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Anna Freeman reported that Parks, Recreation and Open Space staff taught weekly visual-arts classes for children entering kindergarten through second grade and hosted a July ornament-making activity tied to the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree project. Staff also coordinated a donated musical flower playground piece for early childhood users and worked with juvenile services and volunteers to paint replacement tiles for an existing tile artwork in the park.

Oncoming events announced by a Breaux Arts Center representative included a multi-stage community festival with live music and food trucks, the annual Carson City Music and Mural festival with 12 new murals to be painted downtown, and Mark Twain Days scheduled to take place on the Breaux Arts Center campus in October. Freeman invited community members to serve as contract teachers, volunteers or sponsors for arts programming and provided the Carson City Arts & Culture website and social channels for additional information.

Commissioners asked questions about special-event permitting consistency and suggested staff or commissioners consult planning and permitting staff to clarify rules and grant processes for future agendas and potential grant recommendations. No actions were taken on the staff-update item; it was an informational report.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Carson City - Cultural Commission","oneSentenceSummary","Arts & Culture staff updated the commission on summer visual-arts classes for young children, a donated musical flower playground installation, tile-replacement work and upcoming festivals and events around downtown and the Breaux Arts Center campus.","taxTitle","Carson City, Ormsby County, Nevada","taxId",4609,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6475374,"Carson City commission accepts donated sculpture 'Aster' for Mills Park with engineer stamp requirement",224,1556000,1780000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5734444-2f42cb8f5d2f126af904992ecaee77a5&start=1556&end=1780","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5734444-2f42cb8f5d2f126af904992ecaee77a5/thumbnail_1556000.jpg","/articles/6475374/Carson-City/Ormsby-County/Nevada/Carson-City-commission-accepts-donated-sculpture-Aster-for-Mills-Park-with-engineer-stamp-requirement","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6475374-608d1540c16230f04e6b120810e4900d/orig.mp4?Expires=1771193617&Signature=i0yN0ym48FGmKTeIwi2BlHqaAlqpY0KrAvMFABaqOXHSrFrWvkTX4cSvDWEfrOmEy27b2PWAisqMhu0JZshI~Nw1OjmUqSv0-yToGUc5H-EcABDjnpJ331JlSJLcEPk0-3-dF2SeymOA3DpTBHhemCzRyKiEhwKBM0B0X4YDoY8puZzYAA2UxzIzOSjw8JZ20qVUvPS-tFLE5Yy86D90f0sc1Uhb01rzt7FB5MtjE0raqmyPP86AgD780w6VQY207K18zRL7fD9yg17tQjk~2GJyTTnw-q1YyWrU~sHEHcLto~tZewYfkciqAtCaxOc12RehfeZo1Xs2kXiykj5oVA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Carson City Cultural Commission voted to recommend that the city manager accept a donated sculpture, Aster, by local artist Seth Johnson for installation at Mills Park, contingent on a structural engineer’s stamp verifying the installation’s long-term safety.

Anna Freeman, who presented the donation proposal, said the gift was coordinated by the Carson City Chamber of Commerce Leadership Institute class of 2024 and would be purchased with remaining donated funds. The Leadership Institute’s project has already resulted in a mosaic tile mural created by community members, a metal artwork by Carson High School students and a sculpture titled Rocky the Squirrel by artist Jeff Schomburg, all installed in the Mills Park amphitheater area.

Commissioners raised liability and durability concerns. One commissioner asked that a structural engineer certify the mounting and fasteners to guard against failures and corrosion over time. “It needs to be stamped by a structural engineer to make sure our bolts are not gonna rot off in five years and flop over onto somebody,” a commissioner said during the meeting. Freeman responded that the artist indicated the piece was structurally sound and that the leadership class intended the sculpture to be appreciated as artwork rather than playground equipment, though she acknowledged it would likely attract climbing and photo opportunities.

A motion to accept the donation, with the caveat that it be stamped by a structural engineer, was made and seconded. The chair called the vote and the motion passed. The commission recorded no roll-call vote totals in the meeting transcript; the chair announced, “Motion passes.”

The donation proposal and supporting materials were included in the commission packet, and staff said the leadership class plans to use remaining donated funds to purchase and install Aster if the city accepts the gift. The commission did not specify a timeline for final installation pending engineering review and city manager approval.

