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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 02/15/2005 - RESOLUTION 2005-012 APPROVING EXPENDITURES FROM TH ITEM NUMBER: 24 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY DATE: February 15, 2005 FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL STAFF: Ellen Martin SUBJECT Resolution 2005-012 Approving Expenditures from the Art in Public Places Reserve Account in the Wastewater Utility Fund to Commission an Artist to Create Sculptural Elements for the Wetland Mitigation Ponds behind the East Drake Water Treatment Facility. RECOMMENDATION Staff and the Art in Public Places Board recommend adoption of the Resolution. FINANCIAL IMPACT The East Drake Pondworks art budget is $70,000, to be used for design, fabrication, installation, and contingency for this project. The funds for this project have been appropriated for Art in Public Places Reserve Account in the Wastewater Utility Fund. The Art in Public Places program has a maintenance fund for the long-term care of the APP art collection. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This Resolution would approve expenditures of$70,000 for design, fabrication, installation and contingency for a project to install sculptural works by Lynne Hull at the wetland mitigation ponds behind the East Drake Water Treatment Facility. BACKGROUND Section 23-303 of the City Code, which was added in 1995, established Art in Public Places (APP) Reserve Accounts within the Light and Power, Water, Wastewater and Storm Drainage Funds, and designated them for use in acquiring or leasing works of art, maintenance, repair or display of works of art, and administrative expenses related to the Art in Public Places Program, in accordance with the Art in Public Places Guidelines adopted by the Council in Ordinance No. 020, 1995. The Council permanently adopted the Art in Public Places Program, and reenacted City Code Chapter 23, Article D{, with certain modifications in 1998. February 15, 2005 -2- Item No. 24 Under Section 23-303 of the Code, APP money in a utility account can only be used for works of art that provide betterment to that utility, or that are otherwise determined by the City Council to be for a specific utility purpose that is beneficial to the rate payers. The Art in Public Places Board voted to select an artist for this project using an RFP process through the City's Purchasing Department. The Selection Committee chose Fort Collins artist Lynne Hull. Lynne Hull worked with the Utility project team to create a design concept appropriate to the site. This design concept was reviewed and recommended by the Utility Project Team and the APP Board. The APP Board reviewed the design for this project at its regular meeting on January 19, 2005. The artwork entitled East Drake Pondworks will be located at the East Drake Water Treatment Facility wetland mitigation ponds, near the Environmental Learning Center and Poudre Trail. Working with the theme of"We All Need Clean Water," the artist will create approximately 13 site-specific sculptural elements that demonstrate the important ecological relationship between wetland wildlife and their natural habitats located in and around clean water. Artworks will assist viewers with the observation of wildlife and various natural water sources, and offer interpretation of local ecological and wetland wildlife habitat issues. The artwork includes an Entryway Arch, Observation Screen, Viewing Pipes, Bird Island, Picnic Area, Grandmother Tree, Kingfisher Tower, Water Sluice, Bat House, Bird and Duck Houses, and Toad Tunnels. A written description and drawing of the proposed work of art is attached as Attachment 2. The final piece may vary from this description. ATTACHMENTS 1. Minutes from the January 19, 2005 Art in Public Places Board Meeting 2. Written description and drawing of the proposed work of art ATTACHMENT ART IN PUBLIC PLACES MINUTES Regular Meeting-Wednesday,January 19,2005 Lincoln Center Council Liaison:David Roy Staff Liaison:Ellen Martin Chairperson:Roger Sherman Vice Chair.Ray Tollison MEMBERS PRESENT: Roger Sherman,Ray Tollison,Cori Hixon-Cunningham,and Lee Needham MEMBERS ABSENT: Alan Howe,Ann Carr,Libby Dale STAFF PRESENT: Jill Stilwell,Ellen Martin,Cory Gundlach,Cliff Hoelscher,Michelle Finchum,Rita Davis,Tom McLellan,and Ron Kechter I. Call to order 3:41 p.m.