TITLE
Recommendation to authorize City Manager to execute an agreement and any related documents with the Trustees of the California State University, on behalf of California State University, Long Beach, to allow the City of Long Beach to use their on-campus swimming pool, located at 1250 Bellflower Boulevard, for a period of three years, with multiple one-year renewal options at the mutual agreement of the City Manager, or his designee, and California State University, Long Beach; and
Authorize City Manager to execute an agreement and any related documents with Long Beach Unified School District of Los Angeles County, to provide for the temporary use of alternate swimming pools, other than the Belmont Plaza Pool, for a period of three years, with multiple one-year renewal options at the mutual agreement of the City Manager, or his designee, and Long Beach Unified School District. (District 3)
DISCUSSION
In the past, the Department of Parks, Recreation and Marine (PRM) has permitted various swimming and water polo teams (Teams) from high schools in the Long Beach Unified School District (LBUSD) to use portions of the Belmont Plaza Pool (Belmont Pool) during the school year. Woodrow Wilson High School is the only LBUSD school with Teams that has utilized Belmont Pool in recent years. With the recent closure of Belmont Pool, the Teams have been displaced, and will continue to be displaced for portions of at least the next two school years. This will cause significant and negative impacts to the Teams, as the pools in the LBUSD and other City of Long Beach (City) pools simply cannot provide all of the needed space or size requirements that were available at Belmont Pool.
The California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) pool can accommodate much of the time and space requirements of the Teams. CSULB also has the ability to match the reduced fee charged by PRM, but does not have the ability to contract directly with the Teams without violating National Co...
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