HomeMy Public PortalAbout1988_09_13_R172RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION:
PRESENTED September 13, 1988
88-172 ADOPTED September 13~ 1988
SUPPORTING THE CONCEPT OF AN ART IN PUBLIC PLACES PROGRAM
WHEREAS, the Town of Leesburg will award a construction contract this
fall for a new municipal government center and recreation center at Ida Lee
Park; and
WHEREAS, the Loudoun Arts Council, Inc. has requested that the town
fund an amount of up to one percent of the total construction cost for
these projects for the inclusion of works-of-art; and
WHEREAS, both facilities will adapt themselves well to the inclusion of
artwork both inside the buildings, as well as outside, within the open
spaces already incorporated in the design; and
WHEREAS, the Loudoun Arts Council, Inc. desires to advise the Council
on the design and location of these works-of-art:
THEREFORE, RESOLVED by the Council of the Town of Leesburg in Virginia
as follows:
SECTION I. This Council will consider including funds for public art
of up to one percent of the total construction cost for the municipal
government center and Ida Lee Park recreation center during its evaluation
of the FY 1990 budget, subject to the amounts bid for both projects and the
availability of funds.
SECTION II. This Council shall solicit the advice and assistance of
the Loudoun Arts Council, Inc. for the design of permanent works-of-art
within the public spaces of the new municipal government center and Ida Lee
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Park recreation center and will encourage the temporary exhibition of
paintings and other works-of-art within the reception areas and exterior
open spaces.
SECTION III. The manager is authorized and directed to transmit a copy
of this resolution to Mr. Thomas J. Horvath, President, Loudoun Arts
Council, Inc.
PASSED this
13th day of
September
, 1988.
Robert E. Sevila, Mayor
Town of Leesburg
ATTEST:
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