CITY OF OAKLAND
CITY HALL • 1 FRANK H. OGAWA PLAZA • OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA 94612
City Council
April 16, 2024
Date: April 4, 2024
To: Members of City Council and Members of the Public
From: Councilmember Carroll Fife
Re: Agreements For Oakland Super Heroes Mural Project
Dear Colleagues and Members of the Public,
On June 7, 2011, the City Council authorized the proposal by Attitudinal Healing Connection (doing business as The Center for ArtEsteem) for a series of murals under Interstate 580 between West Street and San Pablo Avenue, pursuant to Oakland Redevelopment Agency Resolution No. 2011-0047 C.M.S. Using the theme of superheroes, the murals are designed by elementary, middle, and high school students in District 3 schools. To date, four murals have been completed and this proposed resolution would allow for the installation of “Oakland Super Heroes Mural No. 5”.
The Super Heroes murals are executed in collaboration with the City and California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) through the Caltrans Transportation Art Proposal application process.
This process requires that the City of Oakland sponso r, and take responsibility for all artwork authorized by Caltrans for placement on Caltrans property. With the approval of this resolution, the City would enter into an a greement with ArtEsteem requiring ArtEsteem to assume all maintenance responsibilities for Oakland Super Heroes Mural No. 5 as stipulated by Caltrans, and in compliance with all City and State permit requirements for the installation of the mural.
At its March 1, 2021 meeting, the City’s Public Art Advisory Committee reviewed ArtEsteem’s proposal for Oakland Super Heroes Mural No. 5 and recommended that the City Council approve the project. Mural No. 5 is planned for the western abutment wall of Market Street, and is designed by local youth from the 2019-20 and 2020 -21 cohorts of ArtEsteem’s Oakland Legacy Project after-school program, working with creative originator Amana Harris, art director David Burke and Lead Artist Pancho Pescador. See Attachment A for a detailed project description.
I respectfully request your support for this legislation.
Sincerely,
Councilmember Carroll Fife