Artful Fence

The background is that the City received a letter from a resident regarding the safety of the fence at the spillway on Main Street. It was determined based on an easement that the City is responsible for the fencing around the spillway. The fencing along Main Street currently meets state requirements for safety with a six and a half inch gap from the sidewalk to the start of the fencing. This varies because the fencing has started to curl and there is no method for preventing the curling without additional materials. Replacement of the portion of the fence along Main Street with standard materials and the installation of a method to prevent the curling was estimated to cost around $850.
The Council directed staff to replace the fence with the caveat that the Council President would work with the Main Street Program to see if they would take on the replacement of the fence. The Council ultimately ended up approving a proposal from the Arts Alliance on a creative useful art project that was recently completed. The request is that the City accepts the fence/sculpture for donation to the City.
The Council made a donation similar to the cost that the City would have experienced if it had purchased the fencing materials ($850). The Council will act formally to accept the donation of the fence/sculpture during the meeting and present the city’s cash donation to the Arts Alliance at that time.