PARAMOUNT CITY COUNCIL
MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING
JULY 8, 2025
City of Paramount, 16400 Colorado Avenue, Paramount, CA 90723 CALL TO ORDER: The regular meeting of the Paramount City Council was called to order by Mayor Peggy Lemons at
6:01 p.m. in the Council Chamber at City Hall, 16400
Colorado Avenue, Paramount, California.
PLEDGE OF
ALLEGIANCE:
Shirley Grayson, Parks and Recreations Commission
Chair led the pledge of allegiance.
INVOCATION: Reverend Grady Jones, New Commandment
Missionary Baptist Church delivered the invocation.
ROLL CALL OF
COUNCILMEMBERS:
Present: Councilmember Isabel Aguayo
Councilmember Annette C. Delgadillo
Councilmember Vilma Cuellar Stallings
Vice Mayor Brenda Olmos
Mayor Peggy Lemons
STAFF PRESENT: John Moreno, City Manager
Nicholas R. Ghirelli, City Attorney
Grissel Chavez, Assistant City Manager
Lana Dich, Finance Director
Adriana Figueroa, Public Works Director
Yecenia Guillen, Community Services Director
John King, Planning Director
Margarita Matson, Public Safety Director
Heidi Luce, City Clerk
Sol Bejarano, Management Analyst
Anthony Martinez, Financial Services Manager
Michelle Müller, Public Works Manager
Eric Wosick, Assistant Public Safety Director
PRESENTATIONS
1. VIDEO
2nd Annual Race for
Education 5k & 1k
event recap and Paws
& Present
CF 39.7
A video sharing a recap of the 2nd Annual Race for
Education 5K & 1K event was shared. Additionally, a
Paws & Present video featuring upcoming SEAACA
events was shared.
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2. PROCLAMATION
Park and Recreation
Month
CF 39.12
Mayor Lemons, on behalf of the City Council,
proclaimed July Park and Recreation Month in the City
of Paramount. Parks and Recreation Commission
Chair Shirley Grayson was present to accept the
proclamation.
At 6:10 p.m., Mayor Lemons recessed the City Council
meeting for a brief break.
Mayor Lemons called the meeting back to order at 6:12
p.m.
CF 10.4 CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC COMMENT UPDATES
There were no public comment updates.
CF 10.3 PUBLIC COMMENTS
The following individuals addressed the City Council
and provided public comments: Andrea Crow,
Paramount Library; Alejandro Yanez; Gabriel Garcia;
Anibal Cervantes; Emily S.; and Alfredo Banuelos.
Additionally, the following individuals submitted written public comments which were provided to the City
Council: Michael Mauschek, Eliana Cardenas, Annie
Backenstose, and Anibal Cervantes.
CONSENT CALENDAR
It was moved by Councilmember Cuellar Stallings and
seconded by Councilmember Aguayo to approve
Consent Calendar Items 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13 as shown below. The motion was passed by
the following roll call vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Aguayo, Delgadillo,
Cuellar Stallings; Vice Mayor Olmos;
and Mayor Lemons
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
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3. APPROVAL
Minutes of June 10,
2025, June 17, 2025
(Special Meeting), and
June 24, 2025
Approved.
4. APPROVAL
Register of Demands
June 2025
CF 47.2
Approved 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
CF 43.1166
Approved and authorized 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)
Accepted the work performed by Gentry Engineering,
Inc., Colton, California, for the Alley Improvement
Project and authorized payment of the retention.
7. APPROVAL
Repair and
Replacement of the Art
Statues at Paramount
Pond and City Hall
Memorial Plaza
CF 39.20
1) Appropriated $76,890 from the Art Fund; and 2)
Authorized 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.
8. APPROVAL
Agreement with
Willdan Engineering for
Design and
Construction
Management Services
for Median Landscape
Improvements
CF 43.1300
Approved 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 authorized the Mayor, or her designee, to execute
the Agreement.
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9. APPROVAL
Annual Public Safety
Agreements for Fiscal
Year 2025-26
CF 43.709 and
43.1223
Approved and authorized 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
CF 70 and 47.4
Adopted 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)
CF 43.1301
Approved the Interagency Memorandum of
Understanding with the Los Angeles County
Metropolitan Transportation Authority for the Regional
Integration of Intelligent Transportation Systems
(RIITS) and authorized the Mayor, or her designee, to
execute the MOU.
12. APPROVAL
Agreement for
Zamboni Machine Loan
and Display
CF 43.1302
Approved and authorized 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
CF 54
Approved and authorized staff to use the State COPS
grant funds in the amount of $188,950 for additional
patrols and services.
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Mayor Lemons announced that there has been a
request to move Item 21 up on the agenda to be heard
after Item 15 and asked if there is any objection.
