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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 04/16/2002 - RESOLUTION 2002-037 APPROVING EXPENDITURES FROM TH AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 22 DATE: April 16, 2002 I-ORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL STAFF: Ellen Martin SUBJECT: Resolution 2002-037 Approving Expenditures from the Art in Public Places Reserve Account in the Walser Fund for the Commission of an Artist to Design,Fabricate and Install a Water Feature for the Xeriscape Demonstration Garden That Will Be a Sculptural Translation of the Region's Hydrological Continuum. RECOMMENDATION: Staff and the Art in Public Places Board recommend adoption of the Resolution. FINANCIAL. IMPACT: The funds for this item have been appropriated for Art in Public Places in the Water Fund.The Art in Public Places program has a maintenance fund for the long-term care of this artwork. The City is in the process of renovating the buffalo grass area of the Xeriscape Demonstration Garden. The Water Utility has some APP funds that were generated from sites which are inappropriate for public art. The Water Utility is using $55,000 of those funds for art to be placed in the Xeriscape Deraonstration Garden in front of City Hall. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: This project is connected to the renovation of the buffalo grass area of the Xeriscape Demonstration Garden by the Water Utility. This resolution would approve expenditure of $55,000 for design, fabrication, installation and contingency for this project. This low-flow water feature, entitled "Watershed Stones",will add another educational element to the Xeriscape Demonstration Garden by showing the watershed,how water reaches the plains and the never-ending cycle of water. Signs at the site will further explain our sources of water and why low water-use landscaping is so important in our and climate. BACKGROUND: 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 the Council in Ordinance No. 20, 1995. The Council permanently adopted the Art in Public Places Program,and reenacted City Code Chapter 23, Article IX, with certain modifications in 1998. DATE: April ITEM NUMBER: 22 The Selection Committee chose the artist using the City's competitive bid process. This committee was comprised of seven APP Board members, two Utility staff members, and a Purchasing Department representative. The APP committee reviewed the resumes and portfolios of twelve artists who wished to be considered for this project. The APP Board selected Richard Hansen at the Board's regular meeting on March 21, 2001. The artist worked with a team of City staff from Forestry, APP and Utilities to create a design concept appropriate to the Water Utility purpose and this site. The APP Board reviewed and approved the final design at their regular meeting on March 20, 2002. The Xeriscape Demonstration Garden was established by the Water Utility as an educational tool for the community to learn about low water landscaping. Richard Hansen's sculpture "Watershed Stones"will add an additional educational component that demonstrates the watershed cycle. This addition will help support the Utilities' education goals. A written description and drawings of the proposed work of art are attached. The final piece may vary from this description. • RESOLUTION 2002-037 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS APPROVING EXPENDITURES FROM THE ART IN PUBLIC PLACES RESERVE ACCOUNT IN THE WATER FUND FOR THE COMMISSION OF AN ARTIST TO DESIGN, FABRICATE AND INSTALL A WATER FEATURE FOR THE XERISCAPE DEMONSTRATION GARDEN THAT WILL BE A SCULPTURAL TRANSLATION OF THE REGION'S HYDROLOGICAL CONTINUUM WHEREAS, the City's Water Utility is in the process of renovating the buffalo grass area of the Xeriscape Demonstration Garden at City Hall (the"Xeriscape Garden"); and WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 23-304 of the City Code, one percent of funds appropriated for construction projects estimated to cost over$250,000 was required to be deposited into the appropriate reserve account to fund works of art in accordance with the Art in Public Places Guidelines adopted by Council in Ordinance No. 47, 1998 (the"Guidelines'); and WHEREAS, the Water Utility has Art in Public Places funds that were generated from sites which are inappropriate for public art, and wishes to use some of those funds for art to be placed in the Xeriscape Garden, as part of the Water Utility's educational goals; and WHEREAS,pursuant to Section 23-303(b) of the City Code, monies credited to the APP reserve account in the Water Fund may be used only for the acquisition or lease of works of art . that provide a betterment to the 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, and for the maintenance, repair or display of such works of art; and WHEREAS, the Art in Public Places Board(the `Board") evaluated the design proposal of artist Richard Hansen at its March 20, 2002 regular meeting,pursuant to the Guidelines; and WHEREAS, based on that evaluation,the Board voted to recommend artist Richard Hansen's proposal of a low-flow water feature, entitled"Watershed Stones",to be installed in the Xeriscape Garden as part of the Water Utility's goal to educate the public about the water cycle and water conservation(the"Water Feature"); and WHEREAS,the estimated cost to create the Water Feature, including commission of the artist, fabrication, installation and contingency for the Water Feature, is $55,000; and WHEREAS, these funds are available in the Art in Public Places Reserve Account in the Water Fund, and will be appropriated as part of the 2002 budget, to provide for the artist design fees, fabrication, installation and contingency for the Water Feature; 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. