Santa Barbara County Municipal Code Ch. 7A County Arts Plan

The county recognizes its responsibilities to foster culture and the arts and the necessity for the viable development of artists and craftsmen. The board of supervisors declares it to be a county policy that a portion of appropriations for capital expenditures be set aside for the acquisition of works of art to be used for county buildings and other public facilities.

(Ord. No. 3068, § 1; Ord. No. 4913, § 1, 3-17-2015)

(a) "Commission" means the Santa Barbara County Arts Commission established by the board of supervisors on March 7, 1977.

(b) "County arts plan" means the plan provided for by subsection 7A-5(a) of this chapter.

(c) "Works of art" means the application of skill and taste to the creative expression of an idea, emotion, or culture, according to aesthetic principles. Art forms can include, but are not limited to paintings, sculpture, engravings, carvings, frescos, mobiles, murals, collages, mosaics, statues, ceramics, bas-reliefs, tapestries, photographs, drawings, and traditional crafts. Works of art may be an integral part of a structure, attached to a structure, detached within or outside of a structure, or can be exhibited, presented, or performed in other public spaces and facilities.

(d) "Annual capital budget" means the capital appropriations approved annually by the board of supervisors, and ex-officio board of directors for dependent special districts, as part of the annual budget process. It comprises the following classes: Land improvements; buildings and building improvements; equipment; individual IT hardware/software; infrastructure; and maintenance projects.

(e) "County arts program administration" means administration and project management, and other expenses associated with the research, initiation, development, completion, public education, and documentation of public art projects funded in any part by the County Arts Trust #1001.

(Ord. No. 3068, § 1; Ord. No. 4913, § 1, 3-17-2015; Ord. No. 5213, § 1, 6-4-2024)

Each annual capital budget request and recommendation presented to the board of supervisors shall contain an amount equal to one percent of the total amount of such annual capital budget to be allocated for works of art and related purposes set forth in section 7A-4 ("percent for arts allocation") and deposited directly into the county arts fund upon board adoption of such annual capital budget, and administered in accordance with section 7A-4; provided however, that the annual aggregate amount of such percent for arts allocation shall not exceed a cap in the initial amount of two hundred thousand dollars, which cap shall be adjusted annually to reflect the percentage change in the California Consumer Price Index (CPI) of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor for All Urban Consumers, All Items, for the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA; provided further, however, that in no event shall such percent for arts allocation cap CPI adjustment result in a percent for arts allocation in any given fiscal year in an amount constituting an increase of more than three and one-half percent increase over the amount of the percent for arts allocation in the immediately preceding fiscal year. Twenty-five percent of each annual percent for arts allocation shall be reserved for use by the county office of arts and culture for county arts program administration.

Money collected in the county art fund shall be available for (i) expenditure by the county board of supervisors for the purpose of constructing, creating, installing, exhibiting, maintaining, conserving, or acquiring works of art. In making such expenditures, the board shall consider the advice and recommendations of the arts commission regarding the works of art proposed to be constructed, created or acquired and (ii) county art program administration.

(Ord. No. 3068, § 1; Ord. No. 4913, § 1, 3-17-2015; Ord. No. 5213, § 2, 6-4-2024)

There is established in the county treasury a special fund designated "county arts fund" into which shall be deposited funds appropriated as provided by section 7A-3 hereof, together with such other funds as the board of supervisors shall appropriate for works of art, or received as gifts for such purpose, and from which expenditures may be made for specific works of art or for works of art in accordance with the approved plan provided for in section 7A-5(a) of this chapter. Separate accounts shall be established within the county arts fund to segregate receipts by source or, when so directed by the board of supervisors, for specific works of art.

(Ord. No. 3068, § 1; Ord. No. 4913, § 1, 3-17-2015)

To carry out its responsibilities hereunder, the commission shall:

(a) Prepare a proposed plan and guidelines to carry out a county arts plan, which shall include, but not be limited to a method or methods for the selection of artists or works of art and for placement of works of art, and present such proposed plan and guidelines to the board of supervisors for the board's approval.

(b) Make recommendations to the board of supervisors concerning the purchase of works of art or commissioning of the design, execution and/or replacement of works of art.

(c) Prepare proposed rules and regulations consistent with this chapter to facilitate the implementation of its responsibilities hereunder and present such proposed requisitions to the board of supervisors for approval.

(Ord. No. 3068, § 1; Ord. No. 4913, § 1, 3-17-2015; Ord. No. 5213, § 3, 6-4-2024)

Nothing is this chapter shall abrogate limit, expand or otherwise affect any powers, rights, or duties granted to, or imposed on, the board of supervisors by Division 3 of Title 3 of the Government Code or any other applicable law.

(Ord. No. 3068, § 1; Ord. No. 4913, § 1, 3-17-2015)

If any section, subsection, clause or provision of this chapter is held invalid, the remainder of this chapter shall not be affected by such invalidity.

(Ord. No. 3068, § 1; Ord. No. 4913, § 1, 3-17-2015)