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Committee advances $59,630 contract to inventory Detroit's outdoor municipal art

3536062 · May 22, 2025
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The Neighborhood Community Service Committee moved contract 67129 — a $59,630 agreement with Building Conservation Associates Inc. to assess and inventory the city’s outdoor public art — to formal session after staff described the scope as outdoor fountains, monuments and statues and members raised questions about missing pieces and intent.

The Detroit City Council Neighborhood Community Service Committee advanced a proposed contract (No. 67129) to formal session Tuesday that would pay Building Conservation Associates Inc. $59,630 to perform a comprehensive assessment and inventory of the city's municipal art collection.

Assistant Director Alex Weatherup told the committee the scope is limited to outdoor art owned by the city — "predominantly fountains, statues, monuments" — and estimated about 94 such pieces require updated accounting and condition assessments because the last such…

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