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HomeMy WebLinkAboutED Litquake 2014Agenda Item No: 3. f Meeting Date: October 6, 2014 �. 1 WTt. �* Department: Economic Development Prepared by: Thomas Adams, ED Specialist City Manager Approval SUBJECT: Resolution of the San Rafael City Council Supporting 'Litquake San Rafael'an All -Day Downtown Lit -walk on [October 11th RECOMMENDATION: Adopt Resolution supporting `Litquake San Rafael'. BACKGROUND: D: Downtown San Rafael provides a central place for people to live, work, shop, recreate, and mingle. Downtown San Rafael hosts a wide variety of special events throughout the year to encourage people to experience and enjoy the downtown area. 'Litquake San Rafael' is a new event which will take place on Saturday, October 11, 2014. In conjunction with Litquake SF, this event celebrates literature, authors, readers, and the larger Bay Area literary community. The San Rafael Litquake event will be an all -day festival of author readings, poetry, and other fun literary happenings at multiple venues along Fourth ,Street. The day will culminate with an a cappella choir performance of poetry by Leonard Cohen. The San Rafael Downtown Business Improvement District (BID) and SF Litquake are sponsoring this inaugural event. FISCAL IMPACT: None. OPTIONS: 1) Adopt the Resolution. 2) Direct Staff to Modify the Resolution 3) Refuse to Adopt the Resolution. AMON REQUIRED: Adopt Resolution. ATTACHMENTS: Resolution FOR CITY CLERK ONLY File No.:— nP Council Meeting: Disposition: v 7 A,J /� / RESOLUTION NO. 1,3815 WHEREAS, Downtown is located in the center of San Rafael and it serves as the 'heart and soul' of the community; and WHEREAS, San Rafael's literary culture is an integral part of our city, supported year round by the San Rafael City Library, Friends Books (supporting the San Rafael Library), Rebound Bookstore, Copperfield's Books, Open Secret Bookstore, the Marin Poetry Center; and other San Rafael stores and venues; and WHEREAS, Litquake SF is celebrating its 15!'h anniversary and invited Downtown San Rafael to participate as its only North Bay partner; and WHEREAS, Litquake seeks to foster interest in literature for people of all ages, perpetuate a sense of literary community, and provide a vibrant forum for Bay Area writers; and WHEREAS, Litquake has become the West Coast's most daring, innovative, and exciting literary festival; and WHEREAS, On October 11th, 2014, the entire Fourth Street corridor in Downtown San Rafael will be the location for a new event in San Rafael —'Liquake San Rafael'; and WHEREAS, Seventeen downtown locations will host visitors who will come to hear authors read their work across genres including science fiction at Gamescape, travel stories at Rebound Bookstore, new works by local teens on the San Rafael library lawn, relationships in Pleasures of the Heart, poetry on spirituaI themes at Open Secret Bookstore, "wild style" lit at Triumph, lunch at Lotus Chaat and El Chevere where local poets will hold free-for-all open mics, and dinner at San Rafael Joe's, where 'What's Cooking" will be on the menu; and WHEREAS, the event will culminate with San Francisco's Conspiracy of Beards, a thirty member male choir that performs dynamic, original, a cappella arrangements of the poetic songs of Leonard Cohen which will be performed at the Belrose Theater, followed by an after party at West End Cafe; and WHEREAS, never before has an event in Downtown San Rafael brought authors and the community together for an entire day, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council hereby supports the inaugural 'Litquake San Rafael" in Downtown San Rafael to celebrate the richness of the Bay Area Literary community and introduce Downtown San Rafael to a broad literary audience. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council encourages residents and visitors to explore the unique retail, restaurants, and service businesses located in the Downtown before, during, and after the 'Liquake San Rafael' event. I, ESTHER C. BEIRNE, 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 sixth day of October, 2014 by the following vote, to wit: AYES: COUNCILMEM13ERS: NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: Bushey, Colin, Connolly, McCullough & Mayor Phillips None None ESTHER C. BEIRNE, City Clerk ROUTING SLIP / APPROVAL FORM INSTRUCTIONS: USE THIS FORM WITH EACH SUBMITTAL OF A QONTRACT AGREEMENT ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION BEFORE APPROVAL BY COUNCIL / AGENCY. SRCC AGENDA ITEM NO. �4 DATE OF MEETING: 10/6/14 FROM: Thomas Adams DATE: 9/22/14 TITLE OF DOCUMENT: Resolution of the San Rafael City Council Supporting 'Lltquake San Rafael' an All -Day Downtown Ut-walk on October 11 th Alwe '(signature) Department Head fsignaturi) *ft *** *ft *ft *ft *** *** *ft *A* (LOWER HALF OF FORM FOR APPROVALS ONLY) APPROVED AS COUNCIL/ AGENCY APPROVED AS TO FORM: AGENDA ITEM: -EL City Manager (signature) City Attorney (signature) NOT APPROVED REMARKS: