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Saint Paul Public Art Collection For the last six years Mark Granlund has been the Public Art Coordinator for the City of Saint Paul Department of Parks and Recreation. In that capacity he has been charged with overseeing the maintenance of the collection of sixty public art sculptures owned by the City of Saint Paul. In 2007 he established a city-wide public art maintenance program for all city departments. Mark works annually with a conservator to survey all of the works in the collection and create reports that prioritize the maintenance needs. He oversees a small annual budget for maintenance. In July of 2009, the Saint Paul City Council passed Public Art Policy for projects funded with capital improvement dollars. Mark was an important member on the panel that wrote the policy which will result in 1% of construction costs on capital improvement projects set aside for artwork and .5% of the capital improvement maintenance budget to provide maintenance costs for the existing collection. Mark has also written mural policy and public art proposal guidelines for the Saint Paul Department of Parks and Recreation. Mark routinely works with recreation centers, artists, non-profits and community members on the coordination of public art projects throughout the city.
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