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ORDINANCE NO. 3025
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS,
WASHINGTON, AMENDING CHAPTER 10.20 OF THE
EDMONDS CITY CODE EXPANDING THE DUTIES OF THE
EDMONDS ARTS COMMISSION SO THAT THEY ARE
- CONSISTENT WITH THE COMMUNITY CULTURAL PLAN
AND FIXING A TIME WHEN THE SAME SHALL BECOME
EFFECTIVE.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON, DO
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
follows:
Section 1. Edmonds City Code Chapter 10.20 is hereby amended to read as
10.20.010 ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE OF
COMMISSION - NUMBER OF MEMBERS
The purpose of the Edmonds Arts Commission is to promote the
arts as an integral part of community life. The commission
provides quality experiences to increase public awareness of the
arts, assisting the work of students, artists and local arts
organizations, while providing public art that contributes to the
community identity and establishing and pursuing long range goals
to benefit the arts and the community.
There is established an Edmonds Civic Arts Commission which
shall be composed of seven members who shall be appointed by
the Mayor subject to confirmation by the City Council. At least
four members of the commission shall be involved in the
instruction of, or otherwise professionally engaged in, the visual,
literary and performing arts.
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10.20.020 TERMS OF MEMBERSHIP
A. In order to insure the fewest terms will expire in any one
year, the terms of the appointed positions by position
number shall expire on December 31 of the year set
opposite said position number as follows:
Position No. 1 1979
Position No. 2 1980
Position No. 3 1980
Position No. 4 1981
Position No. 5 1981
Position No. 6 1978
Position No. 7 1979
Thereafter, the term of membership shall be for four years.
B. Any appointment to a position vacated other than by the
expiration of the term of the appointment shall be to fill the
unexpired portion of the term. Members may be removed
by the mayor with approval of the city council after a
public hearing before the city council for inefficiency,
neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office. Members shall
be removed for failure to maintain attendance as required
by provisions of the Edmonds city code.
C. No person shall be appointed to serve more than two full
terms on the commission. An appointment to fill a vacancy
for less than two years shall not constitute a full term for
.the purposes of this section.
10.20.030 OFFICERS OF COMMISSION - MEETINGS -
QUORUM
Members of the commission shall meet and organize by electing
from the members of the commission, a chairman and a vice -
chairman, and such other officers as may be determined by the
commission. It shall be the duty of the chairman to preside at all
meetings. The vice - chairman shall perform this duty in the
absence of the chairman. A majority of the board shall constitute
a quorum for the transaction of business. The commission shall
set its own meeting dates and shall give notice of such meeting in
compliance with the open public meeting act of the state of
Washington, as it now exists and as it may be amended from time
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to time. Professional and general staff will be provided at the
discretion of the Mayor and City Council.
10.20.040 POWERS AND DUTIES
The commission is empowered to advise and make
recommendations to the mayor, city council or other commission
or board of the city on matters including but not limited to those
set forth hereinafter. The activities of the commission shall
include the following:
A. To represent the city's interest in art matters and the
interest of the arts in city matters and to keep the Mayor
and City Council informed on all such related matters;
B. To be a central body to whom art organizations, artists and
anyone interested in cultural advancement of the
community may come for information or assistance;
C. To encourage and aid programs for cultural enrichment of
Edmonds citizens;
D. To coordinate and strengthen existing cultural organizations
and to develop cooperation with schools and regional and
national art organizations;
E. To explore ways and implement methods of obtaining
financial support through development of private, local,
state and federal funds and establishing public /private
partnerships to promote cultural projects within the
community;
F. To review and make recommendations on all art
acquisitions, on facilities used for cultural events and other
capital expenditures for cultural projects in the city;
G. To review proposed arts related projects or events to
recommend to the city those which may provide benefit to
the community;
H. To explore and promote arts related projects, events and
businesses which may provide an economic benefit to the
city or which beautify and enhance the image of the city;
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I. To engage in long range cultural planning and
implementation as well as review city plans for the purpose
of integration of arts elements into city planning including
education, public finance, community services, etc.;
J. To establish liaisons and set up mechanisms for
communication with city boards and commission and other
organizations as appropriate;
K. To recognize the contributions made by individuals and
organizations to the cultural life of the city;
L. To provide periodic reports to the mayor and council on
the progress of the work plan and prepare and submit an
annual report;
M. To render any other advice and assistant in cultural
matters, aesthetics, and beautification; and
N. To render any other advice and assistance to the city in any
other artistic activities as may be referred to by the city.
