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- Consent Calendar (items CC1–CC9): Approved. Councilmember Jimenez and Councilmember Spicer noted an exception for item CC8 due to an outside board affiliation; the consent calendar passed by roll call.

- AR1 — Award contract for Satoru Tsunishi Park (Project G‑1000): Motion to award contract to RG General Engineering, reject bid protest, approve 10% contingency and construction management task order. Outcome: approved. Roll call: Edward Belden — yes; Councilmember Jimenez — yes; Larry Spicer — yes; Mayor Pro Tem Dr. Kelly — yes; Mayor Becky Shevlin — yes.

- AR2 — Participation in San Gabriel Valley COG Affordable Housing Incubator Program (222 East Cypress): Motion to accept scope of work and authorize the city manager to execute agreements. Outcome: approved (unanimous roll call).

- AR3 — First reading, ordinance 2025‑O5 (update to city health code references): Motion to introduce, waive further reading and read by title only. Outcome: approved (unanimous roll call).

- AR4 — Local campaign contribution limits ordinance 2025‑O4: Council introduced and read the ordinance with a local contribution limit set at $1,000; the motion passed by roll call. The ordinance amends Chapter 2.2 of the Monrovia Municipal Code to limit contributions to candidates for city elective office; it includes anti‑laundering and reimbursement prohibitions and preserves the Supreme Court precedent exemption for a candidate's personal funds.

Several agenda items were discussion‑oriented (for example, assessment district rate implementation options) and did not result in a formal council vote during the meeting.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Monrovia City Council | April 15, 2025 | Regular Meeting","oneSentenceSummary","Summary of formal actions taken by the Monrovia City Council at its April 15, 2025 meeting, including contract award, participation in a regional housing incubator, and ordinance introductions/approvals.","taxTitle","Monrovia, Los Angeles County, California","taxId",52085,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6602965,"Residents urge Monrovia to partner with school district to restore shared pool and aquatics programming",434,1770000,2204000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3001184-28d8e941575b7990d0a59944efa8785b&start=1770&end=2204","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3001184-28d8e941575b7990d0a59944efa8785b/thumbnail_1770000.jpg","/articles/6602965/Monrovia/Los-Angeles-County/California/Residents-urge-Monrovia-to-partner-with-school-district-to-restore-shared-pool-and-aquatics-programming","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6602965-1b20c729fe2fa4be97b345da84d5c4fd/orig.mp4?Expires=1775515081&Signature=QKtp9vlHKGvR4wBt8cDMHncsR8SQZSXBh5bVoNTkHYCrekq0~XxAXCRY1f1FqaTKunVWkvJfrIvJSxMNiGhYFSe2QMCtLcl2kOdiqJ87A7nlu4GAWA2nfEZ~-eYkn1AJI-I5EENxeGsF~dE-xPFvWW1qm0TNo9sGVYK5iAdgUXiHcwWefjaGD3TgDoJkDMEBHZZBK-WMi5Eit4borhHZdKkSnqpRKrfAyVqS2eYeOL8QO90PgpAcc1rCkIs5xOh4pDQUHGzrfDYFbG0vuZJnQWLJLlZWZdvk9S09w861FbYYFBhjUV24TCT4EeowF5sLFgCWkwe1ggXPdeitY~wzwQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Multiple residents used the public comment period to urge the Monrovia City Council to pursue a shared‑use aquatic center or to partner with the Monrovia Unified School District to reopen and renovate the high school pool.

Karen DeClue, who said she raised her three children in Monrovia and is a parent active in local schools, told the council she supports a city‑school partnership to bring back aquatics programming. \"We have the cities and the school district that both need a pool. We have a joint use model from the past that we can improve upon,\" DeClue said.

Myra King, a recent Monrovia resident, said her son loves water but is still learning to be comfortable in pools and that a reliable local facility would make swim lessons accessible. \"There is an opportunity right now to work with the school district and update the high school pool for shared use,\" King said. \"I am here tonight to ask for you to do that.\" Heather Castle, another parent, emphasized youth and lifelong benefits and urged the council to invest in the district as a long‑term community asset.

Commenters framed a pool as an \"easy win\" to support student programs, community health, recreation and to help make Monrovia attractive to families. No formal action or staff report on a pool appeared on the agenda; councilmembers acknowledged the comments and encouraged continued engagement with the district.

