HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 08/19/2003 - FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 106, 2003, APPROPRI AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 15
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL DATE: August 19, 2003
STAFF:
Ellen Martin
SUBJECT:
First Reading of Ordinance No. 106, 2003, Appropriating Unanticipated Revenue in the Cultural
Services and Facilities Fund for Art in Public Places Reserve Account and Approving Expenditures
from the Art in Public Places Reserve Account to Commission an Artist to Create a Front Entry
Piece for the Lincoln Center.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff, the Art in Public Places Board, and the Lincoln Center.Entryway Sculpture Selection
Subcommittee recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
The unanticipated funds of$31,000 will be appropriated to the Art in Public Places Reserve account
in the Cultural Services and Facilities Fund - $29,000 will be used to contract with the artist to
create and install the work and $2,000 will be spent by the City on materials for the project. The
sculpture will be owned by the City as part of its Art in Public Places collection.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
Section 23-303 of the Code, which was added in 1995, established the Art in Public Places Reserve
Account, and designated it 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 Council in 1995. The Council
permanently adopted the Art in Public Places Program, and reenacted City Code Chapter 23, Article
IX, with certain modifications in 1998.
The Lincoln Center Support League and the ArtWear Fund are donating $31,000 to the City to be
used for an art project to enhance the main entrance to the Lincoln Center. An artist was selected
through the City's usual RFP process, and a subcommittee comprised of members from the Lincoln
Center Support League, staff and a representative from ArtWear worked with the artist to develop
the overall concept for the site. At its July 16, 2003 meeting, the Art in Public Places Board
reviewed and approved the design.
Fort Collins artist,Tim Upham, will create the piece entitled"Portal". This front entry piece for the
Lincoln Center includes a new sandstone, quartzite, and stainless steel paving design, stainless steel
trellis and granite bench. It will create a new, welcoming artistic element and seating area for the
front entrance of the building and help commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Center. A written
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description and drawings of the proposed work of art are attached as Attachment "A". The final
piece may vary from this description.
This Ordinance would appropriate the donation by the Lincoln Center Support League and ArtWear
Fund to the Art in Public Places Reserve Account,and authorize expenditure of the donated funds to
commission the creation of the"Portal'project for the Lincoln Center.
ATTACHMENT"A"
. City of Fort Collins Art in Public Places Program
Lincoln Center Lntryway Donation
Tim Upham
POROTAL N. - A DOORWAY, ENTRANCE , OR GATE ;
ESPECIALLY, ONE THAT IS LARGE AND IMPOSING
The Lincoln Center is a portal for art and culture in the Fort Collins community. The artist, Tim
Upham, and the Lincoln Center Entryway Team developed the concept for the piece.This
project enhances the front entrance of the building and updates its facade. It is as a donation to
the Lincoln Center from the Lincoln Center Support League and ArtWear. This special addition
to the building will help commemorate the 2!P anniversary of the Center.
The paving design expands the front entrance to the Lincoln Center, while incorporating
sandstone, quartzite, stainless steel, glass, and polished granite. The design encompasses a
pattern of approximately 25 ft. x 30 ft., expanding the current paving area. In addition there will
be an 8 ft. polished granite bench with a stainless steel trellis that stands approximately 10 ft.
tall. The side supports of the trellis will incorporate some of the same materials used in the
paving; red & buff sandstone, quartzite, stainless steel grid, and laminated glass. This will
create a new, welcoming artistic element and seating area to the front entrance of the building.
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ORDINANCE NO. 106, 2003
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED REVENUE IN THE
CULTURAL SERVICES AND FACILITIES FUND FOR THE
ART IN PUBLIC PLACES RESERVE ACCOUNT AND APPROVING
EXPENDITURES FROM THE ART IN PUBLIC PLACES RESERVE ACCOUNT
TO COMMISSION AN ARTIST TO CREATE A FRONT ENTRY PIECE
FOR THE LINCOLN CENTER
WHEREAS, the City has received a donation from the Lincoln Center Support League and
ArtWear Fund, to the Art in Public Places Reserve Account in the Cultural Services and Facilities
Fund for the Art in Public Places Program; and
WHEREAS, this money was donated with the understanding that it will be used to pay an
artist to create,install and work on a new front entry piece for the Lincoln Center(the"Art Project");
and
WHEREAS,Article V,Section 9,of the Charter of the City of Fort Collins permits the City
Council to make supplemental appropriations by ordinance at any time during the fiscal year,
provided that the total amount of such supplemental appropriations,in combination with all previous
appropriations for that fiscal year,do not exceed the then current estimate of actual and anticipated
revenues to be received during the fiscal year; and
WHEREAS, City staff has determined that the appropriation of the donated funds, as
described herein, will not cause the total amount appropriated in the relevant funds to exceed the
current estimate of actual and anticipated revenues to be received in that fund during the fiscal year;
and
WHEREAS,artist Tim Upham was selected through the City's RFP process and worked with
a subcommittee to design the Art Project; and
WHEREAS, the Art in Public Places Board (the "Board") at its July 16, 2003 meeting
reviewed and approved the design for the Art Project entitled "Portal", consisting of a new
sandstone, quartzite and stainless steel paving design, stainless steel trellis and granite bench; and
WHEREAS,the estimated cost to create the Art Project,including commission of the Artist,
purchase of materials, fabrication, installation and contingency for the Project is $31,000; 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, it is the desire of the Council to authorize the appropriation of$31,000, from
donations, in the Art in Public Places reserve account in the Cultural Services and Facilities Fund,
to be applied towards payments on the"Portal' project for the front entry piece for the Lincoln
Center.
NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That there is hereby appropriated for expenditure from unanticipated revenue
in the Art in Public Places reserve account in the Cultural Services and Facilities Fund, the sum of
THIRTY-ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS($31,000)from donations to be used for payments towards
the front entry project at the Lincoln Center.
Section 2. That the Council hereby authorizes the expenditure of up to THIRTY-ONE
THOUSAND DOLLARS ($31,000)from the Art in Public Places reserve account in the Cultural
Services and Facilities Fund for the Art Project"Portal', consisting of a sandstone, quartzite and
stainless steel paving design,stainless steel trellis and granite bench,proposed by artist Tim Upham,
the design for which was reviewed and approved by the Art in Public Places Board on July 16,2003.
Introduced and considered favorably on first reading and ordered published this 19th day of
August A.D. 2003, and to be presented for final passage on the 2nd day of September A.D. 2003.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 2nd day of September A.D. 2003
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk