The Committee on Public Art (click) has proposed installing a 30 ' diameter 'flowerclock' in city right of way on the grassy incline at the SE corner of the intersection of N. Section St. and HWY 104 (adjacent to the St. James Episcopal Church).
The Committee proposes to donate $17,750 in private funds to the project; and the city would do the installation and continuing maintenance. The city's estimated start-up costs were about $33,000-- and then $14,000 per year thereafter.
Local artists are to participate in the design, which may, or may not, be similar to the one exampled in the picture (above-right) provided by the Committee. The design would change yearly -- or at sooner intervals -- and consist of flowers, bushes and other vegetation.
Mayor Kant said he has been contemplating the project for "over 15 years" -- and people have been bringing him pictures of such clocks from "all over the world."
Councilmember Burrell: "... these are destinations ... on their own ... people come just to see the clock."
Kant: "Its a major tourist attraction in most communities ... another lure to bring people to town."
The matter was to be placed on the agenda for the next council meeting; funding to come out of Public Works budget (2013, 2014)
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