COUNCIL FILE NO. /;;2 ~ /3!:J.~ 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 83-1075-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). __K_} 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. ____} Other: PLEASE DO NOT DETACH THIS APPROVAL SHEET FROM THE COUNCIL FILE ACCELERATED REVIEW PROCESS - E Office of the City Engineer Los Angeles California To the Honorable Council AUG 2 8 lfJtZ Of the City of Los Angeles Honorable Members: C. D. No. 13 SUBJECT: Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street- Walk of Fame Additional Name in Tenazzo Sidewalk­ VINCE GILL RECOMMENDATIONS: A. That the City Council, designate the unnumbered location situated one sidewalk square nmiherly of and between numbered locations 47K and 48k as shown on Sheet 19 of Plan D-13788 for the Hollywood Walk of Fame for the installation ofthe name of Vince Gill at 6901 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 of the ceremony on September 6, 2012. FISCAL IMPACT STATEMENT: No General Fund Impact. All cost paid by permittee. TRANSMITTALS: 1. U1mumbered communication dated August l, 2012, from the Hollywood Historic Trust of the 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 of Vince Gill. The ceremony is scheduled for Thmsday, September 6, 2012 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 seemed at 201 N. Figueroa Street 3rd Floor, Counter 23. Respectfully submitted, w ~IV Lemuel M. co, P.E. Central District ngineer Bureau of Engineering pkt:wof.02 (213) 482-7030 cc: Construction Services Center, Counter 23 Bureau of Street Services Administration August 1, 2012 Mr. Gary L. Moore Public Works Engineering Att: Lemuel Paco 201 N. Figueroa, 3rd Floor, M.S. 503 Los Angeles, CA 90012 Dear Mr. Moore: The Walk of Fame Committee of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce has approved the below listed name for insettion into the Hollywood Walk of Fame: VINCE GU.L (Category-RECORDING) Requested star location to be 6901 Hollywood Boulevard, north side of the street next to the Hard Rock Cafe Hollywood and The Sweets Store. The star for VINCE GILL will be placed in the second row and will be situated between the stars of LOU ADLER and a blank square in the second row. The star will be in the original row next to the stars of ROBIN WILLIAMS which is numbered (48k) to the west and the star of '~ BRODERICK CRAWFORD, which is numbered ( 47K) to the east. According to sheet ffiS'pJan \)- \~7 S~ P-35375, the star site for VINCE GILL has no number. The dedication ceremony is scheduled for THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2012 at 11:30 a.m. Thank you for your cooperation in this request. I look forward to a response from your office soon. ing materials are enclosed: VINCE GILL' S bio, and the Board of Directors minutes. na artinez Vice President, Media Relations & Producer Walk of Fame CC: Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Sgt. Jerrett Councilman Eric Garcetti Darin Cohen J. Orsi Sally Castro Top End Construction D. Cbismire Leron Gubler Carmine Goglia Maureen O'Connor Alison Auerbach One of the most popular singers in modern country music, Vince Gill has a love for country music, top-notch songwriting, and world-class guitar playing, all wrapped in a warm tenor and a quick and easy wit. Gill achieved his big breakthrough with "When I Call Your Name," which won the Country Music Association's Single ofthe Year award. Since then, he has won 17 more CMA honors, including Song of the Year four times - making him the most awarded mtist in that category in CMA history. Since 1990, Gill has walked away with 20 Grammy Awards and has racked up sales in excess of26 million. Gill co~hosted the CMA Awards for 12 consecutive years. He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2007. After a long and musically productive spell of writing, touring and recording with other artists, he roars back on his own with his MCA Records album, Guitar Slinger. Gill just received his 41st Gram my nomination for the song "Threaten Me With Heaven" which he co-wrote with his wife Amy Grant, Dillon O'Brian and the late Will Owsley. VI c GILL BIOGRAPHY "Vince Gill is quite simply a living prism refracting all that is good in country music. He uses the crystal planes of his songwriting, his playing, and his singing to give us a musical rainbow that embraces all men and spans all seasons." ~Kyle Young/Country Music Foundation on Vince's induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame Vincent Grant Gill was bom April 12, 1957 in Norman, Okla. His mother and father encouraged him to learn to play guitar and banjo, which he did along with bass, mandolin, dobro and fiddle. While in high school, he performed in the bluegrass band Mountain Smoke, which built a strong local following and opened a concert for Pure Prairie League. After graduating high school in 1975, Gill moved to Louisville, Ky. to be part ofthe band Bluegrass Alliance. After a brief time in Ricky Skaggs's Boone Creek band, Gill moved to Los Angeles and joined Sundance, a bluegrass group fronted by fiddler Byron Berline. In 1979, he joined Pure Prairie League as lead singer and recorded three albums with the band, the first of which yielded the Top Ten pop hit "Let Me Love You Tonight" in 1980. Depatting the group in 1981, Gill joined Rodney Crowell's backing band the Cherry Bombs, where he met and worked with Tony Brown and Emory Gordy Jr., both of whom would later produce many of his future solo albums. In 1983, Gill signed with RCA Records and moved to Nashville to pursue his dream of being a Country Music artist. His debut mini-album Turn Me Loose (produced by Gordy) was released the following year, featuring his first charting solo single, "Victim of Life's Circumstance." The Things That Matter, his first full album was released later that year, featuring two Top 10 hits: a duet with Rosanne Cash on "Ifit Weren't For Him" and a solo hit with "Oklahoma Borderline." In 1987 he achieved his first Top 5 single, "Cinderella," from his album The Way Back Home. In addition to performing as a solo miist, Gill also worked frequently as a studio musician, wrote songs for other artists and toured with Emmylou Harris. Gill signed with MCA Records in 1989, reuniting with Brown as a producer, and released the album When I Call Your Name. While the debut single "Oklahoma Swing" (a duet with Reba McEntire) reached the Top 20, it was the title cut that firmly established the singer as a new force on the Country Music scene. The song peaked at No.2 and earned Gill his first CMA Award (Single of the Year) and his first Grammy Award (Best Male Country Vocal Perfonnance) in 1990. The next single, "Never Knew Lonely," peaked at No.3 and the album was ce1tified Platinum by the RIAA for sales of more than one million copies. Declining an offer from Mark Knopfler to join Dire Straits as a full-time member, Gill went on to record his next album Pocket Full ofGold, which also became a Platinum certified album after it was released in 1991. The album featured four Top 10 hits including the title cut, "Liza Jane," "Look at Us" and "Take Your Memory With You." That year he also earned his first CMA Vocal Event of the Year Award for his performance with Mark O'Connor and the New Nashville Cats (featuring Gill, Ricky Skaggs and Steve Wariner). In 1992 he released the quadruple-Platinum certified I Still Believe In You. The title cut became Gill's first No. 1 single, followed quickly by "Don't Let Our Love Start Slippin' Away." The album also featured the hits "One More Last Chance," "Tryin' to Get Over You" and "No Future in the Past." Gill also topped the charts with "The Heart Won't Lie," his second duet with McEntire, which was featured on her album It's Your Call.