Hearing no objection, she so ordered.
NEW BUSINESS
14. PUBLIC HEARING
Tax Assessment of
Charges for Delinquent
Refuse Collection for
Calendar Year 2024
CF 86.1
Public Works Manager Müller gave the report and
presented a PowerPoint presentation.
Mayor Lemons opened the public hearing and asked if
there was anyone in the audience wishing to testify.
There being no one in the audience wishing to testify,
it was moved by Councilmember Cuellar Stallings and
seconded by Councilmember Aguayo to close the
public hearing. The motion was passed by the
following roll call vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Aguayo, Delgadillo,
Cuellar Stallings; Vice Mayor Olmos;
and Mayor Lemons
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
It was moved by Vice Mayor Olmos and seconded by
Councilmember Aguayo 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. The
motion was passed by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Aguayo, Delgadillo,
Cuellar Stallings; Vice Mayor Olmos;
and Mayor Lemons
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
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15. APPROVAL
Request for Installation
of a Limited Time
Parking Zone on
Orizaba Avenue, South
of Somerset Boulevard
CF 73.2
Public Works Director Figueroa gave the report and
presented a PowerPoint presentation.
The following individuals addressed the City Council in support of this item: Daisy Macedo and Patricia Tu,
Assistant Superintendent, Paramount Unified School
District.
The following individuals addressed the City Council in opposition to this item: Steven Donahue, Jose De
Leon, and Oscar Diaz.
Additionally, the following individuals submitted written public comments in opposition to this item which were
provided to the City Council: Manuel De Leon, Cristina
De Leon, Pablo Sepulveda, and Gus Galeano.
Discussion ensued concerning the limited time parking
zone request and the impact it would have on the
overall neighborhood. The City Council expressed
concern that the residents and businesses in the
vicinity would be adversely affected by the removal of
parking spaces. It was suggested that the applicant
reconfigure parking in its existing parking lot to
designate limited parking for visitors.
Following discussion and consideration of the public
testimony, it was moved by Vice Mayor Olmos and
seconded by Councilmember Aguayo to deny 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. The motion was passed by
the following roll call vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Aguayo, Delgadillo,
Cuellar Stallings; Vice Mayor Olmos;
and Mayor Lemons
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
Environmental Sustainability New Business Item 21
was taken out of order.
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ORAL REPORT
Update on the
Implementation of the
Organics Waste
Recycling Program for
Commercial Accounts
CF 43.23
Randon Lane, Vice President Government Affairs with
Athens Services gave the report and presented a
PowerPoint presentation providing an update on the
status of the implementation of the Senate Bill 1383
Organics Waste Recycling Program for all commercial
accounts. He also shared information on outreach
activities, as well as right sizing level of services for commercial accounts in order to comply with SB 1383
requirements.
Discussion ensued concerning additional options for
educating residents regarding the recycling
requirements with the City Council suggesting that
Athens consider incorporating the use of videos,
posters and container stickers as educational
resources.
16. ORAL REPORT
2025 Fourth of July
After-Action Report
CF 75.2
Public Safety Director Matson and Lieutenant Adrian
Guillen gave the report and presented a PowerPoint
presentation providing a comprehensive analysis of
this year’s Fourth of July deployment and after-action
results.
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
CF 109 ZOTA 36
Planning and Building Director King gave the report
and presented a PowerPoint presentation.
Mayor Lemons opened the public hearing and asked if
there was anyone in the audience wishing to testify.
There being no one in the audience wishing to testify,
it was moved by Vice Mayor Olmos and seconded by
Councilmember Aguayo to close the public hearing.
AYES: Councilmembers Aguayo, Delgadillo,
Cuellar Stallings; Vice Mayor Olmos;
and Mayor Lemons
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
It was moved by Vice Mayor Olmos and seconded by
Councilmember Aguayo to read by title only, waive
further reading, introduce Ordinance No. 1203, " AN
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF PARAMOUNT, APPROVING ZONING
ORDINANCE TEXT AMENDMENT NO. 36,
AMENDING SECTION 17.04.010 (DEFINITIONS)
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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 ,"
and place it on the August 12, 2025 agenda for
adoption. The motion was passed by the following roll
call vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Aguayo, Delgadillo,
Cuellar Stallings; Vice Mayor Olmos;
and Mayor Lemons
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
18. APPROVAL
Agreement with Flying
Lion, Inc. to Provide
Drone Services for
Motor Vehicle Speed
Contests or Exhibitions
of Speed
CF 43.1303
Assistant Public Safety Director Wosick gave the
report and presented a PowerPoint presentation.
