COUNCIL FILE NO. /{) -1) 3tJCJ COUNCIL DISTRICT NO. 13 APPROVAL FOR ACCELERATED PROCESSING DIRECT TO CITY COUNCIL The attached Council File may be processed directly to Council pursuant to the procedure approved June 26, 1990, (CF 83-1 075-S1) without being referred to the Public Works Committee because the action on the file checked below is deemed to be routine and/or administrative in nature: _} A. Future Street Acceptance. _ } B. Quitclaim of Easement(s). _ } C. Dedication of Easement(s). _} D. Release of Restriction(s). _x} E. Request for Star in Hollywood Walk of Fame. _} F. Brass Plaque(s) in San Pedro Sport Walk. _ } G. Resolution to Vacate or Ordinance submitted in response to Council action. _ } H. Approval of plans/specifications submitted by Los Angeles County Flood Control District. APPROVAL/DISAPPROVAL FOR ACCELERATED PROCESSING: APPROVED DISAPPROVED* Council Office of the District Public Works Committee Chairperson *DISAPPROVED FILES WILL BE REFERRED TO THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE. Please return to Council Index Section, Room 615 City Hall City Clerk Processing: Date ____ notice and report copy mailed to interested parties advising of Council date for this item. Date ____ scheduled in Council. AFTER COUNCIL ACTION: Send copy of adopted report to the Real Estate Section, Development Services Division, Bureau of Engineering (Mail Stop No. 515) for further processing. ____J Other: PLEASE DO NOT DETACH THIS APPROVAL SHEETFROM THE COUNCIL FILE ACCELERATED REVIEW PROCESS- E Office of the City Engineer Los Angeles California To the Honorable Council Of the City of Los Angeles fEB 1:8 2010 Honorable Members: C. D. No. 13 SUBJECT: Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street- Walk of Fame Additional Name in Terrazzo Sidewalk­ ANDREA BOCELLI RECOMMENDATIONS: A. That the City Council designate the unnumbered location situated one sidewalk square southerly of and between numbered locations 9L and 91 as shown on Sheet 20 of Plan D-13788 for the Hollywood Walk ofFame for the installation ofthe name of Andrea Bocelli at 7000 Hollywood Boulevard. B. Inform the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce of the Council's action on this matter. C. That this report be adopted prior to the date ofthe ceremony on March 2, 2010. FISCAL IMPACT STATEMENT: No General Fund Impact. All cost paid by permittee. TRANSMITTALS: 1. Unnumbered communication dated January 11, 2010, from the Hollywood Historic Trust ofthe Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, biographical information and excerpts from the minutes of the Chamber's meeting with recommendations. City Council - 2- C. D. No. 13 DISCUSSION: The Walk ofFame Committee of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce has submitted a request for insertion into the Hollywood Walk of Fame the name of Andrea Bocelli. The ceremony is scheduled for Tuesday, March 2, 2010 at 11:30 a.m. The communicant's request is in accordance with City Council action of October 18, 1978, under Council File No. 78-3949. Following the Council's action of approval, and upon proper application and payment of the required fee, an installation permit can be secured at 201 N. Figueroa Street, 3rd Floor, Counter 23". Respectfully submitted, \)J~ tmz,. Lemuel M. Paco, P.E. Central District Engineer Bureau of Engineering sm: Bocelli.02 (213) 482-7055 cc: Construction Services Center, Counter 23" Bureau of Street Services Administration "' * ... ,.: * '** * ~OllVWOOD WALK OF FAM[; January 11. 2010 Mr. Gary L. Moore Public Works Engineering Att: Lemuel Paco 201 N. Figueroa St. 3'd Floor, M.S. 503 Los Angeles, CA 90012 Dear Mr. Moore: The Walk ofFame Committee ofthe Hollywood Chamber of Commerce has approved the below listed name for insertion into the Hollywood Walk of Fame: ANDREA BOCELLI (Category -LIVE PERFORMANCE) Requested star location to be 7000 Hollywood Blvd., south side of the street in front of the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. The star for ANDREA BOCELLI will be placed in the second row next to the usual row closest to the building next to two blanks squares closest to GLENN CLOSE to the east and ANGELA BASSETT to the west in the second row. The star will also be located next to a star located in the original row and previously dedicated to WALTER LANTZ which is numbered (91) to the east and ERROL FLYNN which is numbered (9L) and faces the west. According to sheet #20 plan 13788, ANDREA BOCELLI'S star has no designated number. The dedication ceremony is scheduled for Tuesday, March 2, at 11:30 a.m. Thank you for your cooperation in this request. I look forward to a response from your office soon. The following materials are enclosed: ANDREA BOCELLI'S bio and the Board of Director's Minutes. Sincere...... t ..