Resolution to END mandatory 2% ART spending
Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2015 1:30 pm
Dear Council Colleagues:
Please review and comment on this resolution which ends the practice of requiring 2% of a construction budget be spent on art.
Please co-sponsor if you can so we can discuss this Feb 12th.
Feb 12th Agenda Items #8 and #9 call for $3,000,000 in art spending, triggered the ordinance this resolution would ammend.
Thanks,
Don
Resolution No. _____________
Whereas, an ordinance which mandates spending on art is contributing to unaffordability in Austin, now therefore,
Be it resolved, by the City Council of the City of Austin, that the Council amend CHAPTER 9-2 RELATING TO ART IN PUBLIC PLACES.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN:
PART 2. Section 9-2-2 of the Code is amended as follows:
Tracked changes of the amended ordinance are below:
http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincou ... 132519.doc
Please review and comment on this resolution which ends the practice of requiring 2% of a construction budget be spent on art.
Please co-sponsor if you can so we can discuss this Feb 12th.
Feb 12th Agenda Items #8 and #9 call for $3,000,000 in art spending, triggered the ordinance this resolution would ammend.
Thanks,
Don
Resolution No. _____________
Whereas, an ordinance which mandates spending on art is contributing to unaffordability in Austin, now therefore,
Be it resolved, by the City Council of the City of Austin, that the Council amend CHAPTER 9-2 RELATING TO ART IN PUBLIC PLACES.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN:
PART 2. Section 9-2-2 of the Code is amended as follows:
Tracked changes of the amended ordinance are below:
http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincou ... 132519.doc