r-10666City Council Meeting: March 27, 2012 Santa Monica, California
RESOLUTION NUMBER 10666 (CCS)
(City Council Series)
AN RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SANTA MONICA TO ADD MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. DAY AS ONE OF THE
HOLIDAYS FOR WHICH SPECIAL PERFORMANCE HOURS APPLY ON THE THIRD
STREET PROMENADE, THE TRANSIT MALL, AND THE PIER
WHEREAS, the City consists of just eight square miles of coastal land which are
home to 90,000 residents, the job site of 300,000 workers, and a destination for as
many as 500,000 visitors on weekends and holidays; and
WHEREAS, the City's most popular public spaces in the downtown business
district are the Third Street Promenade, the Santa Monica Pier, and the Transit; and
WHEREAS, street performers enrich the ambiance of Santa Monica's unique and
stimulating public spaces and their presence in the City's most popular spaces reflects
Santa Monica's commitment to the arts and to the free exchange of ideas; and
WHEREAS, the Third Street Promenade, the Pier, and the Transit Mall are the
major performance venues for street performers in the City; and
WHEREAS, the crowds are unpredictable in size and often huge with counts
undertaken by safety personnel documenting crowds as large as 10,000 per block or
more on the Promenade; and
WHEREAS, the Santa Monica Pier is frequented by the City's residents and is
also among the primary destinations of the approximately 2,350,000 visitors which flock
to the City annually; and
WHEREAS, the Pier is a long, narrow space, only 35 feet wide at some points,
with ingress and egress at only one end; and
WHEREAS, the Transit Mall is located in the heart of downtown and is composed
of the wide sidewalks on, Santa Monica Boulevard and Broadway from the east side of
Ocean Avenue to. the west side of Fifth Street; and
WHEREAS, the key component of this improvement is the creation of a
downtown transit loop with transit priority lanes on the south side of Santa Monica
Boulevard and on the north side of Broadway; and
WHEREAS, as part of this improvement, the sidewalks have been widened to 19
feet on Santa Monica Boulevard and 12 to 19 feet on Broadway and new street
furniture, lighting, and landscaping has been installed; and
WHEREAS, the width of the sidewalks and the new installations have made the
Transit Mall another popular site for street performance; and
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WHEREAS, adding this holiday will ensure consistency, avoid confusion, and
fulfill the Council's intent to extend performance hours on holidays.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City hereby designates Martin Luther King, Jr. Day as one of
the holidays for which the formula for special performance hours applies on the Third
Street Promenade, the Transit Mall, and the Pier in accordance with Section
6.112.030(q), or any successor legislation thereto.
SECTION 2. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution and
the same shall be in full force and effect upon its adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Adopted and approved this 27th day of March, 2012.
RichIjd Bloom, Mayor
I; Maria M. Stewart, City Clerk of the City of Santa Monica, do hereby certify that
the foregoing Resolution No. 10666 (CCS) was duly adopted at a meeting of the Santa
Monica City Council held on the 27th day of March, 2012, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers McKeown, O'Day, Holbrook, Shriver, Mayor Pro Tern
Davis, Mayor Bloom
NOES: None
ABSENT: Councilmember O'Connor
ATTEST:
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Maria M. Stewart, City Clerk