The arts commission shall have the following powers and duties:
A. Advise the city council on the acquisition, placement, and maintenance of public art on property of the city, including public art in connection with a capital improvement program project. No public art shall be installed or existing work of public art removed from public spaces without a review by the arts commission.
B. Hold regular public meetings and maintain a written record of its proceedings.
C. Establish guidelines to carry out the public art program which shall include methods of selecting artists or public art and for the placement of public art. These guidelines, to be adopted by the city council, may enumerate in detail the arts commission's roles and responsibilities in overseeing the public art program.
D. Make recommendations to the city council on the amount and allocation of budgeted city funding for visual arts programs and services.
E. Prepare an annual report to the city council summarizing its activities during the preceding year and recommendations for the proposed activities for the succeeding year.
F. Adopt and present to the city council for its consideration and approval, such rules and regulations to govern its internal organization and procedures as it may deem necessary and which are not in conflict with federal, state, and municipal laws.
G. Consistent with city council policy, serve as advocates for public art with the city council, as well as the private sector, local, regional, state, and federal governments.
H. Explore and advocate for new, noncity sources of funding for the visual arts.
I. Receive input from the city manager and city council regarding the operation and maintenance expenses associated with a work of public art. If the proposed work of art requires extraordinary operation or maintenance expenses, the arts commission shall recommend another work of art or submit a statement of overriding consideration why the public art should be utilized notwithstanding its extraordinary operation or maintenance expense. (Ord. 1904, 1-24-2011)