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Shoreline
Amphitheater Name Change
3/7/2000 Study Session
A Councilmember stated that she is not
for sale and that Mountain View has 10 years of name identity with
Shoreline Amphitheatre, which is priceless. She explained that
although they are being offered the opportunity to change their
minds in a year, it would probably be impossible for the City to do
so without a lot of legal intervention and especially once they have
taken the money. She noted that there are many other businesses in
the City that have put a lot of money into the community, and
nothing has been named after them.
Motion: M/S
Noe/Kasperzak Carried 4-3; Ambra, Lieber, Stasek no
Direct
staff to work with SFX/BGP and Lycos representatives to consider
changing the name of Shoreline Amphitheatre to Lycos Amphitheater at
Mountain View for the 2000 season; and structure a deal for Council
consideration at the earliest possible Council meeting, including
enough time for a public outreach meeting or inform the Council if
that would not be possible.
3/16/1999 Council Meeting
A Councilmember stated that she is
disconcerted that this item would go to an ad hoc committee because
she is not interest in selling the name of the Amphitheatre and does
not think that the name needs to be sold to put Mountain View on the
map of Silicon Valley. A Councilmember stated that she would like
for Yahoo! to become involved the the community regardless of
whether Shoreline is named Yahoo! Pavilion and would like to see
Yahoo! become a good corporate citizen
Amphitheater
Operations
11/16/1999 Study Session
A Councilmember asked what happens
when a concert runs longer than the approved end time, such as what
happened during a concert this past season. A Councilmember asked if
the City has any input in the decision to add the parking fee into
the price of the tickets. One Councilmember stated that they could
impact traffic more by reducing the total number of cars and
encouraging public transportation, such as light rail, the Caltrain,
or shuttle services such as a party bus, etc. She added that it
should be easy to do in this situation.
A Councilmember suggested
that BGP look into establishing a free shuttle to the
Amphitheatre.
Dog Park
8/3/1999 Council Meeting
A Councilmember asked if the fact
that Shoreline at Mountain View Park is a nature preserve was taken
into consideration. A Councilmember stated that it would be
impossible for anyone to use the dog park during concerts at
Shoreline and that the accessibility is poor. Ahe added that
Shoreline at Mountain Park is a wildlife area and it in conflict to
allow a dog park there. She expressed support for Rengstorff Park
due to the accessibility for citizens.
Motion: M/S
Kaperzak/Stasek - FAILED 3-4; Faravelli, Lieber, Noe, Zoglin
no
Charleston East Site
12/12/2000 Joint meeting of the City Council and Shoreline
Regional Park Community
One Councilmember commented that it is
important if it is the desire of Council that a labor peace
agreement be adopted, that folks coming in with a proposal hear
about it immediately rather than waste a lot of people’s time.
6/27/2000 Council Meeting
One Councilmember stated that she
would not abandon the Emporium site as a potential conference center
site but still supports a hotel and conference center on this site.
She added that she would like to see an integrated site with both
hotel and cultural/educational projects developed here. She
supported Height Option No. 2, which is four stories and no more
than 82' with design controls protecting views.
5/22/2000 Study Session
A Councilmember asked what would be
the maximum height allowed for a hotel and conference center in the
North Bayshore Precise Plan and how would that compare to the SGI
and Alza buildings. A Councilmember stated that if they allow all 1
8 acres to be developed for a conference center and hotel, then they
would be reneging on the bargain that was originally made with the
community. She explained that they need a meaningful amount of space
with a commitment that there would be a significant cultural
component.
7/27/1999 Council Meeting
Work program for amendment of North
Bayshore precise plan to include hotel/conference center -
Vice-Mayor Stasek pulled this item to express concern that members
of the original North Bayshore Committee had not been informed of
this process and requested that they be notified. She also requested
that staff clarify the Council's direction taken on May 25, 1999
that consideration of amendment of the Precise Plan be limited to
consideration of the hotel/conference center use, as mentioned in
the staff report.
Amphitheater Operations
01/23/01 Special Meeting
Review of the 2000 Shoreline
Ampitheatre concert season, potential name change and
traffic/parking issues
A Councilmember asked how many concerts
when the Energy Trail was not used and was that because of a traffic
control personnel shortage. Tim Reed, General Manager at the
Shoreline Amphitheatre, responded that the Fourth of July presents
some different circumstances to work with; they have the fireworks
launching from the Golf Course adjacent to Terminal Road, and they
were asked not to use Terminal Road immediately after the concert
until the area was cleared and it was determined that there was no
fallout or burning debris on the ground, and it was not a result of
low staffing. He said that a personnel shortage exists, but it was
not significant enough to not allow a specific passageway to operate
or to close down any specific part of the operation and that that
event was the only at which the Energy Trail was not used.
A
Councilmember expressed support for pursuing the pedestrian ramp
improvement in C/D lot to route the people around to the west side
of the box office because the barricade narrows the driveway going
into C/D lot and causes a lot of interference with the traffic
coming in and out of C/D lot and the trail would get the pedestrians
off the C/D lot driveway.
Another Councilmember said her position
has not changed, and she feels that the name Shoreline Amphitheatre
at Mountain View is valuable for the City's identity. Two other
Councilmembers concurred and said they too have not changed their
position to keep the name.
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