SUBJECT/RECOMMENDATION:
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Approve a recommendation by the Public Art and Design Board for a grant of $9,000 to the Clearwater Arts Alliance for their proposal of Phase 5 of Thinking Outside the Box traffic signal box wrap program to be funded from the Miscellaneous Public Art Fund (A1901) and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent)
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SUMMARY:
Since 2016 the Clearwater Arts Alliance has created numerous works of public art through their “Thinking Outside the Box” traffic signal box wrap program. This program commissions local artists to produce vinyl wraps that are applied to traffic signal boxes throughout the city of Clearwater.
The Clearwater Arts Alliance has submitted an application seeking discretionary funds to provide for an additional six artistically enhanced signal boxes through Phase 5 of the organization’s neighborhood initiative.
To address requests of this nature the Public Art & Design Board has developed guidelines to govern the application process for discretionary fund assistance. Applications must be sponsored by a neighborhood, community, or arts organization and must align with the goals and objectives of the 2007 Public Art Master Plan.
The Clearwater Arts Alliance’s application supports the City’s Strategic Vision by providing public art for the citizens and visitors of Clearwater and aligns with the Public Art Master Plan for projects that strengthen civic connectivity and support neighborhood identity. These projects facilitate a visual language that helps make Clearwater’s neighborhoods identifiable and unique and create points of pride within individual neighborhoods.
At the September 12, 2019 Public Art & Design Program meeting, the Board voted to unanimously approve the Clearwater Arts Alliance funding request and submits its recommendation that the City Council approve this grant.
APPROPRIATION CODE AND AMOUNT:
Funds are available in capital project 315-A1901, Miscellaneous Public Art, to fund this grant.