth
Israel
ROLL CALL: Chou, Liu, Low, Mayor Pro Tem Tye,
Mayor Teng
APPROVAL OF AGENDA: Mayor
1. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS, CERTIFICATES, PROCLAMATIONS: NONE.
1.1 Tonner Canyon Prescribe Burn Update.
2. CITY MANAGER REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS:
3. PUBLIC COMMENTS:
“Public Comments” is the time reserved on each regular meeting agenda to provide an opportunity for members of the public to directly address the Council on Consent Calendar items or other matters of interest not on the agenda that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Council. Although the City Council values your comments, pursuant to the Brown Act, members of the City Council or Staff may briefly respond to public comments if necessary, but no extended discussion and no action on such matters may take place. There is a five-minute maximum time limit when addressing the City Council.
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4. SCHEDULE OF FUTURE EVENTS:
4.1 Concerts in the Park/Movies under the Stars – July 16, 2025, 6:30 – 9:30 p.m., Summitridge Park, 1425 Summitridge Dr.
4.2 Coffee with a Cop – July 16, 2025, 8:00 – 9:00 a.m., Paris Baguette, 21050 Golden Springs Dr.
4.3 Free Oil Filter Exchange – July 19, 2025, 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m., Autozone, 303 W. Diamond Bar Blvd.
4.4 Planning Commission Meeting – July 22, 2025 – cancelled.
4.5 Concerts in the Park/Movies under the Stars – July 23, 2025, 6:30 – 9:30 p.m., Summitridge Park, 1425 Summitridge Dr.
4.6 Free Catalytic Converter Etching – July 23, 2025, 9:00 – 11:00 a.m., Calvary Chapel Golden Springs, 22324 Golden Springs Dr.
4.7 Parks and Recreation Commission Meeting – July 24, 2025, 6:30 p.m., online teleconference and City Hall Windmill Room, 21810 Copley Dr.
4.8 Grandparents Day Celebration – July 26, 2025, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., Diamond Bar Center, 1600 Grand Ave.
4.9 Concerts in the Park/Movies under the Stars – July 30, 2025, 6:30 – 9:30 p.m., Summitridge Park, 1425 Summitridge Dr.
4.10 City Council Meeting – August 5, 2025, 6:30 p.m., online teleconference and SCAQMD Main Auditorium, 21865 Copley Dr.
5. CONSENT CALENDAR:
All items listed on the Consent Calendar are considered by the City Council to be routine and will be acted on by a single motion unless a Council Member or member of the public request otherwise, in which case, the item will be removed for separate consideration.
5.1 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES OF THE JULY 1, 2025 REGULAR MEETING.
5.1.a July 1, 2025 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes Recommended Action:
Approve the July 1, 2025 Regular City Council meeting minutes.
Requested by: City Clerk
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5.2 RATIFICATION OF CHECK REGISTER DATED JUNE 25, 2025
THROUGH JULY 8, 2025 TOTALING $1,484,942.61.
Recommended Action:
Ratify the Check Register.
Requested by: Finance Department
5.3 TREASURER'S STATEMENT.
Recommended Action:
Approve the June 2025 Treasurer’s Statement.
Requested by: Finance Department
5.4 MAINTENANCE RELATED SERVICES FOR FORMER PONY
PROPERTY LOCATED AT 22601 SUNSET CROSSING ROAD.
Recommended Action:
A. Appropriate $801,425 from the Park & Facility Development Fund (262) for PONY Property restoration, plus an additional $100,000 for contingencies, for a total budget of $901,425;
B. Appropriate $93,000 from the General Fund (100) for on-going park maintenance of the PONY Property;
C. Approve, and authorize the City Manager, to sign the Consultant Services Agreement with Dudek, for professional land surveying services;
D. Approve, and authorize the City Manager to sign, the First Amendment to the Maintenance Services Agreement with Nova Landscape Group, Inc., to provide the one-time field rehabilitation services and ongoing monthly maintenance services afterwards;
E. Approve, and authorize the City Manager, to sign the Public Works Agreement with Siterep Construction Services, Inc., to perform general demolition and earth services; and
F. Approve, and authorize the City Manager, to sign the Ninth Amendment to the Vendor Services Agreement with Exterior Products Corporation, to provide electrical and lighting maintenance services.
Requested by: City Manager
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5.5 DESIGN SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH MULHOLLAND CONSULTING, INC. FOR PREPARATION OF ENGINEERING PLANS AND
SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE SYCAMORE CANYON PARK
PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE REMOVAL PROJECT (CIP# FP258).
Recommended Action:
Approve, and authorize the City Manager to sign, the Consulting Service Agreement with Mulholland Consulting, Inc., in a not-to-exceed amount of $61,825, plus a contingency amount of $6,182.50, for a total authorization amount of $68,007.50.
Requested by: Public Works Department
5.6 SIXTH AMENDMENT TO THE MAINTENANCE SERVICES
AGREEMENT WITH TRANE U.S. INC. DBA TRANE FOR MECHANICAL
AND BUILDING AUTOMATION SYSTEM PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE
AND REPAIR SERVICES.
Recommended Action:
Approve, and authorize the City Manager to sign, the Sixth Amendment to the Maintenance Services Agreement with Trane U.S. Inc. dba Trane through June 30, 2026.
Requested by: Public Works Department
6. PUBLIC HEARINGS:
6.1 LEVYING ASSESSMENTS ON LANDSCAPE ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NO. 38 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025/26.
Recommended Action:
A. Receive presentation, open Public Hearing to receive testimony, close Public Hearing; and
B. Adopt Resolution No. 2025-25 to levy and collect assessments for Landscape Assessment District No. 38 for Fiscal Year 2025/26.
Requested by: Public Works Department
6.2 LEVYING ASSESSMENTS ON LANDSCAPE ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NO. 39-2022 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025/26.
Recommended Action:
A. Receive presentation, open Public Hearing to receive testimony, close Public Hearing; and
B. Adopt Resolution No. 2025-26 to levy and collect assessments for Landscape Assessment District No. 39-2022 for Fiscal Year 2025/26.
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Requested by: Public Works Department
6.3 LEVYING ASSESSMENTS ON LANDSCAPE ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NO. 41-2021 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025/26.
Recommended Action:
A. Receive presentation, open Public Hearing to receive testimony, close Public Hearing; and
B. Adopt Resolution No. 2025-27 to levy and collect assessments for Landscape Assessment District No. 41-2021 for Fiscal Year 2025/26.
Requested by: Public Works Department
7. COUNCIL CONSIDERATION:
7.1 AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 15 OF THE DIAMOND BAR CITY CODE TO
ADOPT THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL'S UPDATES TO THE VERY HIGH FIRE HAZARD SEVERITY ZONES.
Recommended Action:
A. Hear the staff presentation and receive any public testimony; B. Determine that the proposed ordinance does not constitute a project and is therefore exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b); and C. Introduce for first reading by title only, waive full reading of Ordinance No. 02 (2025), and set for public hearing, second reading and adoption at the August 5, 2025 City Council meeting:
ORDINANCE NO. 02 (2025) - AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DIAMOND BAR DESIGNATING
VERY HIGH FIRE HAZARD SEVERITY ZONES IN
ACCORDANCE WITH STATE LAW AND AMENDING THE
DIAMOND BAR CITY CODE.
Requested by: Community Development Department
8. COUNCIL SUB-COMMITTEE REPORTS AND MEETING ATTENDANCE REPORTS/COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENTS:
9. ADJOURNMENT: