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RESOLUTION NO. 4062
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON, ADOPTING THE 2010
ARTS AND CULTURE MASTER PLAN.
WHEREAS, in 2008, the City Council amended RMC 2-8-3C to require that the Municipal
Arts Commission "develop a five-year Master Plan for Arts and Culture, which shall include the
City's vision and goals for future works of public art, and a strategic plan for implementing these
goals"; and
WHEREAS, in late 2009, the City initiated a community effort to develop strategies to
seize opportunities for increased arts and culture opportunities with the intent of helping
existing and new cultural organizations, individual artists, and creative businesses survive and
grow. Strategies were identified that included tactics for near-term results and long-term
success and leveraged partnerships and funding from the broader community; and
WHEREAS, the resulting Arts and Culture Master Plan reflects the community's desire to
use arts and culture to enhance the sense of community, enhance economic vitality that is
linked to arts and culture, create and support an environment where art and culture thrive and
enrich the community culturally, aesthetically, educationally and economically; and
WHEREAS, the Renton Municipal Arts Commission is directed to lead the
implementation of the Arts and Culture Master Plan in partnership with the broader
community;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON, DOES
RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
RESOLUTION NO. 4062
SECTION I. The above recitals are found to be true and correct in all respects.
SECTION II. The 2010 Arts and Culture Master Plan is approved, authorized and
adopted by the City Council.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this 9th day of August 2010.
Bonnie I. Walton, City Clerk
APPROVED BY THE MAYOR this 9th day of August 2010.
Approved as to form:
Lawrence J. Warren, City Attorney
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Denis Law, Mayor