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r 2 <br /> DRAFT # 1 . 5 <br /> accessibility of public places and to enrich the experience and expand the participation of <br /> citizens in the visual arts, by directing additional resources for the inclusion of public art in <br /> Orange County (hereafter "Public Art"). <br /> Section 2.0 Program Policy: The BOCC acknowledges that there is a significant need to <br /> provide adequate funding for the creation, support, display and maintenance of Public Art. <br /> The BOCC is determined to dedicate to the Percent for Art Program one (1%) percent of the <br /> Eligible Construction Budgets of Eligible Construction Projects in the Capital Improvement <br /> Program in the adoption of the final budget policy for each fiscal year. The funds shall be <br /> used for artist design services and for the selection, acquisition, display and maintenance of <br /> Artwork in new and existing public buildings and parks and other outdoor public site or lands <br /> in Orange County. The Percent for Art Program and its policies shall be effective upon the <br /> adoption of this Resolution. <br /> Section 3.0 Definitions: <br /> a. "Artist" means a practitioner of the visual arts who is generally recognized by critics and <br /> peers as a professional of superlative intent and ability. <br /> b. "Artwork" means works in a variety of media produced by Artists; works may be <br /> permanent, temporary or functional, may be standalone or integrated into the architecture <br /> or landscaping, if such are designed by an Artist as defined above; and should <br /> encompass the broadest range of expression, media and materials authorized by N.C. <br /> Gen. Stat. § 160A-488 or its successor statute. The term "Artwork" does not include <br /> inappropriate expenditures including, but not limited to: (a) reproductions of original art by <br /> mechanical or other means (however, limited editions controlled by the artist, or original <br /> prints, cast sculpture, photographs, etc., may be included) and (b) art objects which are <br /> mass produced, ordered from a catalog, or of a standard design, such as playground <br /> sculpture or fountains. <br /> c. "Arts Commission" means the Orange County Arts Commission. <br /> d. "Capital Improvement Program" means the Orange County program for capital <br /> development. <br /> e. "Eligible Construction Project" means any project included in the Orange County Capital <br /> Improvement Program that is wholly or partially funded or otherwise authorized by the <br /> BOCC for construction, involving any building or park or other outdoor public site or lands <br /> to which the public has access or which is visible from a public right-of-way. <br /> f. "Eligible Construction Budget" means the total amount appropriated for the design, <br /> construction, renovation of Eligible Construction Projects, but excluding the acquisition of <br /> land, demolition costs, sitework and soil remediation and mechanical equipment costs. <br /> Said funds shall include eligible bond projects, eligible grant-funded projects and other <br /> eligible capital projects funded from other sources, but shall exclude grants for which the <br />