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Students and residents press Monrovia leaders for aquatic center, suggest pooling Measure K funds
Summary
During public comment at the Feb. 18 Monrovia council meeting, six speakers urged city and school collaboration on an aquatic center, suggested rental revenue models and referenced Measure K and Measure M as possible funding sources; estimated project cost was described as roughly $10 million in the discussion.
Public commenters at the Monrovia City Council meeting on Feb. 18 urged the city and school district to collaborate on an aquatic center, proposing rental revenue to offset operating costs and citing local funding measures as possible sources.
The meeting recap identified six speakers who focused on pool access and an aquatic center. Julie Bank, representing the Humanities Academy, announced an event and urged community support. Karen DeClue and other speakers described the need for swimming facilities for recreation and summer programming; one speaker, identified as Cindy Beaumont, said she has swum in more than 50 pools and characterized Monrovia’s facilities as inadequate. A commenter who identified himself as Lucas Suarez said his family must drive to Duarte to swim. Another public commenter referenced a figure discussed at a school board meeting and said an aquatic center concept was in the order of roughly $10,000,000.
Speakers proposed ideas to make a facility financially self-sustaining, including renting pool time for teams and community groups. Several commenters also noted Measure K and Measure M as possible funding sources and suggested pooling funds across agencies. The meeting recap emphasized that public comment is recorded for the public record but that council members cannot typically respond to non-agendized items during the public-comment period.
Why it matters Speakers framed the aquatic center as a community resource that would benefit students, youth swim teams and families who now travel outside the city for year-round aquatic access. If pursued, an aquatic center would carry significant capital and operating costs, require interagency coordination and likely need dedicated funding sources or a capital campaign.
Next steps and limitations of the record The remarks were part of the public-comment period; no council action on the aquatic center was recorded during the meeting recap. The project-cost figure and funding suggestions were presented by commenters and not established by a city staff report in the meeting recap.
