HomeMy WebLinkAboutED Litquake 2014Agenda Item No: 3. f
Meeting Date: October 6, 2014
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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
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Council Meeting:
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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
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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
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City Manager (signature) City Attorney (signature)
NOT APPROVED
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