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Public art committee and residents urge council to halt planned crosswalk removal; RFP stipend and process questioned
Summary
Members of Salisbury’s Public Art Committee and several residents urged the council during public comment to stop or relocate an RFP-backed plan to remove or replace a community-sponsored rainbow/LGBTQ crosswalk. The committee said it is preparing formal removal/modification procedures; speakers criticized a $3,000 RFP stipend as insufficient.
Members of the Salisbury Public Art Committee and multiple residents used the May 12 public-comment period to press the City Council to halt plans to remove or replace a locally supported rainbow crosswalk that celebrates diversity.
“Susan Holt, and I'm a resident of Salisbury. … The city of Salisbury public art committee of which I'm the chair is composed of community members and art professionals,” said Susan Holt, chair of the Public Art Committee. Holt told council the committee opposes “the unilateral removal of a popular community sponsored crosswalk which celebrates diversity,” and said the PAC has prepared a draft amendment to the city’s Public Art…
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