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Hawaiian Gardens will offer free multisport clinics while C. Robert Lee gym reopens
Summary
With the C. Robert Lee gym closed for renovations until mid-to-late February, the council approved a no-cost nine-week multisport program for registered youth, including kickball, track and basketball clinics and refunds for prior basketball registrations.
The Hawaiian Gardens City Council on Jan. 14 approved replacing the scheduled youth basketball league with a nine-week multisport program while the C. Robert Lee gymnasium remains closed for renovations.
Staff reported the gym will remain closed until mid-to-late February while hoops, safety padding and cleaning are completed. To avoid disrupting families who had registered for the basketball league, staff proposed splitting the nine-week program into two age divisions (3 6 and 7 12). The 7 12 division will include an initial two-week kickball block, three weeks of track and field training culminating in a meet, and a final set of basketball clinics and games; the 3 6 division will run T-ball, soccer and then basketball clinics.
Staff said participants who had registered for the youth basketball league would be refunded and then offered the no-cost multisport sessions. Staff also said local nonprofit partners, Little League and Eagles, will assist with clinics.
Council members asked about family notification and program times; staff said families have been contacted via a Google Doc and provided schedule details: mini-program (3 6) Monday/Wednesday ~6 6:45-7:00 p.m.; youth (7 12) Tuesday/Thursday same times. Council members praised the staff for quickly developing an alternative to preserve youth programming during construction.
The council approved the program by roll call with unanimous votes from the five members present.
