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AGENDA STATEMENT
CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: December 16, 2003
SUBJECT:
2004 St. Patrick's Day Artwork and Road Closures
Report by Paul McCreary, Parks and Community Services Manager
ATTACHMENTS:
Artwork Options
Resolution authorizing temporary street closures
RECOMMENDATION.~I·
Select the'preferred artwork for the 2004 St. Patrick's Day
Festival poster or provide Staff with alternate direction.
Adopt the resolution authorizing the temporary street closure
for the festival, parade and fun run.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT: None
DESCRIPTION:
weekend of March 13-14, 2004.
begun preparing for the events.
The 21st Annual St. Patrick's Day Celebration is scheduled for the
The St. Patrick's Day Liaison Committee has met once and Staff has
FESTIVAL ARTWORK
Each year the City commissions an artist to prepare unique artwork for the event poster. The City has
been using the same layout for the poster for the past five years which features the festival artwork
surrounded by a green border listing the event information. It is important to continue using the same
format since people now associate the colorful posters with the St. Patrick's Day Festival. Staff
recommends selecting a photo from last year's St. Patrick's Day Celebration and having a local artist from
the Senior Center create a watercolor painting of the photo.
Attachment 1 contains four photos from past St. Patrick's Day events that are indicative of Dublin's
celebration of St. Patrick's Day. Option A depicts a bagpiper in the parade. Option B features two boy's
riding a carnival ride at the festival. Option C captures a brother and sister wearing green hats and holding
hands while watching the parade. Option D features a young girl dressed in green waving to the passing
parade.
The St. Patrick's Day Liaison Committee and the Parks and Community Services Commission have both
reviewed the artwork. Both groups unanimously recommended Option C, which features the brother and
sister watching the parade. The Committee recommended having the artist change the background of the
photo to feature parade elements rather than the backsides of other parade spectators.
COPIES TO: st. Patrick's Day Liaison Committee
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ROAD CLOSURES
The locations of the festival, parade and fun nm will be the same as last year. The festival will be held on
Amador Valley Boulevard between Regional Street and Donohue Drive, including the eastern half of the
Shamrock Village Shopping Center parking lot. Due to construction of the new Senior Center the former
Library parking lot will not be available for the festival.
The parade will be staged on Amador Plaza Road between Dublin Boulevard and Amador Valley
Boulevard. The parade route will begin on Dublin Boulevard at Amador Plaza, head east to Village
Parkway, north to Amador Valley Boulevard, and west to Donohue Drive where it will disperse into the
Target parking lot.
The Fun Run will start on Amador Valley Boulevard at Regional Street. Runners will head west on
Amador Valley Boulevard to San Ramon Road, north to Bellina Drive, and south through the residential
neighborhoods to finish in the Shamrock Village Shopping Center parking lot. Pre and post race activities
will be held in the Shamrock Village Shopping Center.
Each year the City Council adopts a resolution to temporarily close the streets for the events. Vehicle
Code section 21101, subdivision (e), provides that local authorities may, by ordinance or resolution,
temporarily close a portion of any Street under their jurisdiction for "celebrations, parades, local special
events, and other purposes" as long as the authorities determine that the closing is "necessary for the
safety and protection of persons who are to use that portion of the- street during the temporary closing."
Attached is a resolution authorizing the temporary street closure for the festival (Attachment 2). In
addition to authorizing the temporary street closure for the festival, the resolution also authorizes the
temporary street closures necessary for the St. Patrick's Day Parade and the Shamrock 5K Fun Run and
Walk. Following the adoption of the resolution, Staff will prepare a direct mailing in early January to all
residents and businesses affected by the road closures.
RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends that the City Council take the following action:
1. Select the preferred artwork for the 2004 St. Patrick's Day Festival poster or provide Staff with
alternate direction.
2. Adopt the resolution authorizing the temporary street closure for the Festival, Parade and Fun Run.
AT MENT 1
RESOLUTION NO. - 03
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN
AUTHORIZING TEMPORARY STREET CLOSURES FOR THE
2004 ST. PATRICK'S DAY FESTIVAL, PARADE AND
SHAMROCK 5K FUN RUN & WALK
WHEREAS, the California Vehicle Code section 21101, subdivision (e) provides that local
authorities may, by ordinance or resolution, temporarily close a portion of any street under their
jurisdiction for "celebrations, parades, local special events, and other purposes: as long as the authorities
determine that the closing is "necessary for the safety and protection of persons who are to use that portion
of the street during the temporary closing"; and
WHEREAS, the City annually celebrates St. Patrick's Day with a Festival, Parade and Fun Run;
and
WHEREAS, these events are held on City streets; and
WHEREAS, the City has determined that it is necessary for the safety and protection of the public
to temporarily close City streets as follows;
FESTIVAL
Amador Valley Boulevard, from Regional Street to Donohue Drive
Start: Friday, March 12, 2004 at 7:00 P.M.
End: Monday, March 15, 2004 at 3:00 A.M.
PARADE
Amador Plaza Road, from Amador Valley Boulevard to Dublin Boulevard
Start: Saturday, March 13, 2004 at 7:00 A.M.
End: Saturday, March 13, 2004 at 12:00 Noon
Westbound Dublin Boulevard, from Village Parkway to Amador Plaza Road
Southbound Village Parkway, from Amador Valley Boulevard to Dublin Boulevard
Eastbound Amador Valley Boulevard, from Village Parkway to Donohue Drive
Start: Saturday, March 13, 2004 at 9:00 A.M.
End: Saturday, March 13, 2004 at 12:00 P.M.
FUN RUN
Westbound Amador Valley Boulevard, from Regional Street to San Ramon Road
One lane of northbound San Ramon Road, from Amador Valley Boulevard to Bellina Street
Limited vehicle ingress and egress in the neighborhood east of San Ramon Road including Bellina
Street, Deervale Road, Vomac Road, Landale Avenue, Donohue Drive, Hillrose Drive and
Starward Drive.
Start: Sunday, March 14, 2004 at 7:00 A.M.
End: Sunday, March 14, 2004 at 10:30 A.M.
ATTACHMENT 2
WHEREAS, signs giving notice of the street closures will be posted at all road entrances; and ~ 6')~
WHEREAS, traffic control devices erected by the City to effectuate the road closures will
conform to the uniform standards adopted by the State Department of Transportation.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Dublin does
hereby authorize the aforementioned temporary street closures for the 2004 St. Patrick's Day Festival,
Parade and Shamrock 5K Fun Run & Walk.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 16th day of December, 2003.
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
ATTEST:
Mayor
City Clerk
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