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Recommendation to authorize City Manager to execute a permit with BAC Management, LLC, dba The Belmont Athletic Club, to use open space on City beaches and parks for group exercise classes and personal training sessions, for a term of two years, with three, one-year renewal options, at the discretion of the City Manager or his designee. (District 3)
DISCUSSION
In April 2010, BAC Management, LLC, dba The Belmont Athletic Club (Belmont Athletic Club), a Long Beach-based business located at 4918 East 2nd Street, submitted a proposal to the Department of Parks, Recreation and Marine (PRM) requesting the use of open space for outdoor group exercise classes and personal training sessions. Belmont Athletic Club is requesting to use Livingston Drive Park, located at the intersection of Livingston Drive and Park Avenue (Attachment A), and a portion of the beach adjacent to Granada Avenue (Attachment B) to conduct these classes and trainings. If approved, Belmont Athletic Club would be able to extend a portion of its programming outdoors, within walking distance of its facility, which would provide its membership with a valuable new service and enhance its presence within the community.
Belmont Athletic Cub 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 to 100 members that currently participate in small group exercise classes and/or personal training sessions. Belmont Athletic Club is proposing to initially use the two sites from April to October, and will conduct classes and/or trainings on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 6:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m., and on Saturdays and Sundays at 10:00 a.m. Personal trainings 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 during its authorized use of the proposed sites are remov...
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