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sr-061483-11aGS:SES:JAS Council Meeting: June 14, 1983 Santa Monica, California T0: Mayor and City Council ~f V~ JUN 3 4 1993 FROM: City Staff SUBJECT: ISKCON Alternate Parade Route Introduction This report accompanies the application of ISKCON (International Society for Krishna Consciousness, Inc.) for an alternate parade route on Sunday, July 31, 1983, and transmits a resolution for consideration. Background According to information received, ISKCON is a religious group and the proposed festival is much like the United States celebration of Thanksgiving. This request by ISKCON has been granted by the City Council for the last five years. The City's official parade route starts at Montana and Ocean Avenue, proceeds south along Ocean and ends at the 2600 Beach Parking Lot. ISKCON has requested a different route to better suit its needs. The request of ISKCON is to hold a parade which will start in Santa Monica and end at the Venice Pavilion. The suggested parade route would begin at 2600 Beach Parking Lot at the western terminus of Bay Street and proceed south along the beach bikepath beyond the City limit to the Venice Pavilion. The parade would consist of a float, three chariots, and three elephants. It is estimated the total time of the parade, from start to finish, will be 1-1/2 hours. The parade route is the same as approved in prior .years. The floats and chariots wilt be brought into Santa 1 ~~ JUN 1 4 198.3 GS:SES:JAS Council Meeting: June 14, 1983 Santa Monica, California Monica around 3:00 to 4:00 A. M. to eliminate any traffic congestion that might result in arriving at the staging area. Permission from the City of Los Angeles for the ISKCON festival is attached. The floats and chariots will be decorated in the morning at the staging area which is located in the beach parking lot at the foot of Bay Street. At 12:00 noon, the parade will start. It will move south along the bikepath to the City limits and proceed to Venice. Bike traffic would be diverted through the parking lot during this period (12:00 noon - 1:00 P.P4.). Estimated time of the parade through Santa Monica is approximately forty-five minutes. Certain conditions were suggested by staff and agreed to by the Festival Director. These are: 1. Floats and chariots will be brought to staging area prior to 6:00 A.M, Sunday, July 31, 1983. 2. ISKCON will provide for. clean-up of any animal feces along the parade route and pay $150 prior to obtaining permit for street and parking lot sweeping. 3. ISKCON will hire the necessary number of police officers, as recommended by the Santa Monica Police Department for crowd and traffic control along the Santa Monica portion of the parade route. 2 GS:SES:JAS Council Meeting: June 14, 1983 Santa Monica, California 4. Open and close access to bikepath at parking lot at ISKCON's expense. 5. ISKCON will take all possible steps to abate noise. If the alternative parade permit is granted the City would do the following: 1. Provide necessary police officers at ISKCON's expense. 2. Close bikepath for approximately one hour. 3. Provide staging area on beach parking lot at foot of Bay Street. A question has been raised regarding possible noise due to the early arrival of people and animals at the beach lot. As stated above, ISKCON has been staging this parade for the last five years and staff is not aware of any noise problems. Staff suggests that as the police will be monitoring the parade they should drive by the beach lot hourly to ensure that there is not loud noise emanating from the staging area. Economic Impact All costs will be borne by ISKCON for clean-up and required police costs. The City should realize some additional revenue from the parking and possible increase in concession sales along the route. 3 GS:SES:JAS Council Meeting: June 14, 1983 Santa Monica, California Recommendation Staff recommends that the .City Council approve the alternate parade route with the conditions outlined in the staff report by adopting the attached resolution. It is further recommended that the approval of the alternate parade route be conditioned upon approval of the event by the City of Los Angeles. Prepared by: Stan Scholl, Director of General Services Attachments: Resolution Permit from City of Los Angeles Parade Application Letter from ISKCON 4