Details Meeting Name: Committee on Cultural Affairs, Libraries and International Intergroup Relations Agenda status: Final Meeting date/time: 10/20/2016 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final   Meeting location: 250 Broadway - Committee Rm, 16th Fl. Published agenda: Agenda Published minutes: Minutes   Meeting video: Video   Attachments: Attachments for Oversight, Attachments - Int. No. 1290, Attachments - Int. No. 1296, Attachments - Int. No. 1297, Attachments - Int. No. 1295 Meeting Items (11) 11 records Group Clear sorting Clear grouping Group by Type Group by Result Export Export to Excel Export to PDF Export to Word Show: All agenda items Legislation only All agenda items File # Ver. Prime Sponsor Agenda # Agenda Note Name Type Summary Action Result Action Details Multimedia                     Roll call Not available T2016-5043 *       Oversight - Percent for Art Oversight   Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available T2016-5043 *       Oversight - Percent for Art Oversight   Filed, by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1290-2016 * James G. Van Bramer     Percent for art advisory panel. Introduction This bill would require an advisory panel to recommend eligible works of art in a project administered by the Department of Cultural Affairs in the Percent for Art program. The bill would require that the panel be comprised of members who are knowledgeable about public art, about the project, and about the community in which the project will be located. The panel would also include, but not be limited to, at least one representative of the Borough President’s office of the borough in which the project will be located, at least one representative of the City Council Member in whose district the project will be located, and at least one representative of the community board for the community district in which the project will be located. These representatives would be non-voting ex-officio members. Percent for Art refers to the law that requires that one percent of the budget for eligible City-funded construction projects be spent on artwork for City facilities. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1290-2016 * James G. Van Bramer     Percent for art advisory panel. Introduction This bill would require an advisory panel to recommend eligible works of art in a project administered by the Department of Cultural Affairs in the Percent for Art program. The bill would require that the panel be comprised of members who are knowledgeable about public art, about the project, and about the community in which the project will be located. The panel would also include, but not be limited to, at least one representative of the Borough President’s office of the borough in which the project will be located, at least one representative of the City Council Member in whose district the project will be located, and at least one representative of the community board for the community district in which the project will be located. These representatives would be non-voting ex-officio members. Percent for Art refers to the law that requires that one percent of the budget for eligible City-funded construction projects be spent on artwork for City facilities. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1295-2016 * Laurie A. Cumbo     Requiring the dept of cultural affairs to publish information on percent for art projects. Introduction This bill would require the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (the Department) to publish on its website information about all works of art in the Percent for Art program. The Department would also be required to publish on its website aggregated demographic information about the artists whose works of art are in the Percent for Art program, to the extent such information is provided to the Department. Percent for Art refers to the law that requires that one percent of the budget for eligible City-funded construction projects be spent on artwork for City facilities. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1295-2016 * Laurie A. Cumbo     Requiring the dept of cultural affairs to publish information on percent for art projects. Introduction This bill would require the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (the Department) to publish on its website information about all works of art in the Percent for Art program. The Department would also be required to publish on its website aggregated demographic information about the artists whose works of art are in the Percent for Art program, to the extent such information is provided to the Department. Percent for Art refers to the law that requires that one percent of the budget for eligible City-funded construction projects be spent on artwork for City facilities. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1296-2016 * Laurie A. Cumbo     Percent for art program. Introduction This bill would provide that at least one percent of the first 50 million dollars of capital funds appropriated by the city for a capital project be allocated for works of art. This bill would raise the threshold for the expenditure for works of art for any capital project to 900,000 dollars. This bill would also raise the threshold for expenditures for works of art in any fiscal year to 4 million dollars. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1296-2016 * Laurie A. Cumbo     Percent for art program. Introduction This bill would provide that at least one percent of the first 50 million dollars of capital funds appropriated by the city for a capital project be allocated for works of art. This bill would raise the threshold for the expenditure for works of art for any capital project to 900,000 dollars. This bill would also raise the threshold for expenditures for works of art in any fiscal year to 4 million dollars. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1297-2016 * Laurie A. Cumbo     Outreach and education regarding public art opportunities. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA) to engage in outreach and educational efforts regarding the opportunity to submit works of art for the Percent for Art program. Outreach and education would include information sessions in each borough and the development of written materials containing information on the submission and selection process for works of art in the program. DCLA would be required to make these materials available to arts and cultural organizations, community-based organizations and colleges/universities, and to make them available in the seven most commonly spoken languages in New York City, as determined by the Department of City Planning. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1297-2016 * Laurie A. Cumbo     Outreach and education regarding public art opportunities. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA) to engage in outreach and educational efforts regarding the opportunity to submit works of art for the Percent for Art program. Outreach and education would include information sessions in each borough and the development of written materials containing information on the submission and selection process for works of art in the program. DCLA would be required to make these materials available to arts and cultural organizations, community-based organizations and colleges/universities, and to make them available in the seven most commonly spoken languages in New York City, as determined by the Department of City Planning. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available