The Marina Public Art Ad Hoc Subcommittee was established by the Recreation and Cultural Services Commission on May 6, 2009 through a request from Candy Myers-Owen.  Its purpose is to relocate 8 sculptures  formerly located as The Sculpture Habitat at the Marina Municipal Airport, and re-establish a public arts venue named “The City of Marina Sculpture Garden”  (TCOMSG).  The Sculpture Habitat had to be dismantled due to the Marina Coast Water District’s directive when they took the water tower down on the habitat site.  Since that time almost two years ago,  the sculptures have been stored at The Monterey Sculpture Center.  Many of these pieces have belonged to the City of Marina, while some are on permanent and semi-permanent loan.

The lower park area of the 4.8 acre Vince DiMaggio Park, which is an under-utilized, grassy passive park, has been accepted by the City of Marina as the permanent location for “TCOMSG” after a complete site study analysis of eight different locations.  The completion of the upper park area of Vince DiMaggio Park, including the community building, allowed the committee to present the lower park plan to City Council as part of the entire Park plan.  It was accepted unanimously.

The ad-hoc committee is in the process of finding “in-kind” donors for work that needs to be done, as well as doing grant writing.  The total project’s cost is $90,000.00.  Our goal is for completion at the latest by January 2012. 

To date, the city has  received a $10,000 grant from the Monterey County Regional Parks District, and a landscape/site plan that has been donated by Michael Bellinger of Bellinger, Foster, and Steinmetz.  The committee is currently seeking a grant from The Arts Council for Monterey County in the amount of $5000.00. Plans going forward will be to write grants to other Foundations and Arts organizations.  As the Marina Police Department provides two members that sit on  our ad-hoc committee who are well-versed in CEPTED Practices, we also plan for the Police Department to apply for a grant from CEPTED.  

The current committee consists of the following dedicated members: Candy Myers-Owen, Co-Chair, Community Member; Darlena Ridler, Co-Chair, Member of the Recreation and Cultural Commission; Linda O’Connell, Community Member; Linda Madsen, Community Member; Bruce Delgado, Mayor of Marina; Dave McCall, Former Councilman and Activist for City of Marina; Lt. Bob Noland, Marina Police Department; Lt. Rick Janicki, Marina Police Department; Patti Bradshaw, Community Member and Former Planning Commissioner; Lenore Masterson, Member of the Recreation And Cultural Commission; Larry Fischer, Ex-officio Member and Owner of Monterey Sculpture Center.

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Attached is the initial landscape and site plan of Vince DiMaggio Park.  Selected photographs of the sculptures are below:  

Java Family	California State Seal	Tiger
Two Dolphins	Skull with Ram Horn	Tree Base
Martin Luther King	10 Nature Plaques	Vince DiMaggio Site Plan