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AGENDA STATEMENT
CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: December 17, 2002
SUBJECT: Historic Underpass Mural -Amador Valley Boulevard Design
Report Prepared by Theresa Yvonne, Heritage & Cultural Arts
Supervisor
ATTACHMENTS: Artist's rendering of Amador Valley Boulevard design will be
presented at the meeting.
RECOMMENDATION: 1. Receive presentation from Art Consultant and Artist team.
/ ,~.~ 2. Approve design of Amador Valley Boulevard or provide
'\'"' - alternate direction.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT: None
DESCRIPTION: In 2000-2001 the City Council identified the funding of a Freeway
Underpass Art Project as a high priority goal. The freeway underpasses selected for the project included
the underpass at Dublin Boulevard and the underpass at Amador Valley Boulevard. Lyrme Baer was
engaged as the Art Consultant to the project and a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) was issued. The
artist team of John Pugh, Daniel Galvez and John Wehrle were selected for both underpasses. All three
artists are well-known muralists and bring extensive experience and expertise to the project.
There are two phases to the entire mural project. First, the painting of Dublin Boulevard and the second
the design and painting of Amador Valley Boulevard. The design of the freeway underpass for Dublin
Boulevard was approved at City Council in December of 2001 and painting will be completed in February
2003.
The design of the Amador Valley Boulevard Underpass mural follows a similar base concept as Dublin
Boulevard. Contemporary and historical references depicted in the mural while individuals (and some
animals) from the past and today meander throughout in the foreground. The artist's rendering will be
presented at the meeting but the following is a written description of the images depicted within the mural.
The South Wall will include the construction of the new library, the moving of the Mun'ay School to its
present site at the Heritage Center, the first Dublin Library, the Green Store today, young girls performing
an Irish dance at the St. Patrick's Day Festival (former City Council members when the City was
incorporated are in the audience), horse men participating in the St. Patrick's Day Parade, nature scene of
Dublin today, Alamilla Springs in the 1950's and Dublin seniors on a nature trail. The foreground figures
in the mural are Spanish explorers discovering the city area, an Ohlone deer hunter, Ohlone canoe builders
COPIES TO: Lynne Baer, Art Consultant
John Wehrle, John Pugh, Daniel Galvez - Artist Team
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and Virginia Bennett (former Dublin Library Manager and author of the book written about Dublin's
History).
The North Wall mural will include the Sybase building, Hacienda movie theater, two girls playing soccer,
1940's Dublin "teepee" gas station, modem day cattle round-up, after the round-up barbeque, 1940's
Dublin Garage, Dougherty's Station, 1950's Dublin street scene, nature scene in Dublin, Hacienda
Crossing entrance and young boy skateboarding. The foreground figures are Dublin residents posing at a
hops harvest, gas station attendant, 1950's residents posing for photo at the Amador Garage, car repair
with onlooker, 1950's Dublin gentlemen and young Dublin skateboarders.
Once the design is approved by the City Council, it must be submitted to the Caltrans Art Review
Committee for approval. Upon approval by the Caltrans Art Review Committee, application will then be
made for Caltrans encroachment permits. The encroachment permits will be distributed to the affected
Caltrans departments for review and comment. It is possible that this review process could take several
months. The best-case scenario would allow the artists to begin wall preparation and painting as early as
February 2003.
The design has been reviewed by the Heritage and cultural Arts Commission which recommends
approval by the City Council.
It is the recommendation of Staff that the City Council receive the presentation from the Art Consultant
and Artist Team and approve the design for Amador Valley Boulevard or provide alternate direction.
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