[Ord. No. 2078, Enacted, 11-16-1993]
Any City official or employee who authorizes or appropriates expenditures on behalf of a participating department for a City project shall, to the degree that the funds are eligible, include within the budget for the project a monetary contribution for public art equal to 1.5% of the total cost of the project.
1. 
Restricted funds. If funding for a particular City project is subject to legal restrictions that preclude public art as an object for expenditure, the portion of the City project that is funded with the restricted funds shall be exempt from the requirements of this Chapter.
2. 
Phased projects. As a general rule, where a City project will be constructed in phases, the 1.5% dedication shall be applied to the estimated total cost of each phase of the project at the time that funds for the phase are appropriated and encumbered. Nothing in this section prevents the Council from deciding to set aside all or part of the entire dedication from the funds of a particular phase, however, as the Council deems appropriate. In determining when to set aside the funds for a phased project, the City shall encourage an overall public art plan for phased work to ensure that art is not located on a piecemeal basis.
[Ord. No. 2078, Enacted, 11-16-1993; Ord. No. 2091, Amended, 4-19-1994; Ord. No. 2347, Amended, 2-4-2003; Ord. No. 2557, Amended, 7-20-2010]
There is hereby created a special City fund or account called the Public Art Trust Fund into which the monetary contributions for Public Art shall be deposited.
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1.5% of the total cost of City projects shall be dedicated to public art. Such funds shall be deposited into the Public Art Trust Fund by the City Official or employee acting on behalf of the participating department at the time that budgeted funds are encumbered for the construction or purchase price of the project.
a. 
1% of the total cost of City projects shall be used for costs associated with the acquisition of public art including, but not limited to, the design, purchase and siting of public art.
b. 
.5% of the total cost of City Projects shall be used for costs associated with administration of the public art program, including, but not limited to, costs of selection, conservation and maintenance of the collection, community education, deaccessioning and registration of public art.
2. 
Monetary contributions shall be deposited in separate accounts within the Public Art Trust Fund if separate accounting is deemed appropriate by the City Manager or is required by law.
3. 
Monetary contributions made other than through the Percent for Art program shall be deposited in the Public Art Trust Fund and may be dedicated to or earmarked for a specific program or work of art, subject to acceptance by the City Council.
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Disbursements from the Public Art Trust Fund shall be made only after authorization of the City Manager or the Manager’s designee, and shall be made according to this Chapter and any guidelines adopted hereunder.