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5. Strengthening the positive reputation of the City and continue to instill a sense of pride in the community. 6. Promoting distinctive, diverse and high quality artwork that will create a sense of place and contribute to the enrichment of the lives of citizens 7. Identifying the City's own artist community. 8. Creating a curated inventory of public art. 9. Seeking partnerships and collaborative opportunities for artists and citizens alike to work and create art. 10.Stimulating dialogue and interest about issues raised by unique art Public Art and the Process for Selection. For our purposes, public art may be defined as a tangible, unique creation exhibiting the highest quality of skill and aesthetic principles and may include paintings, murals, sculptures, stained glass, collages or mosaics, monuments, fountains, integrated architectural or landscape architectural work; digital or other media, whether temporary or permanent. Depending on the philosophy developed by the City, public art might involve "performance" that furthers the goals of this program and that is not covered by the Cultural and Community Services Department. Public art shall not include reproductions, mass produced art, decorative/ornamental art unless specifically commissioned by the City. Public Art will include any art placed in a public space, including that art required by the Art in Public Places Ordinance (Chapter 104,Code of the City of Sunny Isles Beach.) The process for selection can be manifold. Usually, there is an administrative decision to have a temporary or permanent piece of art created or to purchase a piece of art from an existing inventory. It could be stand alone or part of a grouping. It could include a decision on the re-location of existing art. Artist selection can be through direct selection or competition, in which case a call for proposals for the creation of the art piece will be issued. With the creation of this Program, the responses will be evaluated by a Public Arts Advisory Committee, described below. The Committee, on any given project, will apply a set of guidelines as adopted, and as may be amended by the PAAC, to both the selection as well as siting of any art placed in a public space, that is art that will be viewed by the public whether as part of a private development project or in a space owned by the City. For art that is included by a private entity as part of a development project in compliance with the City's Art in Public Places Ordinance, the piece shall be submitted to the PAAC committee for review and recommendation to the City Commission any time after approval of the project by the Commission but in no event later than the issuance of a TCO. While the PAAC will make recommendation to the Commission after applying the