The Commission shall advise and assist the Mayor and City Council to develop, coordinate and promote the visual, performing and literary arts and heritage programs and policies for the enjoyment, education, cultural enrichment and benefit of the citizens of Nampa. In furtherance of these duties, the Commission shall have the following objectives, in addition to all other powers, duties and respons
ibilities of the Commission contemplated in Idaho Code § 67-4604:
1. To stimulate greater governmental and public awareness and appreciation of the importance of the arts, historic preservation, and history.
2. To encourage the preservation and growth of the City's artistic, cultural, and historical resources, and foster the development of a receptive climate for the arts, culture, historic preservation, and history.
3. To provide general assistance to Nampa's artistic, historical, and cultural organizations with information and encouragement.
4. To encourage opportunities for Nampa residents to participate in artistic, historical, and cultural activities.
5. To promote the development of Nampa artists, institutions and community organizations sponsoring arts, historic preservation, and historical activities.
6. To assess the arts and cultural heritage needs of the people of Nampa and make such information available to the City Council and all interested agencies and persons.
7. To encourage and coordinate the artistic, historic preservation, historical, and cultural activities of other governmental agencies.
8. To seek and encourage financial support, including grants, loans and guarantees to Nampa artists, arts institutions, historians and community organizations sponsoring arts, historic preservation, and history activities, subject to City Council approval.
9. To represent the public interest by developing and recommending policies that pertain to arts, historic preservation, and history to the Nampa City Council.
10. To advise the City regarding the costs, benefits and other issues of acquiring cultural assets and implementing cultural programming.
11. To appoint members of the community to subcommittees to provide support to the Commission.
12. To consider and recommend to the City Council such local laws and regulations, ordinances, special conditions or restrictions as may be necessary or desirable for the protection, enhancement and preservation of historic properties, as contemplated in Idaho Code § 64-4612.
13. To recommend to the City Council, within the limits of its funding, the employment of or the contracting with other parties for the services of technical experts or other persons as the Commission deems necessary to carry on its functions.
