HomeMy WebLinkAboutNS-2856 - Amending Article IV of Chapter 2 of Santa Ana Municipal Code by Adding a New Division 5, Establishing an Arts and Culture CommissionSRC 11/25/13
ORDINANCE NO. NS -2856
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA
AMENDING ARTICLE IV OF CHAPTER 2 OF THE SANTA
ANA MUNICIPAL CODE BY ADDING A NEW DIVISION 5,
ESTABLISHING AN ARTS AND CULTURE COMMISSION
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. A new Division 5 of Article IV of Chapter 2 of the Santa Ana
Municipal Code is hereby established to read as follows:
Division 5. Arts and Culture Commission
Sec. 2-550. Establishment.
There shall be created, constituted and established a Santa Ana Arts and
Culture Commission.
Sec. 2-551. Members.
The arts and culture commission shall consist of seven (7) members. Members
of the commission should be persons who are concerned about arts and cultural issues
in the City of Santa Ana and should be persons who have professional expertise or
substantial volunteer involvement in the following areas: Visual, performing or literary
arts; Architecture, design or urban planning; Education; History; Science; Film; or Arts
and cultural institution management. The commissioners shall be subject to
appointment and removal and shall serve terms in accordance with section 901 of the
Charter of the City of Santa Ana.
Sec. 2 -552. Meetings and Compensation.
The arts and culture commission shall meet at least one (1) time each quarter
or more frequently as needed at dates and times specifically set out and established
in the rules of the commission. Each commission member shall receive maximum
compensation in the amount of $50.00 for attendance at one regular meeting per
month.
Sec. 2 -552.5 Duties of the city manager.
It shall be the duty of the city manager or his or her designee to provide staff
support to the arts and culture commission and provide data, materials and resources
which can be of assistance to the deliberations of the commission and shall advise
and recommend to the commission on all technical matters.
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Sec. 2. -553. Powers and duties.
The arts and culture commission shall have the following powers and duties:
(a) The commission shall act as an advisory body to the City Manager and the
City Council and make recommendations regarding but not limited to:
(1) Policies, priorities and plans for the development and improvement of arts
and cultural activities in Santa Ana, and, in conjunction with other appropriate agencies,
in the greater Santa Ana area.
(2) Coordinating with the private sector and other governmental agencies in
promoting arts and cultural excellence as a tool for the encouragement of economic
development, business relocation and tourism.
(3) Organizing and promoting activities which celebrate the City and its unique
cultural heritage.
(4) Allocation and budgeting of funds for arts and cultural funding.
(5) Payments for the design, execution and placement of public art projects,
within established appropriations for the art projects.
(6) Encouraging the use of local artists in City public art projects.
(7) Guidelines for accepting, selecting, purchasing, commissioning, placing and
preserving art projects and other City art acquisitions, gifts or extended loans of art.
(8) Make recommendations to the city council on deaccessioning of artworks,
when necessary;
(b) The commission shall also advocate for arts education, cultural diversity, the
Sister Cities Program, and other initiatives that further the growth and sustainability of
the arts and cultural community in Santa Ana area.
(c) In addition, the Commission shall have such other powers and duties as may
be appropriate in carrying out the purposes and goals of this Division and as set forth in
reports or recommendations adopted by the City Council.
(d) Consider matters referred to it by the City Manager or the City Council.
SECTION 2. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of
this ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any
court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining
portions of this ordinance. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby declares that
it would have adopted this ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause,
phrase or portion thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections,
subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases, or portions be declared invalid or
unconstitutional.
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ADOPTED this 16th day of December, 2
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Sonia R. Carvalho, City Attorney
AYES: Councilmembers: Amezcua Benavides, Martinez, Pulido, Reyna
Sarmiento, Tinaiero (7)
NOES: Councilmembers:
ABSTAIN: Councilmembers:
NOT PRESENT: Councilmembers: None (0)
CERTIFICATE OF ATTESTATION AND ORIGINALITY
I, Maria D. Huizar, Clerk of the Council, do hereby attest to and certify that the attached
Ordinance No. NS -2856 to be the original ordinance adopted by the City Council of the
City of Santa Ana on December 16, 2013 and that said ordinance was published in
accordance with the Charter of the City of Santa Ana.
Date: jz/ 7 1 3 `Jl %CePVt 4�). 1444,,1
Clerk of the Council
City of Santa Ana
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