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PAINTING OF SIX TRAFFIC SIGNAL CABINETS
WITH ARTISTIC FEATURES ON RIVERWALK
PARKWAY
Mobility & Infrastructure Committee
December 8, 2022
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
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2 BACKGROUND
• The City of Riverside seeks to
inspire everyone through
meaningful Arts and Cultural
experiences
• The Public Works Department
services nearly 400 traffic signals
citywide – the signal equipment
cabinets are excellent canvases
for public art
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3 DISCUSSION
• In April 2022 volunteers from Sandals
Church painted 12 signal cabinets
across the City
• The project has been well received
by the community
• Public Works is seeking to work with
the artists, the community and Arts
& Cultural Affairs to paint signal
cabinets using specialized paints
and anti-graffiti coatings
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4 DISCUSSION
• Riverwalk Parkway was selected as
an opportunity to expand
deployment of public art
• The Riverwalk community has
expressed interest in the following
categories of artwork to be
deployed:
– Active Lifestyle (45%)
– Local Wildlife (27%)
– Colorful Landscape Scenes (23%)
– Other (5%)
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5 DISCUSSION
• Six proposed locations for signal
cabinet art along Riverwalk
Parkway are at the intersections of:
– Pierce Street (S)
– Flat Rock Road
– Collett Avenue
– Yeager Drive
– Sierra Vista Avenue
– Pierce Street (N)
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6 DISCUSSION
• Following cabinet painting along
Riverwalk Parkway, staff will assess
durability and weather resistance
of materials;
• Consideration and implementation
of an annual signal art program,
including formal specifications for
volunteer painting events
• Continue to expand opportunities
for Arts in the Public Right of Way
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7 Strategic Priority 1 – Arts, Culture and Recreation
Goals 1.1 and 1.2
Strategic Priority 2 – Community Well-Being
Goal 2.3
Cross-Cutting Threads
STRATEGIC PLAN ALIGNMENT
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8 RECOMMENDATION
That the Mobility & Infrastructure Committee
recommend that the City Council approve the Public
Works Department’s request to seek competitive bids
and/or quotes from local artists to paint six traffic signal cabinets on Riverwalk Parkway between Pierce Street
(S) to Pierce Street (N).
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