Approve an ordinance amending City Code Chapter 7-2 (Art in Public Places) to add and revise definitions, require City facilities delivered by a public facility corporation to incorporate a two percent allocation of construction cost as defined by Chapter 7-2, encourage private developers to incorporate a two percent allocation of a project’s cost to art, and expand and update language regarding the flexibility of art placement and funding for maintenance, repairs, relocations, and deaccessions. Funding: This item has no fiscal impact. The future financial impact will be determined as specific capital improvement projects and public facility corporation projects are approved.

Council is updating Austin's Art in Public Places rules (City Code Chapter 7-2), refreshing definitions and giving the city more flexibility on where public art goes and how it's maintained, repaired, relocated, or removed. The big change: city facilities built through a public facility corporation would be required to set aside two percent of construction cost for art, while private developers would be encouraged to do the same. The ordinance itself has no fiscal impact now; the actual dollars get sorted out as individual capital and public facility corporation projects come up for approval.

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