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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1984-01-17; City Council; 7619; 1984 Olympic Torch $3,000 Relay donation8B# 74 /? MTG. 1 /17/84 DEPT. P&R RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council approve Resolution No. 7Lj7f' approving the transfer of $3,000 from the Contingency Fund to the Administrative Account of Parks & Recreation 01 -41-10-2490 as a contribution to the Olympic Torch Relay. DEPT. HD. %ITY AlTY TITLE: 1984 OLYtlPIC TORCH $3,000 RELAY DONATION ITEM EXPLANAT ION The 1984 Torch Relay offers the opportunity to be a part of the XXIII C!lympiad. Starting in New York City on May 8th, the torch will be hand-carried approximately 19,000 kilometers (12,000 miles) throughout the United States. course goes through San Diego County and concludes July 28 in the Los Angeles Coliseun; at the opening ceremonies of the Olympics. A portion of the The League of California Cities has set a goal to sell 200 kilometers in San Diego County at $3,000 per kilometer. buying one kilometer and designating a runner. The League is askina the City to consider The Parks & Recreation Department and the Public Information Officer will coordinate this worthwhile activity. Staff recormends offering a City wide lottery at $13 per ticket. of the lottery will be the City's designated runner. the activity will be used to reimburse the City. $3,000 wi 11 be uti 1 i zed fo? youth sports. The winner The money collected from Puny excess funds over the In addition, the coordinating committee will attempt to sell an additional nine kilometers running through the City on 1-5. The monies generated through the donations can be designated for the young people ages 12-17 years of age in Carlsbad who are in organizations such as the Boys and Girls Club, Girls Club, YMCA, or the Carlsbad Athletic Recreation Association. in the community.) (This group consists of all the youth sports groups and leagues FISCAL IMPACT: The City will provide the initial $3,000 contribution. Hopefully, the sale of lottery tickets will generate enough revenue to reimburse the expenditure. EXHIBITS 1. Resolution No. 7r7r 2. Letter dated December 16, 1983 from the Ldague of California Cities. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 a 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 1E 1s 2c 21 22 2: 24 25 26 27 28 RESOLUTION NO. 7478 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA APPROVING THE TRANSFER OF STRATIVE ACCOUNT OF PARKS AND RECREATION FOR A CONTRIBUTION TO THE OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY REVENUE FROM THE CONTINGENCY FUND TO THE ADMINI- WHEREAS, the City of Carlsbad wishes to contribute $3,000 to the Olympic Torch Relay; and WHEREAS, one individual will be selected to carry the torch as a representative of the city; and WHEREAS, the city will conduct a lottery to select the runner; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Carlsbad as follows: 1. That the amount of $3,000 be transferred from the Contingency Fund account number 01-1950-2470 to the account of Parks and Recreation Administration, Miscellaneous Outside Services account number 01-4110-2490 as a contribution to the Olympic Torch Relay. 2. That the fund transfer is on file in the Finance Department. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED’at a regular meeting of the City Council of Carlsbad held on the 17thday of January , 1984 by the following vote to wit: AYES: Council Wrs Casler, Lewis, Kulchin, Chick and Prescott NOES : None ABSENT: None ATTEST : GRY H. CPLER, Mayor RECEIVED DEC 2 0 1983 c 1 LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES SAN DIEGO COUNTY DIVISION 200 EAST MAIN STREET, EL CAJON, CA 92020 MAYOR JOHN REBER PRESIDENT December 16, 1983 Mayor Mary Casler and Council Members City of Carlsbad CARLSBAD CHULA VISTA 1200 Elm Avenue Carlsbad, CA 92008 CORONADO DEL MAR Dear Mayor Casler : EL CAJON I have been appointed as the Coordinator and Chairman of all San Diego County Cities and governmental agencies to bring the ESCONDIDO 1984 Olympic Torch Relay through San Diego County. Enclosed is a Torch fact sheet and proposed route through our cities. IMPERIALBEACH The definite routing has yet to be established. I would respectfully ask your City to consider buying one representative of your choice for the relay. The sales LA MESA LEMONGROVE