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Council receives 2025 Leisure Needs and Public Art five‑year master plan

6489504 · October 22, 2025
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Summary

A consultant presented the updated five‑year leisure needs and public art master plan, summarizing a year of outreach and priorities including youth programming, outdoor recreation, and public art expansion; staff recommended the council accept and file the report as a planning guide.

The Santa Maria City Council on Oct. 21 received and filed an updated five‑year Leisure Needs and Public Art Master Plan, the Recreation and Parks Department's blueprint for programming, capital priorities and public‑art investments.

Consultant Art Thatcher summarized a year‑long process that included demographic analysis, focus groups, leadership interviews, pop‑up engagement and an online platform (Social Pinpoint). Thatcher said the outreach yielded nearly 1,900 users and about 1,400 contributions; top priorities identified were youth sports and…

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