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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: October 1, 2003 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. <br />SUBJECT: Percent for Art for Southern Community Park and Homestead Aquatics Center <br />DEPARTMENT: Arts Commission PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Martha Shannon, ext. 2335 <br />Chapel Hill Percent for Art Ordinance <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To confirm Orange County's plans to designate 1 % of the funds allocated for <br />Southern Community Park and the Homestead Aquatics Center for public art. <br />BACKGROUND: The Town of Chapel Hill adopted an ordinance in March 2002 that <br />designates at least 1 % of the town's annual Capital Improvements Plan (CIP) budget for public <br />art. Through its Percent for Art Program, the Town of Chapel Hill has created several excellent <br />works of public art for the benefit of their citizens. Orange County staff is currently reviewing the <br />Town of Chapel Hill's ordinance and developing information to possibly propose to the BOCC a <br />Percent for Art Program for Orange County. That proposed ordinance would be modeled after <br />the ordinance from Chapel Hill, which is attached for reference purposes. <br />In the meantime, Orange County is currently working with the town in the design and <br />construction of Southern Community Park and the Homestead Aquatics Center. It has been <br />proposed that the standard of allocating at least 1 % of the capital costs for public art be <br />followed for each of these two Town/County projects. It has also been proposed that the <br />Orange County Arts Commission be directed to work collaboratively with the Chapel Hill Public <br />Arts Commission on the public art aspect of these two projects funded jointly by Orange County <br />and the Town of Chapel Hill. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: Because the money in the CIP has already been dedicated to various <br />projects by the County Commissioners, there would be no additional impact to the budget. A <br />Percent for Art program slightly changes the distribution of already-allocated money. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board confirm Orange County's <br />plans to designate 1 % of the funds allocated for Southern Community Park and the Homestead <br />Aquatics Center for public art and also authorize the Orange County Arts Commission to work <br />