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1 ACCELERATED REVIEW PROCESS - E Office of the City Engineer Los Angeles California To the Honorable Council Of the City of Los Angeles FEB Honorable Members: C. D. No. 13 SUBJECT: Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street- Walk of Fame Additional Name in Terrazzo Sidewalk ED HARRIS RECOMMENDATIONS: A. That the City Council designate the unnumbered location situated one sidewalk square southerly of and between numbered locations 37G and 37g as shown on Sheet #17 of Plan D for the Hollywood Walk of Fame for the installation of the name of Ed Harris at 6712 Hollywood Boulevard. B. Inform the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce ofthe Council's action on this matter. C. That this report be adopted prior to the date of the ceremony on :ty1arch 13, FISCAL IMP ACT STATEMENT: No General Fund Impact. All cost paid by permittee. TRANSMITTALS: 1. Unnumbered communication dated February 5, 2015, 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.

2 City Council 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 Ed Harris. The ceremony is scheduled for Friday, March 13,2015 at 11:30 a.m. The communicant's request is in accordance with City Council action of October 18, 1978, under Council File No 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, ful!/1); Shahin Behdin, P.E. Acting Central District Engineer Bureau of Engineering pkt:wof.02 (213) cc: Construction Services Center, Counter 23 Bureau of Street Services Administration

3 * * * ~ OL LUW OOD CHAMBER 01= COMMERCE l ebruary 5, 2015 Mr. Gary L. Moore Public Works Engineering Att Lemuel Paco 201 N. Figueroa, 3rd Floor, M.S. 503 Los Angeles, CA 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: ED HARRIS ~ (Category -MOTION PICTURES) Requested star location to be 6712 Hollywood Boulevard in front of the Egyptian Theater on the South side of the street The star for ED HARRIS will be placed in the second row next to the original row closest to the property which is The Pig n' Whistle. The stars situated in the original row where star is near are SYLVESfER STALLONE (37g) to the east, and YEHUDI MENUIN(37G) to the East According to sheet# 17 plan 13788, ED HARRIS'S star has no designated number. THE STAR WILL POINT WEST. The dedication ceremony is scheduled for Friday, March 13, 2015 at 11:30 a.m. Thank you for your cooperation in this request I look forward to a response from your office soon. The following materials are enclosed: ED HARRIS'S bio and the Board of Director's Minutes and Property Owner's Consent Form. Vi e President, Media Relations Producer Hollywood Walk of Fame cc: Mayor Garcetti Councilman O'Farrell William Ayala Sgt Lamont Jerrell Leron Gubler SPEC Security Top End Const Hannibal Harris Carmine Goglia Adam Keen Ernie Johnston

4 mk nc Ed Harris Concise Biography Ed Harris stars opposite Liam Neeson this spring in Run All Night for director Jaume Collet and Warner Bros., and in Michael Amereyda's modem adaptation of Shakespeare's "Cymbeline," Anarchy, with Ethan Hawke and Milla Jovovich. He recently completed filming on Dean Devlin's Geostorm. Harris made his feature film directing debut on Pollock, receiving an Academy Award nomination as Best Actor for his performance in the title role. His co-star, Marcia Gay Harden, won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar under his direction. Harris' film credits include Appaloosa (director, co-screenwriter and star), A History of Violence (Natl. Society of Film Critics Award), The Hours (Oscar, Golden Globe, SAG and BAFTA nominations), last year's Frontera with Michael Pena and The Face of Love with Annette Bening, Pain and Gain, Gone Baby Gone, The Truman Show (Oscar nomination, Golden Globe Award), Apollo 13 (Oscar and Golden Globe nominations, SAG Award), The Way Back, Copying Beethoven, The Right Stuff, The Abyss, The Rock, The Human Stain, A Beautiful Mind, Stepmom, The Firm, A Flash ofgreen, Places in the Heart, Alamo Bay, Sweet Dreams, Jacknife, State of Grace, The Third Miracle and Touching Home. On television, Harris wiij star in JJ. Abrams' and Jonathan Nolan's Westworld for HBO. When last on HBO, Harris won a Golden Globe A ward for Best Supporting Actor, along with Emmy and SAG nominations, for his portrayal of John McCain in the Jay Roach-directed Game Change. He starred with Paul Newman in the HBO miniseries Empire Falls, for which performance he received Emmy, Golden Globe and SAG Best Actor nominations. His other television credits include The Last Innocent Man, Running Mates, Paris Trout and Riders of the Purple Sage, for which he and his wife Amy Madigan, as co-producers and co-stars, were presented with the Western Heritage Wrangler Award for "Outstanding Television Feature Film." In 2012, at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles, Harris starred with Amy Madigan, Bill Pullman and Glenne Headley in the world premiere of playwright Beth Henley's The Jacksonian, directed by Robert Falls. He reprised that role this past fall to critical acclaim in the play's New York Premiere at Off-Broadway's Acorn Theater. Harris received both an Outer Critics Circle Award nomination ("Outstanding Solo Performance") and a Lucille Lortel Award 8687 Melrose A venue 8th Flocr Los Angeles Ca"forma tel fax

5 nomination ("Outstanding Solo Show") for the Off-Broadway production of Wrecks at New York City's Public Theatre. He originated the role, with writer/director Neil LaBute, for the play's world premiere at the Everyman Palace Theatre in Cork, Ireland and won the 2010 LA Drama Critics Circle Award for "Best Solo Performance" for the production of Wrecks at the Geffen Playhouse. His theatre credits include: Ronald Harwood's Taking Sides, Sam Shephard's plays Fool for Love (Obie), and Simpatico (Lucille Lortel Award for "Best Actor"), George Furth's Precious Sons (Drama Desk Award), Prairie Avenue, Scar, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Grapes of Wrath, and Sweet Bird of Youth. 1/ Melrose Avenue 8th Floor Los Angeles California tel fax

6 HOLLYWOOD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MINUTES June 16, 2010 Board Members Attending: Sam Smith, Chair; Barton; Baumgart; Chong; Cooper; Druyen; Falzone; Farrar; 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, CRNLA; Captain Beatrice Girmala, LAPD I) Call to Order The meeting was called to order at 4:04pm. IV) Walk of Fame Recommendations Walk of Fame: Chairman John Pavlik recommended the following stars for inclusion into the Hollywood Walk of Fame. MOTION PICTURES: Penelope Cruz, Bruce Dem, Laura Dem, 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, Will i. 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 recommendation. Motion Carried. There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 5:30 pm. Respectfully submitted, Nicole Shahenian