kilometer at $3,000 with the Torch to be carried by a NATIONAL CITY goal for San Diego County is 200 kilometers. Contributions in San Diego County will benefit the Boys' ClEh OCEANSIDE POWAY of America, Girls' Club of America and the YMCA. SAN DIEGO Certified checks, money orders, as well as personal and corporate checks will be accepted and should be made payable to: SAN MARCOS SANTEE The LAOOC Torch Relay Foundation VISTA Please return your application and check to: San Diego Olympic Torch Relay, Youth Legacy 525 IIB" Street - Room 1919 San Diego, California 92101 Your "K" will be logged and assigned on the proposed route to your preferred geographical area. will then be forwarded to Los Angeles. The checks and applications 3 December 16, 1983 Page Two Thank you for your interest and support in the 1984 Olympic Torch Relay. Sincerely, John Reber, Mayor City of El Cajon JR:ML/dr i. PIClRC OCEAN c C c A N Ci La Angek, CA 90086 Telephone: (21 3) 305.1984 Telex: 6831420 OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY FACT SHEET Arrival: Distance: New York City, May 8, 1984 Approximately 12,000 milcs/19,000 kilometers Torchbearers: More than lO,OOO States: Cities: Torch Weight: Height: Gas : Burn time: Quantity : Materials : All SO states and the District of Columbia About 1,000 communities, including Washington, D.C., Atlanta, Indianapolis, Chicago, St. Louis, Xnoxville, Detroit, Memphis, Cincinnati, Kansas City, Tulsa, Denver, Dallas, Phoenix, Salt Lake City, Seattle, Reno, San Francisco, Los Angeles New YOrk, Boston, Philadelphia, 2 pounds, 2 ounces/l kilogram 22 incherlS6 centimeters Propane Up to 50 minutes lO,OOO plus (United States) 675 plus (Greece) Spun aluminum with an antique bronze finish, Leather handle grip. Name band on handle for engraving the torchbearer's name, Torches will be numbered sequen- tially and inscribed with the Olympic (Swifter, Righer, Stronger) motto: 'Citius, Altius, Fortius' c . ____- ---- .. .. .. . . Q r' .- .. .. -2- HISTORY OF THE OLYMPIC FLAME The Olympic Flame was an important part of the ancient Games. housed glowing embers that the winning athlete used to revive the flame every four years. The Olympians who participated in the 1928 Amsterdam Games were the first to compete in the modern era under an Olympic Flame. was lighted and burned throughout the duration of the Games, ' In Olympia, a sanctuary dedicated to the goddess Hestia A giant torch at the entrance to the main stadium Los Angeles in 1932 continued the tradition. In 1984, the Games of the XXIIIrd Olympiad will mark the first the in Olympic Games history that the Olympic flame will be lighted at the same stadium. The first Torch Relay took place in 1936 when Berlin hosted the Games. Following the ceremonial lighting in Greece, seven countries were traversed in 12 days as 3,000 runners covered 5,758 kilometers (3,570 miles) to bring the flame to the host city. The Tokyo Torch Relay in 1964 deployed over 100,000 torch- bearers, the most in Olympic history. The final torchbearer was Yoshinori Sakai, who was born in Hiroshima the day the A-bomb was dropped. In 1968, the Mexico Torch Relay took 50 dais and involved 2,278 runners . Enriqueta Basilio, the last torchbearer, became the first woman in Olympic history to light the Olympic Flame, In 1976, the Olympic Flame was transmitted in a matter of seconds from Athens to Ottawa, Canada, In Athens, the flame was placed in a sensor which detected and coded its energy. The coded signal was beamed to a satellite which transmitted the signal to a receiver in Ottawa. The energy signal witched on a laser beam which ignited the Olympic Flame to be transported to Montreal. Sandra Henderson and Stephane Prefontaine, lighted the stadium flame at the end of the four-day relay. postscript to the 1976 Games: Henderson and Prefontafne were later married. Two 15-year-old students, An interesting # # # 7- - - -- . --c c - - .-- . __- - LA. 0.0. C. Torch Rd8y Telephone: (213) 3057984 Foundation Telex: 6831420 Los Angeles, CA 90084 OLYMPIC TORCH: A LONG TRADITION When the Olympic Torch is carried into the Los AngeleS Memorial Coliseum in the late afternoon of July 28, 1984, the ceremony will be a link in a tradition that spans centuries. At the ancient Olympic Games, where the sports competition vas part of religious observances, a sacred flame was offered to the goddess Hestia, and gloving embers were kept burning before her altar at Olympia. The winning athlete was given the honor of reviving the flame. Over the centuries, torches have been lighted to convey good news, and vith this tradition in mind, a ceremonial torch was lighted at the beginning of the Amsterdam Games in 1928 and burned at the entrance to the main stadium for the duration of the Games. - more - c .:.. - .