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City Council

November 25, 2025 ·6:30 PM Final

City Council Chamber 225 Second Street Claremont, CA 91711

Agenda — 45 items

  1. 1 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.
  2. 2 OPTIONS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT
  3. 3 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.
  4. 4 IN-PERSON LIVE COMMENTS
  5. 5 When public comment is announced, please proceed to the podium one by one.
  6. 6 E-MAIL/MAIL
  7. 7 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.
  8. 8 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.
  9. 9 CALL TO ORDER THE MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL
  10. 10 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
  11. 11 MOMENT OF SILENCE
  12. 12 ROLL CALL
  13. 13 CLOSED SESSION REPORT - None
  14. 14 CEREMONIAL MATTERS, PRESENTATIONS, AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
  15. 15 Presentation: State of the State by Senator Sasha Renee Perez
  16. 16 Introduction: Julio “Alex” Lara, Traffic and Transportation Commissioner
  17. 17 Announcements: Claremont Helen Renwick Library Updates Outside Public Agency Representative Updates
  18. 18 FEDERAL HOLIDAYS
  19. 19 Thanksgiving, November 27, 2025
  20. 20 MAYOR AND COUNCIL
  21. 21 Council Items
  22. 22 Council Assignment Reports
  23. 23 CITY MANAGER REPORT
  24. 24 PUBLIC COMMENT
  25. 25 CONSENT CALENDAR
  26. 1. ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION APPROVING CITY WARRANT REGISTERS 25-389
  27. 2. CITY COUNCIL MINUTES OF NOVEMBER 12, 2025 (SPECIAL) AND NOVEMBER 13, 2025 (SPECIAL MEETING WITH THE CLAREMONT UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION) 25-391
  28. 3. AWARD OF CONTRACT TO WE R BUILDERS, INC. FOR THE MILLS AVENUE BETWEEN MORENO STREET AND ARROW HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT, C.I.P. 2025-07 (FUNDING SOURCES: ARPA FUND, MEASURE M FUND, AND TDA FUND) 25-393
  29. 4. AUTHORIZATION TO AMEND THE AGREEMENT WITH LIEBERT CASSIDY WHITMORE TO INCREASE COMPENSATION FOR SPECIAL LEGAL SERVICES (FUNDING SOURCE: GENERAL FUND) 25-390
  30. 30 PAGE BREAK
  31. 31 PUBLIC HEARINGS
  32. 5. PUBLIC HEARING AND ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CLAREMONT MUNICIPAL CODE TITLE 15, INCORPORATING THE 2025 CALIFORNIA BUILDING CODES BY REFERENCE AND CONTINUATION OF LOCAL AMENDMENTS (FUNDING SOURCE: GENERAL FUND) 25-392
  33. 33 page break
  34. 6. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM - APPROVAL OF THE 2026-27 BUDGET AND AMENDMENT TO THE HOUSING REHABILITATION PROGRAM GUIDELINES (FUNDING SOURCE: COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUND) 25-394
  35. 35 ORDINANCES - None
  36. 36 ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS - None
  37. 37 CONTINUED PUBLIC COMMENT
  38. 38 COMMISSIONS/COMMITTEES
  39. 39 Public Art Committee, One Vacancy
  40. 40 ADJOURNMENT
  41. 41 THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING OF THE CLAREMONT CITY COUNCIL WILL BE HELD ON, DECEMBER 9, 2025, AT 6:30 PM, IN THE CLAREMONT COUNCIL CHAMBER, 225 WEST SECOND STREET, CLAREMONT, CA 91711.
  42. 42 A LOOK AHEAD – Upcoming Meetings and Tentative Agenda Items Helen Renwick Library Program and Activities Update Outside Public Agency Representative Updates Appointment of a Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem/Vice Mayor Resolution Approving City Warrant Registers Dated December 4, 2025 Draft Minutes of the November 25, 2025 Regular City Council Meeting Approval of the Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule (ROPS) for the Dissolved Claremont Redevelopment Agency and 26-27 Successor Agency Administrative Budget Approval of Historic Property (Mills Act) Agreements (Various) Acceptance of Public Improvements and Release of Bond, Intracorp Colby Circle Project
  43. 43 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.
  44. 44 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 NOVEMBER 20, 2025, PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54954.2.
  45. 45 POST THROUGH: November 26, 2025