Issue - meetings

(i)              to approve the establishment of the Public Art Panel Aberdeen (PAPA), as per the Terms of Reference in Appendix 4 issued as a second additional circulation;

(ii)             to approve the Public Art (PA) document provided in Appendix 1 to this report as the Council’s guidance and process on the matter of public art requests, commissions and caretaking;

(iii)            to note that where any public art proposal has a financial implication for the Council it will adhere to the proposed PAPA procedure and be reported to the Finance and Resources Committee; and where there is a funding implication, or application for funding to the Common Good this will be considered at the Council Budget meeting; and

(iv)           to agree to review the process after 12 months of operation and to report back to this committee after 12 months.

The Committee had before it a report by the Chief Officer – City Growth, which approved the improvement/transformation of service delivery and to establish the Public Art Panel Aberdeen (PAPA), which would be guided by the Public Art document to respond to all matters regarding public art the Council receive.

The report recommended:-

that the Committee -

(a)           approve the establishment of the Public Art Panel Aberdeen (PAPA), and the delegated power to the Chief Officer- City Growth develop appropriate Terms of Reference for the panel; and

(b)           approve the Public Art (PA) document provided in Appendix 1 to this report as the Council’s guidance and process on the matter of public art requests, commissions and caretaking.

The Committee resolved:-

(i)              to approve the establishment of the Public Art Panel Aberdeen (PAPA), as per the Terms of Reference in Appendix 4 issued as a second additional circulation;

(ii)             to approve the Public Art (PA) document provided in Appendix 1 to this report as the Council’s guidance and process on the matter of public art requests, commissions and caretaking;

(iii)           to note that where any public art proposal has a financial implication for the Council it will adhere to the proposed PAPA procedure and be reported to the Finance and Resources Committee; and where there is a funding implication, or application for funding to the Common Good this will be considered at the Council Budget meeting; and

(iv)           to agree to review the process after 12 months of operation and to report back to this committee after 12 months.