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16 <br />Sec. 15-220. Administrative procedures. <br />The Public Art Commission in conjunction with the city's Finance Department <br />and the ASC shall prepare guidelines and specifications for the administrative procedures <br />that are necessary to accomplish the purposes set forth in this Article. <br />Sec. IS-221. Consultation with city officers and department staffs. <br />City officers and staffs of city departments may consult and advise with the <br />Public Art Commission from time to time on matters coming within the scope of this <br />Article, and the Commission may consult and advise with such city staffs and officers, <br />Sec. 15-222. Solicitation of gifts of art and funds. <br />The Public Art Commission shall have the authority to solicit gifts of art on behalf <br />of the city and to encourage public-spirited citizens to contribute funds, as well as <br />permanent works of art, to the city and thereby help to beautify the city and the public <br />buildings and grounds situated therein, <br />Sec. 15-22.3. Powers and duties. <br />(a) Subject to the provisions of this Article, the Public Art Commission shall be <br />responsible for administering the city's public art program with the assistance of ASC, <br />including the establishment of policies and guidelines, the designation of appropriate sites <br />for Artwork, the determination of an art budget for Eligible Projects, the selection of <br />artists and commissioning works of art, review of the design, execution and placement of <br />Artwork and the removal of Artwork from the city collection. <br />(h) The Public Art Commission, with the assistance of ASC, shall prepare an <br />annual fiscal year work plan for approval by the city council which shall include at least <br />the following: (1) a description of the Artwork completed, obtained or commenced in the <br />previous year; (2) a description of the Capital Improvement Projects designated for <br />inclusion of public art in the upcoming year and of the funding source; (.3) a budget for <br />the income and expenditures for such projects; and (4) a general description of the public <br />art plan for the upcoming year, The city council shall have final approval of the annual <br />work plan and budget for the public art program. The annual work plan shall be <br />contingent upon the availability of funds for capital projects,. <br />(c) The Public Art Commission shall work together with the city and the ASC to <br />examine all Artwork or a design or model of same which are proposed for permanent or <br />long-term placement on city property or aze to become the property of the city by <br />purchase, gift or' otherwise, except for those works to be placed in a museum or' gallery, <br />to determine an appropriate space for the placement of such Artwork.. In any case in <br />which the city and the Commission cannot agree on the location of placement of such <br />works, the city's determination shall be final. <br />