Resident urges Genesis 9 reference for planned rainbow mural on public building

A resident at a recent meeting urged that a planned rainbow mural on a public building include a biblical reference to Genesis 9, saying the rainbow has been used in many ways and "can't be an a neutral friendly item."

The resident said Miss Baumgartner previously told attendees she was "okay with the flag or the rainbow being utilized on that public building," referring to comments made at a meeting the resident recalled as occurring "on the nineteenth." The resident also said Miss Bowman responded during that discussion, but the resident did not quote Bowman directly.

The resident proposed explicitly linking the mural to Genesis 9, saying, "the rainbow ... could be used with the Genesis 9 reference to that. And I'd be okay with that." The remarks were made in the meeting record during a public-comment-style statement; no formal motion, vote, or decision about the mural or its signage was recorded in the transcript excerpt provided.

Because the comment described the site as a public building, the resident framed the choice of imagery as potentially nonneutral and noted how the rainbow "has been utilized in so many different ways" beyond purely decorative use. The transcript does not identify who is responsible for approving art on the building, nor does it record any follow-up direction from meeting organizers.

The meeting record the resident referenced — "the nineteenth" — was not specified further in the transcript excerpt, and the resident did not provide additional details about the proposed Genesis 9 inscription or who would commission the mural. No statutory or municipal authorities were cited in the excerpt as governing public-art displays.