HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Resolution 10372 (Design Awards Program)RESOLUTION No. 10372
RESOLUTION OF THE SAN RAFAEL CITY COUNCIL
ESTABLISHING A DESIGN AWARDS PROGRAM
TO RECOGNIZE OUTSTANDING
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
WHEREAS, the City of San Rafael's Program Budget for the fiscal year of 1998/1999 includes
a Community Development Department objective to implement a design awards program to
recognize projects with exceptional architectural design; and,
WHEREAS, the San Rafael Design Review Board reviewed and considered the proposed design
awards program at their July 7, 1998 meeting and recommended that the Planning Commission
and the City Council implement the program; and,
WHEREAS, the San Rafael Planning Commission considered the proposed Design Awards
Program on February 9, 1999 at a regularly scheduled meeting, accepting public testimony and
the written report of the Community Development Department, and recommended to the City
Council approval of the program; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council considered the proposed Design Awards Program on March 1,
1999;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of San Rafael that a Design
Awards Program is hereby established with the following guidelines:
1. Nominations for the Design Awards shall be advertised in a local newspaper.
2. A nomination form shall be completed for all nominations, and it shall include the reasons
for the nomination.
3. Anyone can nominate a project.
4. The initial design awards shall be for buildings completed (including landscaping) in 1993 to
the present. Subsequent design awards shall be for buildings completed since 1999.
5. Design Awards shall occur on an annual basis unless there is not an adequate number of
qualified projects, as determined by the Community Development Director.
6. The jury shall consist of one appointed member of each of the following: the City Council,
Planning Commission, Design Review Board, Chamber of Commerce, Federation of San
Rafael Neighborhoods, North San Rafael Coalition, and Marin Chapter of the American
ORIGINAL
Institute of Architects. If one member of each of the above represented groups is not chosen,
a Design Review Board representative shall fill the vacancy.
7. Project categories shall be determined by the jury based on the number and variety of the
nominated projects.
8. It is possible for a category to have more than one award winner and a merit award.
9. The criteria for an award shall be excellence in design.
10. Award winners shall be acknowledged by the City Council at an awards ceremony.
I, JEANNE M. LEONCINI, Clerk of the City of San Rafael, hereby certify that the foregoing
resolution was duly and regularly introduced and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of
said City on Monday, the first day of March, 1999, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: Cohen, Heller, Miller, Phillips & Mayor Boro
NOES: COUNCILMEM 3ERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
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JEAKE M. LEONCINI, City Clerk