Agenda — Diamond Bar City Council, November 4, 2025

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City of Diamond Bar
City Council
Agenda
Chia Yu Teng, Mayor
Steve Tye, Mayor Pro Tem
Andrew Chou, Council Member
Stan Liu, Council Member
Ruth M. Low, Council Member
City Manager Dan Fox ● City Attorney Omar Sandoval ● City Clerk Kristina Santana Meeting Date: Tuesday, November 4, 2025
Regular Meeting 6:30 p.m.

South Coast Air Quality Management District/Main Auditorium 21865 Copley Drive, Diamond Bar, CA 91765

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1. CALL TO ORDER: 6:30 p.m., Main Auditorium
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Mayor Teng
INVOCATION: Pastor Tino Cordova, United Church of Christ ROLL CALL: Council Members Chou, Liu, Low, Mayor Pro Tem Tye, Mayor Teng APPROVAL OF AGENDA: Mayor Teng

2. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS, CERTIFICATES, PROCLAMATIONS: None.

3. CITY MANAGER REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS:

4. 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.

5. SCHEDULE OF FUTURE EVENTS:

5.1 Veterans Recognition Ceremony - November 6, 2025, 9:00 - 11:00 a.m., Grand View Ballroom, 1600 Grand Ave.

5.2 Veterans Day Holiday - November 11, 2025, City Offices Closed

5.3 Planning Commission Meeting - November 11, 2025, Canceled

5.4 Senior Health Day - November 12, 2025, 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., Grand View Ballroom, 1600 Grand Ave.

5.5 Coffee with a Cop - November 12, 2025, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m., Starbucks, 22438 Golden Springs Dr.

5.6 City Government Explained Presentation - Development, Planning and Building - November 12, 2025, 6:00 - 7:30 p.m., City Hall Windmill Room, 21810 Copley Dr.

5.7 Traffic and Transportation Commission Meeting - November 13, 2025, 6:30 p.m., City Hall Windmill Room, 21810 Copley Dr.

5.8 America Recycles Day - November 15, 2025, 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m., South Coast Air Quality Management District - Parking Lot, 21865 Copley Dr.

5.9 City Council Meeting - November 18, 2025, 6:30 p.m., South Coast Air Quality Management District - Auditorium, 21865 Copley Dr.

6. 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 City Council Member or member of the public request otherwise, in which case, the item will be removed for separate consideration.

6.1 City Council Minutes of the October 21, 2025 Regular Meeting.

Recommended Action:

Approve the October 21, 2025 Regular City Council meeting minutes.

6.2 Ratification of Check Register Dated October 15, 2025 through October 28, 2025 totaling $1,448,174.08.

Recommended Action:

Ratify the Check Register.

6.3 Extra Mile Day Proclamation.

Recommended Action:

Adopt the Proclamation declaring November 1, 2025 as Extra Mile Day.

6.4 Purchase of Five (5) HPE Servers.

Recommended Action:

Approve and authorize the City Manager to issue a purchase order to GovConnection, Inc. for the purchase of five (5) HPE Servers in the not-to-exceed amount of $83,283.19.

6.5 Award of Construction Agreement for the Diamond Bar Boulevard Complete Streets Project - CIP No. SI256 (Gentry Brothers, Inc.) and Approval of Amendment 2 to a Professional Services Agreement for Construction Management and Inspection Services (Local Agency Engineering Associates, Inc.).

Recommended Action:

A. Determine that approving the design and plans for the proposed Project, awarding the construction contract, and the construction of the Project, is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under Section 15301(c) of the CEQA Guidelines;
B. Adopt Resolution No. 2025-34 approving the plans and specifications for the Diamond Bar Boulevard Complete Streets Project;
C. Approve the adjustments to the Capital Improvement Program budget and establish a Project Payment Account containing sufficient funds from the current fiscal year budget;
D. Waive minor irregularities in Gentry Brothers, Inc. bid proposal; E. Approve and authorize the City Manager to sign the Construction Agreement with Gentry Brothers, Inc., in the amount of $8,805,161.00, plus a contingency amount of $880,516.00 to be approved by the City Manager, for a total authorization amount of $9,685,677.00; and
F. Approve and authorize the City Manager to sign Amendment No. 2 to Consultant Services Agreement with LAE Associates, in the amount of $499,870.00 for the Construction Management and Inspection Services.

7. PUBLIC HEARINGS: None.

8. COUNCIL CONSIDERATION:

8.1 Adoption of the 2025 California Building Standards Codes (Title 24 C.C.R. PARTS 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, AND 11) with Local Amendments.

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. 03 (2025), and set for public hearing, second reading and adoption at the November 18, 2025 City Council meeting:

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DIAMOND BAR AMENDING TITLE 15 OF THE DIAMOND BAR CITY CODE AND ADOPTING, BY REFERENCE, THE 2025 CALIFORNIA BUILDING CODE, VOLUMES 1 AND 2, INCLUDING CHAPTER 1 DIVISION II, AND APPENDICES I, AND J THERETO, THE 2025 CALIFORNIA MECHANICAL CODE, AND THE APPENDICES THERETO, THE 2025 CALIFORNIA PLUMBING CODE, AND THE APPENDICES THERETO, THE 2025 CALIFORNIA ELECTRICAL CODE, AND THE APPENDICES THERETO, THE 2025 CALIFORNIA RESIDENTIAL CODE, INCLUDING APPENDICES H, J, K, AND O THERETO, THE 2025 CALIFORNIA GREEN BUILDING CODE, WITHOUT THE APPENDICES THERETO, AND THE 2025 CALIFORNIA WILDLAND-URBAN

INTERFACE CODE, WITHOUT APPENDICES, TOGETHER WITH CERTAIN AMENDMENTS, ADDITIONS, DELETIONS AND EXCEPTIONS.

8.2 Sixth Amendment to City Manager Employment Agreement.

Recommended Action:

Consider approval of Sixth Amendment to City Manager Employment Agreement.

9. COUNCIL SUB-COMMITTEE REPORTS AND MEETING ATTENDANCE REPORTS:

10. ADJOURNMENT:

CERTIFICATION
I, Kristina Santana, MMC, City Clerk, City of Diamond Bar, hereby certify, under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing notice was posted pursuant to Government Code Section 54950 Et. Seq., not less than 72 hours prior to the meeting, at the following locations: Diamond Bar City Hall Kiosk, Diamond Bar City Hall Bulletin Board, City website: www.diamondbarca.gov, and Diamond Bar Library.

Kristina Santana, MMC
City Clerk
Date Posted: October 30, 2025

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