Attachment No. 1
RESOLUTION NO. 2023-163
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF POMONA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE ART IN PUBLIC PLACES POLICY AND GUIDELINES MANUAL WHEREAS, on December 5, 2011, the City Council of the City of Pomona (“the City Council”) adopted the Art in Public Places Policy and Guidelines Manual (“the Manual,” Resolution No. 2011-150), to implement Section .5809-24 of the Pomona Zoning Ordinance (“PZO”), named Art in Public Places Program (“AIPP”); WHEREAS, the City Council amended the Manual on March 5, 2012, to clarify eligibility requirements for the Citizen’s Advisory Committee (Resolution No. 2012-350); WHEREAS, the City Council amended the Manual for a second time on June 21, 2021 to address multiple challenges with the then existing Manual, including eligible expenses, artist selection, and the application process; WHEREAS, the existing Manual states that amendments require City Council action by Resolution; WHEREAS, on June 26, 2023, the Cultural Arts Commission of the City of Pomona (“CAC”) recommended to City Council a revised Manual to address Advisory Committee requirements; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Pomona as follows:
SECTION 1. The City Council finds that the project is exempt from environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), per Section 15061(b)(3), which exempts projects where it can be seen with certainty that the activity does not have the potential to cause a significant effect on the environment. The approval of the Manual does not, in of itself, have the potential to cause a significant direct effect on the environment.
SECTION 2. Based on consideration of the whole record before it including, but not limited to, staff report, any public testimony made for the respective agenda item, and evidence made part of the public record, the City Council hereby finds that the proposed Art in Public Places Policy and Guidelines Manual is in the public interest and in the interest of the furtherance of public health, safety, and welfare and is consistent with the goals, objectives, policies, and programs of the Pomona General Plan.
SECTION 3. The City Council of the City of Pomona hereby approves the Art in Public Places Policy and Guidelines Manual attached as Exhibit A to this Resolution.
SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall attest and certify to the passage and adopt of this Resolution.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 18th day of September, 2023 CITY OF POMONA:
Tim Sandoval, Authority Chair
APPROVED AS TO FROM: ATTEST:
Sonia Carvalho, Agency Counsel Rosalia A. Butler, MMC, Authority Secretary
I, HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was duly adopted by the City Council sitting as the Governing Board of the City of Pomona Housing Authority at a regular meeting thereof held on September 18, 2023 by the following vote of the Council:
AYE:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
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Rosalia A. Butler, MMC,
Authority Secretary
Resolution No. 2023-163
September 18, 2023
Resolution No. 2023-163
September 18, 2023