Item O2
NOTICE OF INTENTION TO CONSIDER
ADOPTION OF COUNTY ORDINANCE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN that on Wednesday, May
16, 2001, at 3:00 PM at the Key Largo Library, Tradewinds Shopping Center, Key
Largo, Monroe County, Florida, the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe
County, Florida, intends to consider the adoption of the following County
ordinance:
AN ORDINANCE CREATING SEC. 2-332(A), MONROE COUNTY CODE, PROVIDING FOR
FUNDING OF ART IN NEW PUBUC CONSTRUCTION AND MAJOR RENOVATIONS
PROJECTS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABIUTY; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF All
ORDINANCES INCONSISTENT HEREWITH; PROVIDING FOR INCORPORATION INTO THE
MONROE COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
Pursuant to Section 286.0105, Florida Statutes, notice is given that If a person
decided to appeal any decision made by the Board with respect to any matter
considered at such hearings or meetings, he will need a record of the
proceedings, and that, for such purpose, he may need to ensure that a verbatim
record of the proceedings Is made, which record Includes the testimony and
evidence upon which the appeal is to be based.
Copies of the above-referenced ordinance are available for review at the various
public libraries in Monroe County, Florida.
Dated at Key West, Florida, this 20th day of April, 2001
(SEAL)
DANNY l. KOlHAGE, Clerk of the Circuit Court
and ex officio Clerk of the Board of County
Commissioners of Monroe County, Florida
Publication dates
Reporter
Key West Citizen
Keynoter
4/26 - 5/3/01
4/27 - 5/4/01
4/28 - 5/5/01
1..02
Commissioner Dixie Spehar
ORDINANCE NO
AN ORDINANCE CREATIN6 seC. 2-332(A). MONROE COUNTY CODE. PROVIDING
FOR FUNDING Of ART IN NEW PUBLIC CONSTRUCTION AND MAJOR
RENOVATIONS PROJECTS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVID!N& FOR THE
REPEAL Of ALL ORDINANCES INCONSISTENT HEREWITH; PROVIDING FOR
INCORPORATION INTO THE MONROE COUNTY CODE Of ORDINANCES; AND
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
- 2001
WHEREAS. the County finds it in the best interest of its citizens to increase public access to art;
WHEREAS, the County desires to promote understanding and awareness of the visual arts and to
enrich the public environment for residents and visitors; now, therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COUN1Y COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUN1Y,
FLORIDA,
Section 1.
Sec. 2-332(A) is hereby created to read as follows:
A. The Board of County Commissioners recognizes the extent of cultural resources
available in the County for development, promotion, and enjoyment of the arts. It is the
intent of the County Commission by enacting this ordinance to enrich culturally and benefit
the citizens of this County through the establishment of art in public places.
1) One percent (1%) of the construction costs for County construction, except
for any sewage treatment plant, shall be set aside for the acquisition, commission,
installation and maintenance of works of art in said buildings. This appropriation shall apply
only to new construction exceeding $500.000 or renovations exceeding $100,000 in cost.
a) Construction costs do not include architectural and engineering fees,
asbestos abatement or other environmental preparation, site work, or contingency
costs.
b) All construction costs to be used for determining the amolW'lt of the
art-in-public-places appropriation shall be calculated as of the date the construction
contract is executed.
c) Sewage treatment plants shall be exempt from mandatory
appropriations for art in public places.
2) The art-in-public-places appropriations and gifts. grants and donations made
to Monroe County for the purpose of acquiring and installing art in public places shall be
separately accounted for and may be used only for the following purposes: to acquire,
commission, install, or maintain art in public places.
Section 2. There is hereby established an Arts in Public Places Committee, which shall be an
advisory body to the County Commission. The Arts in Public Places Committee shall be composed of five
voting members and two non-voting members, and shall have the sole purpose of reviewing responses to
Requests for Proposals for art to be acquired and installed in each public construction project subject to the
Arts in Public Places set aside requirement.
Section 3. Each County Commissioner shall appoint one voting member whose term shall run
concurrently with the term of the appointing commissioner and who shall live or work in the appointing
commissioner's district. There shall be one voting member who is either a board member or staff of the
Monroe Council for the Arts Corporation. Each remaining voting member must represent one or more of the
following:
a) working artist;
b) art professional;
c) landscape architect or interior designer;
d) curator, or
e) general public.
Section 4. The County Administrator shall appoint to the committee the two non-voting members
on a project by project basis. The non-voting members shalf be familiar with the project through their
position or contract as the architect, the building/project supervisor, or a similar nexus to the project.
Section 5. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or provision of this ordinance is held
invalid, the remainder of this ordinance shall not be affected by such invalidity.
Section 6. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby
repealed to the extent of said conflict.
Section 7. The provisions of this ordinance shall be included and incorporated in the Code of
Ordinances of the County of Monroe, Florida, as an addition or amendment thereto, and shall be appropriately
renumbered to conform to the uniform numbering system of the Code.
Section 8. This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon receipt of official notice from the
Office of the Secretary of State of the State of Florida that this ordinance has been filed with said Office.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County, Florida, at a
regular meeting of said Board held on the day of . 2001.
Mayor George Neugent
Commissioner Charles McCoy
Commissioner Murray Nelson
Commissioner Dixie Spehar
Commissioner Nora Williams
(SEAL)
Attest: DANNY L.KOLHAGE, Clerk
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
By
Deputy Clerk
By
Mayor/Chairperson
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