Agenda
City Council
March 25, 2025
Regular Meeting - City Hall Council Chamber - 5:00 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: Delilah Chavez, 5th Grade Student Mokler Elementary School
Ian Hinojosa, 5th Grade Student
Roosevelt Elementary School
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 WHERE ARE THEY NOW? SCHOLARS FROM THE
PARAMOUNT EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP
2. CERTIFICATE OF
RECOGNITION
STUDENT MAYOR FOR THE DAY
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.
3. APPROVAL AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO THE AGREEMENT WITH STUDIO ONE
ELEVEN FOR ARCHITECTURAL AND CONSTRUCTION DESIGN
SERVICES AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT SERVICES BY
WILLDAN ENGINEERING FOR THE PARAMOUNT PARK
COMMUNITY CENTER EXPANSION AND RENOVATION
PROJECT (CITY PROJECT NO. 9464)
Recommended Action: A. Approve Amendment No. 1 to the
contract with Studio One Eleven for the design services of the Paramount Park Community Center Expansion Project (City Project No. 9464) and authorize the Mayor or her designee to execute the amendment; and
B.1) Appropriate $494,250 in Prop 68 funding to City Project No. 9464; and 2) Approve project management and technical support services by Willdan Engineering for this project.
4. AWARD OF
CONTRACT
ALLEY IMPROVEMENTS 2025 (CITY PROJECT NO. 9534) –
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 Alley Improvements project to Gentry General Engineering, Inc., Colton, California, in the amount of $211,689, and authorize the Mayor or her designee to execute the agreement.
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5. RESOLUTION
25:011
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PARAMOUNT AMENDING THE CODE OF CONDUCT AND THE
RULES OF DECORUM AND PROCEDURES FOR THE CONDUCT
OF CITY MEETINGS
Recommended Action: Adopt Resolution No. 25:011 amending the Code of Conduct and the Rules of Decorum and Procedures for the Conduct of City Meetings.
NEW BUSINESS
6. PRESENTATION SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION DISASTER LOAN
PROGRAM
7. AWARD OF
CONTRACT
DOWNEY AVENUE AND ROSECRANS AVENUE MEDIAN
ENHANCEMENT PROJECT (CITY PROJECT NO. 9435B) –
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) Appropriate $500,000 in Measure R funds and $232,350 in Measure M funds, for a total of $732,350, to City Project No. 9435; 2) Approve the plans and specifications as detailed in the bid documents, with respect to design criteria; 3) Find the project exempt from CEQA; and 4) Award the contract for the Downey Avenue and Rosecrans Avenue Median Enhancements
project to Marina Landscape, Inc., Orange, California, in the amount of $1,570,309.50, and authorize the Mayor or her designee to execute the agreement.
8. PUBLIC HEARING
RESOLUTION
25:010
APPROVING GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT NO. 25-01,
REVISING THE HEALTH AND SAFETY ELEMENT OF THE
PARAMOUNT GENERAL PLAN TO ADOPT THE LOCAL HAZARD
MITIGATION PLAN WITH LANGUAGE IN COMPLIANCE WITH AB
2140
Recommended Action: Adopt Resolution No. 25:010.
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY NEW BUSINESS
COMMENTS/COMMITTEE REPORTS
CLOSED SESSION
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ADJOURNMENT
To a meeting on April 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM in the Council Chamber at City Hall, 16400 Colorado Ave., Paramount, CA
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