REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Acknowledge Winners of the Santa Clara Cultural Commission 2019 Halloween Home Decoration Contest
Report
BACKGROUND
In 2017, the City of Santa Clara Cultural Commission sponsored a pilot Halloween Home Decoration Contest. The Halloween Home Decorating Contest was modeled after the Holiday Home Decoration Contest. The contest was not hosted in 2018. This year, the Cultural Commission endeavored to host a community-wide event which featured three (3) categories: 1) Scariest, 2) Most Original, and 3) People's Choice. Residents submitted their entries on the City's website between October 9 and October 24, 2019. The Cultural Commission reviewed entries for the first two categories and the community voted on the People's Choice. Winners were announced on social media on October 30, 2019 in time for neighbors to visit and see the seasonal creativity of their community. Winners receive a prized lawn sign with bragging rights and have been invited to be recognized at the November 5, 2019 Council meeting.
DISCUSSION
The City thanks our many residents for participating in the annual Halloween Home Decoration Contest by exhibiting their creativity in fun and entertaining displays. The City also appreciates the nearly 300 residents who visited and voted on their neighbors' entries for People's Choice award through social media. This participation demonstrates the best of Santa Clara's "placemaking" and community building.
Awardees for 2019 are:
1) "Scariest" - Kellog Way's "Zombies" theme;
2) "Most Original" - Mesuite Drive's "Haunted Pirate Ship" theme; and,
3) "People's Choice" - Nobili Avenue's "Dia De Los Muertos" theme.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
The action being considered does not constitute a "project" within the meaning of the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15378(b)(5) in that it is a governmental organizational or administrative activity that will not result in direct or i...
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