Agenda - Parks and Recreation Commission - 01/09/2025

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harmful impacts."This provides evidence that strategic planning in general is perceived as effective in municipal government. Additionally,the review of the plans shows that cities have a number of goals for their public art master plans.These are generally related to open space or parks planning, economic development, cultural tourism, and quality of life.There is typically some acknowledgment that the municipal government recognizes the benefit of public art to the community either economically or culturally as well. Plan Development Process The use of consultants was seen in nine of ten plans with regard to the process of creation.The survey of public art programs in fiscal year 2001 also found that 69%of programs had employed consultants at one time.The most common use of consultants was for master planning (Americans for the Arts, 2003). In addition, all ten plans employed either an existing commission or task force on the arts, made of community volunteers, or a newly created commission on public art to inspire community involvement and create a collaborative process. While the process of plan creation is not necessarily part of the public art master plan itself,the importance placed on inclusion and community involvement is an important aspect of this process.This is supported in the examples provided in Civic Dialogue:Arts and Culture(Korza, Bacon, &Assaf, 2005), as well as in the recommendations provided by Marc Pally in his article for the NEA. Pally suggested a diverse group of seven to nine individuals be employed for the plan development process (Pally, n.d.). Additionally, McCarthy's (2010) article suggests that broad local collaboration can influence the growth arts and culture in a community.The public commissions charged with creating the plans had varying compositions, but typically included local arts community groups, political leaders, city staff, artists, engineers, and design professionals.The interaction of experts in the field and community leaders in a local area is believed to be important when developing a plan,this is evidenced by the unanimous 16