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS as follows: Section 1. That the City Council finds that the proposed Art Project serves a specific Water Utility purpose that is beneficial to the rate payers of the utility. Section 2. That the City Council hereby authorizes the expenditure of up to FIFTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($55,000) from the Art in Public Places reserve account in the Water Fund for the low-flow water feature, entitled"Watershed Stones", to be installed in the Xeriscape Garden as part of the Water Utility's goal to educate the public about the water cycle and water conservation, proposed by artist Richard Hansen,the conceptual design for which was reviewed and approved by the Art in Public Places Board on March 20, 2002. Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held this 16'day of April, A.D. 2002. Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk City of Fort Collins Art in Public Places Program City � a �� ater �eature rro' ect "Watershed Stones" RICHARD HANSEN- WATERMARKS This environmental art element seeks to bring a rich variety of water experiences to the visitor while quietly evoking a sculptural translation of the region's hydrological continuum. The range of water events invite contact by the visitor while utilizing low flows appropriate to the xeriscape garden concept. Northern Colorado's annual rainfall is only 15 inches, compared with New York's 48 inches per year. The Xeriscape Demonstration Garden seeks to educate visitors on this precious resource that we take for granted. Treated water is a carefully manufactured supply the arrives b:) Fort Collins citizens only after completing the hydrological continuum illustrated in "Watershed Stones." The water cycle begins with a rain like falling from the stainless steel ring that holds the white marble "cloud" forms. The water then seeps through the crevasses in the top stone, to a stream down the north and south faces of the hand carved "cascade" pieces. The south cascade fills a carved "reservoir" basin which then falls into a "meander" that finally winds to the edge of the granite silab. Slipping down the side of the sandstone layers, it arrives in the glass block "aquifer" runnels on both sides of the sculpture to be pumped up and begin the flow again. The reservoir has a small stainless steel plate that children can safely put into a slot and change the water level and flow as it goes into the meander. The sculpture will also have a strong visual presence when the water is not flowing. The carved cascades and the meander will carry the memory of water and the stones will be selected and shaped to honor their primal geological character'. ' � W1 J y1��'��xf 1. /`• � f ,�."' �/ :. Wit• / �'" fi a pill -�^ � „c- �� � :,; i.t,'i'3`y�i� . �� fir'' :.t�� "^`•� Aerial View rt r • s-u-Ih Garden .: .,I„•� .. Side View _ ♦ utp •f 1 r 95t, ART IN PUBLIC PLACES BOARD MEETING MINUTES Regular Meeting—Wednesday, March 21,2001 Lincoln Center Council Liaison: Karen Weitkunat Staff Liaison: Ellen Martin CRB Liaison: Joan Day Chairperson:Ann Carr Vice Chair. Jane Liska-Smith MEMBERS PRESENT: Ann Carr, Deanna Gram, Jane Liska-Smith, Alan Howe, Cori Hixon-Cunningham MEMBERS ABSENT: Libby Dale, Roger Sherman STAFF PRESENT: Ellen Martin, Mark Breimhorst, Libby Colbert, Mike Powers, Jim O'Neill, Tim Buchanan, Laurie D'Audney, Chris Doyle, Tess Heffernan I. Call to order 3:36 p.m. -Ms. Carr II. Consideration of the agenda-No changes III. Approval of minutes from the meeting of February 21, 2001 Mr. Howe moved to approve the minutes Ms. Hixon-Cunningham seconded Approved unanimously IV. Citizen Participation None V. City Hall Water Feature Project Ms. Martin explained the selection process, reviewed the RFP and answered questions from the selection committee. Staff presented artists slides and the selection committee members voted on the artists' previous artistic excellence and application materials, which included resumes and letters of reference. Mr. O'Neill tallied the results and reported them to the board. The selection committee members commented on the results and discussed the artists' applications. Mr. Howe moved to accept Richard Hansen as the artist for the City Hall Water Feature project and artist John Hogue as the alternate artist. Ms. Gram Seconded VI. Transit Center Staff distributed a written proposal prepared by Design Consultant, Jim Green. The proposal outlined his idea for stylized weathervanes to be located on the bus shelter columns. Mr. Green also sent staff images, that they presented to the board, of weathervanes fabricated by a company who he could potentially contract to fabricate his design. Mr. Green had not yet prepared a specific design of his own for this project. The Board discussed the proposal and their concerns