DPAC Creation Placed on Agenda
Duluth City Council informally agrees during work session to act on forming a Duluth Public Arts Commission at March 11 meeting.
The Duluth City Council is proceeding with forming a permanent Duluth Public Arts Commission. At its Feb. 25 work session, the council informally agreed to place revised guidelines for DPAC creation on the agenda for action at the March 11 council meeting. The proposed Duluth Public Arts Commission would support performing arts, promote public art projects, and encourage developers to install public art. The guidelines also allow establishment of a Performing Art and Acquisition Fund (PAAF) to be managed by DPAC. The first significant task of the DPAC would be to create a public art master plan, estimated to cost $75,000. This would require separate approval by the council. Developers with projects in excess of $1 million would be referred…
