City of Madison - File #: 24233

• File #: 24233
• Version: 1
• Name: Adopting the Madison Cultural Arts Plan
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 10/11/2011
• In control: CULTURAL PLAN STEERING COMMITTEE (ended 9/2013)
• On agenda: 8/6/2013
• Final action: 8/6/2013
• Enactment date: 8/9/2013
• Enactment #: RES-13-00630
• Title: Adopting the Madison Cultural Plan
• Sponsors: Michael E. Verveer

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
8/6/2013	1	COMMON COUNCIL	Adopt with the Recommendation(s)	Pass
7/25/2013	1	CULTURAL PLAN STEERING COMMITTEE (ended 9/2013)	RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL WITH THE FOLLOWING RECOMMENDATIONS - REPORT OF OFFICER	Pass
3/28/2012	1	COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMITTEE
3/15/2012	1	CULTURAL PLAN STEERING COMMITTEE (ended 9/2013)
1/30/2012	1	BOARD OF ESTIMATES (ended 4/2017)	Return to Lead with the Recommendation for Approval	Pass
1/23/2012	1	SUSTAINABLE DESIGN AND ENERGY COMMITTEE (ended 6/2012)	Return to Lead with the Following Recommendation(s)	Pass
1/18/2012	1	URBAN DESIGN COMMISSION	Return to Lead with the Recommendation for Approval	Pass
1/11/2012	1		Return to Lead with the Recommendation for Approval
1/11/2012	1	BOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERS	Return to Lead with the Recommendation for Approval
1/4/2012	1	URBAN DESIGN COMMISSION
12/14/2011	1	BOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERS	Re-refer
12/7/2011	1	COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMITTEE	Return to Lead with the Recommendation for Approval	Pass
12/5/2011	1	PLAN COMMISSION	Return to Lead with the Recommendation for Approval	Pass
12/5/2011	1	LANDMARKS COMMISSION	Return to Lead with the Following Recommendation(s)	Pass
11/9/2011	1	COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMITTEE	Return to Lead with the Recommendation for Approval	Fail
11/9/2011	1	COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMITTEE	Re-refer	Pass
11/8/2011	1	MADISON ARTS COMMISSION	Return to Lead with the Following Recommendation(s)	Pass
10/25/2011	1	MADISON ARTS COMMISSION	Re-refer	Pass
10/19/2011	1	CULTURAL PLAN STEERING COMMITTEE (ended 9/2013)	Refer
10/19/2011	1	CULTURAL PLAN STEERING COMMITTEE (ended 9/2013)	Refer
10/19/2011	1	CULTURAL PLAN STEERING COMMITTEE (ended 9/2013)	Refer
10/19/2011	1	CULTURAL PLAN STEERING COMMITTEE (ended 9/2013)	Refer
10/19/2011	1	CULTURAL PLAN STEERING COMMITTEE (ended 9/2013)	Refer
10/19/2011	1	CULTURAL PLAN STEERING COMMITTEE (ended 9/2013)	Refer
10/19/2011	1	CULTURAL PLAN STEERING COMMITTEE (ended 9/2013)	Refer
10/19/2011	1	CULTURAL PLAN STEERING COMMITTEE (ended 9/2013)	Refer
10/18/2011	1	COMMON COUNCIL	Refer	Pass
10/11/2011	1	Department of Planning and Community and Economic Development	Referred for Introduction

Fiscal Note
There is no fiscal impact associated with the adoption of this plan. However, implementing specific recommendations within the plan will have fiscal impacts in the future and will require Common Council approval at that time.
Title
Adopting the Madison Cultural Plan
Body
WHEREAS Madison’s Common Council passed Resolution FILE ID 10543, RES-08-00751 on July 17, 2008 authorizing the Madison Arts Commission to issue a request for proposals for the purpose of enlisting the services of a cultural planning consultant to develop a City of Madison cultural plan; and

WHEREAS the Common Council passed Resolution FILE ID 14172, RES-09-00371, on April 21, 2009 authorizing the City to enter into a contract with Mary Berryman Agard and Associates for the creation of Madison’s first cultural plan; and

WHEREAS the Common Council passed Resolution FILE ID 14910, RES-09-00600, on June 17, 2009 appointing a Cultural Plan Steering Committee (CPSC) to guide the preparation of the plan; and

WHEREAS the CPSC met between November 4, 2009 and October 10, 2011 in the preparation of the plan and oversaw a public participation process that included community discussion groups, focus groups, city staff team meetings, roundtables, key informant interviews and survey responses from across the city and reaching into a wide range of community sectors working in commercial, independent, and nonprofit structures in the arts, sciences, and history; and

WHEREAS the consultant submitted the draft of the plan to the City on September 28, 2011; and

WHEREAS the consultant identified six broad strategic goals that would lead Madison towards a future as a center for innovation and creativity in the arts, sciences, and history:
A. Position municipal government for leadership in the creative sector.
B. Create a nexus for sustainable local and regional creative sector development.
C. Strengthen programs that serve the broadest possible audience.
D. Engage creative sector resources in def...