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AGENDA REPORT
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| | | | | | | | DATE:
| September 7, 2021
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| Mayor and City Council
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| Stefan T. Chatwin, City Manager
| | SUBJECT: | Resolution 2021-220 of the City Council of the City of Fairfield to Adopt the Art in Public Spaces Policy |
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| | | | | | | | | RECOMMENDED ACTION | Adopt resolution.
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| | | | | | | | | STATEMENT OF ISSUE | | The Art in Public Spaces Policy operates as the standard guidelines and procedures for the City of Fairfield to administer and manage public art in the city. |
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| | | | | | | | | DISCUSSION | The General Plan and Heart of Fairfield Specific Plan identifies the development of a public art program. Further, the Heart of Fairfield Downtown Economic Development Roadmap recommends investment into the downtown as a food and arts district. The funding and implementation of public art (collectively the “Program”) serves as one of the strategies to economically revitalize the downtown, enhance its physical image, and improve the quality of life for residents.
Municipalities frequently adopt a public art policy to function as the operating guidelines and procedures for implementation and management of their public art. These include, but are not limited to, the selection, procurement, and maintenance of artwork. The policy continues by defining the role and responsibilities of staff, community, and leadership and short-range and long-range planning projects.
Following is a summary of the Art in Public Spaces Policy, as further detailed in Exhibit A attached:
Purpose
The purpose of the Art in Public Spaces Policy is to create the operating guidelines and procedures for the City to administer and manage works of public art.
Administration
The city manager, or his/her designee, identifies a program manager to oversee all functions of the Program. Working with a Cultural Arts Advisory Committee (CAAC), the program manager selects Program objectives, specific art projects, and delivers public art projects.
Under the direction of the city manager, the Community Development Department serves as the administering department for the City. The Cultural Arts Advisory Committee (“CAAC”) operates as an advisory body to the program manager and consists of volunteers with varying levels of experience, knowledge, and interest in public art. The program manager and CAAC works closely to select projects that align with the City’s objectives and update the Program and its policy over time.
Selection and Review
The program manager reviews and selects projects based on the criteria established under the Art in Public Spaces Policy. CAAC makes recommendations to the program manager who approves the project based on its ability to meet the criteria on quality, locality, media, feasibility, and diversity. Public art ranges in form, size, and scale. Further, themes can include Fairfield’s history, people, values, aspirations, and social or environmental issues. The innate diversity and complexity of art projects warrant regular reassessment of criteria and updates to the guidelines set forth under the Art in Public Spaces Policy. The selection and review process includes pieces of artwork that are bequeathed or donated to the City as the Program must consider placement, installation, and maintenance.
Funding
The Program funds projects through a public art fund. Costs include the procurement, installation, and maintenance of artwork. Funds are derived from public and private grants, partnerships, estate trusts, private donations, corporate donations, non-profit organizational transfers, allocations from the city’s general funds, impact fees, and any percent-for-art fee.
Priority Focus
Currently, the Program’s focus is to invest public art into downtown Fairfield. The city seeks to implement strategies from the Heart of Fairfield Specific Plan to support the economic revitalization of downtown, position it as the Food and Arts District, and develop it as a hub to attract artists, tourism, and resident participation and patronage.
Secondary Focus
The Program’s secondary focus is to expand public art throughout Fairfield as a long-range plan. The objective is to enable residents to have increased access to art within their neighborhoods and to enhance the community’s physical image and improve quality of life.
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| | | | | | | | | FINANCIAL IMPACT | | This resolution authorizes the program manager to expend money for public art. Short-range and long-range project planning entails varying levels of scope and costs. Funding derived from public and private grants, partnerships, estate trusts, private donations, corporate donations, non-profit organizational transfers, allocations from the city’s general funds or capital improvement project funds, impact fees, and percent-for-art fees are directed into the Public Art Fund. The fund policy is to be approved in another resolution. |
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| | | | | | | | | PUBLIC CONTACT/ADVISORY BODY RECOMMENDATION | None.
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| | | | | | | | | ALTERNATIVE ACTION | Council could choose to not approve the resolution or provide other direction as desired.
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| | | | | | | | | STAFF CONTACT | Jonathan Luong, Management Analyst I
(707) 428-7463
jluong@fairfield.ca.gov
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| | | | | | | | | COORDINATED WITH | Community Development Department
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| REVIEWERS: | | Reviewer | Action | Date | | Gassaway, David | Approved | 8/23/2021 - 6:38 PM | | Alexander, Amber | Approved | 8/24/2021 - 8:19 PM | | Alexander, Amber | Approved | 8/24/2021 - 8:19 PM |
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