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a <br />DRAFT # 1.5 <br />RESOLUTION DEFINING THE PERCENT FOR PUBLIC ART PROGRAM <br />FOR ORANGE COUNTY <br />WHEREAS, in 1985 by resolution the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) created the <br />Orange County Arts Commission to promote and strengthen the artistic and cultural <br />development of Orange County; and <br />WHEREAS, the BOCC supports the arts in Orange County by continued funding of the <br />Orange County Arts Commission, including the increase to a full-time staff position; and <br />WHEREAS, at the BOCC's request, the Orange County Arts Commission and the Town of <br />Chapel Hill's Public Art Office worked together to commission artwork for two County/City <br />projects (Homestead Aquatics Center and Southern Community Park - 2004-05); and <br />WHEREAS, with the support of various county departments, in 2006 the Orange County Arts <br />Commission ,purchased existing artwork from local artists which has been located in the <br />following county facilities -Government Services Annex, Orange County Public Library, <br />Northside Human Services Center, Robert and Pearl Seymour Center, Orange County Skills <br />Development Center, and Orange County Planning/Agricultural Environmental Complex; and <br />WHEREAS, with unanimous BOCC approval, the Orange County Arts Commission has <br />commissioned public art on aproject-by-project basis in the following county facilities -John <br />M. Link, Jr. Government Services Center (2002-03), Southern Human Services Center (2005- <br />06), Robert and Pearl Seymour Center (2007-08), Central Orange Senior Center (2006-07), . <br />Animal Services Center (2007-08), Orange County Public Library (2008-09); and <br />WHEREAS, in FY06 the Public Art Reserve line item was created in the Capital Investment <br />Plan (CIP) to help fund public art projects on county property outside of the operating budget; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, the BOCC has, concurrently with the adoption of this Resolution Defining the <br />Percent for Public Art Program (hereafter"Resolution"), adopted an Ordinance for <br />Establishing a Percent for Public Art Program for Orange County (hereafter "Percent for Art <br />Program" or "Program"); <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the BOCC of Orange County that the BOCC <br />hereby establishes policies for the Percent for Public Art Program. <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Percent for Art Program shall be guided by the <br />following policies: <br />Section 1.0 Program Objective: The Percent for Art Program is designed to promote the <br />artistic development in the County of Orange ("Orange County" or "County"), to encourage <br />and celebrate the County's diversity and enhance its cultural heritage and character, to <br />promote economic development, advance tourism, to augment the dignity, beauty and <br />