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Residents press committee for transparency on public‑art use at Operations & Maintenance facility wall
Summary
Public comments raised concerns that the city plans to use public‑art funds to build a plain concrete wall at the Operations & Maintenance facility and that the artist selection panel is weighted toward staff. Councilmembers sought a written report from Public Works before the full council considers an RFP due May 10.
A member of the public told the committee on Feb. 11 that a planned concrete wall at the city's Operations & Maintenance facility appears to be receiving public‑art funding and questioned whether the wall constitutes public art.
“Of that, the maintenance facility is going to build a concrete wall with this public money for the arts in the amount of $566,000…that is not public art to me,” Vicki Chenoweth said during public comment. Chenoweth described the planned wall as a concrete surface that uses wood grain formwork and said roughly…
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