PARAMOUNT CITY COUNCIL
MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING
FEBRUARY 10, 2026
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
6:02 p.m. in the Council Chamber at City Hall, 16400
Colorado Avenue, Paramount, California.
PLEDGE OF
ALLEGIANCE:
Jessica Emmerson from the Paramount High School
Black Student Union led the pledge of allegiance.
INVOCATION: Pastor Peter Howell, Reach Church
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
John King, Planning and Building Director
Margarita Matson, Public Safety Director
Jonathan Mithcell, City Engineer
Veronica Ortiz, Assistant Community Services Director
Heidi Luce, City Clerk
Anthony Martinez, Financial Services Manager
Monica Rodriguez, Asst. Planning and Building Director
Celina Sanchez, Management Analyst
Michelle Tse, Assistant Public Works Director
PRESENTATIONS
1. VIDEO
Clutter-Free
Paramount Event
and Paws & Present
CF 39.7
Videos providing a recap of the Clutter-Free Paramount
event and highlighting animals available for adoption
from SEAACA were shared.
Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the
PARAMOUNT CITY COUNCIL
February 10, 2026; Page 2
2. PROCLAMATION –
FEBRUARY 2026
• National Black
History Month
• National
Children’s Dental
Health Month
CF 39.12
Mayor Lemons, on behalf of the City Council proclaimed
February as National Black History Month and National
Children’s Dental Health Month in the City of Paramount.
On behalf of the Paramount High School Black Student,
Jessica Emmerson along with advisors Brittany Esnayra
and Akisha Elam were present to accept the National
Black History Month Proclamation.
Dental Director Dr. Mackenzie Kate Martin and Liz
Reindhardt, Director of Advancement with Children’s
Dental Health Clinic were present to accept the National Children’s Dental Health Month Proclamation.
3. CERTIFICATION OF
RECOGNITION
Dr. Esther Caldwell –
100th Birthday
CF 39.6
Mayor Lemons, on behalf of the City Council, recognized long-time resident Dr. Esther Caldwell in honor of her
100th Birthday.
4. CERTIFICATION OF
RECOGNITION
Max B. Martinez,
DDS – Retirement
CF 39.6
Mayor Lemons, on behalf of the City Council, presented
a certificate of recognition to Max B. Martinez, DDS in celebration of his retirement after decades of service as a dentist in Paramount.
5. CERTIFICATE OF
RECOGNITION
Winter 2025 Special
Event Volunteers
CF 39.6
Mayor Lemons, on behalf of the City Council, presented
certificates of recognition to the following groups and organizations that provided volunteer services at the
City’s Winter 2025 Special Events: Mujeres Unidas
Sirviendo Activamente (MUSA), Paramount High School
Cheer, and Paramount Teen Leadership Alliance
(PTLA).
6. PRESENTATION
Gateway Cities Gold
Energy Action Award
CF 37.8
Hector De La Torre, Executive Director of Gateway
Cities Council of Government, presented the City
Council with a Gold Energy Action award in recognition
of the City’s efforts in integrating energy-efficient
practices in its municipal operations in 2025.
At 6:44 p.m., Mayor Lemons recessed the meeting for a
brief break. The meeting was called back to order at
6:55 p.m.
Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the
PARAMOUNT CITY COUNCIL
February 10, 2026; Page 3
CF 10.4 CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC COMMENT UPDATES
City Manager Moreno responded to public comments
made by the following individuals at the January 27,
2026 meeting: Nita Juhasz, Emily Blessing, Maria Mota,
Gloria Flores Hernandez, Yesenia Cuarenta, Hamid
Kahen and Amir Yazdi.
CF 10.3 PUBLIC COMMENTS
The following individuals addressed the City Council and provided public comments: Bill Kalpakoff, Athens
Services; Andrea Crow, Paramount Library; Alvin Parks;
and Paty Aldaba, Maria Pardo, and Maria Morales, ENP
participants.
City Manager suggested that Item 12 – 2025 Uniform
Crime Report and Item 20 – Air Monitoring Program
Update be taken out of order before Item 11. Hearing no objection, Mayor Lemons so ordered.
CONSENT CALENDAR
It was moved by Councilmember Cuellar Stallings and
seconded by Councilmember Aguayo to approve
Consent Calendar Items 7, 8, 9, and 10 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
7. APPROVAL
Minutes of January
13, January 27 (Goal
Setting Workshop),
and January 27,
2026
Approved.
8. APPROVAL
Register of Demands
– January 2026 (City)
CF 47.2
Approved the Register of Demands for January 2026.
Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the
PARAMOUNT CITY COUNCIL
February 10, 2026; Page 4
9. RECEIVE AND FILE
Treasurer’s Report
for the Quarter
ending December 31,
2025
CF 47.3
Received and filed the Treasurer’s Report.
