City of Albuquerque - File #: R-16-10

• File #: R-16-10
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 1/20/2016
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 2/17/2016
• Enactment date: 3/4/2016
• Enactment #: R-2016-010
• Title: Adopting The Downtown Arts & Cultural Plan And Establishing The Boundary Of The Downtown Arts & Cultural District (Benton)
• Sponsors: Isaac Benton

Date	Action By	Action	Result
3/4/2016	City Clerk	Published
3/4/2016	Mayor	Signed by the Mayor
2/25/2016	City Council	Sent to Mayor for Signature
2/17/2016	City Council	Accepted with a Recommendation Do Pass (Immediate Action)
2/17/2016	City Council	Passed as Amended	Pass
2/17/2016	City Council	Amended	Pass
2/10/2016	Land Use, Planning, and Zoning Committee	Sent to Council for Immediate Action	Pass
2/10/2016	Land Use, Planning, and Zoning Committee	Sent to Council with a recommendation of Do Pass	Pass
1/20/2016	City Council	Introduced and Referred
1/20/2016	President	Referred

CITY of ALBUQUERQUE
TWENTY-SECOND COUNCIL


COUNCIL BILL NO. R-16-10 ENACTMENT NO. ________________________

SPONSORED BY: Isaac Benton


RESOLUTION
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Adopting The Downtown Arts & Cultural Plan And Establishing The Boundary Of The Downtown Arts & Cultural District (Benton)
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ADOPTING THE DOWNTOWN ARTS & CULTURAL PLAN AND ESTABLISHING THE BOUNDARY OF THE DOWNTOWN ARTS & CULTURAL DISTRICT.
WHEREAS, the City of Albuquerque Downtown area has been designated by the State of New Mexico MainStreet Program an Arts and Cultural District; and
WHEREAS, in 2011, the City Council accepted a $35,000 grant from the New Mexico State Economic Development Department's MainStreet Program for the purpose of developing a Downtown Arts and Cultural Plan; and
WHEREAS, adopted City policies have long called for a downtown that
celebrates the mixture of vintage and midcentury modern buildings, local businesses and cultural amenities; and which is safe, easily accessible, active 24 hours, and pedestrian oriented; and
WHEREAS, the Downtown Albuquerque Arts & Cultural District Steering Committee engaged key stakeholders and the public to identify opportunities in the district and create a Downtown Arts and Cultural Plan: "Multitude of Riches: A Blueprint for the Creative Development of Downtown Albuquerque," hereinafter referred to as "the Plan"; and
WHEREAS, the Plan provides a vision for cultivating the growth of arts, cultural and creative activity in downtown Albuquerque; and
WHEREAS, the Plan produces an implementation guide intended to promote partnerships between local government, private and commercial entities, non-profit organizations, interested citizens, and business owners; and
WHEREAS, the Plan establishes four priorities generated by the community and industry experts: development of leadership capacity to implement the Plan, branding and marketing Downtown's cultural assets, continued development of arts...