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Recommendation to adopt Specifications No. RFP PR17-042 and authorize City Manager, or designee, to issue a permit, and any amendments, with ABA Enterprises, LLC, of Beverly Hills, CA, and Gateway Enterprises, LLC, of Los Angeles, CA, collectively doing business as Shoreline Village, in Long Beach, CA, for placement and operation of retail merchandizing units along the esplanade in Rainbow Harbor and a portion of the adjacent Shoreline Aquatic Park, for a term of ten years, with the option to renew for one additional five-year period, at the discretion of the City Manager. (District 2)
DISCUSSION
City Council approval is requested to authorize the City Manager, or designee, to issue a permit, and any amendments, with ABA Enterprises, LLC, and Gateway Enterprises, LLC, collectively doing business as Shoreline Village, for the placement and operation of retail merchandizing units (RMUs) on the esplanade in Rainbow Harbor, which stretches from the western edge of Shoreline Village to Shoreline Aquatic Park.
Since 2007, the Department of Parks, Recreation and Marine (PRM) has permitted retail RMUs on the esplanade in Rainbow Harbor via Permit No. 30618 with Harbor Breeze Corporation. The RMUs have historically encompassed a varying tenant mix of food vendors and souvenir stands. PRM believes that the practice of permitting RMUs is essential to supporting a vital waterfront and thriving commercial harbor. However, PRM also believes that further investment into the RMU program is needed to improve the aesthetics and functionality of the aging RMUs, as well as to better reflect and mirror the development that the area and the City of Long Beach (City) has seen over the past 11 years. Therefore, since the permit with Harbor Breeze Corporation has expired, a Request for Proposals (RFP) process was completed to provide for continuation and re-evaluation of the RMU program in Rainbow Harbor.
The RFP was advertised in the Long Beach Press-Telegram on February ...
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