City of Monrovia Closes Non-Essential City Facilities

As announced on Friday, the City of Monrovia has temporarily closed certain public facilities to reduce the risk and potential exposure to COVID-19, or the novel coronavirus disease, under guidance received by local, state and federal officials. Certain public facilities will be closed until Tuesday, March 31, which may be extended further if deemed necessary. 

City facilities which will be temporarily closedinclude:

• Monrovia Community Center.
• Monrovia Public Library.
• Monrovia Canyon Park.
• Hillside Wilderness Preserve.

As a result of these temporary closures, thefollowing programs and services will be suspended:

• All recreation programs includingclasses, activities and youth sports.
• All senior programs and social clubmeetings.
• All programs and events at the MonroviaPublic Library.
• Private facility rentals.
• Passport services.
• Monrovia Street Fair and Market.

Those who have paid for classes, programs and/orfacility rentals will be fully refunded.

The city will also postpone board and commissionmeetings until at least March 31. The City Council will meet at its regularmeeting on Tuesday, March 17, and staff is currently researching practices forproviding open and transparent public meetings utilizing technologies forteleconferencing.

Monrovia Canyon Park and the Hillside WildernessPreserve have been closed to the public since Friday and will continue to beclosed through Tuesday, March 31. All other parks in Monrovia will remain openfor public use; however, the city discourages any large gatherings such asbirthday parties and sports practices. Restrooms at the parks will remain openand will continue to be cleaned and sanitized daily.

Monrovia City Hall, police, fire, and the PublicWorks Yard will continue to operate in a “business as usual” context although thecity has made small enhancements/changes to some of their operations to addressCOVID-19. The city will continue to assess advisories from local, state andfederal officials to determine if any further closures are needed.

Although there are no confirmed cases ofCOVID-19 in Monrovia, on Thursday, March 12, the city manager activated theEmergency Operations Center to a Level 3, the lowest level, to ensure staff issufficiently prepared and ready for emergency response, as well as pursuingfederal resources if necessary.

For information specific to Monrovia, visit cityofmonrovia.org/COVID19.

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