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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 April 08, 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 April 8, 2025 ROLL CALL CLOSED SESSION REPORT CEREMONIAL MATTERS, PRESENTATIONS, AND ANNOUNCEMENTS Staff Introduction: Jonathan Martinez, Assistant Engineer Announcements: Claremont Helen Renwick Library Updates Outside Public Agency Representative Updates FEDERAL HOLIDAYS MAYOR AND COUNCIL Council Item 1. APPOINTMENT OF A MEMBER TO THE TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION AND TO THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE Recommendation: The City Council Ad Hoc Selection Committee recommends the City Council: A. Appoint Andrew Velebil to the Traffic and Transportation Commission for a term to expire August 31, 2028; and B. Appoint Jim Lam to the Sustainability Committee for a term to expire January 31, 2029. 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. Page 3 City Council Agenda April 8, 2025 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. 2. 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 March 27, 2025. Attachment(s): Resolution Approving City Warrant Register Dated March 27, 2025 3. CITY COUNCIL MINUTES OF MARCH 25, 2025 (REGULAR) AND APRIL 2, 2025 (SPECIAL) Recommendation: Staff recommends the City Council approve the regular City Council meeting minutes of March 25, 2025, and the special City Council meeting minutes of April 2, 2025. Attachment(s): Draft Regular Meeting Minutes of March 25, 2025 Draft Special Meeting Minutes of April 2, 2025 4. ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT FOR COMPLETION OF PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS FOR TRACT MAP NO. 62814 (FUNDING SOURCE: GENERAL FUND) Recommendation: Staff recommends the City Council enter into a new Assignment and Assumption Agreement for Completion of Public Improvements for Tract Map No. 62814 with 365Sanjose. Attachment(s): Agreement for Completion of Public Improvements Tract Map No. 62814 Assignment and Assumption Agreement for Completion of Public Improvements 5. AUTHORIZATION TO AMEND THE EXISTING AGREEMENT WITH LAE ASSOCIATES INC. FOR PUBLIC WORKS INSPECTION AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT FOR THE CITYWIDE RESURFACING PROJECT FOR PUBLIC RESIDENTIAL STREETS LOCATED BETWEEN ARROW HIGHWAY AND FOOTHILL BOULEVARD, FROM TOWNE AVENUE TO INDIAN HILL BOULEVARD, C.I.P. 2023-3 (FUNDING SOURCE: STATE GAS TAX FUND) Recommendation: Staff recommends the City Council authorize the City Manager to amend the existing agreement with LAE Associates Inc., to increase compensation by $14,978 using State Gas Tax funds, for a total agreement amount of $159,542, to complete the Citywide Resurfacing Project. Page 4 City Council Agenda April 8, 2025 PUBLIC HEARINGS - None ORDINANCE 6. CONSIDER EXTENDING AN URGENCY ORDINANCE TEMPORARILY SUSPENDING REQUIREMENTS IN THE HOTEL/MOTEL ORDINANCE (CMC CHAPTER 16.101) THAT INTERFERE WITH HOTELS AND MOTELS RENTING ROOMS TO INDIVIDUALS DISPLACED BY WILDFIRES IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY (FUNDING SOURCE: GENERAL FUND) Recommendation: Staff recommends the City Council: A. Adopt AN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA, ENACTED PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS 36934 AND 36937 EXTENDING TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF REQUIREMENTS IN THE HOTEL/MOTEL ORDINANCE (CMC CHAPTER 16.101) THAT INTERFERE WITH HOTELS AND MOTELS RENTING ROOMS TO GUESTS DISPLACED BY WILDFIRES IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY (Ordinance No. 2025-01) to automatically terminate on July 1, 2025; and B. Find this item is exempt from environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Attachment(s): Urgency Ordinance 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 Sustainability Committee Vacancy ADJOURNMENT THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING OF THE CLAREMONT CITY COUNCIL WILL BE HELD ON, APRIL 22, 2025, AT 6:30 PM, IN THE CLAREMONT COUNCIL CHAMBER, 225 WEST SECOND STREET, CLAREMONT, CA 91711. Page 5 City Council Agenda April 8, 2025 A LOOK AHEAD – Upcoming Meetings and Tentative Agenda Items Recognition of Spring 2025 Pomona College Sagehen Civic Scholars Interns Helen Renwick Library Program and Activities Update Outside Public Agency Representative Updates Resolution Approving City Warrant Register Dated April 10, 2025 Draft April 8, 2025 Regular City Council Meeting Minutes Approval of Engineer's Report and Setting a Public Hearing to Consider the Landscape and Lighting District Annual Assessment Quarterly Investment Report Quarterly Financial Update Award of Contract for Sanitation Transfer Hauling Services Claremont Tourism Business Improvement District (CTBID) Annual Report Second Reading and Adoption of an Ordinance Pertaining to Electric Bicycles and Trail Etiquette in the Claremont Hills Wilderness Park Consideration of a Short-Term Rental Regulations Ordinance Park Facilities Improvement Plan 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 APRIL 3, 2025, PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54954.2. POST THROUGH: APRIL 9, 2025