Agenda - 03-03-2009 - 6c - Laserfiche WebLink

Browse Search

ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: March 3, 2009 Action Agenda Item No. (0—C SUBJECT: Orange County Percent for Art Program DEPARTMENT: Orange County Arts Commission PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) No ATTACHMENT(S): Percent for Art Resolution INFORMATION CONTACT: Percent for Art Ordinance Martha Shannon, 245-2335 Program Procedures Flow Chart Percent for Art Program Overview 2/18/09 Article on City of Raleigh Half- Percent Art Program PURPOSE: To establish an Orange County Percent for Art Program by Resolution and Ordinance. BACKGROUND: The Orange County Arts Commission is responding to a request from the Board of County Commissioners via the County Manager that staff bring forward a policy regarding public art during February or March, 2009. This Percent for Art Resolution and Ordinance were created by the Arts Commission, based on Percent for Art Resolutions and Ordinances adopted in other locales, primarily Chapel Hill. These documents were reviewed by County officials and the County Attorney's office in 2004 when they were originally submitted for consideration. Staff has updated page 1 of the Resolution to include additional public art projects supported by Orange County since these documents were originally submitted in 2004. There are approximately 450 public art programs in the U.S. Half of these programs operate with a percent for art ordinance. Philadelphia has this country's oldest percent for art program, now 50 years old. In North Carolina, percent for art ordinances exist in Asheville, Chapel Hill, Charlotte & Mecklenburg County, and with Charlotte Area Transit System & Triangle Transit Authority. A 1/2 Percent for Art program for Raleigh was just adopted by the Raleigh City Council on February 17, 2009. FINANCIAL IMPACT: Resolution Section 4.0: Budgeted Funds for the Percent for Art Program - Each year in adopting the County's annual CIP budget, the BOCC would consider the appropriation of 1% of the total amount budgeted for each Eligible Construction Project to be set aside and identified as funds to be appropriated and expended for acquisition or commissioning of Artwork in accordance with the provisions of this Percent for Art Program. Jeffrey York (Public Art Administrator, Town of Chapel Hill) and Janet Kagan (Chair, Public Art Network, Americans for the Arts) will be at the meeting to speak. RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends the Board discuss an Orange County Percent for Art Program by Resolution and Ordinance.