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Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to enter into a Reimbursement Agreement with the Long Beach Unified School District, to reimburse the City of Long Beach an amount not to exceed $70,000 in costs for the Parks, Recreation and Marine Department to provide staffing and other services to conduct a ten-week summer swim program at Belmont Plaza Temporary Pool, Silverado Pool, Cabrillo High School Pool, Jordan High School Pool, and Martin Luther King, Jr. Pool, from June 17, 2019 through August 25, 2019; and
Increase appropriations in the General Fund Group by $40,834, and in the Tidelands Operating Fund Group by $9,166 in the Parks, Recreation and Marine Department, offset by reimbursement revenue. (Districts 3,6,7,9)
DISCUSSION
Following the great success of previous swim programs at Long Beach pools during the summer, City Council approval is now requested to enter into a Reimbursement Agreement with the Long Beach Unified School District (LBUSD) to allow the Department of Parks, Recreation and Marine (PRM) to conduct a ten-week summer swim program (Program) at Belmont Plaza Temporary, Silverado, Cabrillo High School, Jordan High School, and Martin Luther King, Jr. Pools, to help youth, ages 17 and under, to develop their swimming and water safety skills.
A study commissioned by the USA Swimming Foundation and conducted by the University of Memphis, found that nearly 70 percent of African American children, and nearly 60 percent of Latino children, have low or no swim ability, putting them at risk for drowning.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that ten people drown each day in the United States. A study published by the International Journal of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine found that participation in formal swimming lessons can reduce the likelihood of drowning among children, ages one to four years, by 88 percent.
In addition, the USA Swimming Foundation found that...
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