Agenda
City Council
April 14, 2026
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: Gabriela Ballesteros, MUSA (Mujeres Unidas Sirviendo Activamente)
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. PRESENTATION RECOGNITION OF OUTGOING MAYOR PEGGY LEMONS
REORGANIZATION
2. REORGANIZATION SELECTION OF MAYOR AND VICE MAYOR
Recommended Action: Select a Mayor and Vice Mayor to serve for the 2026-2027 term.
3. REORGANIZATION SELECTION OF CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR OF THE PARAMOUNT
HOUSING AUTHORITY, PARAMOUNT INDUSTRIAL
DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, PARAMOUNT PARKING
AUTHORITY, AND PARAMOUNT PUBLIC FINANCING
AUTHORITY
Recommended Action: Select a Chair and Vice Chair to serve on each of the City Authority bodies for the 2026-2027 term.
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 MARCH 10 AND MARCH 24, 2026
Recommended Action: Approve the City Council meeting minutes of March 10 and March 24, 2026.
5. APPROVAL REGISTER OF DEMANDS – MARCH 2026 (CITY)
Recommended Action: Approve the Register of Demands for March 2026.
6. APPROVAL TRAFFIC SIGN AND STRIPING IMPROVEMENTS ON
HUNSAKER AVENUE BETWEEN MYRRH STREET AND
ALONDRA BOULEVARD
Recommended Action: 1) Approve a budget adjustment in the amount of $43,180 in Measure M (Fund 234) to City Project No. 9530; and 2) Approve the traffic sign and striping modifications on Hunsaker Avenue, between Myrrh Street and Alondra Boulevard.
7. RESOLUTION
26:010
ORDERING THE ANNUAL ENGINEER'S REPORT FOR
LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICT NO. 81-1
Recommended Action: Adopt Resolution No. 26:010.
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8. APPROVAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH PUREFLOW
FILTRATION DIVISION FOR AS-NEEDED SERVICES TO
SUPPORT THE CITY'S WATER SYSTEM
Recommended Action: Approve an agreement with Pureflow
Filtration Division, in an amount not to exceed $50,000, for asneeded services to support the City’s water system and authorize the Mayor, or her designer, to execute the agreement.
9. APPROVAL FOURTH AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT FOR
PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION CONSULTATION
SERVICES WITH TRIPEPI SMITH & ASSOCIATES FOR PARCEL
TAX EDUCATION AND INFORMATION COMMUNICATION
SERVICES
Recommended Action: Approve the Fourth Amendment to the Agreement with Tripepi Smith & Associates to provide education and information communication services for a potential parcel tax ballot measure on the November 2026 election in an amount not to exceed $65,550, and authorize the City Manager to execute the Amendment.
10. RESOLUTION
26:012
AMENDING THE AUTHORIZED POSITION LISTING AND
SALARY SCHEDULE FOR FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES AND
APPROVING NEW CLASS SPECIFICATION FOR DESIGNATED
FULL-TIME POSITION
Recommended Action: Adopt Resolution No. 26:012 amending the authorized position listing and salary schedule for full-time employees by adding the new Accountant position and approving the class specifications for that new position.
NEW BUSINESS
11. AWARD OF
CONTRACT
HAY TREE PUBLIC MARKET MEETING ROOM/MUSEUM (CITY
PROJECT NO. 9550) – APPROVAL OF PLANS AND
SPECIFICATIONS, AWARD OF CONTRACT, AND FINDING THE
PROJECT EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL
QUALITY ACT PURSUANT TO THE CLASS 3 CATEGORICAL
EXEMPTION
Recommended Action: 1) Approve a budget adjustment in the amount of $218,950 in Capital General Fund (Fund 112) for the Paramount Saw Community Meeting Room/Museum project (City Project No. 9550); 2) Approve the plans and specifications as detailed in the bid documents; with respect to design criteria; 3) Find the project exempt from CEQA; 4) Authorize the separate purchase and installation of interior and exterior furnishings in an amount not to exceed $150,000 related to the project; and 5) Award the contract for the Paramount Public Market Meeting Room/Museum project (City Project No. 9550) to Triangle Decon Services, Inc., Mission Viejo, California, in the amount of $650,000, and authorize the Mayor or her designee to execute the agreement.
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12. AWARD OF
CONTRACT
MEDIAN ENHANCEMENTS PHASE 1 ON ROSECRANS AVENUE
AND GARFIELD AVENUE (CITY PROJECT NO. 9635) –
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) Approve the plans and specifications as detailed in the bid documents, with respect to design criteria; 2) Find the project exempt from CEQA; and 3) Award the contract for the Median Enhancements Phase 1 project to Marina Landscape, Orange, California in the amount of $2,426,316.31, and authorize the Mayor or her designee to execute the agreement.
13. APPROVAL MURAL SELECTION – SPANE PARK LEARNING CENTER
INTERIOR
Recommended Action: Review art proposals of the three
recommended finalists and select one proposal for a mural inside the Spane Park Learning Center.
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY NEW BUSINESS
NONE.
COMMENTS/COMMITTEE REPORTS
CLOSED SESSION
ADJOURNMENT
To a meeting on April 28, 2026 at 5:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber at City Hall, 16400 Colorado Ave., Paramount, CA
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