The commission’s recommendation now moves to the city manager for final acceptance and placement logistics in Mills Park’s Seeley Loop area.","The Cultural Commission recommended the city accept a donated sculpture titled 'Aster' by local artist Seth Johnson for installation at Mills Park; commissioners required a structural-engineer stamp before final acceptance over liability concerns.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6475379,"Carson City commissioners revisit plan to memorialize Virginia & Truckee engine house",1159,151000,1310000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5734444-2f42cb8f5d2f126af904992ecaee77a5&start=151&end=1310","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5734444-2f42cb8f5d2f126af904992ecaee77a5/thumbnail_151000.jpg","/articles/6475379/Carson-City/Ormsby-County/Nevada/Carson-City-commissioners-revisit-plan-to-memorialize-Virginia-Truckee-engine-house","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6475379-e1b7ed062d6e5dc86bb5c0b754a7cc41/orig.mp4?Expires=1771193617&Signature=AU2HOPyW~~U6maPWSdw~pJk96k31fJWsSvwJ10gy3VfGqrZlXX74hxV2ExDLSUFp3ealH171KywObGfubW0MmTLSZYlEaBuUHXHTULiYTp9F8d796qIG47Ptoo4Xhz2efbZrsYwjey9mOz~WLt4w8NTgSPegPdyJvW-OVg6~ExTr2WITGAp43K1l2AYlP4M9CtKOJgQ2noijStIAoha3Mpxky6V89WX77U~lGDySjJtBg9daDstAph~pemoVC-4WQr1UzyspZkPk3QLB1XOZeWFd9qmXt5LeJL4sO46oYCu41MJWVYf34yUhuDL-lJiXWbu4JIaHi-BKWxqlJtkEng__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Carson City Cultural Commission members, city staff and community members discussed options for memorializing the former Virginia & Truckee Railroad engine house, including reusing salvaged sandstone arches, but agreed the project remains on hold pending funding and a safer, less costly design.

The issue resurfaced during the commission’s meeting when Commissioner Sam Flake reviewed the engine house’s history, said the structure was torn down in 1991, and described two partial arches the city has retained since then. “What I wanted to talk about today was what happened to the most recent discussion because it kinda died quietly,” Flake said, adding he produced a large public drawing showing a possible partial façade and interpretive approach.

Darren Schultz, Carson City public works director, told the commission staff had repeatedly studied ways to make the arches safe and accessible while preserving their historic appearance. Schultz said the city owns two partial arches and that multiple design iterations and outside masons and engineers failed to identify an economical, freestanding solution. “The last estimate that we had was just under $900,000 to put this back up in a safe manner,” Schultz said, and staff ultimately paused work on the standing-arch concept.

Commissioners and members of the public proposed alternatives during the discussion, including laying an arch horizontally as a bench, integrating the stone into a building or wall, fabricating new steel doors or supports that would brace the structure, or creating a concrete-and-stone hybrid to reduce cost. “If you sloped it, you know, you could put a thingy that talks all about it, and people would read it and look at it,” a public commenter said, urging creative use of the stones rather than abandoning them.

Schultz said some of those ideas had been floated previously but emphasized the original project brief directed staff toward standing arches that people could walk under; that requirement drove design complexity and cost. He also said the city had tried to solicit bids on one of the plans and received no qualified bidders. “One of the last iterations that came was build a steel arch made out of steel anchored in the ground, and then take this stone and cut an inch off of all the stone…so it would look original,” he said, but acknowledged that approach would reduce the material’s authenticity.

Commissioners discussed next steps for reviving the project. A city attorney on the dais (name not specified in the transcript) recommended initial outreach to the city manager, deputy city manager or mayor to determine whether city leadership would back a revived proposal and to establish whether funding or a site would be available before taking design work back to the Board of Supervisors. Commissioners generally agreed the commission itself should not run the design process on an ongoing basis but that an individual commissioner could shepherd a proposal to staff and city leadership.

The commission received suggestions to reconvene with public-works staff and other stakeholders to produce a short list of design options—ranging from high-cost, freestanding arches to lower-cost hybrid or interpretive treatments—and to seek a Board of Supervisors direction or funding source if the project is to move forward. Schultz confirmed the stones have been catalogued and laid out at the city’s corporate yard and would be preserved for future work. “It won’t be lost. It will be used. In the future, we may revisit it,” he said.

The commission took no formal action; the item was discussion only. Commissioners encouraged continued dialogue among the project proponent, public works and city leadership so the community’s interest and potential funding paths can be tested before committing to another round of design and construction work.","Commissioners and city staff discussed options to create a monument using salvaged sandstone arches from the demolished Virginia & Truckee (V&T) engine house; structural safety concerns and rising costs halted earlier plans and the project remains paused pending Board of Supervisors direction or alternate design ideas.","actionData","errors"]

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