Title
Approval of Olympia Crossings: An Art Plan for City Gateways
Recommended Action
Committee Recommendation:
The Arts Commission recommends approval of the Olympia Crossings: An Art Plan for City Gateways.
City Manager Recommendation:
Move to approve the Olympia Crossings: An Art Plan for City Gateways.
Report
Issue:
Whether to approve the vision for public art in eight locations around the city as envisioned in the master plan Olympia Crossings: An Art Plan for City Gateways.
Staff Contact:
Stephanie Johnson, Arts Program Manager, Olympia Parks, Arts & Recreation, 360.709.2678
Presenter(s):
Stephanie Johnson, Arts Commission Staff Liaison
Lesley Bain, Principal, Framework Cultural Placemaking
Background and Analysis:
The Gateways concept is envisioned in the City's 2015 Comprehensive Plan. The intent is to signal transition moving into and out of Olympia's city center by means of eight gateways and landscaped boulevards at major transition points.
Following six months of site visits, community meetings, and draft documents organized and prepared by Framework Cultural Placemaking, the first draft of the master plan was presented to the Arts Commission at their September 14 meeting. In response to the Arts Commission's initial feedback, the title of the plan is Olympia Crossings: An Art Plan for City Gateways, which addresses the gateways as a public art project. The boulevards will be deferred to a later project.
Since then, the roll-out schedule has been approved by the Land Use Committee, and the draft document has been made available to the public for feedback on the City website (a two week comment period ending October 9) and at a community meeting held at City Hall on Wednesday, October 4. The Planning Commission staff liaison presented their committee a project update (including final title) and invitation to comment on the document.
Collected comments were reviewed by the Arts Commission at their October 12 meeting, and final edits wer...
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