Commission reviews community ideas for sidewalk stencils; $2,000 budget cited

The Duvall Cultural Commission reviewed community feedback Jan. 27 on a proposed sidewalk-stenciling project and agreed to consolidate suggestions, prioritize locations and designs, and ask staff to return with a count and costs.

Director Miranda noted the project's budget is $2,000 and that Commissioner Rudnicki offered to help cut the stencils. Commissioners encouraged interactive designs — such as games, hopscotch, dance steps, and footprints — and suggested placing stencils at school bus stops, Third Avenue, outside City Hall and the library, and other high-foot-traffic locations.

Commissioners said staff will compile submitted ideas to avoid duplicates and present a prioritized list at the next meeting so the commission can match designs to the available budget. Several commissioners suggested the project be youth-focused at bus stops and other locations where young people gather; others proposed animal and imaginative footprints, puzzles, and short poems or messages like “You matter, you belong.”

The commission discussed logistics including how many stencils to produce, supplies, and the possibility of a community stencil-cutting work party. No final selection of designs or formal purchase order was made; the group directed commissioners to email ideas to staff and to expect a consolidated document at the next meeting.