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RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND, CALIFORNIA, ACCEPTING AND APPRORIATING $451,000 IN-LIEU OF CONTRIBUTION FROM MERITAGE HOMES CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC ART FEESFOR THE CREATION OF 88
CUSTOM-DESIGNED MURAL PANELS ALONG GIANT ROAD, WHICH COMPRISE THE
PARCHESTER VILLAGE PUBLIC ART PROJECT
WHEREAS, Richmond Municipal Code ( “RMC”) Chapter 6. 50.030(d) allows p rivate developers to choose an in-lieu contribution to comply with the City’s public art contribution requirement; and
WHEREAS, private developer Meritage Homes Corporation/Richmond Country Club Housing (collectively, “Developer”) elected to pay an in-lieu con tribution in compl iance wit h RMC 6.59.030, et seq.; and
WHEREAS, on December 20, 2022, Developer paid the City o f Richmond (“City”) an in-lieu public art fee in the amount of $451,000 (Account String 13564165-400201-36001) (“Contribution ”); and
WHEREAS, said Contribution will fund a custom-designed art mural along Giant Road (the “Parchester Village Community Project” or “PVCP”); and
WHEREAS, the PVCP comprises 88 existing, sound -barrier wall panels to be visually enhanced by a site-specific mural in colla boration with the City, its Arts and Culture Divis ion, the Love Your Block program, the Parchester Village Neig hborhood Counci l, and hired artisans;
WHEREAS, City intends Developer’s Contribution to fund all art-related expenses for the PVCP project, including design and execution of curated visuals by esteemed artist Richard Salazar and his team with whom the Cit y will enter into an approved sole-source contract to procure; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Richmond finds the above rec itals are true and co rrect and have s erved as the basis for the findings and approvals set forth in this Resolution.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Ci ty Council hereby authorizes the City Manager, or their designee, to accept and appropriate an in -lieu of contribu tion of $451,000 in public art fees from Developer and to execute agreements as necessary for the furtherance of the of the Parchester Village Community Project to be completed within two (2) years; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this Resolution take effect immediat ely upon its passage.
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I certify that the foregoing resolution was passed and adopted by the Council of the City of Richmond at a regular meeting thereof held on December 20, 2022, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTENTIONS:
ABSENT:
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CLERK OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND
(SEAL)
Approved:
Mayor
Approved as to form:
City Attorney
State of California }
County of Contra Costa : ss.
City of Richmond }
I certify that the foregoing is a true copy of Resolution No. , finally passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Richmond at a regular meeting held on December 20, 20, 2022
Pamela Christian, Clerk of the City of Richmond
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CLERK’S CERTIFICATE
I, Pamela Christian, City Clerk of the City of Richmond, do hereby certify as follows:
The foregoing resolution is a full, true, and correct copy of Resolution No. duly adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of said City duly and regularly held at the regular meeting place thereof on the h 20th day of December 2 022, of which meeting all of the members of said City Council had due notice and at which a majority thereof were present; and that at said meeting said resolution was adopted by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTENTIONS:
ABSENT:
An agenda of said meeting was posted before said meeting at City Hall, 450 Civic Center Plaza in the City of Richmond, California, a location freely accessible to members of the public, and a brief description of said resolution appeared on said agenda.
I have carefully compared the foregoing with the original on file and of record in my office, and the foregoing is a full, true, and correct copy of the original resolution adopted at said meeting.
Said resolution has not been amended, modified or rescinded since the date of its adoption and the same is now in full force and effect.
Dated: , 2022.
City Clerk of the
City of Richmond
[SEAL]