Connie, Wizard and other posters have noted the wonderful pieces of
public art in the city. They mentioned the rabbit on Minnehaha Parkway,
and could have included the giant lizard in Seward, the Aldo Moroni
Gateway in Marcy Holmes, the new piece being celebrated this weekend in
Hawthorne....or the pieces planned for the East Lake and North Regional
Libraries next year.
This Art in Public Places program is coordinated by one of the
city's most effective employees, Mary Altman. In my budget this year I
expanded funding for this from $200,000 to $400,000. (Note: This is the
Capital Budget, not the Operating Budget, so it competes with roads and
bridges, not money for cops, etc).
Most of the additional money I put into this was cut out in
today's city council Budget mark up. I will continue to try to get this
increase into the final budget because I feel this relatively small
amount of money can do a great deal to add an element of surprise and
delight to neighborhoods.
R.T. Rybak
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