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Resolution: RES 189-2023
File Number: 23-893 Enactment Number: RES 189-2023
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ACCEPTANCE OF
BAT COUNTRY, A PUBLIC ART SCULPTURE CREATED
AND DONATED BY GWEN FISHER AND PAUL BROWN
TO BE LOCATED AT THE ORANGE MEMORIAL PARK
SPORTS FIELD.
WHEREAS, in 2022, the Cultural Arts Commission was first introduced to the possibility of a
donation of a sculpture called Bat Country from South San Francisco artists Gwen Fisher and Paul Brown;
and
WHEREAS, the sculpture, Bat Country, combines art, mathematics, and engineering to create a
Sierpinski tetrahedron sculpture made from baseball bats and softballs; and
WHERES, City of South San Francisco staff, Cultural Arts Commissioners, and Orange Memorial
Park Sports Field project consultants evaluated various installation location options for Bat Country; and
WHEREAS, at the Cultural Arts Commission's regular meeting on September 21, 2023, after
considering feedback from City Council and an in depth review of the Bat Country sculpture and location
options by the Public Art subcommittee of the Cultural Arts Commission, the Commission unanimously
approved a recommendation to City Council to accept the donation of Bat Country as well as the proposed
installation location next to Colma Creek, between the Orange Memorial Park Sports Field and the picnic
meadow.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of South San
Francisco does hereby accept the public art donation, Bat Country, by Gwen Fisher and Paul Brown for
installation at the Orange Memorial Park Sports Field.
At a meeting of the City Council on 12/13/2023, a motion was made by Councilmember Nicolas,
seconded by Councilmember Nagales, that this Resolution be approved. The motion passed.
Yes: 4 Mayor Coleman, Vice Mayor Flores, Councilmember Addiego, and
Councilmember Nicolas
Abstain: 1 Council ember Nagales
Attest by k � L
osa Govea Acosta, City Clerk
City of South San Francisco