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Arts commission recommends Sonoma Valley Fire District’s 9/11 memorial to council without city funding; forms public art toolkit ad hoc
Summary
The commission voted unanimously to recommend the Sonoma Valley Fire District’s proposed 9/11 memorial for approval by the City Council but did not recommend using current public art funds; it also approved an ad hoc committee to develop a public art toolkit and continued action on a Fourth of July parade ad hoc to the next meeting.
The Sonoma City Arts Commission unanimously voted to recommend the Sonoma Valley Fire District’s proposed 9/11 memorial for consideration by the City Council, but the commission declined to recommend using money from the city’s public art fund at this time.
Bob Norbaum, presenting for the Sonoma Valley Fire District, said a piece of steel from the World Trade Center was secured by the district and is currently stored at Fire Station 1. "We were notified that there was a salvage company in the East Bay that had pieces of steel left over from the World Trade Center," Norbaum said, and the department proposed installing the steel with a memorial wall, a bell to signal the last alarm tradition, seating and lighting…
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