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City of Tukwila Administrative Policy: MUNICIPAL ARTS FUND IMPLEMENTATION PROCEDURES AND GUIDELINES PURPOSE To establish procedures and guidelines for the City of Tukwila Municipal Arts Fund. It is the desire of the City to: • Promote a positive identity of Tukwila by utilizing public art that is representative of the City's diverse communities. • Cultivate community ownership of shared spaces by using public art to beautify and enrich community. • Provide prominent public art at highly visible locations. BACKGROUND City of Tukwila Ordinance No. 2428 establishes that it is in the public's interest to provide local cultural and artistic services and to have available to the City and its citizens a degree of expertise with respect to visual and performing arts. It also repealed Ordinance No. 1017 and further defined the Municipal Arts Fund and 1%of City Capital Improvement Projects for public art. Departments impacted by this include City Council,Tukwila Arts Commission, Parks and Recreation, Public Works, and Finance. POLICY STATEMENT It is preferred to include art into Parks development projects and Public Works projects. In the event that art is not incorporated into a qualifying Capital Improvement Project,funding equal to at least 1% of the City-funded construction costs of the project(excluding property acquisition, demolition,or equipment) shall be allocated to the Municipal Arts Fund. PROCEDURES The procedure for the Municipal Arts Fund is as follows: • Funding determination for each project shall occur by reviewing the Capital Improvement Project list to determine the amount of qualifying funds to be placed into Municipal Arts Fund.A spreadsheet will be prepared from the proposed Capital Improvement Program with the breakdown for the 1% Municipal Arts Fund. • The funding determination shall be a fixed amount based on the proposed project cost and shall not fluctuate with actual project costs. • If a specific Capital Improvement Project is scheduled to incorporate art, validation of the cost will be presented to cancel the scheduled transfer on the biennial 1%Arts spreadsheet. • Once the 1%Arts funding is determined,a transfer of said funds will be made into the Municipal Arts Fund. The procedure to access the Municipal Arts Fund is as follows: • City Departments and Commissions requesting to access the Municipal Arts Fund must develop a proposal, including a description of the project, location, statement of public benefit, and 1