The mayor and the city council declare it to be a policy of the city that a portion of the city's appropriations for capital expenditures in those construction projects designated be set aside for the acquisition of works of art and ornamentation to be used in and around public facilities. This chapter is enacted and intended also for the purpose of establishing a city art design board, hereinafter design board, the primary objectives of which shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
A. To assist the Salt Lake council for the arts in providing the means and the development of a comprehensive citywide plan to encourage and strengthen artistic and cultural resources;
B. To provide assessment of the artistic needs of future individual city construction projects;
C. To be responsible for recommending the nature and type of acquisition and placement of works of art and ornamentation to be used in and around the construction projects and to implement the decisions of the mayor with respect thereto;
D. To foster cultural development, and creativity of local artists and craftsmen;
E. To include cultural equity in its values, policies, and practices that ensure that all people, including but not limited to those who have been historically under-represented based on race/ethnicity, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socioeconomic status, geography, citizenship status, or religion are represented in the development of arts policy. (Ord. 7-21, 2021: Ord. 67-13, 2013)