Reso. No. _____
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RESOLUTION NO. ______
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND,
CALIFORNIA, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
RICHMOND APPROVING A CONTRACT WITH DEONTA ALLEN FOR THE
DESIGN AND INSTALLATION OF A PUBLIC ART MURAL AT THE CIVIC CENTER APARTMENTS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $70,000,
APPROPRIATING $73,742.49 IN DEVELOPER-PAID PUBLIC ART FUNDS
WHEREAS, the City of Richmond, in partnership with Novin Development Corporation through affiliated entity 425 Civic Center LP, is developing the Civic Center Apartments project located at 425 24th Street, consisting of 49 units of permanent supportive housing; and
WHEREAS, the project is primarily funded through the State of California Homekey Program and supplemented by City financing to provide permanent housing and supportive services addressing homelessness within the community; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Rich mond Municipal Code Chapter 6.50, eligible City capital improvement projects are required to dedicate one and one-half percent (1.5%) of eligible project costs toward public art; and
WHEREAS, in satisfaction of this requirement, the developer remitted $73 ,742.49 to the City for public art purposes related to the Civic Center Apartments project, which funds are currently held within the Arts & Culture 1.5% Capital Improvements Program Fund; and
WHEREAS, the developer requested that the City’s Arts & Cultur e Division and the Richmond Arts & Culture Commission (“RACC”) administer the public art mural project; and
WHEREAS, in February 2026, the Arts & Culture Division issued an Artist Outreach through PlanetBids and conducted additional outreach to solicit qualified artists for the mural project; and
WHEREAS, five qualified artists submitted statements of interest and were subsequently invited to part icipate in a formal Request for Proposals process, and all five artists submitted responsive proposals; and
WHEREAS, proposals were evaluated by a review panel consisting of City staff, representatives of the developer, and members of RACC using established evaluation criteria; and
WHEREAS, artist Deonta Allen received the highest overall composite score following completion of the evaluation process; and
WHEREAS, at a Special Meeting held on April 23, 2026, RACC recommended approval of a contract with D eonta Allen for the design and installation of the Civic Center Apartments public art mural; and
WHEREAS, staff recommends City Council approval of a contract with Deonta Allen in an amount not to exceed $70,000, with a term commencing June 16, 2026 ending June 30, 2027, for the design and installation of a public art mural at the Civic Center Apartments; and
WHEREAS, staff recommends appropriation of the $73,742.49 in developer-paid public art funds currently held in the Arts & Culture 1.5% Capital Improvements Program Fund to Account String 13564065-400201-36048 to support the contract and related project expenditures.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council hereby appropriates Seventy-Three Thousand Seven Hundred Forty -Two Dollars and Forty-Nine Cents ($73,742.49) in developer-paid public art funds currently held in the Arts & Culture 1.5% Capital Improvements Program Fund to Account St ring 13564065-400201-36048 for contract costs and related project expenditures.
Reso. No. _____
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***THE CLERK’S OFFICE WILL COMPLETE THE INFORMATION BELOW****
I certify that the foregoing resolution was passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Richmond at a regular meeting thereof held on Mmmm dd, yyyy, by the following vote:
AYES: AYES:
NOES:
ABSTENTIONS:
ABSENT:
CLERK OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND
(SEAL)
Approved:
Mayor
Approved as to form:
City Attorney
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County of Contra Costa : ss.
City of Richmond }
I certify that the foregoing is a true copy of Resolution No. _____, finally passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Richmond at a regular meeting held on Mmmm dd, yyyy.
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Pamela Christian, Clerk of the City of Richmond