It was moved by Councilmember Cuellar Stallings and
seconded by Councilmember Delgadillo to 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. The motion was passed by the
following roll call vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Aguayo, Delgadillo,
Cuellar Stallings; Vice Mayor Olmos;
and Mayor Lemons
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
19. ORAL REPORT
Update on City Council
Goals
CF 11
City Manager Moreno gave the report and presented a
PowerPoint presentation providing the second
quarterly update on the City Council goals that were
set at the goal setting workshop on January 11, 2025.
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20. APPROVAL
Appointment of City
Commissioners
CF 27.4, 27.7, 27.24,
27.28, and 27.27
Mayor Lemons announced the 2025 Commission
appointments with all sitting commissioners being
reappointed and Alejandro Maldonado being
appointed as a permanent position to fill a vacancy on
the Parks and Recreation Commission.
It was moved by Vice Mayor Olmos and seconded by
Councilmember Delgadillo to approve the appointment
of City Commissioners as announced by the Mayor.
The motion was passed by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Aguayo, Delgadillo,
Cuellar Stallings; Vice Mayor Olmos;
and Mayor Lemons
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY NEW
BUSINESS
21. ORAL REPORT
Update on the
Implementation of the
Organics Waste
Recycling Program for
Commercial Accounts
CF 43.23
Taken out of order after Item 15 – see above.
COMMENTS/COMMITTEE REPORTS
City Council
Councilmember Delgadillo did not have anything to
report.
Councilmember Aguayo wished Councilmember
Cuellar Stallings and Vice Mayor Olmos a happy
birthday.
Vice Mayor Olmos expressed concern regarding the
continuing incidents of intersection takeovers and the
looting and other illegal activity that is taking place in neighboring cities in conjunction to the intersection
takeovers. Public Safety Director Matson commented
that the Public Safety Department will continue to
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utilize overtime suppression efforts to addresses the
illegal street takeover activity and look at other
avenues to give the deputies the tools they need to
address these issues. She also commented that City’s
zero tolerance policies also serve as a deterrent to this illegal activity. Lt. Guillen commented that the Sheriff’s Department is monitoring trends to so that they can
effectively continue to address this illegal activity.
Vice Mayor Olmos also reported that she participated
in a call regarding the Federal government’s One Big
Beautiful bill (H.R. 1) and asked is staff will be
reviewing the bill to determine its impact on the City
and if there is anything the City may need to do to
prepare. City Manager Moreno responded that staff
will work with the State and Federal official’s to
determine what impacts there will be and what can be
done to prepare.
Councilmember Cuellar Stallings commented on her
attendance at the recent the Concert in the Park. She
also shared the news that long-time resident Frank
Bravo, Sr. recently passed away and expressed her
sincere condolences to his family.
Councilmember Delgadillo also expressed heartfelt
condolences to the Bravo family.
Mayor Lemons reported on the information learned
and results achieved during the recent meeting with
Caltrans regarding maintenance of the freeway rights
of way in the City. She also reported on the recent ad
hoc committee meetings regarding the median
enhancement project and holiday decorations.
She also commented that while at Dills Park, she met
several residents who are looking forward to the reopening the park. She also encouraged resident to visit the park to see the improvements. Next, she provided
a brief update on the immigration humanitarian aid
programs being provided by the non-profit groups and
encouraged residents to continue to share ideas for
what the community may need.
Lastly, she inquired as to the status of the new search for occupants to replace the tenants in the units at
Alondra and Downey formerly occupied by Rite Aid
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and Awsum. Assistant City Manager Chavez reported
that there have been no tenants identified but staff will continue to work with the property management firm to
identify potential tenants.
Staff
There were no reports from staff.
CLOSED SESSION
At 9:10 p.m. Mayor Lemons recessed the meeting to
closed session to discuss the matters listed below
under the Closed Session agenda.
Mayor Lemons called the meeting back to order in
open session at 10:08 p.m.
City Attorney Ghirelli provided a report on the action
taken in closed session as noted under each item
below.
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
No reportable action.
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
The City Council unanimously agreed to intervene in a
lawsuit filed by immigrant rights advocates against
Federal government officials – Perdomo v. Noem,
Case No. 2025CVC05605, United States District
Court, Central District of California.
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ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business to come before the
City Council, Mayor Lemons adjourned the meeting at
10:10 p.m. in memory of longtime resident Frank
Bravo, Sr. The next meeting of the City Council will be held on August 12, 2025 at 6:00 p.m. in the Council
Chamber at City Hall, 16400 Colorado Ave.,
Paramount, CA
/s/ Peggy Lemons
Peggy Lemons, Mayor
ATTEST:
/s/ Heidi Luce
Heidi Luce, City Clerk
APPROVED: August 12, 2025