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STAFF REPORT
CITY COUNCIL
DATE: September 5, 2017
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers
FROM:
Christopher L. Foss, City Manager
SUBJECT:
City Council Representative to Serve on Veterans Art Selection
Committee
Prepared by: Tegan McLane, Cultural Arts and Heritage Manager
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
The City Council will consider selection of a City Council member to serve on the Public
Art Selection Committee for a public art piece honoring U.S. military veterans and active
duty military personnel. The artwork will be installed in the future Dublin Crossing
community park.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Select a City Council member and alternate to serve on the Public Art Selection
Committee for a public art piece honoring U.S. military veterans and active duty military
personnel.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
Funding for this public art project was included in the Adopted Five -Year Capital
Improvement Program, as Public Art- Dublin Crossing Community Park (PK0217). The
funding source is the Public Art Fund.
DESCRIPTION:
At its February 21, 2017 meeting, the City Council approved Dublin Crossing
Community Park as a location for a public artwork honor U.S. military veterans and
those currently serving. The piece will be commissioned to celebrate the values the
military holds dear: loyalty, duty, respect, selfless service, honor, integrity and personal
courage.
As allowed by City of Dublin’s Public Art Master Plan, the City will use a combination of
artist selection methods (Invitational and Pre-Qualified), inviting site-specific design
proposals from a select group of artists. Artists will be chosen for invitation by an ad hoc
Public Art Selection Committee. This committee will reconvene at later date to evaluate
proposals and recommend a design to the Heritage and Cultural Arts Commission.
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Staff recommends that the other members of the Public Art Selection Committee consist
of:
One representative from the Heritage and Cultural Arts Commission, to be
selected at the September 14 meeting;
One representative from the Parks and Community Services Commission, to be
selected at the September 18 meeting;
One representative from Boulevard, to be selected by Joe Guerra, Dublin
Crossing LLC/ Brookfield Residential developer;
One representative from Parks Reserve Forces Training Area (PRFTA), to be
selected by PRFTA Garrison Commander Lt. Col. Gerald Hall;
One representative from Valor Crossing, to be selected by Nhu -Ly Tran, Valor
Crossing Social Worker; and
One Dublin resident who has volunteered to serve on public art selection
committees, to be selected by Staff with an eye toward diversity on the Public Art
Selection Committee.
Alternates will be identified for each individual.
Staff anticipates the time commitment for the members of this committee t o be limited to
two evening meetings - one in late September and one in late fall or early winter. Each
meeting is expected to last no more than three hours.
NOTICING REQUIREMENTS/PUBLIC OUTREACH:
N/A
ATTACHMENTS:
None.