HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1369ORDINANCE NO. 1369
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM
DESERT, CALIFORNIA, RESCINDING ORDINANCE NO 936 AND
AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 900 (SECTION 2.68 OF THE MUNICIPAL
CODE), CHANGING THE NAME OF THE ART IN PUBLIC PLACES
COMMISSION TO THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMITTEE AND
REDEFINING THE COMMITTEE'S MISSION AND DUTIES.
The City Council of the City of Palm Desert, DOES HEREBY ORDAIN, as follows:
Section 2.68 of the Code of the City of Palm Desert, California, is hereby amended
to read as follows:
2.68 Cultural Arts Committee
2.68.10 Cultural Arts Committee mission and duties.
A. Cultural Arts Committee purpose. To guide the Art in Public Places
Program, and beyond that specific program, to provide ideas to the City
Council for more expansive City -sponsored art opportunities. Art includes
but is not limited to murals, sculpture, memorials, earthwork, community art,
digital media, and performances and festivals.
B. Commission Responsibilities.
1. Advocate for inclusion of culture and cultural policy in myriad aspects
of the City and the lives of its citizens;
2. Advise the City on issues relating to cultural policy for the arts;
3. Recommend policies and procedures for the Art in Public Places
Program;
4. Recommend new public art projects;
5. Position the art program within the City to work with other City
departments to ensure art is incorporated into the initial planning of
public and private projects as they pertain to the Art in Public Places
percent for art fee requirements or City funded projects;
6. Review and forward recommendations to the City Council regarding
public and private art projects which utilize Art in Public Places or
City funds;
7. Review and forward recommendations to the City Council regarding
City public art acquisitions which utilize Art in Public Places or City
funds;
8. Review and forward recommendations to the City Council regarding
donation of artworks to the City;
9. Serve as stewards of the public art collection of the City;
10 Serve as goodwill ambassadors of the Art in Public Places Program
and City to the community at large.
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C. Recommendation and Action. All review and recommendations utilizing Art
in Public Places funding shall be made and forwarded to the City Council
which shall be the final determining body of all actions recommended from
the Cultural Arts Committee.
2.68.020 Membership
A. Seven members shall be appointed from the community at large. In
addition, there shall be two nonvoting liaison members, one each to be
selected by their committee or commission from the architectural review
committee and the planning commission.
B. Membership may be comprised of people recognized as having expertise
in the visual arts, construction, or technical field necessary for acquisition,
fabrication, site preparation, installation, or display of artwork. Nominations
for membership may be recommended by members of the committee or
any other group or individual.
C. Appointments shall be made by the City Council. The mayor shall appoint
a council liaison to the commission and the community arts manager shall
serve as staff liaison, both to serve as ex officio members.
D. At all times the cultural arts committee shall strive to maintain a membership
that includes at least one:
1. Professional Artist;
2. Architect;
3. Landscape Architect/Designer;
And may include but is not limited to:
4. Museum Professionals;
5. Art Educators;
6. Art Historians;
7. Art Conservators;
8. Designers;
9. Development Industry;
10. Construction Trade;s
11. Engineers;
12. Gallery Professionals.
2.68.040 Meetings
Regular meetings shall be conducted monthly at a time to be determined by the
committee.
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2.68.070
The committee shall confine its objectives regarding art placement to the corporate
limits of the community; however, it shall have no restraints on the areas where it
may seek sources of art or financing.
PASSED, APPROVED, ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Palm Desert,
California, at its regular meeting held on the 14th day of October, 2021, by the following
vote, to wit:
AYES: HARNIK, JONATHAN, NESTANDE, QUINTANILLA, and KELLY
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE
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ATTEST
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NORMA I. ALLEY, MMC !' CLERK
CITY OF PALM DESE , CALIFORNIA
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