REPORT TO ARTS COMMISSION and PLANNING COMMISSION
SUBJECT
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Arts Commission Recommendation that the City Council (1) Approve the Master Plan for Public Art; and (2) Introduce an Ordinance Amending Municipal Code Chapter 19.52 (Art in Private Development) to Increase the Percent for Art Requirement from 1% to 1.5%, Implementing Option 2A of the Public Art Master Plan.
Planning Commission Recommendation that the City Council Introduce an Ordinance Amending Municipal Code Chapter 19.52 (Art in Private Development) to Increase the Percent for Art Requirement from 1% to 1.5%, Implementing Option 2A of the Public Art Master Plan.
Report
REPORT IN BRIEF
In April 2017, the Cultural Planning Group was hired to lead a community engagement process and develop a set of recommendations based on public input to update the City's Master Plan for Public Art that was originally developed in 1982. This report presents the community engagement findings and provides the recommendations built upon those findings that form the core of Sunnyvale's new Master Plan for Public Art (Attachment 3 - Final Draft Master Plan for Public Art). These findings and four funding options were presented to Council in a Study Session on August 25, 2020. Based on general feedback, Council supported implementation of Option 2A, which increases the value of required artwork in the Art in Private Development program from 1.0 percent to 1.5 percent of project construction valuation and maintains the in-lieu option at 1.1 percent to incentivize Public Art Fund contributions.
The Arts Commission is being asked to review and recommend approval of the Master Plan for Public Art, and the proposed amendments to Chapter 19.52 of the Sunnyvale Municipal Code, which will implement Option 2A of the Plan.
Because implementing Option 2A requires an amendment to the Zoning Code, the Planning Commission must review and provide a recommendation to the Council on the proposed changes to Sunnyvale Municipal Cod...
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