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Evaluation of Cultural Arts and Arts Programming Proposals. The Public Art Commission will hold a public hearing to review, evaluate, and rank submittals for City Council approval and appropriation of funds in response to the Request for Proposals to provide public art funds for cultural arts and arts programming in Alameda
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To: Honorable Chair and
Members of the Public Art Commission
From: Lois Butler
Economic Development Manager
Date: February 28, 2018
RE: Evaluation of Cultural Arts and Arts Programming Proposals. The Public Art Commission will hold a public hearing to review, evaluate, and rank submittals for City Council approval and appropriation of funds in response to the Request for Proposals to provide public art funds for cultural arts and arts programming in Alameda
BACKGROUND
Alameda Municipal Code Section 30-98 Public Art in New Commercial, Industrial, Residential and Municipal Construction (the "Ordinance") requires 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.
In August of 2017, the Public Art Commission ("PAC") approved a Request for Proposals ("RFP") to provide $87,500 of Fund monies for cultural arts and arts programming in Alameda. The RFP was released on September 21, 2017, with all proposals due on December 19, 2017. A separate RFP was also issued for Physical Arts at the same time; this item will be presented at a separate meeting.
The Cultural Art and Arts Programming RFP (Exhibit 1) included five different award levels at the following amounts:
* One $35,000 award
* One $25,000 award
* One $15,000 award
* One $7,500 award
* One $5,000 award
The purpose of tonight's meeting is to review the Cultural Arts and Arts Programming proposal...
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