Agenda
City Council
June 10, 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 Peggy Lemons
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Giovanni Aburili and Jessica Emerson Paramount High School Black Student Union
INVOCATION: Pastor Laura Warth, Chapel of Change
ROLL CALL OF
COUNCILMEMBERS:
Councilmember Isabel Aguayo
Councilmember Annette C. Delgadillo
Councilmember Vilma Cuellar Stallings
Vice Mayor Brenda Olmos
Mayor Peggy Lemons
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PRESENTATIONS
1. VIDEO 2ND ANNUAL RACE FOR EDUCATION 5K & 1K EVENT RECAP
AND PAWS & PRESENT
2. PRESENTATION PARAMOUNT SPIRIT AWARD
3. PROCLAMATION PROCLAMATIONS - JUNE 2025
• Juneteenth
• LGBTQIA+ Pride Month
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.
4. APPROVAL MINUTES OF MAY 13, 2025, MAY 20, 2025 (BUDGET WORKSHOP), AND MAY 27, 2025
Recommended Action: Approve the City Council meeting minutes of May 13, 2025, May 20, 2025 (Budget Workshop), and May 27, 2025.
5. APPROVAL REGISTER OF DEMANDS – MAY 2025 (CITY)
Recommended Action: Approve the Register of Demands for May 2025.
6. RESOLUTION
25:018
APPROVING THE AMENDED AND RESTATED JOINT EXERCISE
OF POWERS AGREEMENT FOR THE LOS ANGELES GATEWAY
REGION INTEGRATED REGIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT
AUTHORITY
Recommended Action: Adopt Resolution No. 25:018, approving the Amended and Restated Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement for the Los Angeles Gateway Region Integrated Regional Water Management Authority and authorize the Mayor or her designee to execute the Amended and Restated Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement.
7. APPROVAL INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT SERVICES
Recommended Action: 1) Appropriate $23,000 in Fiscal Year 2025-26 from the General Fund to the Public Works operating budget; and 2) Award the contract for Integrated Pest Management Services to RPW Services, Inc. in the amount of $67,480 per year and authorize the Mayor or her designee to execute the agreement.
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8. RESOLUTION
25:023
INTERFUND LOAN BETWEEN THE GENERAL FUND AND THE
WATER FUND
Recommended Action: Adopt Resolution No. 25:023, approving an interfund loan between the General Fund and the Water Fund.
9. RESOLUTION
25:024
ADOPTING THE STATEMENT OF INVESTMENT POLICY FOR
THE CITY OF PARAMOUNT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025-2026
Recommended Action: Read by title only and adopt Resolution No. 25:024, approving the Statement of Investment Policy for the City of Paramount for Fiscal Year 2025-26.
10. ORDINANCE
1200
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PARAMOUNT APPROVING ZONING ORDINANCE TEXT
AMENDMENT NO. 35, AMENDING SECTION 17.04.010
(DEFINITIONS), AND REPEALING AND REPLACING CHAPTER
17.112 OF TITLE 17 OF THE PARAMOUNT MUNICIPAL CODE IN
ITS ENTIRETY TO ESTABLISH REVISED REGULATIONS FOR
ART IN PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE PLACES ON PRIVATE
PROPERTY AND IN PUBLIC PLACES IN THE CITY OF
PARAMOUNT
Recommended Action: Read by title only, waive further reading and adopt Ordinance No. 1200.
11. ORDINANCE
1201
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PARAMOUNT AMENDING SECTION 13.04.150 (PROTECTION
OF PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY) OF ARTICLE 3 (RULES AND
REGULATIONS) OF CHAPTER 13.04 (WATER WORKS SYSTEM)
OF THE CITY MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING WATER SUPPLY
CROSSCONNECTIONS, AND MAKING A DETERMINATION
THAT THE ORDINANCE IS EXEMPT UNDER THE CALIFORNIA
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT
Recommended Action: Read by title only, waive further reading, and adopt Ordinance No. 1201.
12. APPROVAL TRASH RATE SUBSIDY FOR THE RESIDENTIAL FOOD WASTE RECYCLING PROGRAM FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025-2026
Recommended Action: 1) Approve an appropriation in the amount of $42,000 to the FY 2025-2026 Public Works Sustainability Division’s operating budget, based on the final subsidy amount for the Residential Food Waste Recycling Program; and 2) Approve the Trash Rate Subsidy for the Residential Food Waste Recycling Program for FY 2025-2026.
13. APPROVAL ACCEPTANCE OF PARCEL MAP NO. 83782
(7314 CORTLAND AVENUE)
Recommended Action: Approve Parcel Map No. 83782 and
authorize the City Clerk to execute the map on behalf of the City of Paramount.
