Claremont — 2025-05-13

1. ADOPTION OF RESOLUTIONS APPROVING THE CITY WARRANT REGISTERS\nRecommendation: Staff recommends the City Council adopt:\nA. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF\nCLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA, ALLOWING CERTAIN CLAIMS AND\nDEMANDS AND SPECIFYING THE FUNDS OUT OF WHICH THE SAME\nARE TO BE PAID, dated April 24, 2025; and\nB. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF\nCLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA, ALLOWING CERTAIN CLAIMS AND\nDEMANDS AND SPECIFYING THE FUNDS OUT OF WHICH THE SAME\nARE TO BE PAID, dated May 8, 2025.\nAttachment(s): Resolution Approving City Warrant Register Dated April 24, 2025\nResolution Approving City Warrant Register Dated May 8, 2025

10. PARK FACILITIES IMPROVEMENT PLAN (FUNDING SOURCES: PARK DEDICATION\nFUND, LOS ANGELES COUNTY MEASURE A FUND, GENERAL FUND, AND\nGRANTS/DONATIONS)\nRecommendation: Staff recommends the City Council review and approve the proposed Park\nFacilities Improvement Plan.\nAttachment(s): Draft Park Facilities Improvement Plan\nClaremont Municipal Code Chapter 11.08\nPublic Comment\nExcerpt from the Draft 03-13-25 PHU Committee Meeting Minutes\nExcerpt from the Draft 04-02-25 CHS Commission Meeting Minutes

3. RESOLUTION ADOPTING A LIST OF PROJECTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025-26 FUNDED BY\nSB1: ROAD REPAIR AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 2017 (FUNDING SOURCE: STATE\nGAS TAX FUND)\nRecommendation: Staff recommends the City Council adopt A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY\nCOUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING A\nLIST OF PROJECTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025-26 FUNDED BY SB 1: THE\nROAD REPAIR AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 2017.\nAttachment(s): Resolution Adopting SB1 Projects

4. RESOLUTION APPROVING THE 2025-26 LANDSCAPE AND LIGHTING DISTRICT

5. SANITATION AND SEWER RATE INCREASE OF 3.0 PERCENT, EFFECTIVE JULY 1,\n2025, AND MULTI-FAMILY BULKY ITEM PILOT PROGRAM (FUNDING SOURCE: SEWER\nAND SANITATION FUNDS)\nRecommendation: Staff recommends the City Council receive and file this report, and authorize\nstaff to move forward with the proposed multi-family bulky item pilot program\nas described in the report.\nAttachment(s): Sanitation and Sewer Fee Summary 2025-26

6. AWARD OF CONTRACT TO GRAND CENTRAL RECYCLING AND TRANSFER STATION\nFOR SOLID WASTE HAULING SERVICES (FUNDING SOURCE: SANITATION FUND)\nRecommendation: Staff recommends the City Council:\nA. Authorize the City Manager to enter into a three-year contract with two\noptional one-year extensions with Grand Central Recycling and Transfer\nStation for transfer hauling services in an amount not to exceed $600,000\nannually;\nB. Reject all bids for the Transfer Station and Hauling Services Request for\nProposals; and\nC. Appropriate $74,800 from the Sanitation Fund Balance to cover increased\ncontract costs.

7. AUTHORIZATION TO AMEND THE AGREEMENT WITH LIEBERT CASSIDY WHITMORE TO\nINCREASE COMPENSATION FOR SPECIAL LEGAL SERVICES (FUNDING SOURCE:\nGENERAL FUND)\nRecommendation: Staff recommends the City Council:\nA. Authorize the City Manager to execute an amendment to the existing\nagreement with Liebert Cassidy Whitmore for special legal services\npertaining to employment relations matters, increasing compensation by\n$75,000 for a not-to-exceed amount of $125,000; and\nB. Appropriate $90,000 from the unassigned General Fund balance to fully\nfund the agreement.

8. SECOND READING AND ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE REGULATING SHORT-TERM\nRENTALS (FUNDING SOURCE: GENERAL FUND)\nRecommendation: Staff recommends the City Council:\nA. Waive further reading and adopt AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY\nCOUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING\nAMENDMENTS TO TITLE 16 OF THE CLAREMONT MUNICIPAL CODE TO:\n(1) ADD A NEW CHAPTER 16.110 TITLED "SHORT-TERM RENTALS," (2)\nAMEND VARIOUS PROVISIONS (INCLUDING SECTIONS 16.001.010,\n16.004.020, 16.007.010, 16.013.010, AND 16.019.010) PERTAINING TO\nRENTAL ROOMS; AND (3) AMEND VARIOUS PROVISIONS (INCLUDING\nSECTION 16.33 AND CHAPTER 16.900 (DEFINITIONS)) PERTAINING TO\nSHORT-TERM RENTALS AND TERMS PERTAINING TO SHORT-TERM\nRENTALS;\nB. Adopt A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF\nCLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING THE INITIAL RATES AND\nESTABLISHING STR ZONES FOR THE SHORT-TERM RENTAL\nORDINANCE PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 16.110 OF THE CLAREMONT\nMUNICIPAL CODE; and\nC. Find this item is exempt from environmental review under the California\nEnvironmental Quality Act (CEQA).\nAttachment(s): Short Term Rentals Ordinance\nShort-Term Rentals Fee Resolution\nPublic Comments Received After the April 22, 2025 City Council Meeting

9. PROVIDE DIRECTION ON TENANT PROTECTION MEASURES, INCLUDING: (1) A LOCAL\nRENTAL REGISTRY, AND (2) FIRST READING AND ADOPTION OF A REVISED\nANTI-HARASSMENT ORDINANCE (FUNDING SOURCE: GENERAL FUND)\nRecommendation: Staff recommends the City Council:\nA. Provide policy direction to staff regarding the implementation of a\nClaremont Rental Registry that would apply to all rental units in the City of\nClaremont; and\nB. Consider introducing for first reading and that reading by title only AN\nORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CLAREMONT,\nCALIFORNIA, ADDING CHAPTER 8.35 ("PROHIBITION OF HARASSMENT\nIN RENTAL HOUSING") TO TITLE 8 ("HEALTH AND SAFETY") OF THE\nCLAREMONT MUNICIPAL CODE, PROHIBITING THE HARASSMENT OF\nTENANTS.\nThe items above are policy decisions for the City Council. Staff is not making\na recommendation (positive, negative, or otherwise) on either of these items.\nAttachment(s): Anti-Harassment Ordinance\nFPPC Advice Letter\nMaterial from February 11 City Council Meeting\nPublic Comment (February 11 Meeting)\nPublic Comment (Received after February 11)\nMaterial from Anti-Harassment Listening Sessions