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23.60.100 ARTWORK ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.

(a) Each year the Civic Arts Committee shall prepare and submit to the City Council an annual plan for the Art in Public Places Program. The annual plan shall include a discussion of the amount of money in the Art in Public Places Fund ("the Fund"), plans for the expenditure of money from the Fund during the year, a description of efforts to raise funds from other sources to be deposited into the Fund, and any other matters the Civic Arts Committee deems appropriate to include in the plan.

(b) Before money from the Fund is expended to purchase and install artwork on public property, the Civic Arts Committee shall consider the proposed expenditure and make a recommendation on the proposal to the City Council. In addition, at any time the Civic Arts Committee may make a recommendation to the City Council to purchase a particular artwork to be displayed on public property. Any recommendations made under this provision shall include the type of artwork considered, an analysis of the constraints applicable to placement of the artwork on a site, the need for and practicality of the maintenance of the artwork, and the costs of acquisition and installation of the artwork.