The Commissions shall have the following powers and duties:
1. Advise the City Council on the acquisition, placement, and maintenance of public art on City property including public art in connection with a capital improvement project. No public art shall be installed, or existing work of public art removed from public spaces, without first being reviewed by the Commission.
2. Hold public meetings to take place at least quarterly and maintain a record of its proceedings as required by Chapter 22 of the Iowa Code.
3. Advise and assist the City Council with regard to the creation and adoption of a Public Art Master_Plan, which shall include at the minimum criteria and methods of selecting artists, public art installations, location and placement of public art, and funding criteria and guidelines. The master plan, to be adopted by the City Council, may also enumerate in detail the Commission’s roles and responsibilities in overseeing the public art program.
4. Make recommendations to the City Council on the amount and allocation of City funding for visual arts programs and services.
5. Prepare an annual report to the City Council summarizing the Commission’s activities during the preceding year and make recommendations for the proposed activities for the succeeding year by the Commission.
6. Propose such rules and regulations governing the Commission as it may deem necessary, and which are not in conflict with federal, State, and municipal laws, to the City Council for consideration and approval.
7. Consistent with City Council policy, serve as advocates for public art to the City Council, as well as the private sector, local, regional, State, and federal governments.
8. Explore, advocate for, and secure non-City sources of funding for the visual arts.
9. Thoroughly consider the operation and maintenance expenses associated with works of public art. If the proposed work of art requires extraordinary operation and maintenance expenses, the Commission shall recommend another work or art or submit a statement of overriding consideration as to why the public art should be utilized, notwithstanding its extraordinary operation or maintenance expense.
(Ch. 25 - Ord. 3046 - Aug. 22 Supp.)