10. ACCEPTAMCE OF
WORK
Median
Enhancements on
Alondra Boulevard
and Rosecrans
Avenue (City Project
No. 9435)
Accepted the work performed by Marina Landscape,
Inc., Orange, CA for the Median Enhancements project,
and authorized payment for the retention.
The two items below were taken out of order.
NEW BUSINESS
ORAL REPORT
2025 Annual Uniform
Crime Report
CF 79
Captain Dan Holguin with the Los Angeles County
Sheriff’s Department, Lakewood Station gave the report
and presented a PowerPoint presentation providing the
2025 Annual Uniform Crime Report (UCR) statistics for
the City of Paramount.
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY - OLD
BUSINESS
ORAL REPORT
Air Monitoring
Program Update
CF 31.20 and
43.1198
Randall Baxter with Trinity Consultants provided an
update on the results of the City’s air monitoring
program.
OLD BUSINESS
11. CONTINUED
PUBLIC HEARING
ORDINANCE 1212
AND RESOLUTION
26:008
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.
Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the
PARAMOUNT CITY COUNCIL
February 10, 2026; Page 5
Consideration of an
Ordinance to amend
the Development
Impact Fee Program
by amending the
existing Parks
Facilities, Water
Capacity, and Storm
Drain Facilities Fees
and to establish the
Public Safety,
General Facilities,
Transportation, and
Affordable
Housing/Commercial
Linkage Fees; a
Resolution adopting
the Development
Impact Fees Nexus
Study for the NonAffordable Housing
Fees, the Nexus
Study for the
Commercial Linkage
Fee, establishing the
amount of the Fees
and amending the
Fee Schedule, and
adopting a Capital
Improvement Plan;
and making a finding
of exemption under
the California
Environmental
Quality Act (CEQA)
CF 30.8 and 70.2
There being no one in the audience wishing to testify, it was moved by Vice Mayor Olmos and seconded by
Councilmember Cuellar Stallings to close the public
hearing.
AYES: Councilmembers Aguayo, Delgadillo,
Cuellar Stallings; Vice Mayor Olmos;
and Mayor Lemons
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
Discussion ensued concerning the applicability of the
proposed Development Impact Fees to projects
involving single-family reconstruction or additions.
Following discussion, with City Council concurrence, the ordinance was amended to eliminate the following text
(shown in strikeout) from Subsection 3.40.050(A)
“Reconstruction of, or residential additions to, singlefamily dwellings, which do not result in a net increase the gross floor area.”
A) It was moved by Vice Mayor Olmos and seconded by
Councilmember Aguayo to read by title only, waive
further reading, introduce Ordinance No. 1212, " AN
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF PARAMOUNT AMENDING
SUBSECTIONS 13.04.470(D) AND (E), DELETING
SECTION 16.24.060 OF THE PARAMOUNT
MUNICIPAL CODE, AND ADDING CHAPTER 3.40,
ESTABLISHING THE DEVELOPMENT IMPACT
FEES PROGRAM THAT INCLUDES A
COMMERCIAL LINKAGE FEE APPLICABLE TO
CERTAIN NEW ACTIVITIES AND
DEVELOPMENTS WITHIN THE CITY AND
MAKING A FINDING OF EXEMPTION UNDER THE
CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT
(CEQA)," as amended and place it on the February
24, 2026 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
Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the
PARAMOUNT CITY COUNCIL
February 10, 2026; Page 6
NEW BUSINESS
12. ORAL REPORT
2025 Annual Uniform
Crime Report
CF 79
Taken out of order before Old Business – see above.
13. RESOLUTION
26:007
A Resolution of the
City Council of the
City of Paramount
approving the
Midyear Budget
adjustments
amending the Fiscal
Year 2025-2026
adopted Operating
and Capital
Improvement Budget
CF 28.1
Finance Director Dich gave the report and presented a
PowerPoint presentation.
It was moved by Vie Mayor Olmos and seconded by
Councilmember Aguayo to adopt Resolution No.
26:007, “A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF PARAMOUNT APPROVING THE
MIDYEAR BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS AMENDING THE
FISCAL YEAR (FY) 2025-2026 ADOPTED
OPERATING AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT
BUDGET”. 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
14. APPROVAL
Consideration of a
Community Benefits
Agreement by and
between the City of
Paramount and
CLPF GSI
Paramount Owner LP
in relation to the
Madison Capital
Holdings/Go Store It
Project at 7342
Petterson Lane
CF 43.1324
Assistant Planning and Building Director Rodriguez
gave the report and presented a PowerPoint
presentation.
It was moved by Vice Mayor Olmos and seconded by
Councilmember Aguayo to 1) approve the Community
Benefits Agreement with CLPF GSI Paramount Owner
LP in relation to the Madison Capital Holdings/Go Store It Project at 7342 Petterson Lane and authorize the
Mayor or her designee to execute the agreement; and
2) approve the proposed uses of this funding source as
outlined in this report. 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
Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the
PARAMOUNT CITY COUNCIL
February 10, 2026; Page 7
15. RECEIVE AND FILE
Traffic Analysis for
the Intersection if
Downey Avenue at
Jackson Street
CF 98
City Engineer Mitchell gave the report and presented a
PowerPoint presentation providing the results of the
traffic analysis for the intersection of Downey Avenue
and Jackson Street.
