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University Place council asks staff to study arts advisory commission
Summary
Council members directed city staff to study the costs, community impacts and potential structure of an arts (or arts and culture) advisory commission and return a report by Sept. 1; no commission was established at the Feb. 3 meeting.
University Place city council members agreed Feb. 3 to ask city staff to study the community, financial and staff impacts of creating an arts advisory commission and to report back by Sept. 1.
The request, introduced as a legislative proposal co‑sponsored by Mayor Pro Tem Wood and Council Member McCluskey, directs the city manager and staff to research possible goals, staffing and funding approaches and to identify benefits and costs before the council considers establishing a permanent commission.
The study request matters because council members said public art and cultural activity can support economic development, community pride and civic engagement, but they also flagged possible budgetary and administrative consequences that warrant a careful review. “Arts and culture will make a city fall in love with itself,” Mayor Pro Tem Wood quoted from a Toronto poet laureate while introducing…
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