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NEW BUSINESS
14. APPROVAL AMENDMENT TO THE CITY COUNCIL PRIORITIES
EXPENDITURE PLAN
Recommended Action: 1) Reassign $200,004 to the unassigned balance in Fiscal Year 2025 as outlined in Table 1, and 2) amend the City Council Priorities Expenditure Plan and appropriate $437,004 from the unassigned balance for Fiscal Year 2026 for the two new projects outlined in Table 2.
15. APPROVAL WORLD ENERGY/ALTAIR COMMUNITY BENEFITS
AGREEMENT YEAR THREE SPENDING PLAN
Recommended Action: Approve the Year Three spending plan for the World Energy/AltAir Community Benefits Agreement.
16. BUDGET FISCAL YEAR 2025-2026 BUDGET
Recommended Action: See items A, B, and C below.
A. RESOLUTION
25:020
APPROVING AND ADOPTING THE FISCAL YEAR (FY) 2025-
2026 ANNUAL MUNICIPAL OPERATING AND CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENT BUDGET, AND SALARY SCHEDULE FOR CITY
EMPLOYEES, AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO
ADMINISTER SAID BUDGET AND MAKE SUCH CHANGES AS
MAY BE NECESSARY DURING THE FISCAL YEAR TO
MAINTAIN STANDARDS AND LEVELS OF SERVICES AND
ACHIEVE THE INTENT OF THE CITY COUNCIL IN PROVIDING
SERVICES FOR FY 2025-2026
Recommended Action: Adopt Resolution No. 25:020, approving and adopting the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Annual Municipal Operating Budget and Salary Schedule for City Employees.
B. RESOLUTION
25:021
ADOPTING THE APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT FOR FISCAL YEAR
2025-2026 IMPLEMENTING ARTICLE XIII-B OF THE STATE
CONSTITUTION PURSUANT TO SECTION 7900 ET. SEQ. OF
THE GOVERNMENT CODE
Recommended Action: Adopt Resolution No. 25:021, establishing the appropriations limit for Fiscal Year 2025-2026 in the amount of $1,287,847,199.
C. RESOLUTION
25:022
AMENDING THE AUTHORIZED POSITION LISTING FOR FULLTIME AND PART-TIME EMPLOYEES AND AMENDING CLASS SPECIFICATIONS FOR DESIGNATED FULL-TIME AND PARTTIME POSITIONS Recommended Action: Adopt Resolution No. 25:022, amending the authorized position listing for full-time and part-time employees and amending class specifications for designated full-time and parttime positions.
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17. PUBLIC HEARING
RESOLUTION
25:019
CONFIRMING A DIAGRAM AND ASSESSMENT AND
PROVIDING FOR ANNUAL ASSESSMENT LEVY FOR
LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NO. 81-
1 (ORANGE AVENUE INDUSTRIAL PARK)
Recommended Action: Adopt Resolution No. 25:019, confirming a diagram and assessment and providing for annual assessment levy for Landscape Maintenance Assessment District No. 81-1.
18. APPROVAL DOWNTOWN HOLIDAY LIGHTING AND DECORATIONS
Recommended Action: Award the contract for Downtown Holiday Lighting and Decorations to T&G Global LLC DBA St. Nick’s, La Palma, California, in the amount of $469,933.01, and authorize the Mayor or her designee to execute the agreement.
19. APPROVAL NEIGHBORHOOD STREET RESURFACING 2025 (CITY PROJECT NO. 9531) – 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 $577,635 in Fiscal Year 2025-26, in which $261,009 is Measure R Funds and $316,626 is SB1 (RMRA) Funds; 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 Neighborhood Streets Resurfacing 2025 project to All American Asphalt, Corona, California in the amount of $1,697,638, 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. RESOLUTION
SAPRA 25:001
APPROVING AND ADOPTING THE FISCAL YEAR (FY) 2025-
2026 ANNUAL BUDGET FOR THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY, AND
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ADMINISTER SAID
BUDGET AND MAKE CHANGES AS MAY BE NECESSARY
DURING THE FISCAL YEAR IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT THE
INTENT OF THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY
Recommended Action: Adopt Resolution No. SAPRA 25:001,
approving and adopting the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025-2026 annual budget for the Successor Agency.
COMMENTS/COMMITTEE REPORTS
CLOSED SESSION
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ADJOURNMENT
To a meeting on June 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM in the Council Chamber at City Hall, 16400 Colorado Ave., Paramount, CA
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