In support of the Work Site Health Promotion Program, the CalEPA and its BDOs provide space in the CalEPA Headquarters Building for a Fitness Center where voluntary fitness programs that are organized and managed by employees on their own time can be held. The Fitness Center is a convenient option for employees to maintain a healthy exercise routine and enhances wellness. It is a work site space used only by employees housed in the CalEPA Headquarters Building outside of work hours for individual exercise and organized exercise classes led by fellow volunteer CalEPA Headquarters Building employees. The CalEPA Fitness Center includes a weight room, aerobics room, and men’s and women’s locker room with showers. Employees housed in the CalEPA Headquarters Building are solely responsible for all aspects of the Fitness Center, including providing and maintaining equipment, teaching exercise classes, and conducting and participation in all other activities taking place in the Fitness Center. CalEPA’s Health, Safety, and Wellness Unit is the point of contact for all things related to the CalEPA Fitness Center.
Request Access to the CalEPA Fitness Center
To request access to the CalEPA Fitness Center, employees must do the following:
- Review the CalEPA Fitness Center Policy (FC-16-01).
- Complete the three, required forms:
- Submit the completed forms to the CalEPA Health, Safety, and Wellness Unit via electronic submission. Forms can be emailed to hsw@calepa.ca.gov.
If you have questions about the CalEPA Fitness Center, please contact the CalEPA Health, Safety, and Wellness Unit at 916-327-2713 or at hsw@calepa.ca.gov.
Weight Room
The weight room has a variety of equipment donated by employees.
Aerobics Room
The aerobics room is available for group and individual use.
A schedule for the aerobics room will be posted quarterly to the Intranet and in the CalEPA Fitness Center. Please click the following link for the latest quarterly schedule: Aerobics Room Group Activities Schedule.
The CalEPA HSW Unit is responsible for the development and maintenance of this schedule. All revisions, edits, and/or requests for changes to the schedule must be submitted to the CalEPA HSW Unit. Every effort will be made to accommodate approved group activities. The Aerobics Room Schedule will include blocks of time where no group activities can be held and/or scheduled. These intervals are intended to allow individuals the use of the Aerobics Room – group activities are not permitted during these periods.
Per the CalEPA Fitness Policy, all group facilitators and group participants must be employees housed in the CalEPA Headquarters Building. No outside facilitators, visitors, groups, or individuals are permitted to use the CalEPA Fitness Center. All group participants, including facilitators, must have the following approved CalEPA Fitness Center forms on file with the CalEPA Health, Safety, and Wellness (HSW) Unit: Participation Agreement (CalEPA-39), Acknowledgement and Release of Liability (CalEPA-40), and Confidential Emergency Notification (CalEPA-41).
As group facilitators serve in a volunteer capacity, all group activities are to be offered free of charge or donation.
Please note that failure to comply with these, and the other guidelines set forth in the CalEPA Fitness Center Policy, may result in the loss of CalEPA Fitness Center privileges.
Clothing Lockers
There are showers and clothing lockers for the benefit of our bicycling and exercising employees. In the men’s room, there are 20 showers, 200 half-sized lockers, and 88 quarter-sized lockers. In the women’s room, there are 20 showers, 200 half-sized, and 52 quarter-sized lockers. Assigned Lockers: Employees who walk or bike to work at least 3 days per week may apply to Transportation Services for an assigned locker at transit@calepa.ca.gov. All other lockers are provided on a first-come, first-served basis. Day Use Lockers: Day-Use lockers are provided on a first-come, first-served basis. All items, including locks, must be removed from day-use lockers at the end of each day. Locks left on day-use lockers overnight may be cut and any items left in day-use lockers overnight may be removed and stored in Building Management’s office for one week. If left unclaimed any collected items will be donated to charity. To claim any collected items, please contact Property Management at CalEPA024FMDServiceRequests@dgs.ca.gov.
Quarterly Locker Room Cleaning: A thorough cleaning of the CalEPA Fitness Center (restrooms, locker rooms, weight room, and aerobics room) will occur every January, April, July, and October. Advance notice will be posted and employees with assigned lockers will be notified before each scheduled cleaning. Employees must remove all personal belongings from the Fitness Center, including items stored inside lockers (both day-use and assigned lockers) and locks. Once the cleaning begins, any personal belongings left in the CalEPA Fitness Center will be removed (locks will be cut in order to clean locked lockers) and temporarily held for one week in Property Management’s office. After one week, any unclaimed personal belongings will be donated to charity. To claim personal belongings, please contact Building Management at CalEPA024FMDServiceRequests@dgs.ca.gov.
Locker Room Etiquette
For the safety and courtesy of other employees and Locker Room users, please do not leave any personal items such as towels, clothing, bicycle, and exercise equipment stored outside of your locked locker. The floor, benches, and tops of lockers should be clear of all items at all times.
Items left unattended may be removed and stored in Building Management’s office for one week. If left unclaimed they will be donated to charity.
Please keep in mind the following for your own safety and the safety of all building tenants:
Please make an attempt to watch who enters the locker room.
- Do not run in these areas.
- Hang your towels on the hooks intended for them.
- Do not leave any items out of your locked locker when not using the Locker Room.
- Respect others’ space around yours.
- Close the locker doors when not using them.
- No bikes are to be left in the hallway outside of the locker rooms, nor brought into the shower/ locker rooms.
- Please use fragrance-free products as a courtesy to the chemically sensitive people around you.
- When exiting the locker room, please make sure you are fully clothed, even when entering the bathroom area.
Please do not leave any items out or around the locker rooms unattended or overnight. Property Management and CalEPA assumes no responsibility for lost or stolen items.