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Commission approves RFPs for lamp‑post banners and summer design stipends
Summary
The commission agreed to issue an RFP for summer banner designs using 50 existing lamp‑post brackets on Cedar and North First, to order up to 50 banners, and to offer a $250 stipend for the summer design and a $150 stipend for a seasonal celebratory banner; the motion to proceed passed.
The commission approved issuing requests for proposals (RFPs) to expand the city’s lamp‑post banner program and contracted local vendors for production.
Staff reported the board had budgeted for 50 brackets on North First and Cedar Street and identified roughly 40 additional posts on Fifth Avenue and interior blocks. Bracket costs were estimated between $35 and $95 each depending on industrial vs. seasonal grade. The commission decided to start with the 50 existing mounts, consider expanding later, and to order up to 50 banners for the initial rollout.
Members agreed to issue an RFP for the summer season design with a $250 stipend for the selected designer and to issue a separate RFP for two seasonal banners with a $150 artist stipend. The group discussed vendor relationships; staff noted Carl at local vendor Kodiak has been helpful in prior years.
A motion to proceed with the RFPs and the stipends was moved and seconded and carried by voice vote. Staff will prepare the RFPs and coordinate with central services and the farmers market operator to ensure installations do not conflict with existing uses.
