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HomeMy WebLinkAboutLib Centennial Celebration Road ClosureAgenda Item No: Meeting Date: January 5, 2009 SAN RAFAEL CITY COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT Department: San Rafael Public Library Prepared by: David Dodd, City Librarian �Lh City Manager Approval: SUBJECT: Street closure for Carnegie Centennial Celebration event RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends that City Council approve recommendation to close Mission Avenue between C and E Streets between the hours of 12:00 noon and 6:00pm on Sunday, January 25, 2009, to allow for pedestrian and horse-drawn carriage traffic during the Library's Carnegie Centennial Celebration event, to be held at the Library and the Falkirk Cultural Center between 12:30 and 5 p.m. BACKGROUND: The Carnegie Centennial Celebration is an event that will include a wide variety of featured components, including horse-drawn carriage rides between the Library and the Falkirk Mansion. The Library will be open for business from 1 to 5 p.m., and the event will be preceded by an outdoor bagpipe concert at 12:30 p.m. We expect hundreds of people to turn out in celebration of their Public Library, to patronize the Library, to participate in programs at the Library and at Falkirk, and to attend the event re-creating the January, 1909 opening of the new Library to the public. ANALYSIS: Street closure will ensure safe access to the event by pedestrians coming from parking areas downtown. It will have minimal impact on automobile traffic since the event is on a Sunday. FISCAL IMPACT: None. OPTIONS: ACTION REQUIRED: Approve staff recommendation. Encls. FOR CITY CLERK ONLY File No.: Council Meeting: Disposition: RESOLUTION NO. RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN RAFAEL AUTHORIZING THE TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF MISSION AVENUE BETWEEN C STREET AND E STREET FOR THE SAN RAFAEL PUBLIC LIBRARY'S CARNEGIE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION WHEREAS, the San Rafael Public Library's Carnegie Centennial Celebration necessitates the temporary closure of Mission Avenue between C Street and E Street on Sunday, January 25, 2009, from 12 noon — 6:00 PM; and WHEREAS, after reviewing plans for the event and the traffic patterns, City staff has determined and recommended that, in the interest of the safety and welfare of pedestrian, horse-drawn carriage, and auto traffic in the downtown area, the above street should be temporarily closed to through traffic for the date and time described above: and WHEREAS, Mission Avenue has been closed in the same manner in past years with success for similar events; CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN RAFAEL HEREBY RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS: 1. That all of the above findings are true and correct; 2. That, pursuant to the authority of the Vehicle Code section 21101 (e), for the protection of persons, both pedestrians and vehicle drivers, the City Council hereby authorizes the temporary closure of the above listed street for the date and time described above. I, ESTHER C. BEIRNE, City Clerk of the City of San Rafael hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was duly and regularly introduced and adopted at a Regular meeting of the City Council of said City held on Monday, the fifth day of January, 2009, by the following vote to wit: AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: ESTHER C. BEIRNE, City Clerk