DATE: MARCH, 22, 2022
DEPARTMENT: LIBRARY & COMMUNITY SERVICES
FROM: KRISTAN LUNDQUIST, LCS DIRECTOR
BY: JOSE ARREOLA, COMMUNITY SAFETY ADMINISTRATOR
TITLE: ANNUAL PUBLIC ART UPDATE
RECOMMENDED MOTION:
A motion to receive and accept the annual public art update and authorize use and appropriation of up to $6,000 from the Municipal Art Fund to fund the proposed Annual Public Arts Plan.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council receive and accept the annual public art update and authorize use and appropriation of up to $6,000 from the Municipal Art Fund for Fiscal Year 2022-2023 to fund the proposed Annual Public Arts Plan.
BACKGROUND:
On May 16, 2017, the City Council adopted an Ordinance establishing a Public Art Program. The Ordinance created a Municipal Art Fund which is funded exclusively from contributions made by public construction projects: The Ordinance imposes upon the City the requirement to contribute an amount not to exceed on-half percent (0.5%) of the total project cost of each eligible capital improvement program project to a Municipal Art Fund.
A key tool for the Commission is the Municipal Art Fund. The money for the fund comes from a fee on the value of any capital improvement program construction project funded by the General Tax, Measure G and E. The fee is 0.5% of qualified completed CIPS once a year. The money is deposited into the fund every June at the end of the fiscal year. There is a cap of $50,000 for any one project and a cap of $100,000 for spending in one year. The Current balance is $10,911.45. To date, all the expended funds were used to fund the development and writing of the Public Arts Master Plan which was adopted by the City Council on February 11, 2020. No funds were expended in 2021.
One of the Public Art Commission’s (PAC) primary activities is the preparation of an Annual Public Arts Plan that includes specific activities that promotes public art and recommends the release of funds from the Municipal Art Fund to cover the costs of the activities described in the annual plan. Per Ordinance, the Public Arts Annual Plan will be submitted to the City Council annually no later than April 1. The PAC established an Annual Plan Sub-Committee that met three times from September through November 2021 to identify several potential public art projects and the funding to support these efforts. The committee prepared a draft plan that was reviewed at a regular PAC meeting in November of 2021. The PAC had great feedback and a request for some minor language changes. Ideas included creating a new local arts festival, put a place making mural in the Alisal, curate an exhibit of existing city art and creating a grant matching program for arts organizations. After much consideration the committee chose to both develop a grant program that would support new or existing art centered events with a required match of funds and improve marketing of the Public Art Commissions meetings and activities including the new grant program.
At the meeting of February 28, 2022 the Public Arts Commission unanimously voted to accept the Annual Public Art Plan and recommend that the City Council authorize the release of an amount not to exceed $6,000 from the Municipal Art Fund in FY 2023 to fund the following activities. Five thousand dollars would go to support new or existing cultural performing art events in Salinas by offering matching grants (in-kind match allowed) of up to two thousand five hundred dollars. The goal of this funding is to help maintain and expand public art events to provide local artists in the City of Salinas an opportunity to engage with the public and publicly display their work. Up to one thousand dollars will be used for marketing the Public Art Commission meetings, Public Art Master Plan projects, vacant commissioner seats and the grant opportunity. The Public Art Commission would also like to work with staff to apply for grants to increase funding for public art in Salinas.
CEQA CONSIDERATION:
Not a Project. The City of Salinas has determined that the proposed action is not a project as defined by the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) (CEQA Guidelines Section 15378).
STRATEGIC PLAN INITIATIVE:
The use of Municipal Art funds to enhance Public Art in Salinas supports City Council Strategic Plan Goal: Investment Strategies/Risk Management DEPARTMENTAL COORDINATION:
LCS staff have been in communication with the City Attorney’s Office regarding impacts of grant projects and will coordinate with Public Works and Community Development around any mural or public art events that are supported using the Municipal Art Fund.
FISCAL AND SUSTAINABILITY IMPACT:
Fund balance is available in the Municipal Art Fund.
ATTACHMENTS:
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