A RESOLUTION ADOPTING A PUBLIC ART PLAN FOR 2006-07 (2006-06-12/R-6)

WHEREAS the Council of the Town of Chapel Hill adopted a Percent for Art Program on March 4, 2002; and

WHEREAS, this program includes an annual consideration by the Town Council of a Public Art Plan to be recommended by the Chapel Hill Public Arts Commission; and

WHEREAS, the Public Arts Commission has recommended such a program, including several projects which should include 1% of the project budget for public art; all eligible Capital Improvement Program projects which should allocate one percent of their proposed budget to create a Percent for Art Fund defined as pooled funds for public art commission, acquisition, maintenance and/or conservation; and several previously  identified projects and approved pooled funds to this new Percent for Art fund;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the Town of Chapel Hill that the Town Manager in conjunction with the Public Arts Commission is authorized to implement the following Public Art Plan:

Include the following CIP projects as appropriate for Percent for Art funds:

• Sidewalk Construction and Pedestrian Amenities
• Downtown Streetscape Improvements
• Small Park Improvements

Pool Percent for Art funding for several Greenways projects:

• Bolin Creek Trail Phase III
• Booker Creek Linear Park
• Dry Creek Paved Greenway Trail
• Morgan Creek Trail

Present possible projects referenced in the draft Public Art Contextual Plan, if approved and adopted by the Council.

Again include previously identified and approved Percent for Art projects, which have not yet commenced, including:

• Extraordinary Maintenance of Community Center on Estes Drive
• 2003 Bond Streetscape
• Roof and Exterior Repairs of Downtown Post Office

Include all eligible Capital Improvement Program projects, which should allocate one percent of their proposed budget to create a Percent for Art Fund.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the program will be implemented according to the guidelines adopted in Resolution 2002-03-04/R-8, and only to the extent that funding is appropriated for the capital projects, and that the source of funding allows expenditures for public art.

This is the 12^th day of June, 2006.