Monrovia City Council held a special meeting with LA County Supervisor Kathryn Barger on Friday to discuss various overlapping issues between the city and county.
Based on comments by Supervisor Barger during the meeting and subsequent discussions with her staff, the city manager’s office reports that tangible take-away results from the meeting include the following:
- Consideration by LA County to allocate $300,000 (from LA County Parks & Open Space District Excess Funds) to support the city’s efforts to upgrade Lucinda Garcia Park.
- Commitments to improve the process of allocating LA County Measure H homeless funds to support successful local homeless response models, with a particular emphasis on Monrovia’s Housing Displacement Response Program.
- An allocation of $5,000 from LA County to support the city’s Youth Employment Services internship program.
- Continued support from the supervisor for rWMP stormwater programs.
To view a copy of the presentation used by the city during the meeting with Supervisor Barger, click here.
