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City Council Meeting July 11, 1995 JUL 1 11995
STAFF REPORT
TO Mayor and City Council
FROM CIty Staff
SUBJECT. RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE ALTERNATE PARADE ROUTE FOR
THE FESTIVAL OF THE CHARIOTS
INTRODUCTION
This report recommends that the City Council approve a request for a parade on a
route other than the City's authorized parade route (SMMC SectIon 4.08 580) for a
Festival of the Chariots to be held Sunday, July 3D, 1995.
BACKGROUND
On June 27, 1995 the City's Event Management Team revIewed a request from the
International SocIety for Krrshna ConscIousness {ISKON} to conduct a parade, the
Festival of the Chariots The event IS a spIritual festival displaYing food, musIc and
dance of India. ISKON has held thIs parade and festival for the past eighteen years
DISCUSSION
Staff recommends that the following alternate route be approved The parade will
start at 11.00 am on Santa MOnica State Beach parking lot ~ 2030 Barnard Way and
proceed south, along the bike path past the City hmlts and Into Venice. The Santa
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Monica Police Department will provide all the necessary security for this event.
The event organizers are currently In the process of obtaining all the required permits
from the City and County of Los Angeles.
BUDGET/FINANCIAL IMPACT
ISKON Will pay all event costs, including the cost for Police serVices, estimated at
$450 00
RECOMMENDA liON
Staff recommends that the City Council approve the alternate parade route for the
Festival of the Chariots to be held on July 30, 1995
Prepared by Susan E. McCarthy, Director
Annette Morales, Administrative Analyst
Community and Cultural Services Department
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CCS:SEM:AM:lskon Santa MonIca, California
City Council Meetmg: July 11, 1995
RESOLUTION NO 8919
(City Council Series)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
AUTHORIZING THE HOLDING OF A PARADE ON JULY 30, 1995 ON A
ROUTE OTHER THAN THE OFFICIAL CITY PARADE ROUTE
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 4 08 580 of the Santa Monica MUnicipal Code,
the City Council may authorize a parade route as set forth herem,
NOW THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
DOES RESOLVE AS FOllOWS
SECTION 1 On July 30, 1995, at 11.00 am participants In the Festival of the
Chariots are authorized to conduct a parade along the follOWing route:
The parade Will start In the Santa MOnica Beach Parking Lot - 2030
Barnard Way and proceed south along the bike path past the City limits
and Into Venice
SECTION 2 Permission to conduct the parade IS granted upon the follOWing
conditions.
a Parade Units may not be brought to the staging area, the 2030 Barnard Way
beach parking lot, prior to Sunday, July 30, 1995
b The necessary number of Police Officers, as recommended by the Santa
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MOnica Polrce Department, WIll be provided for crowd and traffIc control along the
parade route at a cost to the InternatIOnal SocIety for Krishna Consciousness (lSKON).
c ISKON shall provide a Certificate of Insurance for One MillIon Dollars
($1,000,000) per Individual occurrence nammg the City of Santa MOnica, It's CouncIl,
boards and commiSSions as additional msureds.
d. ISKON WIll notify all residents and bUSinesses one block east, north and
south, as well as along the parade route of the event, after approval of the notIfication
fetter by the CIty.
e That any and all permits from the CIty and County of Los Angeles be fIled
with the City of Santa MOnica prior to the event date.
SECTION 3 The CIty Clerk shall certIfy to the adoptIon of thiS Resolution, and
thenceforth and thereafter the same shall be In full force and effect
APPROVED AS TO FORM
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MARSHA JO S MOUTRIE
City Attorney
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Adopted and approved thiS 1 Ith of JuLy, 1995
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Mayor
I hereby certIfy that the foregomg ResolutiOn 8919 (CCS) was duly adopted at a meetmg
of the City Council held on the 11 th of July, 1995 by the foLlowmg vote
Ayes CouncIl members Abdo. GenseL Holbrook. Rosenstem
Noes Council members None
-\bstam Council members Ebner. 0' Connor
Absent CounCil members Greenberg
ATTEST
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City Clerk