City Council
City Council Chamber 225 Second Street Claremont, CA 91711
Agenda — 45 items
- 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 OPTIONS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT
- 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 IN-PERSON LIVE COMMENTS
- 5 When public comment is announced, please proceed to the podium one by one.
- 6 E-MAIL/MAIL
- 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 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 CALL TO ORDER THE MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL
- 10 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
- 11 MOMENT OF SILENCE
- 12 ROLL CALL
- 13 CLOSED SESSION REPORT - None
- 14 CEREMONIAL MATTERS, PRESENTATIONS, AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
- 15 Presentation: State of the State by Senator Sasha Renee Perez
- 16 Introduction: Julio “Alex” Lara, Traffic and Transportation Commissioner
- 17 Announcements: Claremont Helen Renwick Library Updates Outside Public Agency Representative Updates
- 18 FEDERAL HOLIDAYS
- 19 Thanksgiving, November 27, 2025
- 20 MAYOR AND COUNCIL
- 21 Council Items
- 22 Council Assignment Reports
- 23 CITY MANAGER REPORT
- 24 PUBLIC COMMENT
- 25 CONSENT CALENDAR
- 1. ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION APPROVING CITY WARRANT REGISTERS
- 2. CITY COUNCIL MINUTES OF NOVEMBER 12, 2025 (SPECIAL) AND NOVEMBER 13, 2025 (SPECIAL MEETING WITH THE CLAREMONT UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION)
- 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)
- 4. AUTHORIZATION TO AMEND THE AGREEMENT WITH LIEBERT CASSIDY WHITMORE TO INCREASE COMPENSATION FOR SPECIAL LEGAL SERVICES (FUNDING SOURCE: GENERAL FUND)
- 30 PAGE BREAK
- 31 PUBLIC HEARINGS
- 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)
- 33 page break
- 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)
- 35 ORDINANCES - None
- 36 ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS - None
- 37 CONTINUED PUBLIC COMMENT
- 38 COMMISSIONS/COMMITTEES
- 39 Public Art Committee, One Vacancy
- 40 ADJOURNMENT
- 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 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 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 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 POST THROUGH: November 26, 2025