• ·~""' ............... •" Martinez Vice President, Media Relations, producer Walk of Fame cc: Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Insp. Eugene Andrews Tom Brown Sally Castro Top End Con. Leron Gubler Sgt. Lamont Jerrett Council President Eric Garcetti Carmine Goglia Hollywood Chamber of Commerce BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING VVednesday, June 17, 2009 Board Members Attending: Bill Farrar; Chair; Abou-Daoud; Ainsworth ; Baumberger; Baumgart; Chong; Cochran; Cohen; Druyen; Falzone; Gajda; Gorelick; Kalantari; Larson; Massie; Moe; Panatier; Rheinstein; Schultz; Shelton; S. Smith; T. Smith; Suh; Taylor; Tronson; Board Members Absent: Anthony; Barton; Cooper; Costa; Goldman; Hart; Lestz; O'Rourke; Simitian; T. Smith; Stephen; Sundher; Trynin · Staff Present: Gubler, Shahenian, Kiecker, French, Martinez-Holler Guests Present: Jim O'Callaghan, L.A. Inc. Chairman Bill Far\ar ~;ailed the meeting to order at 4:08p.m... Walk of Fame Recommendations Ana Martinez-Holler, chamber VP of Media Relations, presented 28 names selected by the Walk of Fame Selection Committee to be recipients of Walk of Fame stars in 2010. ~ (See Attached List). Sam Smith, Taylor (MSP) to approve the nominations. Andrea Bocelli Written by: Giorgio De Martino (2008) Translation by: Consuela Hackney At last, a legend. At last, a legend for the new millennium. A legend in the Homeric sense of a myth, the "word that speaks" which has flowered here through song: like Caruso, Gigli, Del Monaco, Corelli ... A legend (of Andrea Bocelli 's stature) is not created by design: the most astute marketing would never be able to produce such a result. It is simply that people "recognized" him and voted for him. And so it happened, in an apparently equal context (a singing competition, the Sanremo festival in 2004) and yet a most perfect one, because the infancy of a legend follows a course which breaks traditions. From then on the tone of his voice has brought tenderness to the world and his fame has increased exponentially. Because "if God would have a singing voice, He would sound a lot like Andrea Bocelli": even Celine Dian's famous comment is a clear, unadorned testament to the artist's mythical status as well as the perception of a gift ... That voice, that · simultaneously melancholic and radiant colour, unrivalled in the expression of the song of a lover or a father, a matchless expression of earthly desire or heavenly love, with 65 million record sales to testify to it. The responsibility oftalent "I don't think one decides to become a singer, It is decided for you by the reactions ofthe people around you. " Andrea Bocelli had to reckon with a double gift, both elements of which are completely absorbing. The first aspect is a timbre which is as recognisable as a signature, full and powerful, with a versatility ranging from the belcanto to the furore ofverismo, from the sacred repertoire to the popular ballads. The second gift is a more delicate one: life's journey led Andrea Bocelli in adolescence to a different ability which deprived him of sight. This was truly a privation which increased the flow of an extraordinary and unique sensibility which transforms and transcends boundaries, causing him to excel in his interpretation of the lyrics, in his perception of . the subtleties ofmusical expression. The empowerment of an unusual journey Bocelli, the superb voice that the opera had been awaiting for years, "exploded" onto the world stage performing one song. An anomalous route offering extraordinary possibilities: a real breath of fresh air in a world- that of the opera- which risked forgetting its own popular origins. It rang out all overthe world in "Time to say goodbye", while on stage it resonated in the operatic masterpieces: a voice which combines the power of the heroic tone with a youthful tenor's grace strengthened by an unusually polished timbre. An old fashioned training of a modern tenor Tuscan, like Puccini and Mascagni, Andrea Bocelli was born on 22nd September 1958 and grew up at the family farm in Lajatico, nestling between the vines of the Pisan countryside. His parents must receive the credit for having encouraged young Andrea's musical talent, allowing him to start studying the piano from the age of only six years old. Later his musical passion would extend to the flute and the saxophone but it was in his voice· that Andrea discovered the ideal instrument 1 and this was the beginning of the formative process which would produce Bocelli, the star, "a modern but old fashioned tenor" (as he likes to describe himself). In 1970 he enjoyed his first success in a singing competition: performing '0 sole 111io '.After studying singing with Maestro Luciano Bettarini), Bocelli approached Franco Carelli, an artist whom he had always worshipped. In order to pay for singing lessons, Andrea would play the piano in the local bars and in the meantime he continued to develop his interest in the humanities and graduated in Law at the University of Pi sa. Just in the same period that saw him take off in the world of pop, having been discovered by Caterina Caselli and signed to her record label "Sugar", Andrea had .an opportunity to make his debut on the operatic stage, in 1994 in Verdi's Macbeth (in the role of Macduff) directed by Claudio Desderi.