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Advisory board approves fitness court at Newton Park; artist and final image to be chosen later
Summary
The advisory board voted May 22 to approve a fitness court installation at Newton Park funded in part by a CDBG-DR grant; the board authorized the project in principle but deferred artist selection and final image/design until a later agenda item.
The Cultural and Environmental Learning Center advisory board voted May 22 to approve a fitness court installation at Newton Park and to support using a grant-funded artist image on the court’s back wall, while deferring selection of the artist and final image.
Board members discussed logistics of the fitness court, which is to be funded as part of the town’s Community Development Block Grant—Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funding for Newton Park. A board member described the planned location as a roughly 30-by-30-foot area near Strandview and the restroom trailer, and noted the project uses a standard fitness-court layout with the addition of a back wall that will carry an image or design.
Why it matters: The fitness court is part of Newton Park’s ongoing CDBG-DR-funded improvements and will add recreational amenities to the park; the project includes budgeted funds for artwork on the back wall.
Action and vote: A member moved to approve the fitness court project and a second was recorded; the motion carried by voice vote with no opposition. Board members explicitly left the artist selection and the final image/design for a future agenda. Board members also asked staff to establish procurement parameters (local artist preference, call-to-artists process) and to confirm grant rules for artist selection.
Next steps: Town staff and the design team will finalize the design schedule after the design firm is selected through an RFQ process; staff said the grant allows funds for artwork and that the town will follow the grant and procurement rules to retain an artist. A staff representative said construction could begin after the town receives the CDBG-DR funds, anticipated later in summer, and that Newton Park was expected to be an early project under that funding tranche.
Ending: The board instructed staff to return with a procurement plan and proposed artist-selection procedure for the advisory board to review before the artist is retained and the image is finalized.
