The City of Mountain View is a community of 74,000 people located on the San Francisco Peninsula. Over the years, the City has instituted an arts program and built a collection of art using a public/private partnership, community involvement and some public funds. A major component of this program is a City policy that requires that 1 percent of all major City capital improvement projects over $1 million be spent on public art related to the project. This program is administered by the Visual Arts Committee, a seven-person, Council-appointed advisory committee that will recom-mend two to three alternatives to the City Council, whose decision is final. More information on the public art program is available on the City's web site at www.mountainview.gov.