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BACKGROUND Through the Harrington Art Partnership, Nancy and Gary Harrington will graciously donate the historical mural "Pioneer Founders," to add to the City's pubic art collection. The concept for the historical mural was approved by the City Council on April 19, 2011, as part of "Phase Two" of the Harrington Public Art Acquisition Plan. At that time an artist had not been chosen and no rendering had been created. On December 7, 2012, the Harringtons met with city and museum staff to confirm the authenticity and appropriateness of the historical figures and their likenesses depicted in the mural. Jim DeMersman, Executive Director of the Museum on Main, provided comments and a few additional options for the figures, but ultimately confirmed the authenticity and appropriateness of the figures. At the December 13, 2012 Public Art Selection Subcommittee (PASS) meeting, the Harringtons presented the PASS committee with their request to commission Barbara Stanton to create the mural. A rendering of the mural by Ms. Stanton had been presented to the PASS committee along with her resume and examples of previous works. The rendering depicts fifteen (15) Pleasanton historical figures. The rendering depicts all of the historical figures together in a room similar to what would have been found in Phoebe Hearst's home. Ms. Stanton has created a great deal of portrait work and typically works in a miniature scale. While the PASS members felt her ability to create appropriate likenesses was strong they were concerned with her limited work in scales larger than miniatures. As a result, the PASS members requested more information on Ms. Stanton's background to assist them with their discussion. Following the meeting, the Harrington's forwarded additional information regarding Ms. Stanton's previous experiences with mural work. This information was shared with the PASS committee and after a thorough review, the committee asked to see a "life-size" example of Ms. Stanton's work. The "life-size" rendering of Phoebe Hearst was presented to the PASS committee on March 15, 2013. While the PASS committee stated they would have preferred to see the rendering in the same medium that will be used to create the mural, they felt confident in forwarding their recommendation to the Civic Arts Commission for their review and consideration. At its regular meeting on April 8, 2013, the Civic Arts Commission reviewed the rendering and the proposed location. The Commission asked detailed questions about the artist's background and qualifications. They also inquired about how the mural would be created and installed and how the historical figures would be identified. The Commission was informed that the historical figures' names would be located underneath the piece and the materials used to hang the piece would be durable and would allow for the piece to be moved, if necessary, in the future. Page 2 of 3