POR 2019-7
City Manager work with the Cambridge Arts Council and Community Development Department to make the appropriate updates to the City's 1% for arts ordinance
Present and voting at this meeting (9)
Alanna Mallon
Craig A. Kelley
Dennis Carlone
E. Denise Simmons
Jan Devereux
Marc McGovern
Quinton Zondervan
Sumbul Siddiqui
Timothy J. Toomey
ORDERED: That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to work with the Cambridge Arts Council and Community Development Department to determine: • Which projects have met the 1% threshold and which have fallen short • Why the 1% threshold is met with certain construction projects but not others • The origin of the $100,000 cap, and whether or not it still applies to current projects • Equity considerations related to site-based art, such as whether the art is publicly accessible (in the case of the King Open School), or whether art is concentrated in select neighborhoods The distribution method of funds and whether it can be adjusted to account for ensuring that all mediums and disciplines of art, including live performance art, receive funding; and be it further ORDERED: That the City Manager report back to the City Council on this matter as soon as possible.
Public Comment (1)
1 written comment received (2019-06-03). Letter-writers are named in the city's own agenda and are not republished here, by policy.