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Home My WebLink About4.13 DublinPastaFestival.... CITY CLERK File # e] AGENDA STATEMENT CITY 20, 999 SUBJECT: Update on 1999 Dublin Pasta Festival..~:_:. .................. ~.... ............ Report Prepared by Paul McCreary, Recreation Supervisor ATTACHMENTS:_. Event Layout ;,~ 1. Receive report RECOMME_~ATIO~ N~ ~Y 2. Accept gift from sponsor FINANCIAL_ S TAT~~ DESCRIPTION: -'At its meeting of May 4, 1999, the City CoUncil approved an agreement with G°odTimes Promotions September 11 and 12, from 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.. on Saturday, and 11:00 a.m,.to 6;00 p.m. on Sunday. Staff has be~e.n_work__jng with GoodTimes over the. past two months, and planning for the 1999 Dublin Pasta Festival is progressing well. Following is a summary of the planning to date. EVENT LA YOUT Following approVal of the agreement,'til'~ P~'k~ ~fi~ ~'~m'tii~i~t3~'~i'~S~;iff'-~hediiled ameeting with GoodTimes and representatives from PoliCe, Fire, and Public Works to evaluate last year's event and The entertainment and dining pavilion will be located_ig_ the parking area between the movie theater and El Torito, and will feature the. main., stage of entertainment, two 40'x100' tents on either.si.d~,0~[h~e.s~age with patio seating and fables under the tents. Several beverage booths will also be located in this area. An extensive children's are~. ~,,,~fides~ ~.ggd_ games will be located in~ _the parking area the Operating Engineers Credit Union. Th~ C0~¢nity stage will be located in the ~hiJ~r._e..n_'~..~e~a_,._ MER CHANT NO TIFICA TION In May, GoodTimes mailed...!et~ers,~3.,o, ev~ry merchant and property owner on notifying them of the event dates and road closure 5,~e personal contact with each merchant and property owner to discuss tile ev~'. So~ merch~u~ts ha~ ~~;J'~h"iii¥~i~}'~i~ 'in participating in the festival. Dublin Henda is J~e,p~,n_ly merchant that has~ expressed opposition to being held on Amador Plaza due,_to ,the ~cipated impact on their car and Staff are working with Dublin Hond, a,.~t0_sake measures t~ minim,~ .... 'ze the i. insure safe ingress and egress to their bu,sia~s_s,,,Oo_~dT,_jm,~sjs__~ls~9_i~n pr°cess, of firta!izing the agreements _ ITEM NO. G:\PastaFestival\cc7g0update. DOC with the omer~..~.f~e private property that will be ~u~ for t~e festivg}: A second~!~g will be maSe to all merchants in_the do,tong area.gne ~5~ prior to the event. . . . EVENTLOGO. a $200 prize. ENTER TAINMENT · · " ' ' ' ' ature 50's and 60's'music and classic hot rods The headline In add~t!on t~, pasta, this year s festival will fe . ............ ,~ ........ ~,. ~_, :~., :.! act for the event ~i!! be~Th~ Dfia~r,5~,~%wjJ~! perform on Sa~ay evening from 6:00 P.M. 1O' g'::06:;~7~i:,:~':'''~:''~:':': In addition tO the'main stage, a community stage will also featiii?~ local entertainme~L ~ag~.~,d,,~9~Sj,~.~ .......................................... RESTAURANT ~P~ ........ The response from the local rest~"~i~¢~'~'~sl~N~f ~f~h~ive'ibe&i'~c6nfi~e0 tp ....... participate in thc festival inc!ud~..Fr~i~, Johnnic & Luigi Too, Girasole/Big Horn'Grill, Gimanelli's, Rigatoni's, Pasta Cafe, Basil Leaf ReStaurant, Giu. sepp's Pasta & Grill, and Dublin Fishery. ReStaUrants restaurants there will be vendors for children's food such as hot dogs, hamburgers and cotton candy. MEDIA SPONSORS ..... ANG Newspapers will be the official newspaper sponsOr for lhe..~Pas{.ai~,~t]~¥,$J~i~i.i~_,T,_~,=~,_ partnership designing and Printing full-color event posters that will be distributed.throughout the Tri-Valley. Flyers will also be produced and distributed to the. scho~!s ,~.~.t.h~,~T~a~9~; ................ ~ ....................... ~ ......................... ~ ............................. KKIQ will be one of the officia!~radi9 sponsors for the event. In addition to adve~ising prior to the event, event, GoodTimes.is trying to arrange for KFRC to broadcast live on .Sam[day night during the performance by The Drifters CORPORA TE SPONSORS GoodTimes mailed over i OO'letie;s ~°]0cal C°~'rations and'"bu.s~in~.~?~queSting~'~i5'~Sn~oi:~hips for the festival. ReSpOnSe t° this request for sponsorShips has been positive· Anhauser Busch ,ha~s agreed to be a presenting sponsor, pledging $5,000 in financial support for the festival. Other,.,c~o.~n~,¢~ sponsors include Golden Grain, Black Mountain Spring Water, Safeway, Micro Dental Laborgt~fi,es, and Warmington Homes. GoodTimes is corporations. Golden Grain, in addition to providing a monetary donation, will be providing free pasta for the participating restaurants to use ~aLthe festiyal:~_~W~a~ington Homes already sent a $1,000 check for their sponsorship· Because this gift was received during FY 98/99, it is recommended, that th~Cjty Council formally accept the girl (in accordance with GovemmegL,~o~e~,~,tj~g:~,~4)..F0!_10w!ng the event all of the sponsors will be inyiIe~.d, t~_~g.Ci_ty Council meeting where they will be formally recognized. rESr VAt rOt As in the past, organizations that provide festival volUnteers C.an em an: hgBrly stipend for each volunteer ,(,-,hour provided. The Women's Club of Dublin and the Dublin Lion's Club will b~ working in the soft drink beverage bOoths. The Dublin irish~ ~i]a~d'~B'~3'~B0-&i~i'~''~ii b~'~'6'?king in the beer and wine booths. , ~ Boy Scout Troop 908 will be handling trash pick-up and patio cleanup. The Soroptimists of Pleasanton/Dublin will be providing volunteers to work as cashiers at the f~s~t, ixol~.~9~m_~r~ group is needed to work as festival atte~.n4~;~,~,~rJ~ PARKING AND__ T NSPOR TA TION GoodTimes is in the process of finalizing {he:pa/king and trans~6~ation plan for the event. Parking will be available on a first come basis throughout downtown Dublin. Signs will be located at each freeway off-ramp directing people to ~'"i;~ii~i site. G00dTimes is planning on using the parking lot in front of the vacant Copeland Sports building f°; ~i'i'C'~'~i~'~k]~'~~'- '~A S~h~5~i~ i~'~ mdbeing'-arr~ged from the BART station to the festival entrance, on Staff reco ~mrn.~ e_g~S~,.tha__t the~City Council receive the report. Additional info_~_~rm, ation regarding the Pasta Festival will be forthcoming as needed. Re~troo~ ~em~no sidin~ ~[Idmn'~ Area P~ P~o P~ta p~ P~io Oubfin A~or I999 DUBLIN PASTA FESTIVAL GOODTIIv~S PROMOTIONS