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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: October 25, 2004 Action Agend_ a Item No. L~ SUBJECT: Orange Count Percent for Art Program DEPARTMENT: Arts Commission ATTACHMENT(S): • Overview • Proposed Orange County Percent for Art Resolution • Proposed Orange County Percent for Art Ordinance PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No INFORMATION CONTACT: Martha Shannon, ext 2335 • Chapel Hill Public Art Resolution TELEPHONE NUMBERS: • Chapel Hill Public Art Ordinance Hillsborough 732-8181 • City of Charlotte Public Art Ordinance Chapel Hill 968-4501 • Mecklenburg County Public Art Durham 688-7331 Ordinance Mebane 336-227-2031 PURPOSE: To discuss and consider an Orange County Percent far Art Program, administered by the Orange Council Arts Commission (OCAC), which would offer Orange County the opportunity to acquire or commission works of art specifically far County-funded construction projects, bring artists into the design process and enrich the County's civic and community buildings and public spaces. BACKGROUND: The OCAC developed the EXCERPTS Public Art Project (during Orange Couhty's 250~h Anniversary) far the Government Services Center. The OCAC is currently working with the Chapel Hill Public Arts Commission on two public art projects: Homestead Aquatics Center and Southern Community Park, The BOCC also previously asked the OCAC to coordinate a public art project at Southern Human Services Center and provided $9,000 in funding during FY05, The BOCC has demonstrated an interest in finding public art, and a willingness to involve the OCAC in administering public art projects. Chapel Hill has a Percent for Art Program in place by ordinance. Charlotte and Asheville also have established Percent for Art Programs. Other NC cities with public art plans and/or public art committees in place include Cary, Hickory, Wilson, Kinston and Hendersonville. Mecklenburg County has adopted acounty-wide Percent for Art Program, If enacted by the BOCC, Orange County would be the second county in North Carolina to adopt a Percent for Art Program, FINANCIAL IMPACT: The money (1 %) for Percent for Art projects is allocated from the construction budget for each public space or facility, The Percent for Art Program would apply to County-funded capital constnuction projects that provide public services and accessibility, Public spaces, new construction and existing facilities undergoing substantial reconstruction would be considered by the BOCC.