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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 2017-2750 RESOLUTION NO. 2017- 2154 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SUNNY ISLES BEACH, FLORIDA, CREATING A PUBLIC ARTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE (`PARC"); PROVIDING FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO INCLUDE A CHAIRPERSON AND VICE CHAIRPERSON; PROVIDING FOR THE SELECTION OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS; PROVIDING FOR GUIDELINES FOR SELECTION OF WORKS OF ART; PROVIDING FOR ANNUAL REPORTING REQUIREMENTS; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, Section 74-8 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Sunny Isles Beach provides that there shall be as many standing committees of the City Commission as the Mayor or City Commission deems necessary and that the City Commission may establish or terminate such Committees from time to time; and WHEREAS, the City Commission wishes to create a new advisory committee entitled the "Public Arts Advisory Committee" to advise the City Commission on matters of Public Art; and WHEREAS, the Public Arts Advisory Committee ("PAAC") shall be responsible for advising the City Commission on matters including but not limited to the following: 1. Public Art Policy; 2. Selection of Locations for Public Arts Projects; 3. Providing Recommendations to the City Commission for Public and Private Art Projects; and 4. Tasks relating to the purpose of the Committee as determined by the City Commission or City Manager. WHEREAS, the Committee shall be composed of five (5) members who shall be appointed for two-year terms to commence January 1 and end December 31 of each year and which may be renewed by the City Commission as often as desirable; and WHEREAS, the Mayor shall appoint the Chairperson and the members of the City Commission shall appoint one member each and the Vice Chairperson shall be selected by majority vote of the members of the Committee; and WHEREAS, Committee members shall be governed by the Rules of Procedure that govern the City Commission, the Florida Sunshine and Public Records Laws, and the terms of this Resolution; and City's Advisory Committee Creation Appointments Revised Page 1 of 3 • NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SUNNY ISLES BEACH, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Incorporation of Recitals. The foregoing recital paragraphs are hereby ratified and confirmed as being true and the same are hereby made part of this Resolution. Section 2. Creation of New Advisory Committee: The City Commission hereby creates an advisory committee entitled the "Public Arts Advisory Committee" also known as "PAAC". Section 3. Appointment of Committee Members. The Mayor shall appoint the Chairperson and members of the City Commission shall each appoint one member to the Committee, and Vice Chairperson shall be selected by a majority vote of the members of the Committee. Additionally, a member of the Committee forfeits his or her right to serve on the Committee if such member fails to comply with the requirements of the City Code, County Code and state law for serving on the Committee. The City Manager or designee shall create an application process for the selection of Committee members. The City Commission shall appoint applicants from the application process created by the City Manager or designee. Section 4. Guidelines for the Selection of Works of Art. In addition to the criteria set forth in Chapter 104 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, the Public Arts Advisory Committee shall follow the guidelines attached as Exhibit "A", which may be amended from time to time to review artwork required by Chapter 104 and any other artwork which requires the review of the Committee. Section 5. Annual Reportinn Requirements. The Committee shall provide the City Commission with a report regarding the activities of the Committee, as deemed necessary or appropriate by the City Commission, from time to time. Section 6. Rules of Procedure. The Committee shall be governed by the Rules of Procedure that govern the City Commission, and subject to Florida's Sunshine and Public Records Law and Financial Disclosure requirements. Section 7. Effective Date. This Resolution shall become effective upon passage. PASSED and ADOPTED on this tgliday of October, 2017. George . . Scholl, Mayor ATT AYMF , 1 ,._ Mauricio Betancur, MMC, City Clerk City's Advisory Committee Creation Appointments Revised Paae 2 of 3 APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LE CA S....0.11 . . NCY 'i Ha r,s Ottinot, 'ity Attorney Moved by: V (CE M ki0tz G cLb 1 (-J Seconded by: CO IMWI i Vote: Mayor Scholl ✓ Yes) (No) Vice Mayor Goldman ✓ (Yes) (No) Commissioner Aelion I (Yes) (No) Commissioner Gatto ✓ (Yes) (No) Commissioner Svechin ✓ (Yes) (No) City's Advisory Committee Creation Appointments Revised Page 3 of 3 L) LYNN M. DANNHEISSER MEMORANDUM TO: George "Bud" Scholl, Mayor Dana Goldman, Vice Mayor Isaac Aelion, Commissioner Jeanette Gatto, Commissioner Larisa Svechin, Commissioner cc: Christopher J. Russo, City Manager Hans Ottinot, City Attorney Susan Simpson, Assistant City Manager FROM: Lynn M. Dannheisser, CMP Consultant DATE: October 19, 2017 RE: Establishing the City's Public Art Program In the past year, this Commission made a commitment to implementing the Sunny Isles Beach Cultural Master Plan. The plan was created for the purpose of"embracing the role the arts and culture play in community building, raising a city's profile, creating a welcome sense of place and encouraging investments... and broader economic development.i1 I have been tasked with creating the City's first Public Art Program. Goal 2 is to leverage the Arts and Culture for Creative Placemaking.2 The packet before you contains the initial elements of a public art program for your consideration and adoption. The packet contains: a) the prototype of our proposed public art program and guidelines; b) the Resolution creating a Public Art Advisory Committee; c) the "Call" to populate the PAAC. This program represents a compilation of my research of public art programs around both the state of Florida and the nation. My intention was to incorporate the best and most appropriate elements of each such plan from elsewhere specifically for our City. (Just as an aside, I have also made inquiries as to what has been successfill and what things may not have worked so well and why.) These criteria attempts to also incorporate the lessons we have learned in our own 'CMPp.12 2 CMP p. 28. Rationale for this goal is: •to overcome the City's challenges in pedestrian flow and "legibility"; • to create identity( brand)and upgrade the aesthetics of the public realm, •to encourage the citizens to get out and mingle; •foster community engagement portion of the Plan for the City. LYNN M. DANNHEISSER, LLC 3152 Gifford Lane• Miami, Florida 33133 • Phone: 305-441-0222• Fax: 305-397-0955 • Email: lynn@dannheisser-law.com historical selection of art for both the City and what we have accepted as Art in Public Places from private property owners/developers. In the attachments, I believe we have a simple but solid program for Sunny Isles Beach. It is self-explanatory and the guidelines were crafted from not only other cities' criteria but, as I mentioned, from our own direct experience in the City of Sunny Isles Beach. This program is designed to guide us in a more objective, value based manner in the selection of art in the future. Application of the attached proposed criteria is more likely to create both a higher standard in aesthetics (art worthiness and value) and safety but also in posing questions of whether the art proposed for selection accomplishes the goal of the CMP, i.e., does it more broadly serve to further the goal of creating community conversation among diverse groups of people. Reviewing the criteria will give you an idea of where we aspire to be headed. Although we are not a major metropolitan, sophisticated (in art) venue, we should have artistic standards, but at the same time, the public art in some cases should be fun and engaging, in others it might be "call to action" if you will, and still in others there to simply appreciate its aesthetic value. But in every case, it should create an opportunity to uplift, attract, and engage everyone with a stake in our community. Since, in accordance with our CMP, our public art has a purpose (identity and community engagement) besides aesthetic enhancement to our public spaces, we are proposing to have all future art selections- whether the art is provided by developers in accordance with the Art in Public Places Ordinance, or, whether the art sited on public properties by the City or any governmental agency- to come before the PAAC for recommendation to the Commission. All art selections should meet whatever criteria are finally approved. In the case of developers, they will make the decision to have the actual art selection be part of the zoning approval process or treated as a condition subsequent. A proposed piece of art itself provided by the developer will be reviewed by the PAAC applying our criteria and making recommendations to the Commission. As you know in accordance with our Art in Public Places Ordinance, the developers have an option to provide funds or provide actual art. If they choose to actually select and provide art, once again, they can decide to proceed with the process at site plan approval or any time before issuance of the TCO. In other words, the developer can choose how early or late it wishes to have the PAAC review its art and make recommendations to the Commission. The developer may also at any time decide to fund the trust rather than provide the art. The Commission has decided it is important to have credentialed community members populate our Committee and set to the task of applying the established criteria to the subject art, ultimately making a recommendation to the Commission. The Commission has reserved the right, if we are not successful in locating such talent, we have reserved the right to seek members elsewhere in Miami-Dade. I am compiling a potential list of candidates, should this be the case. • bV plN l' J(E or sun PUBLIC ART PROGRAM Introduction & Overview: The City Commission of Sunny Isles Beach has developed a Cultural Master Plan for the benefit of its residents. The Cultural Master Plan (CMP) envisions that installation of public art can help to refine the City's identity, creating a stronger sense of place and community. The geography and population make up of Sunny Isles Beach presents a challenge to development of a sense of true community within the City. Unique public art is one of many ways to create a dialogue and a sense of pride among citizens. Sunny Isles Beach has always been forward thinking with regard to the arts. Through its Art in Public Places ordinance, first enacted in 2003, the City required developers to either expend 1°/0 of estimated construction costs, not to exceed $500,000 on public art in conjunction with their own development or at their option to pay the same into a Public Art Fund. In addition, over the years, the City has purchased public art for its parks but on a more random basis. Now, with the CMP, the City has developed a more formal vision for.arts and culture within the City. Part of its implementation is the following Public Art Program. The Commission hopes this Public Art Program will connect meaningfully with the public, bridging any divides both literally in terms of streets as well as in terms of heritage in our extremely culturally diverse community. It believes new public art, selected with this purpose in mind, will be leveraged to create accessible, community focal points and gathering places. At its best, public art can be visually beautiful, transformational and compelling, thereby enhancing the City's public ecosystem and contributing to the quality of life for all. Purpose: This Public Art Program is one aspect of the implementation of the CMP. It is created with the intention and purpose as follows: 1. Leveraging the arts to create a sense of place and increase quality of life. 2. Enriching individual citizen experience in public spaces and engaging citizens in the public art experience. 