To: MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
From: LAURIE KOIKE, INTERIM COMMUNITY SERVICES DIRECTOR
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DISCUSSION, CONSIDERATION AND DIRECTION REGARDING WHETHER TO PROCEED WITH THE OPENING OF SEASIDE LAGOON FOR SUMMER 2021
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Seaside Lagoon serves as an important special events venue and regional recreational aquatic facility. It offers a large saltwater lagoon with trained lifeguard supervision, sand areas for sunbathing, children's play equipment, volleyball courts and a luau shelter for day and evening events. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic and prohibition of all gatherings in March 2020, and as part of both the City Manager Proclamation of a Local Emergency and the Countywide Order by the County of Los Angeles Department of Public Health ("LACDPH"), Seaside Lagoon ("the Lagoon") did not open for the 2020 season, which runs from Memorial Day Weekend through Labor Day totaling 101 days of normal operation to the public.
On April 5, 2021 LA County moved into the less restrictive Orange Tier. On April 6, 2021 Governor Newsom announced that, based on California's low rate of positive COVID-19 case rates and increasing vaccination rates, schools and businesses would be able to fully re-open at their pre-pandemic capacities starting June 15, 2021. The State has indicated they are going to allow outdoor events and private gatherings starting April 15, 2021 but the County is still in the process of clarifying protocols. According to the February 17, 2021 LACDPH protocol, outdoor pools may be open for routine use provided that all employees and pool users maintain a physical distance of six feet from non-household members and that employees and pool users wear a face mask when not in the pool. Outdoor swimming pools include municipal pools, recreational pools and special purpose pools. To ensure social distancing, use of the pool must be limited to a maximum of 50% of pool user capacity. Pool capacity at Seaside Lagoon is estimated a...
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