- c . -2- The dramatic lrymbolfsm of the flaming torch captured the imagination of the sporting world, and was repeated at the 1932 Olympics, For the 1936 Berlin Olympics, at the urging of Professor Carl Diem, founder of the Graduate School of Sports in Cologne, a torch relay was held, in which the torch was ceremonially ignited in Olympia, then carried from hand to hand 'I lacross Europe to the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, A tradition and integral part of the Olympic ritual was thereby begun. The lighting of the torch in Olympia, Greece, is a very well-defined procedure, based on an ancient religious ceremony. The torch lighting takes place at the Altar of Zeus near the the stadium where the ancient Olympic Games were held. The ceremony begins with the national anthems of Greece and the host country for the Games, followed by the 'Athlete's Eymn.' Speeches by the President of the Greek Olympic Committee and officials of the Organizing Committee follow, Next, a procession of vestal virgins accompanies the High Priestess of Eera to the altar, where the High Priestess uses a concave mirror to kindle a flame using rays from the while the ode "Light of Olympia' by the poet Takis Doxas is recited. The first athlete approaches the altar and receives the flame from the High Priestess. The athlete carries the torch to the . nearby monument to Pierre de Coubertin, and. lights a flame on ' the Olympic Ntar. Holding the torch aloft, the athlete salutes the monument as a mark of respect and tribute to De Coubcrtin, Surrounded by an escort, the torchbearer carries the torch to the village of Olympia, where a relay begins '3 = 3 .- Since 1936 when the torch relay began, the process of transporting the torch from Athens to the site of the OlymFic Games has varied considerably. the flame @s energy wus coded by a sensor in Athens and beamed to a satellite, which transmitted the energy to Ottawa where it ignited a torch. Seven hundred runners carried the torch from Ottawa to Montreal; for its final leg, two 15-year-old students brought the flame into the Olympic Stadium. . For the 1976 Montreal Olympics, . In contrast, the torch relay for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics involved 101,473 runners who covered 7,487 kilometers. For'.the Mexico City Olympics in 1968, the torch traced Christopher Columbus@ route from Spain to the New WorlO. The route of the 1984 torch relay will be the longest ever, covering 19,000 kilometers or nearly 12,000 miles, using more than 10,000 torchbearers. In what promises to be a dramatic highlight of Opening Ceremonies, the last runner will enter the fios Angeles Memorial Coliseum minutes after the President of the United States utters the words "1 declare open the Olympic Games of fns Angeles celebrating the XXIIIrd Olympiaa of the modern era." Eolding aloft the Olympic Torch, the runner will circle the track, then climb a platform to light the Game Torch, which will burn continuously for the duration of the 1984 Olympic LA. 0.0. C. Torch Relay Telephone: (213) 3051984 Foundation Telex: 6831420 Las Angeles, CA 90084 1984 OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY HIGHLIGHTS -- The 1984 Olympic Torch Relay will help youth in America as the runners pass the torch hand to hand across America . -- Thousands of Americans will carry the torch, and millions of young people throughout the country will benefit through expanded athletic programs that will get them involved in Olympic sports. -- Any individual, community organization, group or business making a commitment of $3,000 can designate a torch- bearer for one of 10,000 "Youth Legacy Kilometers". -- Proceeds will go to Boys Clubs of America, Girls Clubs of America and Family YMCAs in an unprecedented nationwide effort to enhance sports programs for boys and girls from the ages of 12 to 17. .- . .- .