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Office of the City Engineer

Los Angeles California

To the Honorable Council

Of the City of Los Angeles

Honorable Members: C. D. No. 13

MAR0 3 2011 SUBJECT:

Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street - Walk of Fame Additional Name in Terrazzo Sidewalk- ZUBINMEHTA

RECOMMENDATIONS:

A. That the City Council designate the unnumbered location situated one sidewalk square easterly of and between numbered locations 27R and 27r as shown on Sheet 23 of Plan D-13788 for the Hollywood Walk of Fame for the installation of the name of Zubin at 1628 Vine Street.

B. Inform the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce ofthe Council's action on this matter.

C. That this report be adopted prior to the date ofthe ceremony on March 01, 2011.

FISCAL IMPACT STATEMENT:

No General Fund Impact. All cost paid by permittee.

TRANSMITTALS:

1. Unnumbered communication dated February 15, 2011, 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 of Fame Committee of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce has submitted a request for insertion into the Hollywood Walk of Fame the name ofZubin Mehta. The ceremony is scheduled for Tuesday, March 1,2011 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, lAJnO~,~ ~ Lem:=- ~W,P.E. Central District Engineer Bureau of Engineering

ar:wof.02 (213) 482-7042 cc: Construction Services Center, Counter 23" Bureau of Street Services Administration February 15, 2011

Mr. Gary Lee Moore Public Works Engineering Att: Lemuel Paco 201 N. Figueroa St. 3,d Floor, M.S. 503 Los Angeles, CA 90012 Fax 213 482-7007

Dear Mr. Moore:

The Walk of Fame Committee of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce has approved the below listed name for insertion into the Hollywood Walk of Fame:

ZUBIN MEHTA (Category -RECORDING)- Requested star location to be 1628 Vine Street, on the East side of the street, near the W Hotel which near the comer of Hollywood & Vine. The star for ZUBIN MEHTA will be sitnated in the second row, next to the stars (in the original row) of DOLORES DEL RIO (27r), to the North and JEANNETTE MCDONALD which is numbered (27R) to the South. According to sheet #23 plan 13788, ZUBIN MEHTA's star has no number as it will be placed in the second row closest to the building. The dedication ceremony is scheduled for Tuesday, March 1, 2011 at 11:30 a.m .

.Thank you for your cooperation in this request. I look forward to a response from your office soon. If you have questions call me at (323) 468-1376.

The following materials are enclosed: ZUBIN MEHTA'S bio, and the Board of Director's Minutes.

J\. artinez \.::::X::""""V~ice President, Media Relations, Producer Walk of Fame cc: Mayo! Antonio Villaraigosa Council President Eric Garcetti Leron Gubler Ralph Pipes Carmine Goglia Armenia Aguilar Yolanda Flores Nancy Mehta Sgt. Lamont jerrett Top End Constructors Sally Castro S, Ponsot Inspector Andrews Angenee Reygados Darin Cohen " #2..

April 20, 1996 - Lake Arrowhead Resort MINUTES

Attending: Steve Lew, President; Arslanian, Barr, Baumgart, Buckley, Cluff, Dudas, Grant, Hilty, Johnson, Kleinick, Laxineta, Nedick, Nelson, Parsons, Rainwater, Robertson, Buiz, Thomas, Staff: Gubler; Frank, French, Miller, Skibba, Talarico, Welsh, Guests: Michael Smith, Nyla Arslanian, Pablo Ruiz.

Absent: Artz, Crowe, Dubin, Golden, testz, Lew, Mandernach, Navarro, Nulman, Putrirnas, Rau. Salamone, Saphier, Shields, Uzel, Waldvogel, Wu.

President Lew called a special meeting of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors to order at 9:04 a.rn. Grant Moved, Buckley Seconded, and the motion Passed (MSP) to approve the Walk of Fame Committee's nominations of ~bin Meht~, Sherry Lansing, Don Johnson and Sid Cassid to receive stars on the Hollywood Walk Of'Fame.

There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 9: 16 a.rn.

~.fLi~IIY~ uJ;tfJI~:------! Clint I\I!iller Assistant Executive Director Martinez-Holler, Ana

Subject: zubin mehta bio

In anticipation of his 50,h anniversary of his debut with the Philharmonic and the 75'" anniversary of

the founding of the Israel Philharmonic, the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce will honor international orchestral and operatic conductor, Zuhin Mehta with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on March 1, 2011. Mehta's tour begins in

Florida on February 20, 2011.

Mehta was born in Bombay, India and received his early musical education under his father , who was a

noted concert violinist and the founder of the Bombay Symphony Orchestra. After a short period of pre-medical studies, he

left for Vienna in 1954 where he eventually entered the conducting program at the Akademie fur Musik. Mehta won the

Liverpool International Conducting Competition in 1958 and was also a prize-winner of the summer academy at Tanglewood. By 1961 he had already conducted the Vienna, Berlin and Israel Philharmonic Orchestras and will be celebrating 50 years of

musical collaboration with all three ensembles.

Mehta was Music Director of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra from 1961 to 1967 and also assumed the Music

Directorship of the Orchestra in 1962, a post he retained until 1978. In 1969 he was appointed

Music Adviser to the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and was made Music Director of that orchestra in 1977. In 1981 the Israel

Philharmonic Orchestra awarded him the title of Music Director for Life. He has conducted more than 3,000 concerts with this extraordinary ensemble including tours spanning five continents. In 1978 he took over the post of Music Director of the

New York Philharmonic commencing a tenure lasting 13 years, the longest in the orchestra's history. Since 1985, he has been

chief conductor of the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in Florence.

Mehta made his debut as an opera conductor with in Montreal in 1963. Since then he has conducted at the

Metropolitan Opera New York, the , the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, La Scala Milan, and the

opera houses of Chicago and Florence as well as at the Salzburg Festival, Between 1998 and 2006 he was Music Director of

the in . In October, 2006, he opened the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia in Valencia and is since

then the President of the annual Festival del Mediterrani in Valencia, Mehta's list of awards and honors is extensive and includes the "Nikisch-Ring", bequeathed to him by Karl Bohm. He is an honorary citizen of both Florence and Tel Aviv and was made an honorary member of the Vienna State Opera in 1997, of

the Bavarian State Opera in 2006 and of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde Wien in 2007. The title of "Honorary Conductor"

was bestowed to him by the following orchestras: Orchestra (2001), Orchestra

(2004), Los Angeles Philharmonic (2006), Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino (2006), (2006). In October, 2008, Zubin Mehta was honored by the Japanese Imperial Family with the "Praernium Imperiale". In 2006 he joined

a most prestigious group of esteemed artists as a Kennedy Center Honoree.

Mehta continues to support the discovery and furtherance of musical talents all over the world. Together with his brother

Zarin, he is a co-chairman of the Mehli Mehta Music Foundation in Bombay where more than 200 children are educated in

Western Classical Music. The Buchmann-Mehta School of Music in Tel Aviv develops young talent in Israel and is closely

1 related to the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, as is a new project of teaching young Arab Israelis in the cities of Shwaram and

Nazareth with local teachers and members of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.

Ana Martinez Vice President, Media Relations/Producer Hollywood Walk of Fame

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7018 Hollywood Blvd. Hollywood, CA 90028 Tel: (323) 469-8311 ext. 27 Press: (323) 468-1376 Fax: (323) 469-2805 www.hollywoodchamber.net

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