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BACKGROUND The City of Pleasanton was approached by Kaiser Permanente regarding partnering with the City to place a mural to help beautify a blighted area on their Medical Office Building in Pleasanton. The mural would be placed on the North Building and would be highly visible for clients visiting many areas of the medical office building. The total cost of the mural's artists' commission would be shared between Kaiser Permanente, the City of Pleasanton, and Gary and Nancy Harrington. The North Medical Office Building consists of the following departments: Minor Injury, Pediatrics, Family Medicine, the Pharmacy, Lab, and Radiology. The building's entrance/exit area receives the second highest foot traffic on campus. The entrance/exit is across from a newly landscaped area where a putting green, horseshoe pit and basketball area were recently added. The proposed area for the mural is roughly 12 feet high and 20 feet in length (Attachment 2). There is limited artificial lighting in the area, but additional lights could be added. DISCUSSION A call for art was sent out in December 2017 and 47 submittals were received. All submittals were reviewed by Kaiser Permanente staff, and then the top two (2) selections were shared with the Public Art Selection Subcommittee (PASS) on January 26, 2018 and the Civic Arts Commission on February 5, 2018. The Civic Arts Commission is recommending one (1) design for review and consideration by the City Council. Pleasanton artist, Mark Shawver submitted a design titled, "live well, be well" for consideration for this mural project. The artist stated the following about his design: "the use of a variety of colorful and engaging imagery promoting and encouraging the viewer to adopt a healthy lifestyle that ultimately leads to more fulfilment and happiness in their lives." Kaiser Permanente representative, Scott Bassi reviewed the submissions and felt Mark's design was a perfect match for Kaiser's mission and the City of Pleasanton. The Civic Arts Commission overwhelmingly supported the design and were pleased that it contained multi-cultural images. They requested that the Kaiser logo be removed from the bottom corner as public art does not typically contain company or product brands. CONCLUSION The Civic Arts Commission is recommending that the City Council review and approve the piece entitled, "live well, be well", by artist Mark Shawver. Page 2 of 3