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2.0 Background <br /> 2.1 Introduction <br /> In 2009, City Council approved the first ever Hamilton Public Art <br /> Master Plan which set out principles for the commissioning of <br /> public art and identified 14 priority sites for public art projects <br /> across the city. Since that time Tourism and Culture Division staff <br /> successfully worked with other City departments, community <br /> partners and artists to complete these projects, as well as <br /> commissioning additional permanent and temporary public <br /> artworks as opportunities were identified. Hamilton's public art <br /> collection currently includes 31 installations across the city. <br /> With work on the 14 public art projects identified in 2009 nearing <br /> completion and in order to satisfy recommendations in the 2009 <br /> plan, the Tourism and Culture Division began a process to review <br /> and update the Public Art Master Plan in 2015. <br /> 2.2 Purpose of the Public Art Master Plan 2016 <br /> The Public Art Master Plan 2016 will: <br /> • identify sites and ideas for public art projects across the <br /> city through consultation with the public, councillors, staff <br /> and stakeholders; <br /> • develop a set of criteria to evaluate the proposed public art <br /> sites and projects to select a set of priority projects for <br /> implementation and for use to evaluate future opportunities <br /> as they arise; <br /> • outline a rationale and recommend a scale and budget for <br /> each priority public art project; <br /> • inform future capital budgets to support public art project <br /> implementation; and <br /> • identify new opportunities for policies and procedures <br /> needed to create consistent standards in the development <br /> of public art in public places. <br /> City of Hamilton Public Art Master Plan 2016 ""7 <br />