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Recommendation to authorize City Manager to execute a Fitness Provider Permit with The Belmont - A Racquetball & Athletic Club, Inc., dba The Belmont Athletic Club, to use open space at City of Long Beach parks and beaches for group exercise classes and personal training sessions for a term of five years. (District 3)
DISCUSSION
On August 18, 2015, the City Council authorized the execution of a new Fitness Provider Permit with BAC Management, LLC, dba The Belmont Athletic Club. However, Department of Parks, Recreation and Marine (PRM) staff were unaware that BAC Management, LLC, had been dissolved and a new California corporation had been formed. This action will address the dissolution of the former corporate entity and allow PRM to issue a Fitness Provider Permit to the current corporation, The Belmont - A Racquetball & Athletic Club, Inc. (Belmont Athletic Club).
Belmont Athletic Club, a Long Beach-based business located at 4918 East 2nd Street, has used open space for outdoor group exercise classes and personal training sessions at Livingston Drive Park (Attachment A) and a portion of the beach adjacent to Granada Avenue (Attachment B) for the past five years, pursuant to Use Permit No. 31794. Use Permit No. 31794 expired on June 10, 2015, and Belmont Athletic Club requested that it be allowed to continue its approved use of the aforementioned areas.
Belmont Athletic Club has been in business in Long Beach for 30 years and currently has a membership of approximately 2,800. The proposed use will benefit approximately 50-100 of its members that currently participate in small group exercise classes and/or personal training sessions. Personal training sessions will consist of one to two people per session, while small group exercise classes will consist of two to ten people. Belmont Athletic Club will be responsible for ensuring that any items brought and used pursuant to its permitted use are removed promptly at the conclusion of each class and...
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