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Residents urge Monrovia to restore high school pool, push for plan for new aquatic center as city seeks park grants
Summary
Multiple residents urged the council to prioritize restoring Monrovia High School’s pool and to plan a jointly used aquatic center. City staff said Rec Park design work and an upcoming nearly $8 million grant application are underway and that funding options such as Measure K and county Measure A are being considered.
Several Monrovia residents used the March 4 public-comment period to press the City Council to make aquatics programming and pool access a city priority, citing lost lessons, competitive sports and local safety as reasons to restore the Monrovia High School pool and plan a new aquatic center.
"We have a gaping deficiency in aquatics programming," said a resident identified in the record as Karen, recounting the end of a city–school district partnership in 2021 and listing missed services including affordable swimming lessons, lap swim, adaptive water skills and lifeguard certification. Karen urged the council to work with the Monrovia Unified School District on design and to consider Measure K funding for a future facility.
Mallory Socha, who described…
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