(a) Responsibilities. The Cleveland City Planning Commission shall administer the Public Art Program, with the assistance of its staff and advisory committee, and in conjunction with the Mayor's Office of Capital Projects. Responsibilities shall include, among others, the following:
(1) Preparing and adopting guidelines, rules and procedures necessary to implement the regulations of this chapter, which guidelines shall include a mechanism for neighborhood resident and stakeholder involvement in the public art selection process;
(2) Developing and updating a citywide public art plan that identifies public art opportunities in the City of Cleveland;
(3) Establishing and maintaining a registry of materials submitted by artists for consideration by the Public Art Committee;
(4) Issuing requests for proposals and conducting the process of selecting artists and artwork for each project;
(5) Developing and maintaining an inventory of public art in the City of Cleveland, and producing and disseminating educational and promotional materials regarding these works of art;
(6) Ensuring widespread public participation in the Public Art Program;
(7) Coordinating public art projects with participating City departments and other participating agencies and organizations;
(8) Establishing a schedule and standards for maintenance of public art in consultation with the artist, if feasible; and
(9) Providing periodic written reports to the Mayor and to City Council, no less frequently than once per calendar year, documenting activities, accomplishments and expenditures and demonstrating compliance with the regulations of this chapter.
(b) Public Art Committee. The City Planning Commission shall establish an advisory committee, to be known as the Public Art Committee, to advise and assist the Commission in conducting the Public Art Program.
(c) Public Art Committee Membership. The Public Art Committee shall be composed of the following members, each appointed by the Chairman of the City Planning Commission on nomination by the Mayor, unless otherwise stated:
(1) A visual artist;
(2) An administrator of an arts organization;
(3) A recognized expert in the field of public art;
(4) A City resident active in community affairs;
(5) A staff member of a City department that engages in projects subject to the provisions of this chapter, who shall be chairperson of the Committee;
(6) A professional architect or landscape architect;
(7) A member of Cleveland City Council or its staff, appointed by the President of City Council; and
(8) Two (2) community representatives appointed on a project-specific basis by the City Council member in whose ward a public art project has been proposed. In addition, the Council member, at his or her discretion, may appoint a member of a local design review commission to the Public Art Committee, also on a project-specific basis.
(d) Committee Members Terms of Appointment. The term for members of the Public Art Committee shall be two (2) years, except that the initial Committee members described in (2), (4) and (6) of division (c) of this section shall have a one (1) year term. After that one (1) year term, the term for the Committee members described in (2), (4) and (6) of division (c) of this section shall be two (2) years. The appointments made pursuant to (8) of division (c) of this section shall not have a term but shall serve on the Committee only for the duration of deliberations on the particular public art project for which they were appointed.
(e) Committee Meetings. The Public Art Committee shall meet at least quarterly, except when there is no business to conduct, and may meet more frequently to consider specific projects or other matters as may be necessary. The meetings shall be conducted under rules and procedures adopted by the Committee and approved by the City Planning Commission.
(f) Committee Member Compensation. Members of the Public Art Committee shall not receive monetary compensation for their services to the Committee.
(Ord. No. 166-13. Passed 5-13-13, eff. 5-16-13)