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80-0-00
AN ORDINANCE
Amending Section 7-16-4 of the Evanston City
Code Increasing the Number of Members on the
Public Art Committee from 9 to 15
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS:
SECTION 1: That Section 7-16-4 of the Evanston City Code, 1979, as amended,
is hereby further amended as follows:
7-16-4: PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE:
. (A) Composition; Appointment; Qualifications: The Mayor shall appoint,
with approval of the City Council, a standing committee of fifteen (15)
members. Members of the Public Art Committee shall reside or work
in Evanston. The Committee shall include at least eight (8) arts
professional as well as representatives from the fields of architecture,
landscape architecture, City planning, and/or engineering.
Appointees shall have knowledge of contemporary public art,
architecture, land use and City planning, and the Evanston
community. From time to time, department heads from other City
departments, agencies, and from other boards and commissions shall
be asked to serve as advisors to the Public Art Committee on an
interim basis when a public art project involving their particular
department or agency is anticipated. A member of the Arts Council
shall be appointed as one of the fifteen (15) Committee members. In
addition, the chair of the Public Arts Committee will sit as an ex officio
member of the Evanston Arts Council, if not already an appointed
member of the Evanston Arts Council. The Public Art Committee will
annually elect its own chair.
• (B) Terms of Office: Vacancies: All appointees to the Committee shall
serve terms of three (3) years or until their successors are appointed
and confirmed; provided, however, that initially, three (3) members
shall be appointed for terms of one year; three (3) members shall be
appointed for terms of two (2) years; and three (3) members shall be
appointed for terms of three (3) years. The six (6) members
appointed pursuant to this Ordinance 80-0-00 shall be appointed as
follows: three (3) members for terms of three (3) years; and three (3)
members for terms of two (2) years. Members of the Committee shall
not serve for more than two (2) full terms, and vacancies shall be filled
for the remaining portion of a vacant term by the Mayor with approval
of the City Council. All members shall serve as volunteers.
(C) Functions: The Public Art Committee will operate as a standing
committee of the Arts Council. The primary purpose of the Committee
is to prepare and administer the public art program, the Public Art
Plan and public art projects under the direction of the Arts Council and
pursuant to approval of the City Council. Functions further include,
but are not limited to:
1. Developing of a public art program and a Public Art Plan, with
assistance and guidance from the Planning Department and other
departments responsible for specific construction projects. The Public •
Art Plan, reviewed and revised annually, will include a plan for the
development of a public art project or projects for each construction
project.
2. Recommending specific guidelines for public art projects to include:
a. Process for community participation in all phrases of the
public art project including site selection, artist selection and
dedication.
b. Contractual details for the commissioning or purchase of
works of art.
SECTION 2: That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are
hereby repealed.
SECTION 3: That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after
its passage, approval, and publication in the manner provided by law. •
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Introduced:
Adopted:
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