Cultural Arts Master Plan
City of Peoria, Arizona
Proposed Public Art Ordinance PROGRAM GUIDELINES Purpose The purpose of these guidelines is to establish procedures for the implementation of Peoria’s Public Art Program. Funding The overall budget for the Public Art Program is funded through a combination of government funding and funds from donations and application of the percent for art requirement on certain private and public-private projects. Government funds are appropriated as outlined in the City’s public art ordinance. Grant funds may also be sought for special projects and to augment the budget of existing projects. The City of Peoria public art ordinance, adopted (actual date of the passage of the ordinance) mandates that 2% of the total capital project costs of City capital improvement projects should be allocated for public art. Eligible costs are the total actual costs associated with a construction project, excluding land acquisition, demolition, environmental remediation, legal fees and interest costs. Monies generated by a particular project may be “pooled” and expended on other projects, unless specifically prohibited by law or funding source. Under these guidelines, the public art allocation applies generally to the capital improvement programs of the City, including buildings, parks, decorative or commemorative structures, parking facilities, bridges, viaducts or pedestrian overpasses, roads, highways and arterial construction or reconstruction, streetscapes, bikeways, trails, transit facilities and utilities. The City Capital Improvement Program is reviewed annually by the Public Art Committee, the Arts Commission and staff, in conjunction with City departments and the respective Budget Offices, for recommendations on public art allocations to the City Council, as part of the presentation of the annual public art work plan. This plan shall include the proposed public art projects for the upcoming year, with budgets and conceptual approaches. The work plan presentation shall take place on a schedule that coincides with the adoption of the City capital budget each year. It shall also give a report of the status of all ongoing public art projects. With the passage of the annual work plan, monies shall be transferred to a Municipal Arts fund, managed by the Public Art Program staff. The Arts Commission, upon recommendation from the Public Art Committee, may from time
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April 2009