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Public Art Board seeks CRA funding for murals and sculptures; legal opinion clears a proposed development fee
Summary
Board plans to ask the CRA to fund murals, a sculpture site and reuse of a defunct digital board; staff reported a legal opinion that a proposed mandatory public art contribution would be a development fee, not an impact fee, and next step is a council work session.
The City of Oviedo Public Art Board discussed proposals to use Community Redevelopment Agency funds for at least two public-art projects — a mural at Central Lake Park and a sculpture at a semicircular planting area off Central Lake Lane — and to turn an unused digital display at Oviedo On The Park into a call-to-artists installation.
Board members were advised that the CRA has roughly $70,000 available in the current fiscal year for public art projects, separate from prior commitments (the Wings of Joy had $57,400 previously assigned). Board members said the CRA’s eligible area is the downtown/Central corridor, including Central Lake Park and the nearby…
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