-Mr.Sherman II. Consideration of the current agenda III. Approval of minutes from the meeting of November 17,2004. Ms.Hixon-Cunningham moved to approve the minutes. Mr.Needham seconded the motion. Unanimously approved. N. Citizen Participation V. Drake Water Reclamation Facility Project Review: Ms.Martin provided an introduction to the project.It is a collaboration with the city's Utility Department. The budget is approatimately$70,000.The artist is Lynne Hull. Project artist Lynne Hull offered a presentation on her art concepts for the site. The focus of the art project is an area of undeveloped land around the ponds behind the East Drake Water Treatment Facility. At the site,there is an Environmental Learning Center,Water Treatment Plant,two wetland mitigation ponds,and the Poudre Trail. Ms.Hull states that her artwork relates to habitat restoration, and the project concepts are the result of discussions Utility project team. The project team agreed that several smaller sculptures were more appropriate to the site than on monolithic piece. Cob construction will be used to create a wildlife observation screen for viewers. Cob,an old English construction tradition,is composed of clay,sand,and straw—a muddy consistency. As part of the project,the artist his proposing to host a workshop on cob construction. Regarding maintenance,some of the art elements will be temporary,some permanent. The Observation Screen is required to collapse in the event of a hundred year flood. Mr.Needham motions to accept the project proposal. Seconded by Mr.Tollison. Unanimously approved. VI. Police Facility Project Presentation: Ms.Martin introduced Project Manager Ron Kechter,Police Representative Rita Davis,and Police C aptain Tom McLellan. Project Manager Ron Kechter described the location at Timberline between Drake and Prospect. The project is a design-build project. 1-19-05 short The team showed the design concepts for the building. The team discussed possibilities for the artist to be involved in the public areas of the exterior&interior of the site. Once such area is the Police Museum that could be extended through the lobby.The museum will house a large collection of catalogued police artifacts,which could be used for interchangeable displays. The public area of the exterior is a memorial garden that could also be a site considered for artwork Ms.Martin asked if the request for proposal should be a national or regional campaign. Mr.Kechter stated that there would be weekly design meetings in the beginning stage of the project,and that funds are available now for an artist to work on design issues. After discussion,it was decided that the R.F.P.should be regionally based so an artist could attend weekly meetings. Mr.Sherman motions: Prepare a RFP for an artist to work with Police Facility,acting as a lead artist who may coordinate others as necessary with a budget of$10,000 for six months of design. Ms.Hixon-Cunningham seconds the motion Unanimously approved. VII. Gardens on Spring Creek:Children's Garden Project Presentation: Ms.Martin introduced Project Manager Jim Clark and EDAW representative Mark Kosmos. The project location is at Center Ave across from the Natural Resource Center. It is an eighteen acre site. The mission of The Gardens on Spring Creek is to enrich the lives of people and foster environmental stewardship through horticulture. The center opened last May. Mr.Clark showed plans for the future Children's Garden site. The site has various areas of different activities. Icons include a watering can,the sign itself"Children's Garden," pavers in the walkway,calendar motifs,an interactive sun dial,and amphitheater. There is a"Secret Garden" theme and a"Secret Shelter"theme. Mr.Clark also mentioned the interest in having artwork by local artist Bill Swets at the site. Ms.Hixon-Cunningham moves to add Bill Swets to the APP Design Consultant Review List,and to use that list for the selection of an artist for this project. Mr.Sherman seconds the motion. Unanimously approved. VIII. Annual Report: Mr.Sherman recommended an addition to the report that states the APP representatives met with regional APP Art Programs. Ms.Hixon-Cunningham moves to approve 2004 report as amended Mr.Needham seconds the motion. Unanimously approved IV. Staff Report: Staff updated the board on current APP projects. This year is the 10th anniversary of the APP Program. X. Other Business:none XI. Adjourned at 5:42 p.m. Co�RespectfullySub ied, 6undlach Art in Public Places Program Assistant 1-19-05 snort -} " 10 r lip ' 1 13 � q F _ WETLANDS MITIGATION PONDS 7 6 ti 12 EAST DRAKE PONDWORKS ARTIST: LYNNE HULL "NVE ALL NEED CLEAN `V,'\T'ER„ CITY OF FORT COLLINS AR'r IN PUBLIC PLACES PROGR 1\4 2005 EAST DRAKE PONDWORKS WE ALL NEED CLEAN WATER Id i ! pil II Small scale example of cob construction. The on-site Small scale model of Bird Island, (concrete, 12' wildlife Observation Screen,made of cob,has a zig-zag wide)designed to bridge the gap between two shape made of three walls at 12',6,and 10'long. Cob wetland mitigation ponds. It also offers sunning benches for viewers will be placed behind the screen. area for amphibians,insects,and birds. Located on the wetland mitigation ponds behind the East Drake Water Treatment Facility, this APP site is ideal for environmental art. It is also near the Environmental Learning Center