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Establish and Appoint Members to an Ad Hoc Public Art Commission Committee ("Selection Panel"). The Public Art Commission will hold a public meeting to establish and appoint members to a Selection Panel for cultural arts and arts programming in Alameda. The formation of an Ad Hoc Committee is not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act.
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To: Honorable Chair and
Members of the Public Art Commission
From: Lois Butler
Economic Development Manager
Date: October 15, 2018
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. There was one award available in each of the following award categories: $35,000, $25,000, $15,000, $7,500 and $5,000. The RFP was released in September of 2017.
A Selection Panel met to review proposals in January 2018. After reviewing the Selection Panel's ranking, the PAC made a recommendation to City Council for award of funding at the $35,000, $25,000 and $7,500 award levels. The PAC did not recommend funding proposals at the $15,000 and $5,000 award levels. City Council awarded the first round of funding in April of 2018.
The PAC recommended that the unused $20,000 be released through a new RFP process for cultural arts and arts programming in Alameda. The new RFP was released in August of 2018. A new Selection Panel will review, evaluate and rank submittals in response to the RFP. Similar to the previo...
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