Recommendation to Review and Provide Feedback on Identified Primary Future Art Locations and on the Process of Primary Site Identification
To: Honorable Chair and Members of the Public Art Commission
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Jack Denham Conroy was selected as a fellow through the CivicSpark program to create a process for public outreach related to physical art site selection. This process is the capstone project of his fellowship.
This is an informational report to detail the results of initial analyses from multiple sites and community engagement data received from surveys, to suggest primary future public art locations, and to collect feedback from the Commission on how to proceed on selecting a site(s) for future public physical art.
The initial site analysis involved ranking thirty-nine (39) locations across Alameda using criteria outlined in the Public Art Master Plan. Those criteria were Geographic Equity, Visibility, Accessibility, Environmental Suitability, and Safety. A spreadsheet was designed that ranked each criteria on a scale of 1-10 based on research on Alameda's General Plan, Public Art Master Plan, Pedestrian Plan, Annual Report on Transportation, and Vision Zero, as well as independent site analysis After scoring each location on those criteria, the scores were averaged using a weighted average and the top twelve highest scoring locations were put into a Public Art Survey for community engagement.
This outreach process consisted of tabling at four community events between April 21 and June 1, 2024. At these events, people were able to get Alameda prizes (mugs, bags, bandanas, cutlery sets, and more) if they took a public art survey that aimed to get their feedback on where they wanted to see future public art. The survey asked each person to rank 12 Alameda sites for locating physical public art. This survey was also posted to the City Facebook page and sent to the Public Art and citywide email lists. Three hundred and seven (307) responses we...
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