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City manager outlines directives: EOC refresh, resilience planning, LED streetlights and federal funding updates
Summary
City Manager Dylan Feik presented a council directives update covering emergency operations center readiness, a resilience plan, an LED street light conversion, pre‑approved ADU plans, and federal funding guidance including large earmarks.
City Manager Dylan Feik told the Monrovia City Council on Feb. 4 that staff will pursue a set of city projects and follow‑up items identified during recent council goal‑setting and the city retreat.
Feik described a multi‑pronged work plan that includes an emergency operations center (EOC) refresher and training for staff and volunteers, a study session on the future of the city’s neighborhood engagement program (MAP), a resilience plan to prepare for the evolving nature of disasters, and a proposed conversion of the city’s Edison‑owned street lights to LED fixtures.
“EOC stands for emergency operations center,” Feik said while explaining the EOC purpose and the city’s plan to refresh procedures so personnel are familiar with roles during an incident. He said the LED conversion would cover almost 70% of the city’s 3,100 street lights in an initial phase and would both improve lighting and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Feik also briefed council on an ongoing effort to produce pre‑approved ADU building plans in cooperation with the San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments to shorten plan‑check times and lower costs for applicants. He reiterated that pre‑approved plan sets are a separate effort from the zoning ordinance amendment the council adopted earlier in the evening.
On federal funding, Feik summarized recent federal guidance confusion after an executive memorandum prompted a short‑lived freeze on grants and loans; a later court order from New York courts clarified that federal awards could not be paused on the basis of that memorandum. He identified a set of federal appropriations the city has secured or expects, noting a roughly $14.5 million earmark expected for rebuilding Canyon Park and total federal appropriations approaching $25.5 million for multiple projects.
Feik said staff will monitor federal developments closely and will provide council and public updates. No formal council action was required for the directives update; staff will return with study sessions and memos on specific items, including the LED streetlight conversion, the Anderson House preservation study, inclusionary housing, and vendor regulation.
