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Cocoa council closes mural nominations, will let residents vote on Provost Park figures
Summary
Council finalized a slate of historical nominees for a Provost Park fitness-court mural and directed staff to run a public survey (expected to close in early February) to gather citizen preferences and biographical context; council will make the final selection after public input.
Miss Singer, a City of Cocoa staff member, told the City Council that members could each submit up to three names for the mural on the back of the new Provost Park fitness court and that staff would run a public survey to gather citizen input. She recommended narrowing the final artwork to about six figures so the mural remains visually effective and said the survey would be timed to return results to council before the next meeting so a designer could meet production deadlines. "We can then take those 15 names or however many names if there's duplicates," Singer said, describing how staff would compile nominations for public voting.
Council members and members of the public proposed locally significant figures to represent Cocoa’s history, and several speakers urged that the mural include explanatory text or a QR code linking to biographical information so park visitors can learn why a person is featured. "Maybe a QR code or something that has that way that they can get information," one councilmember said, urging accessible context for younger visitors.
After collecting nominations from council and the public, the mayor moved to close submissions and the council voted unanimously to send the compiled list to staff for a public survey. City staff read an 11‑name consolidated list into the record; Miss Singer said staff would present the public survey results and recommended contextual text to council when the survey closes. The survey timeline discussed at the meeting aimed to close in early February so the designer would have ample time for layout and a 30‑day revision window.
What happens next: staff will publish the survey to the public, collect and tabulate responses, and return results to the council for final selection and direction to the mural designer. The city emphasized that the council retains final decision authority even after the public vote.
