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Council renews YMCA lease, cites tenant's disaster relief and youth programming
Summary
City council approved a two-year YMCA lease renewal with adjusted financial responsibilities and praised the YMCA's role during the Eaton Fire and ongoing community programs, including plans to run youth sports at Sierra Madre Middle School.
Sierra Madre City Council on April 22 approved the YMCA lease renewal as part of the consent calendar and praised the YMCA's expanded role in disaster response, community programs and youth sports.
The YMCA's annual report presenter, Kurt Knopp, described the Ys role hosting relief operations during the winter storms and Eaton Fire, providing meals, clothing and free memberships to affected families and hosting hundreds of volunteers. Council members and the mayor presented a formal proclamation expressing gratitude for the YMCA's emergency relief and ongoing programming.
City staff said the YMCA requested contract changes after the agenda publication and summarized key financial changes the council approved as part of the lease renewal: the lease term was reduced from five years to two years; the YMCA will assume responsibility for replacing pool pump and related equipment up to $25,000; the annual lease payment shown in staff notes was reduced from $7,500 to $3,500; and the capital-improvement threshold for YMCA responsibility was lowered from $7,000 to $5,000 (items $5,000 or greater remain a city responsibility). Staff confirmed elevator repair remains the city's responsibility and will be evaluated for funding in the next fiscal year.
Councilmembers repeatedly praised the YMCA as a community partner that quickly scaled to provide relief and to restore and expand programming including swimming lessons, junior programs, and a new after-school presence planned at Sierra Madre Middle School for basketball and volleyball under an MOU discussed at the meeting.
The consent calendar including the YMCA lease renewal passed unanimously. Councilmembers asked staff and YMCA leadership to continue communication about the Middle School program timing and community outreach.
Ending: Council directed staff to include the revised contract terms in the executed lease and to monitor capital needs, including elevator funding, in next-year budgeting.
