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June 2022
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RE: 2040 Dft. General Plan. Chapter 3 Community Character Element, Goals CC-5: Public Art
The 2040 Dft. G.P. Chp. 3 includes the Goal and Action Items relating to Public Art.
This section builds upon the 2025 General Plan, Goal CC-21 “Support arts and
cultural activities and amenities in Truckee.” by recognizing the programs that have
developed over the last decade. The 2025 G.P. provided a platform by which the
Truckee Cultural District, Truckee’s first Public Art Master Plan and ensuing Public
Art Commission have been created.
These initiatives have established formal public, private and county partnerships in the
State, CA designation as one of 14 Cultural Districts (TCD), a community generated
vision for public art in Town (PAMP) and a commission that has been cataloging and
developing policy to enable greater inclusion of public art on Town owned and
privately developed property.
The Public Art Commission Truckee has been active since September 2020 developing
many of the goals set forward through the public art master plan. As we look ahead to
generate foresight and vision with in the 2040 General Plan, we are pleased to see the
dedicated section relating to Public Art, which builds upon specific areas of focus that
have been identified with in the PAMP, Innovate Gateway and the 2025 G.P. These
Goals help to support the general themes expressed by the community through the
PAMP process, which are; greater access to and inclusion of art in publicly accessible
spaces, greater emphasis on a variety of disciplines beyond visual art (i.e. music, dance,
performance, etc.) and the development of sustainable funding mechanisms to ensure
program development.
During our July meeting, PACT will take the opportunity to review the 2040 Draft
General Plan Chapter 3 Community Character Element, Goals CC-5: Public Art as a
group to provide formal discussion and comments relating to this section.
I anticipate that our group will generally be in favor of the Goals and Actions- CC-5 as
drafted and may likely suggest a few minor revisions for consideration. As a group,
PACT will offer a formal set of comments to be considered the Planning Commission
and Town Council at the August review of the 2040 G.P. Draft.
Sincerely,
Troy Corliss
Public Art Commission Truckee, Chair