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City of Albuquerque
File #: O-22-36   
Type: Ordinance Status: Enacted
File created: 8/15/2022 In control: City Council
Final action: 10/3/2022
Enactment date: 10/18/2022 Enactment #: O-2022-035
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)
Sponsors: Isaac Benton, Renée Grout, Klarissa J. Peña
Attachments: 1. O-36, 2. O-36final, 3. O-36Enacted
Date Action ByActionResultAction Details
10/18/2022 City Clerk Published  Action details
10/17/2022 Mayor Signed by the Mayor  Action details
10/7/2022 City Council Sent to Mayor for Signature  Action details
10/3/2022 City Council PassedPass Action details
9/19/2022 City Council Accepted with a Recommendation Do Pass  Action details
9/12/2022 Finance & Government Operations Committee Sent to Council with a recommendation of Do PassPass Action details
8/15/2022 City Council Introduced and Referred  Action details
8/15/2022 President Referred  Action details
CITY of ALBUQUERQUE
TWENTY FIFTH COUNCIL


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

SPONSORED BY: Isaac Benton, Ren?e Grout

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) body
AMENDING THE ART IN MUNICIPAL PLACES ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE FOR INCREASED CONSERVATION, MAINTENANCE FUNDS, AND DEFINE DIGITAL AND TEMPORARY PUBLIC ART.
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 unl...

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