Outcome: public comment and council acknowledgement; council did not take formal action during the meeting.","Several residents, parents and community members urged the council to renew efforts with the school district to restore aquatics programming and shared use of a high school pool, citing youth swim lessons, community health and the potential benefits to schools and property values.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6602970,"Monrovia joins regional housing ‘incubator’ to study 222 East Cypress for preservation and possible affordable units",557,5362000,5919000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3001184-28d8e941575b7990d0a59944efa8785b&start=5362&end=5919","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3001184-28d8e941575b7990d0a59944efa8785b/thumbnail_5362000.jpg","/articles/6602970/Monrovia/Los-Angeles-County/California/Monrovia-joins-regional-housing-incubator-to-study-222-East-Cypress-for-preservation-and-possible-affordable-units","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6602970-d3cdd51c7414ac3a1cdb8845c203a50c/orig.mp4?Expires=1775515081&Signature=RTq0-wq7BJNRQR8ftJd5JEp2LSe457WFYcFQKLPHtuGzTB~mZPEbzm-6Fq7CNTSU0RJkUPBfbZdWzhWuq1MNXEiUpxjSlCiCZVDbGRG3FtLvx6Uh3cGjGCneKbHlP2FORYGprxsvN7HHGpKG6mhUdIWP5dDwxqwPI0s-flOyOK1sbcvpM~GSh7FogTHXjDQotNOQxU1ORBUG-tGSEnSK3Ly5VxEluiyI957avQR11BpYMrI-9ZEU-QCfFd3UIpTyMf~-otH~0KlwMnoYOVEUlWEwnPdJONdBcXizNQ2UCydk5rIx63sjPCxR0xAYSJHUQ~wA9qwV3Fted5mjX4eWOg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Monrovia City Council unanimously authorized participation in the San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments’ REAP 2 Affordable Housing Incubator Program to support analysis of the city‑owned property at 222 East Cypress Avenue.

City Manager Dylan Feek described the property as a 0.8‑acre lot with a 2,736‑square‑foot Victorian house and said the city recently took title. \"Number one priority is we want to preserve the Victorian home,\" Feek told the council, explaining the incubator would supply technical consulting — including a historic structures report, economic feasibility analysis and preliminary conceptual plans — at no cost to the city.

Feek said the REAP 2 (Regional Early Action Planning) funds were awarded through SCAG to councils of governments to accelerate infill housing. The San Gabriel Valley COG has funds available to provide architects, historians and financial analysts to evaluate whether the site can accommodate additional affordable housing while preserving the historic structure. Feek said the city will return to council for an early check‑in to review conceptual plans and to receive public comment before any formal project approvals.

Council approved a motion to accept the proposed scope of work and authorized the city manager to execute agreements with the COG, with the city attorney to review forms. Staff emphasized there is no required obligation to approve a development; the incubator funding pays only for evaluation and analysis.

Action: motion to participate in the incubator program passed by unanimous roll call; staff said there is no cost to the city for the analysis and that any future project would require CEQA review and separate council approvals.","Council approved participation in the San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments’ Affordable Housing Incubator Program to fund a site assessment, historic structures report and economic feasibility work at 222 East Cypress at no cost to the city.",{"_33":100,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":101,"_41":102,"_43":103,"_45":104,"_47":105,"_49":106,"_51":107,"_53":108,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":109,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":110,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6602974,"Monrovia awards $838,042 construction contract for Satoru Tsunishi Park after bid protest",412,4929000,5341000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3001184-28d8e941575b7990d0a59944efa8785b&start=4929&end=5341","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3001184-28d8e941575b7990d0a59944efa8785b/thumbnail_4929000.jpg","/articles/6602974/Monrovia/Los-Angeles-County/California/Monrovia-awards-838042-construction-contract-for-Satoru-Tsunishi-Park-after-bid-protest","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6602974-259440d073bbf774137f3088afd69d01/orig.mp4?Expires=1775515081&Signature=hr9gB789qUL5z5RVa7KHfmhkE6gs6vKMfDFQSJjc2DuyPtn4ZggpcEEugvyMwfAdmzEAZQ80IQex8P7KkabOxrl9LsF7IcVn8hOPai1zkaak1g2dyT1QnDXLK5ykfpBhVeEkj8vd0RLYsOpplOIkPY1znPkcp8B7Nk4T0KoBAwCTjmVKgtmQYHKRB9jOdFoT8S-bkEP3OVcsYCQv7MYUnceF1AQcV9QrmFHC3E7jy7UrPEi1gHNU3artiyKkIZBixjTh8tILR0iVON2pTml~1F7Fs16GFY2fvuwcMDjWwxB4VHA5V2Ye~kla4NkjCbXIZMjwYdoQ6AWfwlGDIJCnTA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Monrovia City Council on Tuesday voted unanimously to award an $838,042 contract to RG General Engineering Inc. to build Satoru Tsunishi Park and to reject a bid protest filed by the apparent second‑low bidder.

Assistant/Project presenter Alex Tuchiki told the council the approximately 8,600‑square‑foot park will include a 1,975‑square‑foot playground, 1,300 square feet of turf, roughly 4,500 square feet of drought‑tolerant native landscaping, lighting, perimeter fencing, public art (including interpretive signs and murals), picnic tables, benches, a monument sign and a bike rack. Tuchiki noted the engineers’ estimate was about $978,608 and the low bid by RG General was $838,042.