3. Enhancing the appearance of public spaces. 4. Celebrating and giving visual expression to the City's cultural diversity. EXHIBIT "A" 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 criteria established by the City, the City Commission shall issue the final decision. For art that will be placed on a public property, the selection and proposal for siting will be submitted at any scheduled meeting of the Committee for recommendation to the Commission at its next regularly scheduled Commission meeting. The City Staff (the Manager and/or his designee, the Building Official, the Community Planner, the Public Works or Parks Director and the Public Arts Manager) will also give their recommendations to the Commission. The artist will discuss with Staff the project timeline, limitations or constraints or other identified issues. The decision for selection will be made by the City Commission, after consideration of recommendations from the PAAC and Staff. Site preparations, engineering aspects, installation, on-going maintenance issues, etc. and/or removal for temporary exhibitions will also be handled by Staff. Public Art Advisory Committee: The City Commission shall appoint a Public Art Advisory Committee ("PAAC") composed of five (5) members to serve two (2) year terms. Members serve as volunteers on a pro bono basis and must possess qualifications in the visual or graphic arts, architecture and design, urban planning, public art and place-making curation and/or programming, arts/ architectural education, engineers, digital and display design, landscape architects, arts/architectural history or the creation of art (i.e., professionally trained artists in any medium), or other art and design-related fields who have an interest in civic improvement. The Committee will be responsible for: a) Overall public art policy; b) Review criteria both for the methodology of and the selection (whether through acquisition or commission) of artwork to be placed on public (City-owned) property; c) Recommendations on public arts projects and/or programs, whether temporary or permanent and the most advantageous location for them. Projects may include recommendations on pedestrian bridge or other design elements in public places; d) Such other related tasks as determined by the City Commission or City Manager. The City is looking forward to identifying citizens with expertise in the arts as well as local artists themselves within the community. The PAAC will adopt elect a chair and follow the city's procedural rules and a record of actions will be kept. The PAAC will adopt clearly defined and consensual criteria for reviewing proposals and making recommendations on the selection of specific projects, including recommendations on where to site the finished artwork, if a site has not already been selected by Staff. Proposed Art Guidelines Recommendations for the selection of Public Art will be based on the following guidelines, as they may be amended from time to time. • Does it have artistic merit? Is there an inherent quality and sense of excellence? • Does the project foster the overall goals of the Cultural Master Plan? Does it accomplish the purpose of this Program? • Relevance and overall positive impact of the Public Art under consideration to the City, including its values, culture, and people. Consideration will be given to whether it has historical value, addresses a social or environmental issue, or addresses the community as a whole or a specific interest in this culturally diverse community? • Is the design visionary and creative? How does it engage the community and invite interest? Is it thought-provoking, entertaining, whimsical, original and/or representative of high artistic excellence in urban design and public art? Does it have emotional, inspirational, educational or intellectual impact? Overall, does it uniquely enhance community identity and generally enhance the public realm? • Relationship of the work to the site, i.e., does it serves to activate, enhance or foster community involvement/ public participation in that particular public space? Are the sites selected varied so as to be particularly enjoyed by the population living nearby? • Appropriateness of the artwork or design enhancement in terms of scale, materials, form and content to the site should be evaluated. Do the scale, form and content serve a functional purpose? In what way does it otherwise enhance or define a civic space? • Consideration should be given to structural and surface integrity, permanence and outdoor protection of the artwork against theft, vandalism, weathering, and excessive maintenance and repair costs; • Experience of the artist in the creation of public art must be part of the criteria. Does the artist have a successful track record, having executed and installed works of public art in a timely manner and within budget that will provide evidence of the ability to successfully complete a project? In some cases, consideration may be given to whether the project fosters opportunities for local community artists. • Is the artwork being produced from artists of diverse ethnic cultural and geographical identities so as to be somewhat representative of the population of the community? • Is the artist willing to give warranties as requested such as copyright belonging to artist, prove the technical feasibility, and evidence adherence to safety standards? No piece of public art should disrupt traffic, create a visual distraction that could expose the City to liability, have any sharp or protruding edges or otherwise create a nuisance. • Does the piece of public art represent diversity of style, scale and media? • Will the art encourage other private art in private developments or will it foster an opportunity for a joint public-private venture? • The Committee can choose to waive any of the foregoing for exceptional circumstances.