Los Angeles County supervisors will consider a $59,000 public art proposal for Altadena on Tuesday, Nov. 10, that would involve 10 artists in creating artwork for utility boxes in the community.
The proposal from Fifth District Supervisor Kathryn Barger would direct the county Department of Arts and Culture to enter into a sole-source agreement with consultant Austin Scott, according to Item 22 on the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors’ published agenda.
Under the proposed agreement, Scott would be responsible for community engagement, artist selection, contracting with the 10 participating artists and delivering the utility box artwork project.
The $59,000 agreement would be funded through the Fifth District’s civic art pooled funds.
The recommendation also would authorize the director of Arts and Culture to execute necessary contract amendments, including change orders, and take other actions needed to deliver the project.
The proposed arrangement places responsibility for several aspects of the project, from community engagement through contracting with artists, under one consultant.
The county agenda does not identify the 10 participating artists or specify which utility boxes would receive artwork.
It also does not provide the number of utility boxes to be included or a schedule for installation.
Those details remain unspecified in the published recommendation.
The $59,000 figure represents the amount of the proposed consulting agreement. The agenda does not provide an itemized breakdown of consultant compensation, individual artist payments, production expenses or installation costs.
The proposal calls for a sole-source agreement with Scott rather than describing a competitive selection process for the consulting contract.
The project would bring a county-funded public art initiative to Altadena, an unincorporated community within the Fifth Supervisorial District represented by Barger.
The proposal is among several matters affecting Altadena scheduled for consideration at the Nov. 10 meeting.
The same agenda includes an appointment to the Altadena Library District Board of Trustees and separate proposals concerning continued emergency contracting authority associated with recovery from the January 2025 wildfires, including the Eaton Fire.
Those matters are separate board actions and are not components of the utility box artwork agreement.
The art project appears among the board’s policy matters scheduled for consideration at Tuesday’s meeting.
The Board of Supervisors is scheduled to meet at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 10, in Board Hearing Room 381B at the Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration, 500 W. Temple St., Los Angeles.
The meeting is open to the public. Registration for remote public comment is scheduled to open at 9 a.m. on the meeting day.
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