Ordinance 1802ORDINANCE NO. 1802
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON,
RELATING TO ART IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC
WORKS AND REQUIRING A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF THE
COST OF SAID PUBLIC WORKS TO BE ALLOCATED FOR
THE ACQUISITION OF VISUAL ART TO ENHANCE THE
CONSTRUCTION; STATING THE INTENT TO APPROPRIATE
A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF THE CITY'S ANNUAL
GENERAL REVENUE TO BE PLACED IN THE MUNICIPAL
ARTS FUND AS DESCRIBED IN ORDINANCE 11dO. 1765,
FOR ALLOCATION TO THE OTHER FORMS OF ART.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON, DO
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Purpose. The City of Edmonds accepts the
responsibility for expanding public experience throughout the
broad spectrum of the arts. Artists capable of creating for
the public in the fields of visual, written and performing
arts should be encouraged and such is hereby declared to be
the policy of the City of Edmonds. In harmony with this policy
it should be the policy of the City to require that visual art
be included in any city public works project, where applicable,
and that a portion of the cost of such project be allocated for
the acquisition of visual art. It shall also be the policy of
the City to require that a percentage of the City's general
revenues be allocated annually to the Municipal Arts Fund as
created by Ordinance 1765, of said City, for the purposes
enumerated in said Ordinance.
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(1) "Commission" means the Edmonds Civic Arts
Commission.
(2) "Municipal Construction Project" means any
project paid for wholly or in part by the
City of Edmonds to construct or remodel any
building, decorative or commemorative structure,
park, street, sidewalk, parking facility or
utility, or any portion thereof, within the
limits of the City of Edmonds.
Section 3. Works of Art and Public Facilities
(1) All authorizations and/or appropriations for
municipal construction projects shall include
an amount equal to at least one (1) percent
of the total project cost (as estimated by the
City in the year in which the project is
actually initiated) to be used for the selec-
tion, acquisition and/or installation of works
of art to be placed in, on or about public
facilities unless specifically excluded from
the project by the City Council. Provided,
however, if applicable laws establishing a
source of funds for a particular project
exclude art as one of the items for which such
funds may be expended, the amount of funds from
that source shall be excluded from the "total
project cost" in making said calculation.
Provided further, that in the event applicable
law requires that all such funds be expended
for art in a municipal construction project are
required to be expended solely for that project,
such funds thus appropriated shall only be used
for that project and in the event such funds are
not expended by the time of completion of said
project, such appropriation shall lapse and the
total cost of the project reduced by that amount.
(2) The funds authorized and/or appropriated pursuant
to this section may be held in the Municipal Arts
Fund. Out of such funds, the City Council, after
seeking the advise of the Commission, shall approve
the amount to be allocated for selection, acquisi-
tion, and/or installation of individual works of
art to be placed either as an intergral part of
the municipal construction project in connection
with which the funds are appropriated, or attached
thereto, or detached within or outside such project,
or to be placed in, on or about other public
facilities as permitted by law.
Section 4. General Revenues to the Municipal Arts Fund.
That in addition to the funds appropriated pursuant to Section 3
hereinabove, the City Council shall each annual budget make
provision for the allocation and appropriation into the Municipal
Arts Fund for the purposes enumerated in Section 1 of this
Ordinance. Provided further, however, that at such time as the
Municipal Arts Fund has an accumulated balance of $100,000. no
further annual appropriation under this section shall be made
for said fund until all or a portion of said funds are expended.
Section 5. Commission Responsibilities.
(1) The Commission shall make an annual review of
all capital improvement projects with the mayor
or his representative to determine which
projects are appropriate for inclusion of works
of visual art. If such inclusion is determined
not to be appropriated for a given project, the
funds allocated shall be handled as provided in
Section 3 (3) above.
(2) The Commission shall be responsible for determin-
ing the method of selection and commissioning of
artists; for reviewing the design of, execution
and placement of, and acceptance of works of
visual art funded by this Ordinance, subject to
final approval by the City Council.
(3) The Commission shall review at specified
intervals during the year applications from
arts organizations in the City, said applica-
tions being for funds for a project involving
the visual, written, or performing arts which
will directly benefit the public. These pro-
jects will be funded from the Municipal Arts
Fund according to their individual merits, that
determination to be made by the Commission,
subject to approval by the City Council.
(4) The Commission with the consent of the City
Council may, either alone or in conjunction
with other public or private agencies, initiate
or sponsor public programs designed to heighten
public interest in any of the aforementioned
arts.
APPROVED:
MAYOR, H. H. HARRISON
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK, IRENFVARNEY MORAN
FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK: November 19, 1975
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL: November 25, 1975
PUBLISHED: December 3, 1975