Agenda Item Wording:
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Consideration of mural application requests from Arts Consortium for two murals - one on the east face of the south-facing fa?ade, and one on the west-facing fa?ade - on the Lofts at Fort Visalia mixed use residential development located at 340 East Oak Avenue (northwest corner of Oak Avenue and Bridge Street).
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Deadline for Action: 8/7/2023
Submitting Department: Community Development
Contact Name and Phone Number:
Brandon Smith, Principal Planner, (559) 713-4636, brandon.smith@visalia.city
Paul Bernal, Community Development Director, (559) 713-4025, paul.bernal@visalia.city
Department Recommendation:
Staff recommends, based on the recommendation of the Mural Panel, that the two mural applications for the proposed murals located at 340 East Oak Avenue be approved as shown in Attachments 2 and 6.
Background Discussion:
The City of Visalia received two mural applications on May 31, 2023, from Arts Consortium, representing Self-Help Enterprises who is the property owner of 340 East Oak Avenue, for murals to be painted on two separate facing walls on the under-construction Lofts at Fort Visalia mixed use residential development. It has been the intention of Self-Help Enterprises, since 2019 when entitlements were approved, for the mixed-use building to feature a mural depicting the historical nature of the site. The inclusion of the murals would honor the history of this location as the original site of Fort Visalia, based on various sources, and honor the geographic setting and the cultures of the area's original inhabitants. The applicant, Arts Consortium, has collaborated with Self-Help Enterprises to hold a call to artists for mural proposals to be submitted for consideration. Ultimately, two mural submissions were selected from local artists. Work on the murals is expected to begin in August 2023, in coordination with the construction work and the completion schedule of each fa?ade. Each mural will be completed within ...
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