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File Number: 22-613 designers, and the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA); however, the architectural historic preservation duty is presently codified within the Library-Historical Commission’s mission, rather than with the Planning Commission/Board of Zoning Adjustments o The Library and Museum conduct arts programming, work with artists, and collect, preserve, tell, and celebrate the historical and cultural stories in visual, audio, and written formats. In addition, the Arts Commission continues to face various unique impediments to achieving its mission, including: ·Constrained ongoing annual funding dedicated to the arts (currently set at $75,000 per year) ·Lack of a development project funding requirement for public art (envisioned in the Arts Master Plan to be 1% of project cost for development applications) ·Finding viable sites on which to install public art ·Lack of a nonprofit fundraising partner analogous to the Friends of the Library ·Lack of bandwidth to support seeking grant funding ·Lack of established maintenance practices to ensure the public art collection remains in good condition Given these challenges and impediments, coupled with the inherently constrained staffing and budgetary resources that are available to the City, earlier this year, City staff embarked on an effort to analyze whether there could be ways to ensure the important work that both commissions are providing to the community is delivered in a more efficient manner. This analysis also dovetailed with a City Council referral that directed staff to explore possible changes to the membership composition of the existing Library-Historical Commission. It is through this lens that the proposed action that is the subject of this staff report was developed. Proposed Merger of the Two Commissions to form a unified Arts, Culture & Library Commission Following the completion of staff’s analysis, which included outreach to the public and to each of the members of both Commissions, as well as review and recommendation for approval by the City Council Rules Committee, staff presents for the Council’s consideration the attached ordinance. If adopted, it would: ·Merge the Arts Commission and the Library-Historical Commission into an Arts, Culture, &Library Commission. ·Transfer the duties of landmark designation and architectural historic preservation in the Municipal Code to the PC/BZA. If adopted, staff also intends to transfer the staff secretary duties of the newly merged commission to the Library Department. Such a merger and reorganization would also enable the Commission and staff to explore Municipal Code changes that would generate a dedicated ongoing funding stream for the arts, based on City Council direction. Page 3 City of San Leandro Printed on 11/17/2022