and the Poudre Trail bike path. Artist Lynne Hull's interest in wildlife habitat restoration combined with the diversity of wildlife reported at the site generated ideas for several small wildlife habitat sculptures. With members from the Utilities Department, the project team also agreed that several smaller sculptures are more appropriate to the site than one monolithic piece. The site will include an Entrance Archway, wildlife Observation Screen, Viewing Pipes, sculptural Bird Island, Picnic Area, Grandmother Tree, Kingfisher Tower, Water Sluice, Bat House, Duck and Bird Houses, and Toad Tunnels. A community workshop on "cob" construction methods will also be involved. The theme addressed in the artwork is "We All Need Clean Water," as well as other aquatic ecology issues at the site. iu... mn M ue A% A'na icy Kingfisher Tower model: Water Sluice model:hand-pump,river stones, Bird House example,to be river stones,drain-water concrete,and drain pipes. Visitors can use the hand made in the artist's studio pipe,and packed sand. pump to supply water to pets,wildlife,and wetland and installed on pipes that plants. emerge from the ponds. A man-made Entry Arch I at the site marks the beginning of a trail into the wetland. There, a large arch-like sculpture made of raw-wood invites visitors off the bike path, and into the site where further sculptures are placed. Arches of several sizes offer entrances for different sized visitors. The largest main arch will be inscribed with the thematic slogan "We All Need Clean Water." Other arches will have water related text and images of other animal species. Both temporal/organic and permanent/synthetic materials will be used in the installation relative to the issues of the site as a natural flood channel. Using "cob," a historic and highly durable construction material composed of clay, sand, and organic fiber, a wildlife Observation Screen 2 will be created. Small benches, also made from cob and stone, will be placed for wild-life observers. Culverts and water permeable gabions (wire cage-like structures filled with stone) will be built into the base of the screen to allow the passage of any natural water flow. Consisting of three walls, the screen is formed in a zig-zag pattern with small openings for wildlife observation. The structure will be created within a community workshop, directed by cob construction professionals of the Cob Cottage Company of Oregon. Community members will have a hands-on opportunity to learn about this alternative construction method, while participating in the creation of the artwork. Creation and installation of the structure will be supervised by city Utilities staff to ensure structural longevity and flood manageability. Near an existing bridge, several Viewing Pipes 3 labeled "H20 Source" point out water sources relative to the site: the sky, mountains, and river. Beneath a large tree, a rustic Picnic Area 4 will be created from logs, stormwater pipes, and native sandstone. Interpretive signage regarding clean water and water preservation will be sandblasted into the sandstone tabletop. More Viewing Pipes near the wildlife Observation Screen point out water sources and other points of interpretive interest. These will be studio created and installed by Hull and Utilities. A sculptural Bird Island 5 in the existing pond will offer an underwater habitat for fish and an above-water sunning area for various terrestrials. The sculpture will rise above and plunge below the variable water level. The concrete piece will be created by Hull and installed by city Utilities staff. Located near the south end of pond will be placed a Grandmother Tree, 6 a snag (dead tree) converted to provide a bird habitat. Branches for roosting birds, as well as man made nesting cavities, will help inform visitors that dead trees are an important wildlife habitat. A Kingfisher Tower 7 (6' to 7' tall) with tunnels for nesting will be placed on the west side between the pond and an irrigation ditch, easily visible but difficult to approach due to its proximity to the water. The base will be a smooth concrete stormwater drain pipe to keep the nesting area safe from climbing predators, while the upper part will be a spiral of river rock and an opening of packed sand for nesting tunnels. Hull and a concrete/stonemason will create it. City Utilities staff will supervise the installation. A sculptural Bat House, 8 with its own solar light to attract insects for hunting bats, will occupy the soil berm next to the pond. It will be a"creature" made of copper pipe whose head is the Bat House. The triangular shaped bat house will be made of stone slabs, or wood finished in stucco to look like stone. The sculpture will be created by Hull and crew and will be installed by city Utilities staff. A Water Sluice 9 feature will be located at the southeast edge of the pond. A