The Azusa City Council approved a package of spending and environmental agreements Monday, including funding for library shelving and a contract to help the city meet state organic-waste rules, while also funding community groups and honoring Golden Days volunteers.
The council adopted a seven-item consent calendar in a single vote, with no items pulled for separate discussion, including the the purchase and installation of book shelving for the Azusa City Library Modernization Project from Yamada Enterprises for nearly $361,000, plus a 10% contingency of almost $37,000. The source of the funding is a roughly $6.5 million state grant in 2024 from to improve library facilities.
The council also approved a memorandum of understanding with San Pasqual Valley Soils Inc. to help fulfill the city’s organic-waste procurement requirement under a state law requiring cities to buy recovered organic products. The agreement carries a rate of $14.50 per ton, and the council approved a blanket purchase order not to exceed $50,000 for fiscal year 2026-27. The city’s procurement requirement from 2022 to 2026 is 3,973 tons.
A third environmental item authorized the city manager to execute an agreement with the Los Angeles County Flood Control District for the Catch Basin Retrofit Program, which supports compliance with the county’s stormwater permit. The district will reimburse the city $15.25 per catch basin annually, covering 436 district-owned catch basins for an estimated $12,000 a year.
Earlier in the evening, the Canyon City Foundation announced it had awarded more than $200,000 in grants to eight nonprofits serving Azusa residents with education programs, art projects and other community services.
Sereyna Avila, executive director of Neighborhood Homework House, said the organization served 81 students for more than 8,400 hours of learning this past year.
“What does this support look like? It looks like a second grader sitting down with a tutor after school to finally master her multiplication tables,” Avila told the council. “It looks like a high school student getting help with an admissions essay with college students from Azusa Pacific and Citrus College serving as their mentors. And it looks like our summer program, where our students keep building reading and math skills along with enrichment activities so they return to Azusa schools ready to thrive.”
A representative of the Azusa City Library noted the foundation’s support dates to funding the city’s bookmobile in 2008. The grant will help fund materials and instruction for programs at the library and at off-site locations, along with the annual learner- and tutor-recognition events.
The council also received a presentation on the 78th annual Azusa Golden Days, with event Chairman Jeffrey Cornejo announcing the parade’s return to Route 66 after a 38-year relocation to San Gabriel Avenue. The event runs Oct. 10-18.
“Happy golden days, everybody,” he said. “It’s that time of year again.”
Cornejo announced Roy Chavez as the 2026 Civic Grand Marshal, recognizing his nearly forty years of employment with the city, and honored longtime volunteers Leo Nasser and Joe Guerrera for years of service on the Golden Days committee.
The AI platform Civilio assisted this report.