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· The aesthetics of the design and site development of any building, monument, or other structure to be constructed or acquired by the City; · Upon request therefor, any matter affecting the beauty and culture of the City. With the interest in public art growing, and requests for new public art to be placed in certain locations throughout the City, the Commission recognized that a consistent and comprehensive review and approval process needed to be formally adopted. In October 2012, the Mayor appointed two Councilmembers to serve with the Civic Cultural Commission’s Public Art Subcommittee to form a Public Art Task Force. The Public Art Task Force and the Civic Cultural Commission worked together to create a “Public Art Master Plan” that provided review and approval processes as well as identified “art corridors” within the City for potential locations for public art. This plan was approved by the City Council on July 22, 2013. Since this time, the interest in public art has blossomed in many ways. This includes the creation of the Utility Box Mural Program; the Commercial Way Mural Corridor Program; partnerships with the Redwood City Improvement Association for “Shadow Art” and the “Floral and Fauna” murals in Downtown Redwood City; and the passing of the public art ordinance by the City Council on June 27, 2016. The 2013 Public Arts Master Plan has served the Civic Cultural Commission, the Public Art Task Force, and staff very well. However, because of increased public interest and numerous suggestions for additional public art concepts, staff, Commissioners, and Task Force members agreed that a new Public Art Master Vision was needed to provide aesthetic direction to ongoing public art initiatives in Redwood City. ANALYSIS The Civic Cultural Commission, the Parks, Recreation and Community Services Department, ARTSRWC, the Parks and Arts Foundation, the Redwood City Improvement Association (RCIA) and other public art champions have collaborated on a number of significant art initiatives over the years. This has included building murals, utility box murals, “The Heron” sculpture, “Harambee”, “Chase the Chill”, “Redwood City Pages”, RCIA’s “Sidewalk Shadow Art”, “From Flora to Fauna” art, and more. The City has also acquired the iconic “Pirate Ship” from internationally renowned artists, Ilya and Emilia Kabakov, with the intention of creating an interactive art imagination space adjacent to the Redwood Shores Library. Further, in the public art ordinance the City Council approved a requirement that certain commercial developers contribute public art equal in value to 1% of the project’s value and approved a contribution to the Public Art Fund of 1% of the City’s capital outlay budget. With all of these efforts, it became apparent that a professional study was needed to create a vision plan for the future. Fung Collaboratives, an arts and curatorial organization, was selected through a competitive process, to lead the Master Vision effort. 8.A. - Page 2