Agenda
City Council
April 28, 2026
Regular Meeting - City Hall Council Chamber - 5:00 PM
16400 Colorado Avenue Paramount, CA 90723 (562) 220-2000 www.paramountcity.gov
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CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Brenda Olmos
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Gael Baltazar Bakulich, 5th Grade Student Keppel Elementary School
Sofia Florian Solorzano, 5th Grade Student
Tanner Elementary School
ROLL CALL OF
COUNCILMEMBERS:
Councilmember Isabel Aguayo
Councilmember Annette C. Delgadillo
Councilmember Peggy Lemons
Vice Mayor Vilma Cuellar Stallings
Mayor Brenda Olmos
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PRESENTATIONS
1. VIDEO SPRING EVENT RECAP AND PAWS & PRESENT
2. CERTIFICATE OF
RECOGNITION
STUDENT MAYORS FOR THE DAY
3. PROCLAMATION PROCLAMATIONS – APRIL 2026
• Alcohol Awareness Month
• Earth Month
• National Child Abuse Prevention Month
• National Donate Life Month
• National Fair Housing Month
• National Library Week
• National Volunteer Week
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. ACCEPTANCE OF
WORK
NEIGHBORHOOD STREET RESURFACING (CITY PROJECT
NO. 9531)
Recommended Action: Accept the work performed by All
American Asphalt, Corona, California, for the neighborhood street resurfacing project (City Project No. 9531) and authorize payment for the remaining retention.
5. APPROVAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH SOFFA
ELECTRIC, INC. FOR AS-NEEDED SERVICES TO SUPPORT
THE CITY'S WATER SYSTEM
Recommended Action: Approve an agreement with SOFFA
Electric, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $50,000 for as-needed services to support the City’s water system and authorize the Mayor, or designee, to execute the agreement.
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6. RESOLUTION
26:011
APPROVING THE ADOPTION OF THE MULTIPLE EMPLOYER
OPEB/PENSION 115 TRUST ADMINISTERED BY SHUSTER
ADVISORY GROUP, LLC.
Recommended Action: Adopt Resolution 26:011 approving the adoption of the Multiple Employer OPEB/Pension 115 Trust administered by Shuster Advisory Group and the discontinuance of the City’s current participation in the California Employers’ Retiree Benefit Trust (CERBT) administered by California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) and Authorize the City Manager to make revisions consistent with the purpose of the Council’s direction and that do not result in material cost increases to the City.
7. APPROVAL ACCEPTANCE OF TRACT MAP NO. 084854 (16635, 16675, AND 16683 PARAMOUNT BLVD.)
Recommended Action: Approve Tract Map No. 084854 and
authorize the City Clerk to execute the map on behalf of the City of Paramount.
NEW BUSINESS
8. APPROVAL MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING (MOU) WITH MOBILE
HOME PARK OWNERS
Recommended Action: Approve the template Memorandum of
Understanding with the Mobile Home Park Owners and authorize the City Manager to execute each agreement on behalf of the City.
9. RECEIVE AND
FILE
CONSIDERATION OF A HISTORIC CONTEXT STATEMENT
UPDATE (1970-1999)
Recommended Action: Provide feedback about the Historic Context Statement Update and receive and file this report.
10. ORAL REPORT HISTORIC PRESERVATION ORDINANCE OVERVIEW
11. PUBLIC HEARING
ORDINANCE
1217
CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NO. 1217, AN ORDINANCE
OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARAMOUNT,
APPROVING ZONING ORDINANCE TEXT AMENDMENT NO. 41,
AMENDING CHAPTER 17.20 (INITIATIVE REGULATING
DENSITY) OF TITLE 17 (ZONING) OF THE PARAMOUNT
MUNICIPAL CODE TO IMPLEMENT PROGRAM 22 OF THE 6TH
CYCLE HOUSING ELEMENT PROGRAM BY CLARIFYING THE
APPLICABILITY OF PROPOSITION FF AND MAKING A FINDING
OF EXEMPTION UNDER THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL
QUALITY ACT
Recommended Action: Read by title only, waive further reading, introduce Ordinance No. 1217, and place it on the May 12, 2026 agenda for adoption.
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12. PUBLIC HEARING
RESOLUTION
26:014
CONSIDERATION OF A RESOLUTION APPROVING A REQUEST
BY CLIFFORD G. FRANZEN/HUNT MANAGEMENT COMPANY
FOR CAPITAL BUSINESS PROPERTIES, LLC FOR A MASTER
CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR THE 22-SUITE CAPITAL
BUSINESS PARK AND ASSOCIATED OPERATING COVENANT
AGREEMENT FOR CERTAIN WAREHOUSE USES AT 15930-
15962 DOWNEY AVENUE IN THE M-1 (LIGHT
MANUFACTURING) ZONE AND MAKING A FINDING OF
EXEMPTION UNDER THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL
QUALITY ACT
Recommended Action: Conduct a public hearing and adopt
Resolution No. 26:014.
13. RESOLUTION
26:013
ADOPTING THE STATEMENT OF INVESTMENT POLICY FOR
THE CITY OF PARAMOUNT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026–2027
Recommended Action: Adopt Resolution No. 26:013.
14. ORAL REPORT UPDATE ON CITY COUNCIL GOALS
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY NEW BUSINESS
NONE.
COMMENTS/COMMITTEE REPORTS
CLOSED SESSION
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL– EXISTING LITIGATION
Pursuant to Paragraph (1) of Subdivision (d) of Government Code Section 54956.9 – Three (3) cases
(1) Name of Case: National Prescription Opiate Litigation, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Case No. 1:17-Md-2804.
(2) Name of case: Shadowood Development v. City of Paramount; Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 22STCV09407
(3) Name of case: Southern California Edison Company v. California State Board of Equalization, et al; Orange County Superior Court Case No. 30-2025-01534286-CU-MC-CXC CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
Significant exposure to litigation pursuant to Paragraph (2) of Subdivision (d) of Government Code Section 54956.9 –One (1) case
This item involves the Clearwater Specific Plan and its potential relationship to agreements between the City’s former Redevelopment Agency and Modern Development Company 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
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ADJOURNMENT
To a meeting on May 12, 2026 at 6:00 PM in the Council Chamber at City Hall, 16400 Colorado Ave., Paramount, CA
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