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#21-09 - Establishing the City Beautification Commission. Second Reading. Adoption.
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SUBMITTED BY: Allie Ferko, MMC, Deputy City Clerk
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Approve ordinance #21-09. Second reading. Adoption.
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SUMMARY STATEMENT:
Ordinance #21-09 is presented for second reading and adoption. If approved at second reading, the City Clerk's Office will begin advertising for citizens interested in applying to serve on the commission. Staff anticipate candidate applications will be presented to Council for appointment in late October or early November. Once seven commissioners are appointed, the first commission meeting will be scheduled.
Background: The Mayor's Beautification Task Force was first commissioned by Mayor Dave Cobb in 2012 to address a coordinated, all-season beautification and revitalization effort throughout the community. Mayors Larry Weaver, Ruth E. Knight, Jeremy O'Neil, and Sharon Scheidt continued this effort.
The Beautification Task Force worked diligently since 2012 to enhance the aesthetics of the local human built environment to reflect the beauty of the surrounding natural environment.
They developed multiple successful and highly visible aesthetic programs since 2012, to include:
* The "Welcome to Valdez" sign near milepost 18 of the Richardson Highway,
* The City of Valdez Beautification Matching Grant Program, and
* The Egan Drive Streetscape Enhancement Project, which created intersection pocket plazas, decorative pedestrian lighting, and a now highly photographed welcome arch over the Richardson Highway.
In late 2019, Jeremy O'Neil (the Mayor at the time) requested the Beautification Task Force begin having discussions about the future of the group, as city task forces are intended to be limited in time and/or scope. Since the Beautification Task Force had been in place since 2012, former Mayor O'Neil charged th...
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