ATTACHMENT 3

 

SUMMARY OF COMMUNITY DESIGN COMMISSION COMMENTS

 

Subject:

Draft Chapel Hill Public Art Contextual Plan

Meeting Date:

September 20, 2006

Recommendations:

That Council consider the Public Arts Contextual Plan Draft with the following recommendations before adopting a final draft

  1. Percent for art should be for both for municipal institutions and private developments.
  2. The Commission recommended that a triggering threshold be established that would provide for board and commission reviews of public art.
  3. That the Comprehensive Plan and Land Use Management Ordinance be updated to include guidance and requirements for % for public art provisions.
  4. The Commission recommended liaison relationships with the Public Arts Commission from the other advisory boards.
  5. The Commission recommended that sufficient money be available in the Town’s budget in order for Public Art to be an effective community amenity.
  6. The Commission felt that public art is tremendously important and fulfills a basic community need.

  7. A Commissioner recommended that a 2% payment-in-lieu should be required   rather than 1% for private and public art.

    She noted that the North Carolina General Assembly would have to support the investment. Currently she believed it is voluntary.

    She voiced concern about potential disjointed art being installed around Town.

  8. The following were the Commission’s recommendations:
    • Make sure the public is on-board with the percent for public art plan since the plan is designed for citizen investment;  
    • Support the public arts plan by providing a framework;
    • Support resident artists who might also work with the schools to encourage greater art appreciation among the students;
    • Residents must make sure that they do not view the percentage of the budget excessively expensive;
    • That three sources for funding be provided: Town’s budget, charitable gifts, and private developer’s payment-in-lieu or art piece.
    • Public art is good for business;
    • Support the energy behind the program and the blueprint;
    • Support public art at the transit stops;
    • Support outreach and have the plan in the public eye;
    • Build on success and what has been done with the current 1%;
    • Create a portfolio of works installed so far; and
    • Not support public art in residential areas.

Vote:                           7-0

Members present: Mark Broadwell, Mary Margaret Carroll, George Cianciolo, Kathryn James, Scott Nilsen, Amy Ryan, and Jonathan Whitney (chair)

 

Other Comments:

 

One commissioner was concerned with the increase from 1% to 2%. She noted that there are several large development proposals currently being reviewed and believed that now would be a good time to enlist their financial support for the 2% for public art requirement. 

 

 

Prepared by:                Jonathan Whitney, Chair
Kay Pearlstein