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Agenda Item No:
Meeting Date: July 20, 2009
SAN RAFAEL CITY COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT
Department: Community Services, Falkirk Cultural Center
Prepared by: Cory Bytof, Falkirk Programs City Manager Approval:
SUBJECT: Resolution Approving the Temporary Closure of Mission Avenue Between C Street and E
Street on Saturday, August 15, 2009 from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. to Accommodate Pedestrian Traffic to
the Third Annual San Rafael Food and Wine Festival at Falkirk Cultural Center.
RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends that City Council approve recommendation to close Mission
Avenue between C and E Streets to allow for pedestrian traffic to the San Rafael Food and Wine Festival
between the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 15, 2009.
BACKGROUND: The San Rafael Food and Wine Festival at Falkirk is produced by Steven Restivo
Productions, the producer of the San Rafael Parade of Lights and many other Bay Area events. This
event features live entertainment, food and wine tasting, cooking demonstrations, and arts and craft
booths. Approximately 1000 people attended last year's event, and the producer expects approximately
the same amount to attend again this year. The Special Events Committee, comprised of members of
SRPD, SRFD, Public Works and Redevelopment, has determined in the past that the street be closed for
safety reasons.
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 Saturday.
Street closure was successful in past years for this event.
FISCAL IMPACT: None.
OPTIONS: None
ACTION REQUIRED: Adopt Resolution approving temporary street closure.
Enclosure: Resolution
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 ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 2009, BETWEEN 8:00
A.M. AND 8:00 P.M., TO ACCOMMODATE PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC TO THE
THIRD ANNUAL SAN RAFAEL FOOD AND WINE FESTIVAL AT FALKIRK
CULTURAL CENTER
WHEREAS, the San Rafael Food and Wine Festival at Falkirk Cultural Center
necessitates the temporary closure of Mission Avenue between C Street and E Street on
Saturday, August 15, 2009, from 8:00 AM — 8:00 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
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 this and similar events;
THE 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 twentieth day of July, 2009, by the
following vote to wit:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:
ESTHER C. BEIRNE, City Clerk