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City Council Discussion of Mildred Howard's Proposed Design for the Work of Art to be Installed Along the Front Fa?ade of the San Leandro Main Library
Staffreport
SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Consistent with the City Council's direction at its July 15, 2019 meeting, staff brings forward for the City Council's consideration, based on the City of San Leandro Arts Commission's recommendation, the draft design of a sculpture to be installed along the front fa?ade of the San Leandro Main Library.
BACKGROUND
At the July 15, 2019 regular City Council meeting, the Council approved a $135,000 contract with award-winning Bay Area artist Mildred Howard for the design, fabrication, and installation of a bronze sculpture to be installed at the San Leandro Main Library. Ms. Howard spent the subsequent months formulating design concepts.
As part of her development of the proposed sculpture, Ms. Howard worked collaboratively with a committee of the City of San Leandro Arts Commission consisting of the Chair and Vice Chair of the Commission. She also received input from the City's Library Director as part of the process. The proposed sculpture would be cast in bronze from a local foundry in the East Bay and would be approximately 12-15 feet in height and mounted on the front fa?ade of the Main Library, below the exterior clock on the lower portion of the building, adjacent to the main entryway. As part of the project, Ms. Howard also secured an agreement from Quincy Troupe, nationally-acclaimed author, poet and professor, to develop a related poem that would be installed along the fa?ade of the retaining wall located immediately in front of the Main Library building, adjacent to the Library's front lawn area. It is envisioned that the poem would provide additional context for the proposed sculpture. A visual rendering of Ms. Howard's proposal is attached as an exhibit to this staff report.
Consistent with the City Council's prior direction, the proposed design...
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