COUNCIL FILE NO. LL~- ~~ /9 COUNCIL DISTRICT N0./3 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). y} 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* / 1. Council Office of the District vi Public Works Committee Chairperson *DISAPPROVED FILES WILL BE REFERRED TO THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE. Please return to Council Index Section, Room 395 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: Send copies of adopted report aA€l ORIGIN/\6 Rli£06UTIQN to Land Development Group. Attention: Jeff Moore (Mail Stop 901), and to Survey Division, Attention Jim Lantry (Mail Stop 904) for further processing 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 Ofthe City of Los Angeles JUl 2 B 2011 Honorable Members: C. D. No. 13 SUBJECT: Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street- Walk of Fame Additional Name in Tenazzo Sidewalk­ The Go-Go's RECOMMENDATIONS: A. That the City Council designate Location No. 5g as shown on Sheet 16 ofPlan D-13788 for the Hollywood Walk of Fame for the installation of the name ofThe Go-Go's at 6652 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 August 11, 2011. FISCAL IMPACT STATEMENT: No General Fund Impact. All cost paid by permittee. TRANSMITTALS: 1. Unnumbered communication dated June 30, 2011, from the Hollywood Historic Trust of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, biographical infmmation 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 The Go-Go's. The ceremony is scheduled for Thursday, August, 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~ Lemu~.~,-P.E. Central District Engineer Bureau of Engineering ar:wof.Ol (213) 482-7055 cc: Construction Services Center, Counter 23" Bureau of Street Services Administration ~OLLVWOOD WALK 0!= !=AM~ June 30, 2011 ML Gary Lee Moore Public Works Engineering Att: Lemuel Paco 201 N. Figueroa St. 3rd Floor, M.S. 503 Los Angeles, CA 900 L2 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: THE GO-GO'S (Category-RECORDING)- Requested star location to be 6652 Hollywood Blvd. south side of the street, in front of The Bettie Page Store. The star for THE GO-GO'S will be situated between the stars of BARRIE BARRISCALE (4G), to the east and ERROL FLYNN which is numbered {sG) to the west. According to sheet # 16 plan 13788, THE GO-GO'S star is number sg. The dedication ceremony is scheduled for Thursday, August 11, 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 fol owing materials are enclosed: THE GO-GO'S's bio and Board of Director's Minutes. Since y, rtinez Vice President, Media Relations/ Producer Hollywood Walk of Fame cc: Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Councilman Eric Garcetti Ralph Pipes Sally Castro Leron Gubler Sgt. Lamont J errett Top End Constructors Carmine Goglia Inspector Andrews Darin Cohen Leah Reid HOLLYWOOD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MINUTES June 16, 2010 Board Members Attending: Sam Smith, Chair; Barton; Baumgart; Chong; Cooper; Druyen; Falzone; Fan·ar; Folb; Goldman; Gorelick; Jones; Kalantari; Kuo; Mann; Massie; McNulty; Morris-Irvin; O'Rourke; Panatier; Shelton; Sundher; Board Member Absent: Abou-Daoud; Ainsworth; Anthony; Baumberger; Cochran; Cohen; Hart; Moe; Mushin; Ouri; Rheinstein; Stephen; Taylor;Trynin · Honorary Board Members Present: Arslanian; Diehl; Silsbee Staff Present: Gubler, Shahenian Guests Present: Neelura Bell, CRA/LA; Captain Beatrice Ginnata, LAPD I) Call to Order The meeting was called to order at 4:04pm. IV) Walk of Fame Recommendations Wall\: of Fame: Chairman John Pavlik recommended the following stars for inclusion into the Hollywood Walk of Fame. MOTION PICTURES: Penelope Cruz, Bruce Dern, Lama Dern, Diane Ladd, Ed Harris, The Muppets, Kenny Ortega, Gwyneth Paltrow, Ridley Scott, Sissy Spacek, Donald Sutherland and Reese Witherspoon. TELEVISION: Danny DeVito, Tina Fey, Simon Fuller, Neil Patrick Harris, John Langley, Ed O'Neill, John Wells, and Oprah Winfrey. RECORDING: Melissa Etheridge, Los Tigres Del Norte, Rascal Flatts, Go-Go's, Slash, Willi. Am, and Bebe & Cece Winans. Posthumous: Buddy Holly and Louis Prima LIVE PERFORMANCE/THEATRE: Joe Mantegna Motion by Goldman and seconded by Diehl to approve the tecommendation. Motion Carried. There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 5:30 pm. Respectfully submitted, Nicole Shahenian From their halcyon days as America's sweethearts to their current status as superstars who pioneered a genre, The Go-Go's preside over an amazing three~ decade reign as high pop priestesses. The internationally-loved pop hitmakers helped cement the foundation of the early SO's pop-rock sound without the aid of outside composers, session players or, most importantly, creative compromise. From their very first show, The Go-Go's sang and played their own songs, offering five feisty role models for a generation of ready-to-rock girls and good, hooky fun for pop-loving guys. Their story truly is a punk version of the American Dream. They came, they saw and they conquered the charts, the airwaves and, with their kicky kitsch appeal, pop culture in general. For a while, the band was virtually inescapable: TV guest shots, magazine covers, high-profile concert tours and movie offers turned Belinda Carlisle, Jane Wiedlin, Charlotte Caffey, Gina Schock and Kathy Valentine into certified rock stars. Their sparking California pop appealed to an astonishingly wide cross-section of music fans. Because of-- or maybe in spite of-- all this attention, they soared to become a pop phenomenon while having a Jot of fun and blazing a brand-new trail-- for the DIY ethic in general, and women in music in particular. Their self-contained battle cry was a string of irresistibly catchy, self-penned pop singles featuring Carlisle's infectious vocals, with Caffey and Wiedlin's loud, punk rock guitars and sweet backing vocals, all slammed home with Valentine's throbbing bass and Schock's big 60s beat Sure, before the Go~Go's debuted in May of '78, there were other all-female bands, but to a man (ahem, or in this case, woman) there was usually a seedy, cigar­ chompin' guy lurking just behind the curtain, puHing strings, writing songs and shaping the image as his gals danced on his string. But The Go-Go's didn't need a doctor in their house. No Phil Spector, Kim Fawley or Sonny Bono plotted their moves. It was their baby right from the start and they nursed the bouncing infant on a diet of non-stop nocturnal nourishment in dank clubs all across the city. They danced to their own joyous beat from the very beginning. The Go-Go's banded together in the truest of punk ethics: there was no master plan to get signed or in any way conquer the world. In fact, when Belinda Carlisle and Jane Wiedlin (then known by her adorably tough nome-de-punk Jane Drano) met, they weren't even musicians. But since nearly everyone else in their vicious circle of friends was forming bands, they said why not? and jumped right in that darn fountain, fully clothed. The band was conceived in the very same gritty glitter of the rough Los Angeles scene that also birthed X, The Germs, and The Weirdos. By all accounts, their first show was short, sweet-- and very, very raw. They didn't care, they were just having fun. But, just as lust can turn to love, their newfound hobby turned to dedication. Two months later, real musician Charlotte Caffey joined and their sound quickly improved. The unique mix of snotty punk discord blended with sweet pop melodies was presented with a freewheeling let's have a party thrift-store chic attitude. The ensemble quickly cultivated a dedicated clique of fans and collected glowing notices in the notoriously fickle LA press.