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Recommendation to Review and Provide Feedback on Staff Proposal to Develop and Implement Community Engagement Strategy for Selecting Locations for Future Physical Public Art
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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. He will present his first report to this commission on March 25, 2024.
This is an informational report to collect feedback on how to proceed on community outreach and how best to receive feedback from the public.
The proposed outreach process will be to hold three meetings between April 2024 and June 2024 open to the public in order to receive feedback from community members on where to locate physical public art in Alameda.
Staff is recommending that the Public Art Commission (PAC) review and provide feedback on the proposed community engagement plan.
BACKGROUND
In December of 2023 the City of Alameda (City) adopted the Public Art Master Plan (Plan) to guide the implementation of the City of Alameda's public art program, in alignment with the vision and goals of the City Council, PAC and Alameda community. The Five-Year Action Plan included in the Plan, which outlines actionable tasks associated with seven key recommendations to be taken over the next five years, identifies the need to "develop a process for identifying sites for public art in the future." Furthermore, the Plan identifies as a priority action item in Year 2 of the Five-Year Action Plan to "select a site and release a grant application for physical artworks".
After conducting public outreach and receiving feedback from the Public Art Commission to inform physical art site selection and future site selection processes, Public Art Program staff plan to release a competitive request for proposals (RFP) for physical ar...
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