Tonight's City Council Meeting

The Claremont City Council meets tonight at its usual time, 6:30pm, in the City Council chambers at 225 W. 2nd St. in the heart of the Claremont Village. You can review the meeting agenda here.

Among the items on tonight's council agenda is "wayfinding signage," the proposed signs around town that would direct visitors to the Claremont Village and Village Expansion areas.

Additionally, now that Caltrans has relinquished Base Line Rd. to the City of Claremont, the refurbishing project is finally getting under way, with a request from staff to award a contract for the job to All-American Asphalt of Corona. The contract would be for $1.34 million to resurface Base Line between Monte Vista and Villa Maria, and would also allow for $225,000 for raised medians.

Also on tap is the annual Landscaping and Lighting District (LLD) engineer's report. The LLD is a kind of tax assessed on property owners at a current rate of $142.42 per $100,000 of assessed value per parcel. Each year, Claremont reviews the assessment and then hikes it, supposedly to reflect the local inflation rate.

This year, city staff is recommending raising the LLD 3.3% to $147.12 per $100,000.

The LLD has an interesting history, one that perfectly illustrates the way important decisions have been made in Claremont over the years.