Percent for Art ordinance revision
Amendment to Chapter 2.30 of city code to raise the minimum annual capital improvement program funding for art from 1% to 1.5%, create a public art maintenance fund and adjust Art Design Board powers and membership limits. A straw poll in the January 19, 2021 work session supported the increase unanimously.
In review
- Type
- Code change
- Location
- Citywide
- City Council work session: Percent for Art ordinance revision follow-up
- City Council work session: Percent for Art ordinance revision (Chapter 2.30)
In brief
Percent for Art ordinance revision appears on 2 recorded agendas, from the City Council work session meeting of January 19, 2021 to the City Council work session meeting of March 23, 2021.
Follow the money and project delivery
Percent for Art ordinance revision
- Council action
No approval or denial linked in the records collected.
- Money in the record
No itemized amount linked in the records collected.
- Signed agreement and payments
Execution and project-level disbursements are not verified by this tracker. They require separate records; meeting approval alone does not establish either.
- Work and operating costs
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Every hearing and vote
March 23, 2021 · City Council work session
Percent for Art ordinance revision follow-up
Discussed
Staff presented the ordinance and its required funding and said it would take effect except for a delayed reporting requirement. No discussion was held; action was tentatively set for April 6.
January 19, 2021 · City Council work session
Percent for Art ordinance revision (Chapter 2.30)
Discussed
The proposal would raise the annual capital improvement funding minimum for art from 1% to 1.5%, create a public art maintenance fund and adjust Art Design Board powers and membership limits. Council members and staff discussed selling art from the collection, geographic rotation, repair and reinstallation, insurance and maintenance costs and decommissioning. Members asked for changes including updated CIP amounts, replacing the word citizen with resident, sending decommissioning recommendations to the mayor for final approval, and concern over the board deciding purchase and maintenance funding. A straw poll to raise the percentage to 1.5% was supported unanimously by those present.
- Tentative council action: Feb. 2, 2021