ORD 494ORDINANCE NO. 494
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LA QUINTA,
CALIFORNIA, REPEALING THE LA QUINTA MUNICIPAL
CODE TITLE 2 CHAPTER 2.75 CULTURAL ARTS
COMMISSION AND AMENDING CHAPTER 2.95
COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION
WHEREAS, Chapters 2.75 and 2.95 of the La Quinta Municipal Code (the
"Code ") concern the City of La Quinta's (the "City ") defunct Cultural Arts
Commission and its Community Services Commission, respectively; and
WHEREAS, the City had previously found that there were overlapping duties,
objectives, and other functions between these commissions, and as a result, the
City had stopped appointing persons to its Cultural Arts Commission, which
Commission has ceased to exist, and the City instead requested the Community
Services Commission to subsume the functions previously carried out by the
Cultural Arts Commission; and
WHEREAS, the City has determined that formally amending the provisions in
in Code concerning the Community Services Commission's duties would be the
most efficient and productive way to ensure that the functions previously assigned
to the Cultural Arts Commission are carried out; and
WHEREAS, The City has determined that there is no need to continue the
Cultural Arts Commission as a separate commission; and
WHEREAS, the City believes that these changes are in the best interest of
the citizens of the City of La Quinta.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of
La Quinta does ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. Chapter 2.75 is repealed in its entirety.
SECTION 2. Chapter 2.95 (Community Services Commission) is amended as
follows:
A. Add the following to paragraph 1 of 2.95.020 Purpose and objectives: and
to advise the City Council with respect to the City's development of cultural
arts, including cultural events and activities; promoting the literary,
performing and visual arts. The commission shall also maintain and
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Amending Sections of Title 2 of the Municipal Code
Re: Community Services Commission and Cultural Arts Commission
Adopted: December 6, 2011
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implement the Art in Public Places Plan subject to approval of the City
Council.
B. Add the following as objectives to 2.95.020 Purpose and objectives:
C. To advise the City Council on matters affecting the cultural art of the City, to
advise and assist other City boards, committees and commissions in the field of the
arts, and to cooperate and work with cultural art organizations;
D. To encourage and facilitate programs in the arts thereby promoting cultural
enrichment of the community;
E. Cultural arts as used in this section may involve cultural and arts - related
disciplines and activities, including, but not limited to, the following:
1. Performing arts, such as drama, music and dance;
2. Visual arts, such as painting, sculpture, photography, graphics, video art,
applied art and public art;
3. Literary arts, such as literature, poetry, and journalism;
4. Communications arts involving film, television, radio, and technology; and
5. Recommending funding opportunities (Ord. 317 § 9 (part), 1998).
C. Add the following as Powers and duties to' 2.95.040:
19. Analyze City cultural arts programs' effectiveness and needs, and
recommend to the City Council comprehensive solutions;
20. Make recommendations for research and solicitation of grants and
donations;
21. Make recommendations to the City Council concerning the resources and
needs of the community on the subject of the arts, opportunities for
participation of artists and performers in city- sponsored activities, and ways to
encourage community involvement;
22. Make recommendations to the City Council regarding the funding of
community art events and activities, and regarding the disbursement of
revenues consistent with the needs of the community;
23. Work cooperatively with City boards, commissions and committees, and
other public and private organizations in promoting art and cultural activities
within the City;
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24. Encourage public and private partnerships;
25. Encourage art and cultural activities among residents of the City;
26. Implement such an and cultural activities as may be delegated to it from
time to time by the City Council, including the selection of artists for art
programs and projects, and the award of contracts for art projects and
programs;
27. Develop public art awareness through the presentations of speakers,
forums, and special events;
28. Maintain and implement the Art in Public Places Strategic Plan subject to
approval by the City Council. To the extent possible, the plan shall identify art
sites, artwork and estimates of cost for the artwork and art sites;
29. The commission will submit to the City Council a recommendation for
ratification of public art to be financed by the art in public places program;
30. The commission will work with City staff to develop a list of possible
public art sites;
31. The commission will seek ways of procuring public art through fees,
endowments, donations, loan programs, trusts and similar means of support;
and
32. The commission will make recommendations to the City Council for the
commissioning of artworks, the purchase or lease of art sites, agreements for
the purchase and display of artwork, or the repair, maintenance or servicing of
artwork (Ord. 317 § 9 (part), 1998).
SECTION 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall take full force and effect and
be in force 30 days after passage.
SECTION 4. POSTING The City Clerk shall, within 15 days after passage of this
Ordinance, cause it to be posted in at least three public places designated by
resolution of the City Council, shall certify to the adoption and posting of this
Ordinance; and shall cause this Ordinance and its certification, together with proof
of posting to be entered into the Book of Ordinances of the City of La Quinta.
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Amending Sections of Title 2 of the Municipal Code
Re: Community Services Commission and Cultural Arts Commission
Adopted: December 6, 2011
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PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of La
Quinta at a regular meeting thereof held on the 6' day of December 2011, by the
following vote:
AYES:
Council Members Evans, Franklin, Henderson, Mayor Adolph
NOES:
None
ABSENT:
None
ABSTAIN: None
DO ADO H, MWor
City of La Quinta, California
City of La,Quirfa California
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
, INE J SON, City Attorney
City of La Quinta, California
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Amending Sections of Title 2 of the Municipal Code
Re: Community Services Commission and Cultural Arts Commission
Adopted: December 6, 2011
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss.
CITY OF LA QUINTA ►
1, VERONICA MONTECINO, City Clerk of the City of La Quinta, California, do
hereby certify the foregoing to be a full, true, and correct copy of Ordinance No.
494 which was introduced at a regular meeting on the 15t day of November,
2011, and was adopted at a regular meeting held on the 6t day of December
2011, not being less than five days after the date of introduction thereof.
I further certify that the foregoing Ordinance was posted in three places within the
City of La Quints as specified in City Council Resolution No. 2006-115.
City Clerk
City of La
DECLARATION OF POSTING
I, VERONICA MONTECINO, City Clerk of the City of La Quinta, California, do
hereby certify that the foregoing ordinance was posted on December 7, 2011,
pursuant to Council Resolution.
City Clerk
City of La Quinta, California