FY 2014-15 Art in Public Places (APP) Annual ReportCity of La Quinta
CITY COUNCIL MEETING: December 15, 2015
STAFF REPORT
AGENDA TITLE: RECEIVE AND FILE FISCAL YEAR 2014/15 ART IN PUBLIC PLACES ANNUAL
REPORT
RECOMMENDATION
Receive and file the Fiscal Year 2014/15 Art in Public Places Annual Report.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Per the Charter and Municipal Code, the City must expend or commit fees from the
Art in Public Places (APP) program within two years of their receipt, must account
for them in a separate fund, and must annually review administrative expenses.
Administrative expenses are limited to the lesser of $25,000 or five percent of the
total funds in the account as of July 1 of any year.
Attachment 1 presents the required analysis; the City has complied with the time
limit for expenditure of fees and there are no findings to report.
FISCAL IMPACT None.
BACKGROUND/ANALYSIS
Charter and Municipal Code. Annually, the City
must demonstrate that it has complied with the following:
A determination whether or not the fees have been committed for use within two
years of collection. Fees may be used for:
The cost of public art and its installation;
The cost to purchase or lease art sites;
Waterworks, landscaping, lighting and other objects, which are an integral
part of the artwork;
Frames, mats, pedestals and other objects necessary for the proper
presentation of the artwork;
Walls, pools, landscaping or other architectural or landscape architectural
elements necessary for the proper aesthetic and structural placement of
the artwork;
Maintaining and repairing artwork;
Administrative expenses to otherwise implement the APP program;
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Endowments; and
Art replacement.
Review administrative expenses to ensure they were reasonably assessed to
implement this program and administrative expenses do not exceed five percent
of the total funds in the account on July 1 of any year or $25,000 in any fiscal year.
In the event that the fees have not been committed for the aforementioned uses, the
fees shall be returned to the person or entity that paid them or disbursed in any other
manner permitted by law.
Staff has analyzed APP fund revenues and expenditures, which disclosed no
reimbursements are due contributors and there were no excess administrative costs.
During 2014/15, the APP funds were used to purchase the following Civic Center art
pieces:
Dennis Nagatani - Desert Elements
Darrell Driver-Rider Series
A payment was also made toward the Seeley roundabout sculpture.
Staff provided the report and attachment to the Desert Valley Builders Association on
November 12, 2015 pursuant to their written request.
ALTERNATIVES
As the report is a requirement of the Municipal Code, staff does not recommend an
alternative action.
Prepared by: Rita Conrad, Finance Director
Approved by: Frank J. Spevacek, City Manager
Attachment: 1. APP Financial Analysis
ATTACHMENT 1