Transmittal - 3/24/2023
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY of SALT LAKE CITY
SALT LAKE CITY CORPORATION
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MAYOR ERIN MENDENHALL
Executive Director
DANNY WALZ
Director
DATE: March 24, 2023
PREPARED BY: Corinne Piazza, Senior Project Manager
RE: Redevelopment Agency of Salt Lake City (“Agency”) Art Funds Update
REQUESTED ACTION: None
POLICY ITEM: Agency Art Policy
BUDGET IMPACTS: Not Applicable – Prior Budget Allocation
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: This is a written briefing to inform the Board of how Agency staff plans to
use previously allocated art funds.
ANALYSIS & ISSUES: The Agency has funds earmarked for art and intends to use the funding for the
following art projects. The chart below includes upcoming projects, a high-level description of each project,
and funding amounts. The following projects will be in line with the Agency Art Policy, which was updated
with Board approval in 2021, including further clarification on the Agency’s art programming and
collaboration process with the Salt Lake City Arts Council (“Arts Council”).
Project Description Amount
State Street Project Area:
Community Connection
Mural Project
Similar to the Agency’s Granary District Mural
Project, this project will be launched in the new State
Street Project Area as an initial activation effort in
collaboration with local businesses, property owners,
and artists. Agency staff is currently crafting the
program parameters and anticipates that over ~6,000
square feet of publicly visible mural art will be added
to the neighborhood through this project.
$150,000
Seven Canyons Trust
Folsom Corridor Mural
Seven Canyons Trust is a local nonprofit
organization that specializes in daylighting Salt Lake
Valley’s buried and impaired creeks and is a partner
with the Agency on the City Creek Daylighting
Design Plan. The Agency has partnered with Seven
Canyons Trust to collaboratively fund a $15,000
mural project on the Folsom Trail with additional
partners including the Arts Council and River District
Business Alliance.
$8,000
The call for artists is open until March 31 with an
anticipated unveiling celebration in August 2023.
The mural is intended to acknowledge City Creek’s
presence, beautify the Folsom Trail corridor, and
represent the Euclid and Poplar Grove
neighborhoods.
Japantown Placemaking The Agency recently facilitated the creation of the
Japantown Design Strategy (“Strategy”) in
partnership with the Japantown community and
GSBS Architects. The Strategy identifies community
placemaking priorities, including history and
storytelling elements, art, entryway monuments, and
streetscaping. Agency staff will work with the
Japantown community to prioritize and implement an
initial art project.
$100,000
North Temple Corridor:
Activation through Public
Art
The Agency is working with the Arts Council to
create new art installations along the North Temple
corridor.
$150,000
Total - $408,000
Additionally, the Fiscal Year 2024 budget will include a request for $150,000 in art funds for the 9 Line
Project Area. This (if approved), combined with the projects listed above, would result in approximately
$550,0000 in art investments within the Agency’s two newest project areas (State Street and 9 Line), North
Temple, and the Central Business District.
REDEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS: Not applicable
PREVIOUS BOARD ACTION:
• March 2021: Board Approved Agency Art Policy Update
• FY2021 Budget: $250,000 Public Art Funding Allocation
• FY2018 Budget: $250,000 Public Art Funding Allocation
ATTACHMENTS: None