HomeMy WebLinkAboutED Rafael Film Center Anniversary Road Closure 2009CITY OF
SAN RAFAEL
AGENDA rFEM NO.: 15
MEETING DATE: August 17, 2009
REPORT TO MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
SUBJECT: Resolution authorizing temporary closure of A Street from Fourth Street from to Fifth
Avenue for the Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center Ten Year Anniversary le ration and Dine
Around Free Movie Event from 6:00pm to 12:00am on Wednesday, September , 009.
SUBMITTED BY: _}Z� of IS APPROVED BY.
Nancy Mackle, Economic Development Director Ken dhoff, City Manager
DATE: August 12, 2009
RECOMMENDATION: Approve Resolution authorizing temporary closure of A Street from Fourth
Street from to Fifth Avenue for the Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center Ten Year Anniversary
Celebration and Dine Around Free Movie Event from 6:00pm to 12:00am on Wednesday, September 23,
2009.
BACKGROUND: This is the fourth free outdoor viewing by the Christopher B. Smith Rafael Fihn
Center. Unique in this case is a partnership with the Downtown Dine Around event. The movie
scheduled to be played is Walt Disney's full feature animation "Ratatouille".
The Film Center has long been the pride of Downtown San Rafael and their free Downtown movies are
incredibly popular with the local residents. The Film Center is an active ingredient in the personality of
the Downtown and provides quality film entertainment and education to the public, hi this partnership
with the Downtown Dining event, this adds an additional opportunity to celebrate the ten year anniversary
and the upcoming film festival at the Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center with the public as well as
add a unique nightcap to the Downtown Dine Around. Sharing this celebration adds another level of
excellent free entertainment to the San Rafael Downtown corridor. Instead of inviting the public into the
limited confines of the theatre, the theatre goes out to the street, adding the unique outdoor element to this
celebration.
Street to be closed from 6:00pm to 12:00am: A Street from Fourth Street to Fifth Avenue.
The proposal has been coordinated with the Police, Fire, Downtown merchants and Public Works,
FISCAL IMPACT: City staff will be posting the "No Parking" signs and putting out crowd control
barricades. Cleanup is being handled by the event. Promoters will notify all affected merchants and
residents prior to the event. The Redevelopment Agency will contribute funds to pay for the film
production out of the current year's events budget.
ACTION REQUIRED: Approve temporary closure of A Street from Fourth Street to Fifth Avenue for
the Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center Ten Year Anniversary Celebration from 6:00pm to 12:00am
on Wednesday, September 23, 2009.
FOR CITY CLERK ONLY
File No.:
City Council Meeting:
Disposition:
RESOLUTION NO.
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF A STREET
FROM FOURTH STREET TO FIFTH AVENUE FOR THE CHRISTOPHER B. SMITH
RAFAEL FILM CENTER TEN YEAR ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
AND DOWNTOWN DINE AROUND EVENT FROM 6:00PM TO 12:OOAM
ON WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 23RD, 2009
WHEREAS, the Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center Ten Year Anniversary Celebration and
Downtown Dine Around Event necessitates the temporary closure of A Street from Fourth Street to
Fifth Avenue from 6:00pm—12:OOam on Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009: 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
times described above.
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 Vehicle Code section 21101(e), for the safety and
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 times
described above.
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 the City of San Rafael, held on Monday, August 17, 2009, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers:
NOES: Councilmembers:
ABSENT: Councilmembers:
ESTHER C. BEIRNE, City Clerk
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