CITY COUNCIL STAFF REPORT
MEETING DATE: JUNE 17, 2015
PREPARED BY: Edith Ramirez, Economic Development Manager/Community Development APPROVED BY: City Manager
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GATEWAY ART PROJECT
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RECOMMENDATION(S)
RECOMMENDATION
1. Receive verbal update on Placemaking Activities.
2. Select Blessing Hancock's bicycle wheels sculpture for the Gateway Public Art Project.
3. Adopt a resolution approving a contract with Skyrim Studios Inc. for the design, fabrication and installation of a Gateway Art Project not to exceed $75,000 and authorizing the City Manager to further negotiate, execute and administer the contract.
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COUNCIL PRIORITIES, GOALS & STRATEGIES:
Ongoing Priorities
Enhancing public safety
Protecting the environment
Maintaining fiscal responsibility
Supporting youth
Preserving and cultivating public trust
2015 Focus Areas
Stimulate Economic Development
Impacts of Drought Conditions
Advance Downtown Revitalization
Community Engagement Effectiveness
REPORT NARRATIVE:
In 2014 the City Council approved the Downtown Placemaking Investment Strategy, which provides direction regarding the investment of former Redevelopment Agency bond proceeds in the Downtown area with the goal of making Morgan Hill's Downtown the most walkable, bike-friendly, urban, family-oriented, and transit oriented neighborhood in Morgan Hill. The Strategy identifies a number of public works improvements intended to transform Downtown into an interesting, vital, prosperous, and sustainable destination. These improvements include the redevelopment of the Downtown Opportunity Sites, the creation of two parks, a trail to the Nob Hill water tank, the construction of a parking structure with a robust art component and other streetscape improvements.
The Downtown Morgan Hill Placemaking Investment Strategy allocated funds toward art, lights, features and way finding for various features and amenities that enhance public spaces. The C...
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