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u0 1 HERITAGE & CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION
DATE: October 13, 2016
TO: Honorable Chair and Commissioners
FROM: Tegan McLane, Cultural Arts and Heritage Manager
SUBJECT: Fallon Sports Park Public Art
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
The Heritage & Cultural Arts Commission will receive a report on the public participation component for the
artwork for Fallon Sports Park.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: .
None.
RECOMMENDATION:
Receive the Report.
DESCRIPTION:
At its January 20, 2015 meeting, the City Council approved proposed public artwork for Fallon Sports Park.
The selected artwork, designed by Heath Satow, is a monumental, mirror finish stainless steel abstract
sculpture that suggested an athletic figure in full extension, calling to mind a baseball outfielder catching a fly
ball, a soccer goalie reaching defending the goal or a tennis player at the height of a serve. The piece is to be
mounted on a classical pedestal, much like the base of the Statue of Liberty.
The proposal called for the base to feature three bronze plaques bearing quotes on the themes of"the glory
of sports" and "athletic triumph," which would be suggested and ultimately chosen by the community. Each
plaque will accommodate a quote of up to 75 word, plus attribution to the speaker or writer of the quote. It
may be possible to put multiple shorter quotes on a single plaque.
Engineering for the artwork is now complete and the artwork is in fabrication. To keep on schedule,it is time
to solicit quotes from the public. The Cultural Arts and Heritage Manager is reaching out to Dublin Unified
Schools, local sports groups and the general community to solicit quotes to be submitted by November 18,
2016.
ITEM NO: 8.4
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Quotes submitted by the public will be announced after Thanksgiving, and the public will be invited to vote
on their favorites through an Open Town Hall survey, using the Peak Democracy platform which the City is
now using to solicit public feedback on a variety of issues.
Quotes must be submitted by November 18,by email to tegan.mclanea,dublin.ca.gov, or by mail to
Tegan McLane, Cultural Arts &Heritage Manager
City of Dublin
100 Civic Plaza
Dublin, CA 94588
NOTICING REQUIREMENTS/PUBLIC OUTREACH:
None.
ATTACHMENTS:
None.
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