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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />NOVEMBER 4, 2013 <br />TITLE: <br />AUTHORIZE AND ALLOCATE FUNDS FOR <br />UTILITY CABINET PILOT ART PROGRAM <br />�il �- <br />CITY MANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />❑ As Recommended <br />❑ As Amended <br />❑ Ordinance on 1" Reading <br />❑ Ordinance on 2nd Reading <br />❑ Implementing Resolution <br />❑ Set Public Hearing For_ <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Direct the City Attorney to prepare and authorize the City Manager and the Clerk of the Council to <br />execute agreements with selected artists and allocate funds in the amount of $7,700 to paint <br />seven utility cabinets in the downtown as part of this pilot program. <br />This item comes as a recommendation of the Ad -Hoc Committee. At the July 15, 2013 meeting, <br />members of the City Council expressed interest in exploring opportunities for public art <br />specifically, art on utility cabinets. To further study this issue the Mayor established a Public Art <br />Ad -Hoc Committee consisting of Councilman Benavides, Councilman Reyna and himself to <br />review opportunities for public art in Santa Ana. <br />On September 5, 2013, the Ad -Hoc Committee met to discuss opportunities for a pilot effort to <br />use the City's traffic control cabinets as canvases for local artists, students and other community <br />groups. <br />Best practices were compiled regarding utility box painting in other cities throughout California to <br />provide options for implementing a pilot program in Santa Ana. These options were provided to <br />the Ad -Hoc Committee at a follow -up meeting on October 2, 2013 (Exhibits 1 — 6). <br />The Ad -Hoc Committee proposes a two -phase pilot Utility Box Art Program. The first phase will <br />be focused on painting seven selected utility cabinets located within the downtown. The second <br />phase of the pilot program will be to select seven utility cabinets citywide, one in each Council <br />ward to be selected by each respective Councilmember and an at -large location to be selected <br />by the Mayor. <br />To ensure a broad interest from the arts community and a high - quality, professional submittal on <br />the downtown utility boxes, the Ad -Hoc Committee proposed to award a stipend of $700 per <br />utility cabinet as well as reimbursement of up to $200 for materials and supplies. The artists <br />selected to paint the seven utility cabinets citywide will be reimbursed up to $200 for materials <br />25E -1 <br />