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St. Petersburg delays action on Sunshine City Mosaic contract amendment, sets return date
Summary
Council deferred a proposed reinstatement and second amendment to the Artonomy LLC agreement for the Sunshine City Mosaic at Sunset Park to the June 5 meeting after artists and staff described production delays; administration will return with tightened contract language and a July 31 completion date.
Celeste Davis, the city’s director of Arts, Culture and Tourism, presented the council with a request to reinstate and amend a previously approved $50,000 agreement with Artonomy LLC to complete the Sunshine City Mosaic at Sunset Park. The project — described by artists as roughly 172 feet long, about 800 square feet and made of roughly 15,000 individual tiles — has encountered production delays tied to specialized equipment and recent hurricanes.
"We are 98% cut, assembled, and ready for install," said George Retkisch, a member of the Artonomy team, summarizing the artists’ status and asking the council for more time to complete the final on-site work. Laura Spencer, the project’s designer and manager, told the…
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