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Santa Maria commission approves transit center mural; staff warns of budget shortfalls and vacancies
Summary
The Santa Maria Parks and Recreation Commission voted unanimously to contract with an artist to install a large digitally-transferred mural at the transit center and received a midyear budget briefing flagging vacancies, limited hires and potential program impacts if cuts continue.
The Santa Maria Parks and Recreation Commission voted unanimously to award a contract to an artist for a large mural at the transit center and approved minutes from its previous meeting.
Dennis, the department staff member who presented the project, said the commission’s public art subcommittee and the transit manager narrowed about 15 submissions down to three finalists. "This is a very large mural that will be placed very prominently at the transit center," Dennis said, adding the wall is "about 55 feet long, 6 feet tall" and that the work will be produced as a digitally transferred file rather than painted directly on-site. He described the installation process as similar to applying industrial wallpaper and said the finish will include a UV-protective top coat and an anti-graffiti sacrificial coating so damaged panels can be replaced.
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