-- - .. -2- -- The Olympic Torch Relay, the longest ever, will cover 19,000 kilometers -- nearly 12,000 miles -- and pass through all 50 states and the District of Columbia. It will begin May 8, 1984, in New York City and end 82 days later at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. -- Grandchildren of two legendary Olympic athletes -- Jim Thorpe and Jesse Owens -- will carry the Olympic Torch for the first kilometer in New York City. -- A series of torchbearers will carry the Olympic Flame across the United States day and night. They will alternate carrying the torch every eight kilometers and accompany "Youth .Legacy Kilometer" torchbearers . -- American Telephone 6 Telegraph (ATST), official sponsor of the Olympic Torch Relay, and the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee (LAOOC) will provide logistical support . Twentytwo vehicles will accompany the torchbearer& and carry support teams, food, medical and communications equipment and other supplies. -- The 1984 Olympic Torch Relay will, in the words of LAOOC President Peter V. Ueberroth, "sow seeds across the country for continuing support of sports programs for young people, especially those from the ages of 12 to 17, so they'll have the opportunity to play and enjoy Olympic sports long after the 1984 Games. "There's usually interest in the Olympic Torch Relay at the start and finish," Ueberroth said, "but in 1984, the Torch Relay will have meanins even step of the wav,* - v- 4%'. .* 0984 OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY A Legecy tQ Youth 6 I Si€% Gumesofthc NEWS INFORMATION OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY TO CREATE LEGACY FOR AMERICA'S YOUTH NEW YORK CITY (July 28) -- Americans from all walks of life will have a chance to be torchbearers for the 1984 Olympic Games and help create a $30 million legacy for youth athletic programs when the Olympic Flame is relayed across the United States next year. In an unprecedented nationwide effort to enhance sports programs for boys and girls from the ages of 12 to 17, the Us Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee (LAOOC) has earmarked 10,000 kilometers of the Olympic Torch Relay route "Youth Legacy Kilometers," LAOOC President Peter V. Ueberroth announced in New York City today. Any individual, community organization, group or business making a commitment of $3,000 can designate a torchbearer for a "Youth Legacy Kilometer." _._ ___ c - -. -2- The proceeds will go to BOY6 Clubs of America, Girls Clubs of America and Family YMCAs, who in turn will develop Olympic sports programs for young people across the nation. We want part of the legacy of the 1984 Olympic Games to be a lasting commitment to the youth of Ameri~a,~ Ueberroth said. "We believe that local organizations, as well as individuals, businesses and other groups, will join hands to help relay the Olympic Torch across the country. They'll share in the excite- ment of the relay and help to open the Olympic Games -- and they'll be sowing the seeds for youth athletic programs that will give youngsters opportunities to play and enjoy Olympic sports for years after the Games." "Youth Legacy Kilometers" will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. pating Boys Clubs, Girls Clubs and Family Ys and the LAOOC Olympic Torch Relay Foundation in Los Angeles. Applications can be obtained from partici- The LAOOC Olympic Torch Relay Foundation will attempt to ensure that each "Youth Legacy Kilometer" will be within 50 miles of the sponsor's city of residence or requested location along the route. distance in no more than seven minutes. Each participant must be able to cover the "Youth Legacy Kilometer" torchbearers will receive: -- The official, limited-edition 1984 Olympic Torch, with I a place for the bearer's name to be engraved'on a band on the leather handle. -0 The 1984 Olympic Torch Relay unifonn. -0 A certificate cononemorating participation. -3- Applications for "Youth Legacy Kilometers" will be considered until all 10,000 have been sponsored. Sponsors will be notified as to time and place of the assignment in March 1984. In the meantime, each applicant will receive notices confirming receipt of the application within eight weeks. Only official application orders will be accepted. The mailing address for the LAW Torch Relay Foundation is: The Torch Relay Foundation, Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee, Los Angeles, Calif., 90084- The telephone number is: (213) GO TORCH.