Agenda
City Council
February 11, 2025
Regular Meeting - City Hall Council Chamber - 6:00 PM
16400 Colorado Avenue Paramount, CA 90723 (562) 220-2000 www.paramountcity.gov
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CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Annette C. Delgadillo
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Jessica Emerson, Paramount High School Black Student Union
INVOCATION: Pastor Lorenzo Archuleta, Unshackled Ministries
ROLL CALL OF
COUNCILMEMBERS:
Councilmember Isabel Aguayo
Councilmember Brenda Olmos
Councilmember Vilma Cuellar Stallings
Vice Mayor Peggy Lemons
Mayor Annette C. Delgadillo
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PRESENTATIONS
1. VIDEO CLUTTER-FREE PARAMOUNT EVENT
2. PRESENTATION MAYOR’S GOLD KEY AWARD
3. CERTIFICATE OF
RECOGNITION
WINTER 2024 SPECIAL EVENT VOLUNTEERS
4. PROCLAMATION NATIONAL CHILDREN’S DENTAL HEALTH MONTH
5. PROCLAMATION NATIONAL BLACK HISTORY MONTH
6. CERTIFICATE OF
RECOGNITION
LUIS RODRIGUEZ, PARAMOUNT YOUTH BASEBALL
ORGANIZATION
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.
7. APPROVAL MINUTES OF JANUARY 11, 2025 (SPECIAL MEETING), JANUARY 14, 2025, AND JANUARY 28, 2025
Recommended Action: Approve the City Council meeting minutes of January 11, 2025 (Special Meeting), January 14, 2025, and January 28, 2025.
8. APPROVAL TREASURER’S REPORT FOR THE QUARTER ENDING
DECEMBER 31, 2024
Recommended Action: Receive and file the Treasurer’s Report.
9. APPROVAL REGISTER OF DEMANDS – JANUARY 2025 (CITY)
Recommended Action: Approve the Register of Demands for January 2025.
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10. APPROVAL CHARGEPOINT EV CHARGING STATION MAINTENANCE/
SERVICE AGREEMENT AND EQUIPMENT PROCUREMENT
FOR DILLS PARK
Recommended Action: 1) Appropriate $86,450, for which $44,300 will come from Air Quality Management District (AQMD) AB 2766 funds for the purchase of the EV equipment, and $42,150 will come from Capital Project Fund to cover the service maintenance costs; and 2) Authorize the City Manager or his designee to execute service agreements with ChargePoint, Inc. for Paramount Park, Progress Park, and Dills Park, and procure EV charging equipment for Dills Park.
NEW BUSINESS
11. ORAL REPORT 2024 ANNUAL UNIFORM CRIME REPORT
12. ORDINANCE
1196
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PARAMOUNT AMENDING SECTIONS 12.24.030, 12.24.050,
12.24.070, 12.42.080, 12.42.090, 12.42.140, AND 12.42.160 OF
THE PARAMOUNT MUNICIPAL CODE, REVISING
REGULATIONS FOR MOBILE FOOD VENDORS TO FURTHER
EXTEND MOBILE VENDING HOURS AND UPDATE MOBILE
FOOD VENDOR PERMITTING AND OPERATION
REQUIREMENTS IN THE CITY OF PARAMOUNT
Recommended Action: Read by title only, waive further reading, introduce Ordinance No. 1196, and place it on the February 25, 2025 agenda for adoption.
13. PUBLIC HEARING
ORDINANCE
1194
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PARAMOUNT AMENDING CHAPTERS 10.04.010 AND 10.04.020
OF THE PARAMOUNT MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING
INCORPORATION OF THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY TRAFFIC
CODE
Recommended Action: Read by title only, waive future reading, introduce Ordinance No. 1194, and place it on the March 11, 2025 agenda for adoption.
14. PUBLIC HEARING
ORDINANCE
1195
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PARAMOUNT AMENDING CHAPTERS 8.04.010 AND 8.04.040
OF THE PARAMOUNT MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING
INCORPORATION OF THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY HEALTH
AND SAFETY CODE
Recommended Action: Read by title only, waive future reading, introduce Ordinance No. 1195, and place it on the March 11, 2025 agenda for adoption.
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15. RESOLUTION
25:002
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PARAMOUNT AMENDING THE ADMINISTRATIVE FINE
SCHEDULE FOR SOCIAL HOST FIREWORKS VIOLATIONS
UNDER CHAPTER 8.12 OF THE PARAMOUNT MUNICIPAL
CODE
Recommended Action: Adopt Resolution 25:002 amending the City’s fine schedule for social host fireworks violations.
16. AWARD OF
CONTRACT
CIVIC CENTER FOUNTAIN PROJECT (CITY PROJECT NO. 9276)
– APPROVAL OF PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS, AWARD OF
CONTRACT, AND FINDING THE PROJECT EXEMPT FROM THE
CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT PURSUANT TO
THE CLASS 1 CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION
Recommended Action: 1) Approve the plans and specifications as detailed in the bid documents, with respect to design criteria; 2) Find the project exempt from CEQA; and 3) Award the contract for the Civic Center Fountain project to ARC Construction, Inc., La Crescenta, California in the amount of $1,921,563.28, and authorize the Mayor or her designee to execute the agreement.
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY NEW BUSINESS
SUCCESSOR AGENCY FOR THE PARAMOUNT REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY - CONSENT
CALENDAR
SA1. APPROVAL REGISTER OF DEMANDS – JANUARY 2025 (SUCCESSOR
AGENCY)
Recommended Action: Approve the Successor Agency Register of Demands for January 2025.
COMMENTS/COMMITTEE REPORTS
CLOSED SESSION
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION
Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1) – One (1) case
Shadowood Development v. City of Paramount; Case No. 22STCV0940
ADJOURNMENT
To a meeting on February 25 2025 at 5:00 PM in the Council Chamber at City Hall, 16400 Colorado Ave., Paramount, CA
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