water source and a "play" structure, it is powered by a hand pump. Visitors can pump water to fill a series of descending basins marked with images and tracks of a variety of species—taller and flying species at the highest points, shorter species as the basins descend. The pumped water is designed for dogs, wildlife, and wetland plants. The serpentine sculpture will consist of a sloping concrete drainage channel on top of a river stone wall. It will start at 3' tall and nearly reach ground level, a total of 18' in length. The hand pump will resemble the old farm pump at Martinez Park Farm. Lynne will work with a concrete and stonemason to create the sluice and an experienced plumber to install the pump. Utilities will bore the hole for the well and provide a pipe to attach the pump. Wood Duck Houses and Bird Houses /0 on pipes will emerge from the pond. These will be created in Hull's studio and installed in the pond with the help of city Utilities staff. A cob bench 11 will be installed along the edge of the pond near the trail, and toad tunnels 12 113 will be installed within the west side slope of the two ponds. RESOLUTION 2005-012 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS APPROVING EXPENDITURES FROM THE ART IN PUBLIC PLACES RESERVE ACCOUNT IN THE WASTEWATER UTILITY FUND TO COMMISSION AN ARTIST TO CREATE SCULPTURAL ELEMENTS FOR THE WETLAND MITIGATION PONDS BEHIND THE EAST DRAKE WATER TREATMENT FACILITY WHEREAS, Section 23-303 of the City Code established the Art in Public Places Reserve Accounts in the Light and Power, Water, Wastewater and Storm Drainage Funds for use in the acquisition or leasing of works of art, maintenance, repair or display of works of art, and administrative expenses related to the Art in Public Places Program, in accordance with the Art in Public Places Guidelines adopted by Council in Ordinance No. 020, 1995 (the "Guidelines"); and WHEREAS, one percent (1%) of the funds from a Wastewater Utility Capital Project has been set aside in the Art in Public Places Reserve Account in the Wastewater Fund to be used for public art(the"Art Project") at the East Drake Water Treatment Facility(the"Facility"); and WHEREAS,the Art in Public Places Board(the"Board"),voted to select an artist for the Art Project through an RFP process with the City Purchasing Department; and WHEREAS, the Utility Project Team selected Lynne Hull (the"Artist") to create a design concept appropriate to the Facility; and WHEREAS, the Board evaluated the Artist's final design at its regular meeting on January 19, 2005, pursuant to the Guidelines; and WHEREAS,based on that evaluation,the Board voted to recommend the Artist's proposal for a piece titled "East Drake Pondworks", consisting of thirteen site-specific sculptural elements that demonstrate the important ecological relationship between wetland wildlife and their natural habitats in and around clean water,to be located at the Facility's wetland mitigation ponds near the Environmental Learning Center and Poudre Trail; and WHEREAS,the estimated cost to create the Art Project,including commission of the Artist, fabrication, installation and contingency for the Art Project, is $70,000; and WHEREAS,those funds have been appropriated in the Art in Public Places reserve account in the Wastewater Utility Fund to provide for the artist design fees, fabrication, installation and contingency for the Art Project; and WHEREAS, Section 23-308 of the City Code requires that the Board's selection of the recommended art be presented for Council review and approval,because the cost of the art exceeds $10,000; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 23-303 of the City Code,monies credited to Utility Art in Public Places reserve accounts shall be expended only for the acquisition of works of art that provide a betterment to such utility or that are otherwise determined by the City Council to be for a specific utility purpose that is beneficial to the rate payers of such utility. NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS as follows: Section 1. That the Council hereby finds that the Art Project proposed provides a betterment to the Wastewater Utility. Section 2. That the Council hereby authorizes the expenditure of up to SEVENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS($70,000)from the Art in Public Places reserve account in the Wastewater Fund for the Art Project "East Drake Pondworks", which consists of 13 site-specific sculptural elements,to be placed at the East Drake Water Treatment Facility wetland mitigation ponds,which project was proposed by the artist Lynne Hull,and the conceptual design of which was reviewed and approved by the Art in Public Places Board on January 19, 2005. Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held this 15th day of February, A.D. 2005. Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk