Agenda
City Council
July 8, 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: Shirley Grayson, Parks and Recreation Commission Chair INVOCATION: Reverend Grady Jones, New Commandment Missionary Baptist Church
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. PROCLAMATION PARK AND RECREATION 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.
3. APPROVAL MINUTES OF JUNE 10, 2025, JUNE 17, 2025 (SPECIAL MEETING), AND JUNE 24, 2025
Recommended Action: Approve the City Council meeting minutes of June 10, 2025, June 17, 2025 (Special Meeting), and June 24, 2025.
4. APPROVAL REGISTER OF DEMANDS – JUNE 2025 (CITY)
Recommended Action: Approve the Register of Demands for June 2025.
5. APPROVAL HOME-ARP PROGRAM SUBRECIPIENT CONTRACT WITH FAMILY PROMISE OF LOS ANGELES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025-
2026
Recommended Action: Approve and authorize the City Manager to enter into the subrecipient contract with Family Promise of Los Angeles in the amount of $174,000.
6. ACCEPTANCE OF
WORK
ALLEY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (CITY PROJECT NO. 9534)
Recommended Action: Accept the work performed by Gentry Engineering, Inc., Colton, California, for the Alley Improvement Project and authorize payment of the retention.
7. APPROVAL REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT OF THE ART STATUES AT
PARAMOUNT POND AND CITY HALL MEMORIAL PLAZA
Recommended Action: 1) Appropriate $76,890 from the Art Fund; and 2) Authorize the repair, recast, and reinstallation of three existing bronze statues, and the recast and reinstallation of one replacement bronze art statue at the Paramount Pond, and repair of the bronze statue at the City Hall Memorial Plaza by National Sculptors’ Guild, Loveland, Colorado in an amount not to exceed $76,890.
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8. APPROVAL AGREEMENT WITH WILLDAN ENGINEERING FOR DESIGN AND
CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR MEDIAN
LANDSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS
Recommended Action: Approve the professional services
agreement with Willdan Engineering for design and construction management services for citywide median landscape improvements in an amount not to exceed $2,259,480, and authorize the Mayor, or her designee, to execute the Agreement.
9. APPROVAL ANNUAL PUBLIC SAFETY AGREEMENTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025-26
Recommended Action: Approve and authorize the Mayor or City Manager to execute the following agreements:
A) ACMS in the amount of $406,588.57 per year.
B) Care Solace in the amount of $51,000 per year.
10. ORDINANCE
1202
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PARAMOUNT REPLACING IN ITS ENTIRETY ARTICLE II OF
CHAPTER 4.16 OF THE PARAMOUNT MUNICIPAL CODE AND
GRANTING A FRANCHISE TO AIR PRODUCTS
MANUFACTURING, LLC
Recommended Action: Adopt Ordinance No. 1202.
11. APPROVAL INTERAGENCY MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH
LOS ANGELES COUNTY METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION
AUTHORITY (LACMTA) FOR REGIONAL INTEGRATION OF
INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS (RIITS)
Recommended Action: Approve the Interagency Memorandum of Understanding with the Los Angeles County Metropolitan
Transportation Authority for the Regional Integration of Intelligent Transportation Systems (RIITS) and authorize the Mayor, or her designee, to execute the MOU.
12. APPROVAL AGREEMENT FOR ZAMBONI MACHINE LOAN AND DISPLAY Recommended Action: Approve and authorize the City Manager to execute an agreement with Zamboni Company USA, Inc. for the loan and display of a Model E Zamboni Machine at the Paramount Saw Property Historical Museum space.
13. APPROVAL USE OF CITIZENS’ OPTION FOR PUBLIC SAFETY (COPS) GRANT FUNDING FOR FISCAL YEAR (FY) 2025-2026
Recommended Action: Approve and authorize staff to use the State COPS grant funds in the amount of $188,950 for additional patrols and services.
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NEW BUSINESS
14. PUBLIC HEARING TAX ASSESSMENT OF CHARGES FOR DELINQUENT REFUSE COLLECTION FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2024
Recommended Action: Consider testimony received during the public hearing, and authorize the City Manager to submit the updated Calendar Year 2024 delinquent refuse collection charge list to the Los Angeles County Auditor-Controller after July 31st for processing.
15. APPROVAL REQUEST FOR INSTALLATION OF A LIMITED TIME PARKING
ZONE ON ORIZABA AVENUE, SOUTH OF SOMERSET
BOULEVARD
Recommended Action: Direct staff to prepare a resolution for the Mayor’s signature, approving the request for installation of a 30- minute limited time parking zone spanning three parking spaces to be located on the west side of Orizaba Avenue, south of Somerset Boulevard, with the limited-time parking zone to be in effect Monday through Friday, during the hours of 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
16. ORAL REPORT 2025 FOURTH OF JULY AFTER-ACTION REPORT
17. PUBLIC HEARING
ORDINANCE
1203
APPROVING ZONING ORDINANCE TEXT AMENDMENT NO. 36,
AMENDING SECTION 17.04.010 (DEFINITIONS) AND ADDING
SECTION 17.44.165 TO ARTICLE 1 (USES) OF CHAPTER 17.44
(GENERAL PROVISIONS, CONDITIONS, AND EXCEPTIONS
REGARDING THIS TITLE) OF TITLE 17 OF THE PARAMOUNT
MUNICIPAL CODE, REGULATING GARAGE, ESTATE, AND
YARD SALES IN RESIDENTIAL ZONES AND LEGAL
NONCONFORMING RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES
Recommended Action: Read by title only, waive further reading, introduce Ordinance No. 1203, and place it on the August 12, 2025 agenda for adoption.
18. APPROVAL AGREEMENT WITH FLYING LION, INC. TO PROVIDE DRONE
SERVICES FOR MOTOR VEHICLE SPEED CONTESTS OR
EXHIBITIONS OF SPEED
Recommended Action: Approve the agreement with Flying Lion, Inc. to provide drone services in an amount not to exceed $109,000 and authorize the City Manager or his designee to execute the agreement.
19. ORAL REPORT UPDATE ON CITY COUNCIL GOALS
20. APPROVAL APPOINTMENT OF CITY COMMISSIONERS
Recommended Action: Review and approve the appointment of City Commissioners.
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ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY NEW BUSINESS
21. ORAL REPORT UPDATE ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ORGANICS
WASTE RECYCLING PROGRAM FOR COMMERCIAL
ACCOUNTS
COMMENTS/COMMITTEE REPORTS
CLOSED SESSION
CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS
Government Code Section 54956.8
Properties: 16675 Paramount Blvd (APN 7102-031-020) and 16683 Paramount Blvd (APN 7102- 031-021), Paramount, CA 90723
Agency negotiator: John Moreno, City Manager
Negotiating parties: Mike Ferrero
Under negotiation: Price and terms of payment
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
Potential initiation of litigation pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (d) of Government Code Section 54956.9– One (1) case
ADJOURNMENT
To a meeting on August 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM in the Council Chamber at City Hall, 16400 Colorado Ave., Paramount, CA
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