10.20.050 JURIED SELECTION PROCESS
The following process has been developed in order to utilize the
expertise of the Commission, acting in conjunction with a
representative of the Architectural Design Board on architectural
elements of public buildings, and with the comments of the public
in order to develop a recommendation to the Edmonds City
Council regarding contracts for significant works of public art and
all public arts projects, whether freestanding or erected as a part
of a design component of a public building, which are visible from
public ways or adjacent private property. The Commission in the
exercise of its powers shall utilize at least the following elements
in the selection process:
A. Develop a prospectus for announcing perspective purchases
of or commissions for public art. Such a prospectus shall
be submitted and finally approved by the City Council prior
to publication.
B. Obtain proposals through appropriate public advertisements
and direct mailings to artists of note. The advertisement
need not be confined to the City's official newspaper.
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Rather the Commission may utilize other magazines and
newsletters which are better designed to reach the artistic
community, and particularly artists whose work is
compatible with the type of work contemplated by the
Commission and approved by the City Council.
C. The Commission shall establish a jury to select finalists
from among the members of the Commission. The jury
shall also include a representative of the Architectural
Design Board when appropriate to comment on
architectural elements of public buildings, the City Council
and the public.
D. The finalists for any project shall be presented at a public
hearing before the jury. The public shall be heard in
conjunction with the presentation of the finalists' proposals.
Notice of the hearing shall be posted at the site and the
locations designated by ordinance for the posting of official
City notices. Posting shall be performed by the City Clerk
or the Clerk's designee. A public hearing on an art work
or design component of a public facility which is visible
from a public way or adjacent private property shall also
direct written notice of the hearing to the owners of private
property within three hundred (300) feet of the site selected
for the erection of the work.
E. The jury through the Commission shall make its
recommendation to the City Council in writing and present
the artist and proposed work of art to the City Council at
a public hearing. Notice of the hearing shall be provided
as set forth in subparagraph D above.
Section Severability. If any section, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance
should be held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, such
invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not affect the validity or constitutionality of any other
section, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance.
Section 2. Effective Date. This ordinance, being an exercise of a power specifi-
cally delegated to the City legislative body, is not subject to referendum, and shall take effect
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five (5) days after passage and publication of an approved summary thereof consisting of the
title.
APPROVED:
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JRA M. HALL
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ATTEST /AUTHENTICATED:
'CITY CLERK, ' SANDRA S. CHASE
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
OFFICE F CITY TTORNEY:
BY
FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK: 05/23/95
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL. 05/30/95
PUBLISHED: 06/04/95
EFFECTIVE DATE: 06/09/95
ORDINANCE NO. 3025
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SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE NO. 3025
of the City of Edmonds, Washington
On the 30th day of May , 199 5 , the City Council of the City of Edmonds,
passed Ordinance No. 3025 A summary of the content of said ordinance, consisting
of the title, provides as follows:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON, AMENDING CHAPTER
10.20 OF THE EDMONDS CITY CODE EXPANDING THE DUTIES OF THE EDMONDS
ARTS COMMISSION SO THAT THEY ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE COMMUNITY
CULTURAL PLAN AND FIXING A TIME WHEN THE SAME SHALL BECOME
EFFECTIVE.
The full text of this Ordinance will be mailed upon request.
DATED this 1st day of June , 1995
CITY CLERK, SANDRA S.- CHASE
Affidavit of Publication
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Published: June 4, 1995.
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a printed copy of which is hereunto attached, was published in said
newspaper proper and not in supplement form, in the regular and
entire edition of said paper on the following days and times, namely:
June 4, 1995
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