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Sonoma council adopts expanded public-art policy, introduces ordinance amending municipal code
Summary
The Sonoma City Council approved an updated public-art policy that adds temporary installations and introduced an ordinance amending Chapter 19.51 of the Sonoma Municipal Code. The policy opens the public-art fund to temporary projects and asks staff to create implementation toolkits and objective standards.
The Sonoma City Council unanimously approved an updated public-art policy and introduced an ordinance updating Chapter 19.51 of the Sonoma Municipal Code to align with that policy.
The council adopted the policy after presentations from staff and members of the Cultural and Fine Arts Commission ad hoc committee, who said adding temporary public art would increase community engagement and allow the city to test installations without committing to long-term maintenance costs.
The policy update expands the scope of the city’s public-art program to explicitly allow temporary installations — generally defined in the draft as lasting from a few weeks up to 20…
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