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.
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EXHIBIT A
POSSIBLE OUR TOWN GRANT PROJECTS
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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