City of Albuquerque - File #: O-22-36

• File #: O-22-36
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: In Council - Final Action
• File created: 8/15/2022
• In control: City Council
• Title: Amending The Art In Municipal Places Ordinance To Provide For Increased Conservation, Maintenance Funds, And Define Digital And Temporary Public Art (Benton, Grout, Pe?a)

Date	Action By	Action	Result
9/19/2022	City Council	Accepted with a Recommendation Do Pass
9/12/2022	Finance & Government Operations Committee	Sent to Council with a recommendation of Do Pass	Pass
8/15/2022	City Council	Introduced and Referred
8/15/2022	President	Referred

CITY of ALBUQUERQUE
TWENTY FIFTH COUNCIL


COUNCIL BILL NO. O-22-36 ENACTMENT NO. ________________________

SPONSORED BY: Isaac Benton, Ren?e Grout, Klarissa J. Pe?a

ORDINANCE
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Amending The Art In Municipal Places Ordinance To Provide For Increased Conservation, Maintenance Funds, And Define Digital And Temporary Public Art (Benton, Grout, Pe?a)
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WHEREAS, the Public Art Urban Enhancement Division resides within the Department of Arts and Culture; and
WHEREAS, the funding for the City's public art program is a formulaic addition to the voter-approved general obligation bond program which has purchased or commissioned over 1400 works of public art since 1978; and
WHEREAS, there are growing numbers of works of art in the 44-year-old public art collection that require more complex and ongoing maintenance; and
WHEREAS, the cap of up to twenty percent of the one percent is no longer enough to keep up with the increased needs and costs for maintenance of primarily outdoor works of public art; and
WHEREAS, updating the definition of public art to include digital media temporary works of art will help reduce the costs of maintenance while building awareness of the arts in our community; and
WHEREAS, increasing the formula for public art to one- and one-half percent will provide additional funds for maintenance and conservation of existing and future outdoor sculptures and murals, and support digitally interactive temporary public art that would not require long term maintenance.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL, THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE:
SECTION 1. Section 10-5-2, the "Definitions" Section of the Art in Municipal Places Ordinance, is hereby amended as follows:
"? 10-5-2 DEFINITIONS.
For the purpose of this article, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
BOARD. The Albuquerque Arts Board established by this article....