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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 2014-031 RESOLUTION NO. 2014-031 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING AND ENDORSING THE APPLICATION FOR THE 2015 OUR TOWN PROGRAM BY THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS FOR VARIOUS CREATIVE PLACEMAKING PROJECTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE NEW MUNICIPAL COMPLEX. WHEREAS, the City of North Richland Hills is committed to integrating art into daily life and beautifying public areas, whereby improving our quality of life and creating a distinctive identity for our community; and WHEREAS, the City of North Richland Hills is also dedicated to bringing the arts in an affordable and accessible way to the community; and WHEREAS, the City of North Richland Hills recognizes that encouraging creative placemaking projects with arts at their core has a positive effect on the health, safety, and welfare of its citizens; WHEREAS, the National Endowment for the Arts offers an "Our Town" Program in which a certain amount of federal funding is earmarked for creative placemaking projects that contribute toward the livability of communities and help transform them into lively, beautiful, and sustainable places with the arts at their core; and WHEREAS, the City of North Richland Hills is planning to submit an "Our Town" grant application for $25,000 to infuse art and artful projects into the new seventy million dollar municipal complex that will house City Hall, Police Headquarters, Municipal Court and other municipal functions; and WHEREAS, the new municipal complex will be located south of Interstate Loop 820, where few public art pieces are currently placed and continued strategic investment is desired to help revitalize that portion of the City; and WHEREAS, the City of North Richland Hills has requested that Arts Council Northeast partner with the City in its "Our Town" grant request. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS THAT: SECTION 1. The application for funding from the National Endowment for the Arts Our Town Program is hereby authorized and endorsed for the project area and conceptual scope outlined in Exhibit A. SECTION 2. This resolution shall take effect upon its passage and approval. PASSED AND APPROVED this the 8th day of December, 2014. CIT gif- N ORT °ICHLAND HILLS BY: /IL a%a w Oscar',o, Mayor ATTEST: ,��. �Ne 1i 7y r Alicia Richardson, City l retary h :.44 .(4o.........• APP-••V:• �• TOF•RMM LITY: sq. M N I � l George A. Staples, City Attorney EXHIBIT A POSSIBLE OUR TOWN GRANT PROJECTS <1 WPi 0 y . `. ��p v �4ri Illa p ♦ ' +'4, p •• . r 4 II 7 ■ 1� CM' HALL • ■ • S.. , ® -4 4 lei , toe` ri . ,. b > > . > . ■` •. wihrs 44 ";; 9* C PUBLIC PLAZA (#1-5) • Unique, custom-designed, artful amenities such as benches, drinking fountains, bike racks, trash bins, etc. • Sculpture garden CITY HALL LOBBY/FOYER • Art gallery space • Hanging mobile sculpture