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Lincoln Center
City of Fort Collins
ART IN PUBLIC PLACESNUNUTES
Regular Meeting - Thursday, March 19, 1998
Lincoln Center
Council Liaison: Will Smith Staff Liaison: Ellen Martin
CRB Liaison: Fran Johnson
Chairperson: Libby Dale
Vice Chair: Susan Sternlieb
MEMBERS PRESENT: Libby Dale, Roger Sherman, Jane Liska-Smith, Joe Vansant, Deanna
Gram, Fran Johnson
MEMBERS ABSENT: Jim Lynxwiler, Susan Sternlieb
STAFF PRESENT: Ellen Martin, Joy Vernon, Mike Powers, Will Smith, Jack Gianola
I. Call to order 4:04 p.m. - Ms. Dale
II. Consideration of the agenda - Delete Agenda Item IX: Harmony Library Finalist Review;
Work Session Discussion was moved to Item V.
III. Approval of minutes from the meeting of February 19, 1998
Ms. Liska-Smith moved to approve the minutes, as amended
Mr. Sherman seconded
Approved unanimously
IV. Citizen Participation
None
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V. City Council Work Session Discussion
Ms. Martin distributed the Council Work Session Summary. Ms. Martin discussed with the
board some of the recommendations that were discussed at the session, including neighborhood art
projects, artist warranty for workmanship, and input from other departmental boards. Mr. Vansant
suggested looking at projects individually concerning warranty, rather than setting a standard
warranty that might be unrealistic for certain projects. Mr. Sherman mentioned some of the
educational aspects that were discussed at council. Mr. Smith stated that the wording in the
ordinance might not allow monies to go for educational aspects. The board will review options for
the development of art in the neighborhoods and report to Council in the future. Ms. Martin
updated the board that the APP Ordinance and Guidelines will go to Council for second reading on
April 7.
VI. Civic Center Update
Project Manager Jack Gianola distributed a map for the new Civic Center Plan. The center
will consist of a parking garage, county courthouse, city administration building, and transit center,
and will be built in that order. The County project is independent of City Art in Public Places,
although they may be interested in working with the City APP process. Mr. Gianola proposed that
the APP monies be used in two steps: first for public improvements - sidewalks, public right of
way, etc., secondly for the placement of art in each building project. The parking garage is
supported by the Downtown Development Authority (DDA), the City and the County, and all three
will support the project with 1% for art. The parking garage will include 15,000-sq. ft. for retail
space and 900 parking spaces. Mr. Gianola estimated that the parking garage will be done by April
or May, 1999. Ms. Gram suggested that these projects could include a design consultant, who
would be funded by a portion of the total amount reserved for art. A discussion ensued regarding
the processes of including art as an integral aspect of the design of the building projects. General
opinion was that including the artist(s) as early as possible in the process would be the easiest
solution. The board will continue to discuss this project at an upcoming board meeting.
VII. Downtown Art Project
Mr. Sherman excused himself from this item as a possible conflict of interest. As requested
at the previous board meeting, Ms. Martin handed out a rough draft of a Request for Proposals and
map for the Downtown Art Project. Ms. Liska-Smith suggested expanding the mailing list for this
project to include more landscape artists, architects, design firms, etc., if the board chooses this
direction for the project. It was also discussed that the timeline be lengthened to allow for more
publicity and time for artists to spend designing their proposals. The board discussed the two
options for dealing with this large project: A) hiring a design firm to come up with a comprehensive
plan that may or may not include the commission of specific pieces of art in addition to the artistic
design of the downtown area; and B) sending out an RFP that artists or design firms may respond
to. After much discussion, Mr. Powers suggested taking these ideas to a city planner to help with
the decision of soliciting a design firm or opening the process to all artists from the beginning. The
board decided to table the discussion until next month.
VIII Flood Memorial
Ms. Martin will update the board with more details. The art budget will be between
$20,000 and $50,000. Ms. Gram suggested that the board look for a project that could benefit the
community, i.e. artist designed playground. It was also suggested that the board get input from all
the community groups at the beginning of the project. A meeting could be scheduled to invite
representatives from all the involved groups. Ms. Gram volunteered to be the board liaison at this