Agenda
City Council
March 26, 2024
Regular Meeting - City Hall Council Chamber - 5:00 p.m. 16400 Colorado Avenue Paramount, CA 90723 (562) 220-2000 www.paramountcity.com
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CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Isabel Aguayo
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ROLL CALL OF
COUNCILMEMBERS:
Councilmember Peggy Lemons
Councilmember Brenda Olmos
Councilmember Vilma Cuellar Stallings
Vice Mayor Annette C. Delgadillo
Mayor Isabel Aguayo
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PRESENTATIONS
1. VIDEO KIDS ART NIGHT ON THE POND
CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC COMMENT UPDATES
PUBLIC COMMENTS
CONSENT CALENDAR
All items under the Consent Calendar may be enacted by one motion. Any item may be removed from the Consent Calendar and acted upon separately by the City Council.
2. APPROVAL DECLARATION OF SURPLUS PROPERTY
Recommended Action: Declare the items listed as surplus property and authorize the Mayor or her designee to dispose of the property by appropriate means
3. APPROVAL AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO THE AGREEMENT WITH CT&T
CONCRETE PAVING, INC. FOR HARDSCAPE MAINTENANCE
Recommended Action: Approve Amendment No. 1 to the
agreement with CT&T Concrete Paving, Inc. for Hardscape Maintenance and authorize the Mayor or her designee to execute the amendment.
4. APPROVAL AMERICAN RED CROSS SHELTER OPERATIONS FACILITY
USE AGREEMENT
Recommended Action: Authorize the City Manager to enter into an agreement with the American Red Cross Los Angeles Region for use of City facilities for shelter operations at Paramount Park, Paramount Park Gym, and Progress Plaza for use by the American Red Cross during area emergencies.
5. APPROVAL APPROPRIATION OF MEASURE A GRANT FUNDS AND
CAPITAL PROJECT FUNDS BUDGETED TO PARK
PLAYGROUND PROJECTS (CITY PROJECT NOS. 9254, 9350,
9351, 9461) AND THE DILLS PARK RENOVATION PROJECT
(CITY PROJECT NO. 9259)
Recommended Action: Approve the revised funding allocation among the five CIP projects listed above and appropriate an additional $2,500 from the Capital Project Fund and $7,050 from the Measure A Fund to cover the total increase of $9,550.
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NEW BUSINESS
6. PUBLIC HEARING FISCAL YEAR 2023-24 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN SUBSTANTIAL
AMENDMENT
Recommended Action: Conduct a public hearing; adopt the amended One-Year Action Plan (FY 2023-2024); and authorize the City Manager, or designee, to adjust the CDBG activity budget to conform with any change to the formula for grant allocations and execute and submit all required documents and agreements to amend the One-Year Action Plan in compliance with HUD
regulations.
7. AWARD OF
CONTRACT
ALLEY IMPROVEMENTS (CITY PROJECT NO. 9434)
Recommended Action: 1) Appropriate an additional $113,300 from the available CDBG fund; and 2) Award the contract for Alley Improvements (City Project No. 9434) to Terra Pave, Inc., Whittier, California, in the amount of $375,710, and authorize the Mayor or her designee to execute the agreement.
8. AWARD OF
CONTRACT
ARTERIAL STREET RESURFACING (CITY PROJECT NO. 9430)
Recommended Action: 1) Appropriate an additional $668,700 from the City’s Prop C allocation; and 2) Award the contract for Arterial Street Resurfacing (City Project No. 9430) to Sequel Contractors, Inc., Santa Fe Springs, California, in the amount of $1,244,233, and authorize the Mayor or her designee to execute the agreement.
9. APPROVAL APPROPRIATION OF DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (DOE)
GRANT REVENUE FOR PEP SCHOLARSHIPS
Recommended Action: Increase the FY 2023-24 estimated grant revenue from the Department of Education by $200,000 and appropriate the same amount in the FY 2023-24 Community Promotion budget to provide for PEP Scholarship Program support.
10. APPROVAL AUTHORIZATION TO PURCHASE PARAMOUNT PARK
GYMNASIUM CURTAIN DIVIDER AND SPORTS BLEACHERS
Recommended Action: Authorize the purchase of a motorized gym curtain divider in the amount of $29,292.06 and replacement sports bleachers in the amount of $54,952.03 from BSN Sports.
11. REPORT ANALYSIS AND MODERNIZATION OF THE CITY’S BUSINESS
LICENSE TAX ORDINANCE
Recommended Action: Provide direction to staff on modernizing the City’s Business License Tax ordinance.
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12. ORDINANCE
1184
ADDING CHAPTER 2.20 TO TITLE 2 OF THE PARAMOUNT
MUNICIPAL CODE PERTAINING TO THE OFFICIAL CITY SEAL,
LOGOS, INSIGNIAS, AND OTHER IDENTIFIABLE MARKINGS
Recommended Action: Read by title only, waiver further reading, introduce Ordinance No. 1184, and place it on the April 9, 2024 agenda for adoption.
13. RECEIVE AND
FILE
GENERAL PLAN ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT – CALENDAR
YEAR 2023
Recommended Action: Receive and file the calendar year 2023 General Plan Annual Progress Report and direct Planning Department staff to file said report with the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research and the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD).
COMMENTS/COMMITTEE REPORTS
CLOSED SESSION
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – EXISTING LITIGATION
Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(2) – One (1) case
Communities for a Better Environment et al v. City of Paramount - Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 22STCP0187
ADJOURNMENT
To a meeting on April 9, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber at City Hall, 16400 Colorado Ave.
Paramount, CA
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