Livermore art committee chairman Herman Leider says public artis key to the city--a place being rapidly built up with officeparks and numerous new housing tracts. Companies and home-seekersalike are flocking to Livermore, drawn by lower costs and a greateramount of space. Livermore's Public Art Committee has identifiedseveral areas in need of public art. Those areas include Robertsonand Max Baer Parks, the Springtown duck pond and the AirwayBoulevard entrance to the Livermore Municipal Airport.

Existing public art pieces in the Livermore area include amosaic, stained-glass windows, and a sculpture in and around thecity's new Civic Center Library. Another well-known piece of publicart is the existing Monument to Peace sculpture, which is also infront of the library. But, officials said, those pieces and the fewothers that are scattered around Livermore are simply notenough.