Tuchiki said the city received a bid protest from Earthscape Landscape Inc., alleging the apparent low bidder was ineligible to perform landscape and irrigation work under California licensing law. \"We reviewed that bid protest letter with the city attorney. We compare[d] that against the California license requirements... We are recommending at this time to reject the protest and then award the contract to the apparent low bidder,\" Tuchiki said.

Council approved the staff recommendation and authorized a 10% contingency of $83,800 and a construction management task order for Merrill Johnson Engineering for $83,655. Tuchiki said the project is funded from the Measure K plan and the total project budget remains within the council’s earlier allocation.

Action: the motion to approve the plans, reject the bid protest, award the construction contract and approve contingency and construction management passed by unanimous roll call (Councilmembers Edward Belden, Jimenez, Larry Spicer, Mayor Pro Tem Dr. Kelly and Mayor Becky Shevlin voted yes).","The council awarded a contract to RG General Engineering Inc. to construct the new Satoru Tsunishi Park and rejected a bid protest by the second‑low bidder; the project is funded by Measure K allocations and includes public art and native landscaping.",{"_33":112,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":113,"_41":114,"_43":115,"_45":116,"_47":117,"_49":118,"_51":119,"_53":120,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":121,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":122,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6602979,"Monrovia staff recommends phased citywide assessment to close $1.14M parks and lighting shortfall",1013,2503000,3516000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3001184-28d8e941575b7990d0a59944efa8785b&start=2503&end=3516","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3001184-28d8e941575b7990d0a59944efa8785b/thumbnail_2503000.jpg","/articles/6602979/Monrovia/Los-Angeles-County/California/Monrovia-staff-recommends-phased-citywide-assessment-to-close-114M-parks-and-lighting-shortfall","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6602979-65b3acf25d74a0b0e76d572958c1ced7/orig.mp4?Expires=1775515081&Signature=U2zaO1rL35oXSLiGtr3ipu3Qp-yOPGg~jNCXa8q4jWP5WdJKx2qVNyCGrCqbm-mSIiy~puqoD8Uaftwe~x2kyGe-qULtI5eBcwg-xH8WyRggcHShv187rerFH46aE85PXbqT4F2s3Q2zzZaVDIUNt5~CTwJoibOLTtQFgrKGNv5qaRtgGgX0-00TVtffvGDiuTmpYZzjqGahJHBBNSGd0E7MdZQWyFIzfHBspryS6HS6-dqFsjI8wt6Fdg2wVwzKtbeBbe9T3mcdz5XaIWjywCQ5IvgNCZxm7pNBWlYqtUVlxu2umMQEvvX0RW-s3IrxHJwHOoJrKGab3GGr4xflpw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Monrovia City Council heard a staff report Tuesday on options to form a combined citywide lighting, landscape and parks maintenance assessment district designed to stop a growing operating deficit.

Deputy Administrative Services Director Ray Bowman told the council the city currently runs two separate districts whose assessments have not kept pace with rising costs and that the projected deficit for fiscal 2024–25 is $1,140,000. \"The assessments have not kept pace with increasing costs, and the projected deficit for 24–25 is 1,140,000.00,\" Bowman said during his presentation.

Bowman presented three five‑year, phased rate implementations for residential parcels of fewer than five units (about 8,700 parcels): option 1 (60% of full rate in year 1, then 10% annual increases), option 2 (50% in year 1, then 12.5% annual increases) and option 3 (55% in year 1, then 11.25% increases). He said any of the three would collect more in year one than the current separate districts and that CPI adjustments would begin in year one.

Council members asked questions about how the new methodology would affect various land‑use categories and whether some parcels would see decreases while others increased. Bowman explained that the updated assessment is based on a refined special‑benefit methodology and a recalculation of general benefits, which changes rates across parcel types.

After discussion, several council members said they preferred the least disruptive initial approach. Councilmember Jimenez, Councilmember Spicer and Mayor Pro Tem Dr. Kelly all expressed support for option 2 (50% implementation in year one). City Manager Dylan Feek said staff would use the council’s direction to prepare outreach and an educational campaign, and that ballots for a Prop 218 vote could be scheduled next spring with ballots circulated in April–May and, if approved, assessments appearing on the October 2026 tax roll.

Direction (not a final decision): councilmembers generally favored option 2 for initial outreach and a Prop 218 process rather than adopting rates immediately. Staff said outreach would begin once the council gives final direction and that the city aims to give residents time to review materials before ballots are distributed.

The council did not take a formal vote on rates at the meeting; staff will return with outreach materials and a proposed timeline for the Prop 218 ballot process.","City staff outlined three five-year options to consolidate Monrovia’s two maintenance assessment districts into a single citywide district and recommended a phased approach that council members favored (50% year‑one implementation with later increases) to limit the immediate impact on residents.","actionData","errors"]

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Votes at a glance: Monrovia City Council, April 15, 2025

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