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Public Art Request for Proposals. The Public Art Commission will hold a public hearing to consider staff recommendations related to the release of a Request for Proposals (RFP) for physical public art, and cultural arts and arts programming in the City of Alameda. Release of a RFP is not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act
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CITY OF ALAMEDA
Memorandum
To: Honorable Chair and
Members of the Public Art Commission
From: Lois Butler
Economic Development Manager
Date: February 15, 2017
RE: Public Art Request for Proposals. The Public Art Commission will hold a public hearing to consider staff recommendations related to the release of a Request for Proposals (RFP) for physical public art, and cultural arts and arts programming in the City of Alameda. Release of a RFP is not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act.
BACKGROUND
Alameda Municipal Code Section 30-65 Public Art in New Commercial, Industrial, Residential and Municipal Construction (the "Ordinance") was adopted in 2003, to require that major development projects include on-site public art. The Ordinance also permits an applicant to pay a fee in-lieu of providing the art on-site. Any in-lieu fees collected are deposited in the dedicated Public Art Fund (the "Fund"). The Fund can then only be used by the City to provide or support public art.
As described in the Public Art Ordinance staff report for the February 15, 2017 Public Art Commission ("PAC") meeting, City Council has requested that the PAC provide input regarding the distribution of public art funds, including the creation of a Request for Proposals ("RFP") for physical public art and cultural arts and arts programming.
In addition, this staff report was originally scheduled for discussion at a January 18, 2017 special meeting of the PAC, which was canceled due to lack of a quorum. A community meeting was held in lieu of the PAC meeting, and comments are summarized in the Public...
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