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Recommendation to authorize City Manager to execute a Fitness Provider Permit with BAC Management, LLC, 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 July 6, 2010, the City Council approved Use Permit No. 31794 with BAC Management, LLC, dba The Belmont Athletic Club (Belmont Athletic Club), a Long Beach-based business located at 4918 East 2nd Street, for use of 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). Use Permit No. 31794 expired on June 10, 2015, and Belmont Athletic Club would like 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/or session.
The continuation of the permitted activities is consistent with other Department of Parks, Recreation and Marine (PRM) permits for this type of use, and helps address the growing demand for outdoor fitness within City of Long Beach (City) parks and beaches.
The proposed Fitness Provider Permit contains the following major provisions:
· Term: Five years, June 1, 2015 through May 31, 2020, with no renewal options.
· Permitted Use: Provision and operation of outdoor group exercise classes and personal training...
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