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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 06/21/2022 - FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 071, 2022, APPROPRI Agenda Item 6 Item # 6 Page 1 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY June 21, 2022 City Council STAFF Nina Bodenhamer, City Give Director Ted Hewitt, Legal SUBJECT First Reading of Ordinance No. 071, 2022, Appropriating Philanthropic Revenue Received Through City Give for the Art in Public Places Program, Pianos About Town Project. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The purpose of this item is to appropriate $39,991 in philanthropic revenue for Art in Public Places, Cultural Services. The grant award is received from Bohemian Foundation for the designated purpose of Pianos About Town, a collaborative effort among the City of Fort Collins Art in Public Places, the Fort Collins Downtown Development Authority, and the donor, Bohemian Foundation. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading. BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION Pianos About Town is a collaborative project among the City of Fort Collins’ Art in Public Places (APP), the Downtown Development Authority's Art in Action Program, and Bohemian Foundation. The project involves local artists painting or artistically decorating pianos at the Art in Action tent in Old Town Square where the public can watch the creative process and interact with the artists. Pianos About Town contributes to the vibrancy of Fort Collins, making art and music fun and accessible for all. These colorfully painted pianos are rotated about town for the public to enjoy as both musical instruments and works of art. The $39,991 in philanthropic revenue is a partial award toward the total 2021/2022 grant award of $94,025. The first pianos were placed in Old Town in 2010. Since then, more than 130 donated pianos have been decorated and placed into rotation at sites throughout Fort Collins. The painting and decorating of pianos takes place throughout the year but is moved to indoor venues during the winter months. Area businesses play a key role in the success of the project by "adopting" the painted pianos and covering them during inclement weather. The City’s responsibilities for the funding include but are not limited to: annually acquiring, repairing, pre- painting preparing, and tuning twelve to thirteen pianos; the coordination of placement, moving and piano tuning; working with appropriate City departments, the DDA and property owners on logistics for placing pianos in desired locations; selecting and managing the visual artists; managing logistics with area partners or other entities to cover and uncover pianos; and, collaborating with Bohemian Foundation to host Pianos About Town related events. Agenda Item 6 Item # 6 Page 2 The grant is awarded by Bohemian Foundation, a Fort Collins-based private family foundation that supports local, national, and global efforts to build strong communities. CITY FINANCIAL IMPACTS This Ordinance will appropriate $39,991 in philanthropic revenue for Art in Public Places, Cultural Services. The funds have been received and accepted per City Give Administrative and Financial Policy. -1- ORDINANCE NO. 071, 2022 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS APPROPRIATING PHILANTHROPIC REVENUE RECEIVED THROUGH CITY GIVE FOR THE ART IN PUBLIC PLACES PROGRAM, PIANOS ABOUT TOWN PROJECT WHEREAS, the Pianos About Town project was started by the City’s Art in Public Places (APP) program in 2010 and involved local artists painting or decorating pianos in Old Town Square, with the finished pianos being rotated throughout Fort Collins for the public to enjoy; and WHEREAS, Pianos About Town is now a collaboration between APP, the Downtown Develop Authority’s Art in Action program, and Bohemian Foundation; and WHEREAS, Bohemian Foundation has donated $39,991 to support Pianos About Town in 2022, and this Ordinance would appropriate the donated funds for that purpose; and WHEREAS, this appropriation benefits public health, safety and welfare of the citizens of Fort Collins and serves the public purpose of contributing to the vibrancy of Fort Collins by making art and music fun and accessible for all; and WHEREAS, Article V, Section 9 of the City Charter permits the City Council, upon recommendation of the City Manager, to make a supplemental appropriation by ordinance at any time during the fiscal year, provided that the total amount of such supplement al appropriation, in combination with all previous appropriations for that fiscal year, do not exceed the current estimate of actual and anticipated revenues and all other funds to be received during the fiscal year; and WHEREAS, the Interim City Manager has recommended the appropriation described herein and determined that this appropriation is available and previously unappropriated from the Cultural Services and Facilities Fund and will not cause the total amount appropriated in the Cultural Services and Facilities Fund to exceed the current estimate of actual and anticipated revenues and all other funds to be received in this Fund during this fiscal year; and WHEREAS, Article V, Section 11 of the City Charter authorizes the City Council to designate in the ordinance when appropriating funds for a private grant or donation, that such appropriation shall not lapse at the end of the fiscal year in which the appropriation is made, but continue until the earlier of the expiration of the federal, state or private grant or donation or the City’s expenditure of all funds received from such grant or donation; and WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to designate the appropriation herein for the Pianos About Town grant as an appropriation that shall not lapse the earlier of the expiration of the grant until the earlier of the expiration of the private grant or donation or the City’s expenditure of all funds received from such grant or donation. -2- NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS as follows: Section 1. That the City Council hereby makes and adopts the determinations and findings contained in the recitals set forth above. Section 2. That there is hereby appropriated from new philanthropic revenue in the Cultural Services and Facilities Fund the sum of THIRTY-NINE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED NINTY-ONE DOLLARS ($39,991) to be expended in the Cultural Services and Facilities Fund for the Art in Public Places program. Section 3. That the appropriation herein for the Pianos About Town grant is hereby designated, as authorized in Article V, Section 11 of the City Charter, as an appropriation that shall not lapse at the end of this fiscal year but continue until the earlier of the expiration of the grant or the City’s expenditure of all funds received from such grant or donation. Introduced, considered favorably on first reading and ordered published this 21st day of June, A.D. 2022, and to be presented for final passage on the 5th day of July, A.D. 2022. Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk Passed and adopted on final reading this 5th day of July, A.D. 2022. Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk