Agenda
City Council
October 14, 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: Melisa Dugas, Su Casa
INVOCATION: Pastor Ken Korver, Emmanuel 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 2025 PUBLIC SAFETY EXPO RECAP AND PAWS & PRESENT
2. PROCLAMATION PROCLAMATIONS – OCTOBER 2025
• National Domestic Violence Awareness Month
• National Physical Therapy Month
• National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
• Red Ribbon Week – October 23-31
• National Crime Prevention Month
• National Community Planning Month
3. CERTIFICATE OF
RECOGNITION
EMMANUEL CHURCH 100TH ANNIVERSARY
4. CERTIFICATE OF
RECOGNITION
SOUTHEAST AREA ANIMAL CARE AUTHORITY 50TH
ANNIVERSARY
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.
5. APPROVAL MINUTES OF SEPTEMBER 9 AND SEPTEMBER 23, 2025 Recommended Action: Approve the City Council meeting minutes of September 9 and September 23, 2025.
6. APPROVAL REGISTER OF DEMANDS – SEPTEMBER 2025 (CITY) Recommended Action: Approve the Register of Demands for September 2025.
7. ORDINANCE
1205
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PARAMOUNT ADDING
SECTION 10.08.120 TO THE PARAMOUNT MUNICIPAL CODE
REGARDING CURB MARKINGS TO INDICATE PARKING
REGULATIONS; DESIGNATING CERTAIN EXISTING AREAS
THROUGHOUT THE CITY AS TIME RESTRICTED GREEN
CURBS; AND MAKING A DETERMINATION THAT THE
ORDINANCE IS EXEMPT UNDER THE CALIFORNIA
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT
Recommended Action: Adopt Ordinance No. 1205.
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8. APPROVAL AMENDMENT NO. 4 WITH WILLDAN ENGINEERING FOR
PROJECT MANAGEMENT SERVICES RELATED TO THE
PARAMOUNT PARK COMMUNITY CENTER EXPANSION AND
RENOVATION PROJECT (CITY PROJECT NO. 9464)
Recommended Action: 1) Appropriate $51,620 in Capital Projects Funds to the Paramount Park Community Center Renovation and Expansion Project (City Project No. 9464); and 2) Approve Amendment No. 4 with Willdan Engineering for the additional technical services related to the project.
9. APPROVAL PURCHASE OF AUDIO SPEAKER SYSTEM EQUIPMENT FOR CIVIC CENTER FOUNTAIN (CITY PROJECT NO. 9276)
Recommended Action: 1) Appropriate $16,880 in Capital Projects Funds to the Civic Center Fountain Upgrade (City Project No. 9276); and 2) Authorize the purchase of audio speaker system equipment from AVI-SPL, Tampa, Florida, in the amount of $15,337.62
10. APPROVAL FABRICATION AND INSTALLATION OF A REPLACEMENT
MONUMENT SIGN ON GARFIELD AVENUE
Recommended Action: 1) Appropriate $42,100 from General Fund for this expense; and 2) Approve the fabrication and installation of a replacement monument sign with vendor Bravo Sign & Design, Inc.
NEW BUSINESS
11. PUBLIC HEARING
ORDINANCE
1206
APPROVING ZONE CHANGE NO. 251, A REQUEST BY GO
STORE IT/MADISON CAPITAL HOLDINGS TO CHANGE THE
OFFICIAL ZONING MAP OF THE CITY OF PARAMOUNT FROM
M-2 (HEAVY MANUFACTURING) TO PD-PS (PLANNED
DEVELOPMENT WITH PERFORMANCE STANDARDS) TO
ALLOW FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A 154,550 SQUARE FOOT
SELF-STORAGE FACILITY AT 7342 PETTERSON LANE IN THE
CITY OF PARAMOUNT AND FINDING THE PROJECT EXEMPT
FROM CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA)
PURSUANT TO SECTION 15332 (INFILL DEVELOPMENT
PROJECTS) OF THE CEQA GUIDELINES
Recommended Action: Read by title only, waive further reading, introduce Ordinance No. 1206 and place it on the October 28, 2025 agenda for adoption.
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ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY NEW BUSINESS
12. PUBLIC HEARING
ORDINANCE
1207
APPROVING ZONING ORDINANCE TEXT AMENDMENT NO. 38
TO AMEND TITLE 17 OF THE PARAMOUNT MUNICIPAL CODE
REGARDING FACILITIES FOR NONORGANIC RECYCLABLE
MATERIALS, ORGANIC WASTE, AND SOLID WASTE CITYWIDE
AND MAKING A FINDING OF EXEMPTION UNDER THE
CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT
Recommended Action: Read by title only, waive further reading, introduce Ordinance No. 1207, and place it on the October 28, 2025 agenda for adoption.
COMMENTS/COMMITTEE REPORTS
CLOSED SESSION
ADJOURNMENT
To a meeting on October 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM in the Council Chamber at City Hall, 16400 Colorado Ave., Paramount, CA
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