Commission recommends broadening crosswalks/wraps fund to support wayfinding and placemaking
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The Cultural Arts Commission voted to recommend that City Council broaden the scope of the crosswalks and signal-wrapping capital fund to a wayfinding/placemaking fund so leftover money can fund murals, sculptures and other art; commissioners emphasized finishing existing traffic-signal wraps first.
Lucia updated the commission on the public-art crosswalks and signal-wrapping fund and proposed broadening its language so remaining money could support wayfinding and placemaking projects. "The public art crosswalks and signal wrappings project by the city of Englewood aims to infuse art into public spaces while enhancing safety and community engagement," Lucia said, and she summarized the fund: "So far, we got a $100,000 in 2026. We've spent 20,000 in 2025. So at the end, we're gonna have 79,000, in this fund."
Commissioners discussed the trade-off between using the fund to finish traffic-signal wraps versus repurposing leftover funds for murals, sculptures and other placemaking. Staff clarified that the money is currently in a public-works capital-project fund and that transferring or broadening the fund’s allowable uses would require a City Council vote. Commissioners endorsed retaining a contingency to complete the nearly finished traffic-signal wrap project and recommended moving the remainder to a broader wayfinding/placemaking fund.
Commissioner (name not specified in the transcript) moved "to recommend moving the remaining funds from the way from the crosswalk and signal wrap money over to the place place making and way finding fund." The motion received a second (Erica Kriesel was named as the second during the exchange). The commission voted in favor and the chair announced the motion carries; the recommendation will be forwarded to City Council as an advisory transfer request.