Chapter 2.56
ART AND CULTURAL COMMISSION
Sections:
2.56.040 Officers, meetings, and procedures.
2.56.010 Created.
The city shall continue to have an art and cultural commission. The art and cultural commission shall consist of nine members as follows:
A. One city council member;
B. One planning commissioner;
C. One artist or arts organization representative member;
D. One arts professional member;
E. Five at-large members. (Ord. 944 § 1, 2010; Ord. 851 § 1, 2003)
2.56.020 Appointment.
The council member and planning commissioner appointees shall be selected by a majority vote of their respective boards. The artist or arts organization representative, arts professional, and the at-large appointees shall be appointed to the art and cultural commission by a majority vote of the city council. (Ord. 851 § 1, 2003)
2.56.030 Terms of office.
The art and cultural commissioners shall serve two-year terms. With the addition of two at-large member positions in 2010, one will expire on December 31, 2010, and one will expire on December 31, 2011, in order that there are two at-large member positions expiring in 2010, and three at-large member positions expiring in 2011. (Ord. 944 § 1, 2010; Ord. 851 § 1, 2003)
2.56.040 Officers, meetings, and procedures.
A. Chairperson and Vice Chairperson. As soon as practicable, following the first day of January of each year, the art and cultural commission shall select one of its members as chairperson and one of its members as vice-chairperson. The chairperson and vice chairperson shall serve a term of one year, or until a successor is elected.
B. Committees. The art and cultural commission shall designate specific committees as follows: public art, volunteers, fundraising, marketing, and any other committee as necessary. Committees shall be composed of no fewer than two and no more than three commissioners. The committees may also include nonvoting volunteer members as deemed necessary by the art and cultural commission. The committees shall report to the art and cultural commission on no less than a quarterly basis.
C. Artist Selection Panels. The art and cultural commission may establish an artist selection panel, as defined in the art and cultural master plan, to select works of art for recommendation to the city council.
D. Meetings. The art and cultural commission shall hold a regular meeting at least once each month.
E. Procedures. Procedures for the conduct of the business of the art and cultural commission, not specified in the ordinance establishing the art and cultural commission’s authority, shall be set forth in bylaws, forms, applications, rules, and regulations adopted by the art and cultural commission for the conduct of its business subject to approval of the city council. All meetings of the art and cultural commission shall be open to the public and are subject to Title 5, Division 2, Part 1, Chapter 9 of the California Government Code or successor legislation. The decisions of the art and cultural commission shall be transmitted to the city manager and to such other body or bodies which have jurisdiction to review projects under consideration. If more than one board or commission has jurisdiction over a matter decided by the art and cultural commission, the first to consider it shall refer it to the others. (Ord. 851 § 1, 2003)
2.56.050 Duties.
The art and cultural commission shall have the following duties and responsibilities:
A. Advise the city council as to the allocation of public funds for the support and encouragement of existing and new programs in the arts, and for the acquisition by purchase, gift, or otherwise, of works of art;
B. Subject to city council approval, initiate, sponsor, or direct special programs which will enhance the cultural climate of the city;
C. Establish close liaison with other commissions and civic organizations in order to foster public interest in the arts;
D. Advise the city council concerning the interpretation and implementation of the city’s established policies and practices, including the art and cultural master plan, as they relate to the art and cultural commission’s objectives;
E. In February of each year, prepare for city council review an assessment of the art and cultural commission’s goals, plans and objectives from the prior fiscal year and recommend for council approval the art and cultural commission’s goals, plans, and objectives for the next fiscal year;
F. Perform such other functions and duties as may be directed by the city council. (Ord. 851 § 1, 2003)
2.56.060 Definitions.
“Work of art” means, for the purposes of this chapter, any work of visual art, including, but not limited to, drawing, painting, mural, fresco, sculpture, mosaic, decoration, inscription, stained glass, monument, calligraphy, photography, graphic art, crafts, mixed media, electronic art, media art, an artistic or aesthetic element of the project architecture or landscape architecture if created by an artist or artist team, or any other element recommended by the art and cultural commission. The term “work of art” may also include functional elements of capital improvement projects, such as benches, gates, lighting, and landscaping if such elements are designed by a professional artist. (Ord. 851 § 1, 2003)