15-1642 Adopting Meridian Art in Public Spaces (MAPS) Funding ProgramCITY OF MERIDIAN ORDINANCE NO. I - < to ci
BY THE CITY COUNCIL: BIRD, BORTON, CAVENER, MILAM, ROUNTREE, ZAREMBA
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN, AMENDING MERIDIAN CITY CODE
TITLE 1, CHAPTER 9, TO ADD SECTION 4; ESTABLISHING THE MERIDIAN ART IN
PUBLIC SPACES PROGRAM; REGARDING PURPOSE OF FUNDS, FUNDS
APPROPRIATION, CARRY FORWARD, AND EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS; ADOPTING A
SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City of Meridian is authorized by Idaho Code section 50-301 to acquire
personal property, including public art, and pursuant to Idaho Code sections 50-303 and 50-1006, may
appropriate funds by ordinance to create, purchase, operate and maintain recreation and cultural
facilities and activities;
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Meridian finds that public art is a valuable
component of and vehicle for stimulating economic development and revitalization, tourism, sense of
place, community expression and dialogue, beautification of public areas, and enhancement of quality
of life for Meridian residents and visitors;
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Meridian seeks to establish a stable, predictable
means by which public art can be incorporated into long-range planning for our community; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Meridian seeks by this ordinance to establish an
enduring method of appropriating general funds to install art in Meridian's public spaces;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF MERIDIAN, ADA COUNTY, IDAHO:
Section 1. That the following additions be made to Title,l, Chapter 9, of the Meridian City
Code, to add Section 4, to read as follows:
1-9-4: MERIDIAN ART IN PUBLIC SPACES PROGRAM:
A. MAPS program established. There is hereby established the Meridian Art in Public Spaces
("MAPS") program, under which the City Council shall annually dedicate funding to the
establishment of art in public places within Meridian.
B. Purpose of funds. The Meridian Arts Commission shall adopt, with City Council approval, a
strategic plan for installation of art projects funded by MAPS program funds. MAPS funds shall
be used to purchase visual, tangible artworks, for installation on public property within the
Meridian city limits, in accordance with the strategic plan.
C. Funds appropriation. City Council shall, on an annual basis, appropriate for the MAPS program
an amount from the general fund equivalent to fifty (50) cents per resident, as estimated by the
current annual population estimate adopted by the Community Planning Association of Southwest
Idaho. Annually, no more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) of general funds shall be
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appropriated for the MAPS program. Nothing contained in this section shall preclude funding of
art by grants, matching monies, donations, or other means.
D. Carry forward. Any MAPS funds not spent during the current fiscal year shall be carried forward
to the next fiscal year.
E. Expenditure of MAPS funds. The Meridian Arts Commission shall recommend, and City
Council shall approve, expenditures of MAPS program funds by budget enhancement, in
accordance with the strategic plan duly adopted by the Meridian Arts Commission as set forth in
this section.
Section 2. It is hereby declared to be the legislative intent that the provisions and parts of this
Ordinance shall be severable. If any paragraph, part, section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of
this Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid by a Court of competent jurisdiction, such decision
shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance.
Section 3. All City of Meridian ordinances, or resolutions, or parts thereof, which are in
conflict herewith, are hereby repealed.
Section 4. That this ordinance shall be effective immediately upon its passage and publication.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Meridian, Idaho, this '-'A day of April, 2015.
APPROVED by the Mayor of the City of Meridian, Idaho, this :�':)\ day of April, 2015.
APPROVED: ATTEST: �go¢AtuDAt,,
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