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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 Tuesday 225 Second Street March 11, 2025 Claremont, CA 91711 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 the item you wish to speak to is announced, please proceed to the speaker’s 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: cityclerk@claremontca.gov. 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: cityclerk@claremontca.gov; phone: (909) 399-5461 or (909) 399-5463. CALL TO ORDER THE MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE MOMENT OF SILENCE Page 2 City Council Agenda March 11, 2025 ROLL CALL CLOSED SESSION REPORT CEREMONIAL MATTERS, PRESENTATIONS, AND ANNOUNCEMENTS Introduction: Kathleen Fariss, Claremont Chamber of Commerce Chief Executive Officer Announcement: Claremont Helen Renwick Library Updates FEDERAL HOLIDAYS 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. 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. Page 3 City Council Agenda March 11, 2025 1. ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE CITY WARRANT REGISTER 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 February 27, 2025. Attachment(s): Resolution Approving City Warrant Register Dated February 13, 2025 2. CITY COUNCIL MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 25, 2025 (REGULAR) AND MARCH 1, 2025 (SPECIAL) Recommendation: Staff recommends the City Council approve the regular City Council meeting minutes of February 25, 2025, and the special City Council meeting minutes of March 1, 2025. Attachment(s): Draft Regular Meeting Minutes of February 25, 2025 Draft Special Meeting Minutes of March 1, 2025 3. AUTHORIZATION TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH ALTA PLANNING AND DESIGN FOR THE PREPARATION OF THE CLAREMONT ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN (FUNDING SOURCE: PROPOSITION C FUND) Recommendation: Staff recommends the City Council authorize the City Manager to enter into a professional services agreement with Alta Planning and Design, Inc., for specialized planning and design services in the amount of $439,017, including a ten percent contingency in the amount of $43,902 for a total not to exceed agreement of $482,919. 4. AUTHORIZATION TO AMEND AGREEMENT WITH COLBERT ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP FOR NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM AND MUNICIPAL SEPARATE STORM SEWER SYSTEM COMPLIANCE SERVICES (FUNDING SOURCE: GENERAL FUND & MEASURE W FUND) Recommendation: Staff recommends that the City Council: A. Authorize the City Manager to amend the existing agreement with Colbert Environmental Group for National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System and Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System permit compliance services, increasing compensation by $92,550, for a total agreement amount of $142,550, and including up to four additional one-year terms in an amount not to exceed $150,000 per year; and B. Authorize the City Manager to execute up to four one-year term extensions not to exceed $150,000 per year. Page 4 City Council Agenda March 11, 2025 PUBLIC HEARING Public Hearings will not begin before 7:00 p.m. ORDINANCES - None ADMINISTRATIVE ITEM 5. AUTHORIZATION TO ACQUIRE TWO CONTIGUOUS REAL PROPERTIES IN THE CLAREMONT HILLSIDES NORTHWEST OF HIGHPOINT DRIVE (APNS 8678-019-013 & 8678-019-012) (FUNDING SOURCE: GENERAL FUND) Recommendation: Staff recommends the City Council: A. Authorize the City Manager to execute the Purchase and Sale Agreements in substance and form substantially similar to Attachments C and D, and any other documents needed to acquire the Jaffe and Seaver Properties; B. Authorize the City Manager to approve and execute assignment and assumption of one or more grant agreements imposing conditions, requirements, and restrictions for the City's use of one or both properties and related documents relating to grant funding, such as deed restrictions and funding acknowledgment plans or statements relating to signage; C. Appropriate $300,000 from the Open Space Acquisition Reserve and $100,000 from the unassigned General Fund balance to fund the City's contribution towards the acquisition of the properties; and D. Find that these actions are exempt from environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Attachment(s): Site Plan Assessor's Parcel Map Purchase and Sale Agreement w Addendum_(Vacant_Land)_Jaffe.pdf Purchase and Sale Agreement w AIR Addendum_(Vacant_Land)_Gonzalez.pdf 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 Traffic and Transportation Commission Vacancy Two Sustainability Committee Vacancies ADJOURNMENT THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING OF THE CLAREMONT CITY COUNCIL WILL BE HELD ON TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 2025, AT 6:30 PM, IN THE CLAREMONT COUNCIL CHAMBER, 225 WEST SECOND STREET, CLAREMONT, CA 91711. Page 5 City Council Agenda March 11, 2025 A LOOK AHEAD – Upcoming Meetings and Tentative Agenda Items Helen Renwick Library Program and Activities Update Resolution Approving City Warrant Register Dated March 13, 2025 Draft March 11, 2025 Regular City Council Meeting Minutes Housing Element Annual Progress Report Assignment and Assumption Agreement for 365 West San Jose Avenue Utility Box Painting Project Artist Selection TEFRA Hearing for the Benefit of Scripps College Ordinance Adopting EBike Regulations in the Claremont Hills Wilderness Park Harvard Avenue Residential Permit Parking Animal Control Services Contract 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 6, 2025, PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54954.2. POST THROUGH: March 12, 2025