Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Artful Bench Voting topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Committee to run two-week public vote for artful bench artist; committee retains final selection authority
Summary
The Public Art Advisory Committee authorized a community voting process for the artful bench program using the city's Engage platform (no added cost), but clarified votes are advisory and the committee will make the final artist selections; results to be reviewed April 20.
The Public Art Advisory Committee said Monday it will conduct a public voting period for artist selections in the city’s artful bench program on the city's Engage platform, with a planned voting window of roughly two weeks.
Staff told the committee the Engage platform can host the vote at no additional cost and that the voting period is intended to inform the committee rather than to determine final selections automatically. Committee members emphasized that close tallies or tied preferences will be resolved by the committee, which retains authority to finalize designs with the selected artist and to make adjustments if necessary.
Committee discussion included outreach and logistics: staff will post materials on the Engage page, schedule interviews with shortlisted artists (brief pre-event interviews were proposed), and prepare photographs and writeups to accompany each artist submission. The committee reiterated that the public vote is advisory and that committee members will review voting outcomes and recommendations at the next meeting on April 20.
Next steps: staff will publish the vote on the city website, run the approximately two-week voting period, and bring results and staff recommendations to the April 20 meeting for the committee to act.