16. ORAL REPORT
Capital Improvement
Program (CIP)
Quarterly Update
CF 96
Public Works Director Figueroa and Assistant Public
Works Director Tse gave the report and presented a
PowerPoint presentation providing a status update on
the completed, active, and upcoming Capital
Improvement Program projects.
17. ORAL REPORT
Update on Hay Tree
Property Project (City
Project No. 9654)
Assistant Community Services Director Oritz gave the
report and presented a PowerPoint presentation
providing an update on the status of the Hay Tree
Property Project including a review of conceptual
drawings of the project.
18. RESOLUTION
26:005
2026 Legislative
Platform
CF 58
Management Analyst Gonzalez gave the report and
presented a PowerPoint presentation.
Discussion ensued concerning the meaning of the term
“background” in the section of the Legislative Platform related to supporting policies that protect the safety, dignity, and well-being of all residents regardless of
background. Following discussion, the City Council
concurred that the word background should be replaced
with the term “legal status.”
It was moved by Vice Mayor Olmos and seconded by
Councilmember Aguayo to adopt Resolution No.
26:005, “A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF PARAMOUNT APPROVING THE CITY
OF PARAMOUNT 2026 LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM” as
amended. 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
Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the
PARAMOUNT CITY COUNCIL
February 10, 2026; Page 8
19. ORDINANCE 1216
AND RESOLUTION
26:006
Consideration of an
Ordinance of the City
Council of the City of
Paramount adopting
the Uniform Public
Construction Cost
Accounting Act
Procedures and other
requirements for
Public Works
Projects, amending
Title 3 of the
Paramount Municipal
Code, and approving
a CEQA exemption
determination, and a
Resolution of the City
Council of the City of
Paramount electing
to be subject to the
procedures set forth
in the Uniform Public
Construction Cost
Accounting Act
CF 70.2, 85, and 80
Financial Services Manager Martinez gave the report
and presented a PowerPoint presentation.
A) It was moved by Vice Mayor Olmos and seconded by
Councilmember Cuellar Stallings to read by title only,
waive further reading, introduce Ordinance No. 1216,
"AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF PARAMOUNT ADOPTING THE UNIFORM
PUBLIC CONSTRUCTION COST ACCOUNTING
ACT PROCEDURES AND OTHER
REQUIREMENTS FOR PUBLIC WORKS
PROJECTS, AMENDING TITLE 3 OF THE
PARAMOUNT MUNICIPAL CODE, AND
APPROVING A CEQA EXEMPTION
DETERMINATION," and place it on the March 10,
2026, 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
B) It was moved by Councilmember Cuellar Stallings
and seconded by Councilmember Aguayo to adopt
Resolution No. 26:006, “A RESOLUTION OF THE
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARAMOUNT
ELECTING TO BE SUBJECT TO THE
PROCEDURES SET FORTH IN THE UNIFORM
PUBLIC CONSTRUCTION COST ACCOUNTING
ACT”. 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
Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the
PARAMOUNT CITY COUNCIL
February 10, 2026; Page 9
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY OLD
BUSINESS
20. ORAL REPORT
Air Monitoring
Program Update
CF 31.20 and
43.1198
Taken out of order before Old Business – see above.
SUCCESSOR AGENCY FOR THE PARAMOUNT
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY -
CONSENTCALENDAR
It was moved by Councilmember Cuellar Stallings and
seconded by Councilmember Delgadillo to approve
Consent Calendar Item SA1 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
SA1. APPROVAL
Register of Demands
– January 2026
(Successor Agency)
CF 47.2
Approved the Register of Demands for January 2026.
COMMENTS/COMMITTEE REPORTS
City Council
Given the time, Mayor Lemons suggested that the City
Council forgo comments and committee reports.
Hearing no objection, she so ordered.
Staff
City Manager Moreno introduced Lieutenant Chris
Thorson who is the new lieutenant serving Paramount
Station.
Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the
PARAMOUNT CITY COUNCIL
February 10, 2026; Page 10
APPROVED: March 10, 2026
At 9:20 p.m., Mayor Lemons recessed the meeting to
Closed Session to discuss the matter listed below under the closed session agenda.
CLOSED SESSION
PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION
Government Code § 54957(b)(1)
Employee: City Manager
Mayor Lemons called the meeting back to order in open
session at 9:59 p.m.
City Attorney Ghirelli reported that there was no
reportable action taken during the closed session, but an item will be placed on the agenda at the next meeting
regarding the City Manager’s contract.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business to come before the City Council, Mayor Lemons adjourned the meeting at 10:00
p.m. in memory of Elisa Trasoras. The next meeting will be held on February 24, 2026 at 5:00 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