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Home My WebLink AboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 08/19/2014 - RESOLUTION 2014-073 APPROVING EXPENDITURES FROM THAgenda Item 18 Item # 18 Page 1 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY August 19, 2014 City Council STAFF Ellen Martin, Visual Arts Administrator SUBJECT Resolution 2014-073 Approving Expenditures from the Art in Public Places Reserve Account to Commission an Artist to Create Art for the Senior Center Expansion Project. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The purpose of this item is it to approve expenditures from the Art in Public Places Reserve Account to commission an artist to create art for the APP Senior Center Expansion Project. The expenditure of $50,238 will be for design, materials, fabrication, installation and contingency for an artist-designed steel art panel to be located in the main lobby of the Senior Center, and for artist-designed concrete form liners to be used on an exterior seat wall at this site. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of the Resolution. BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION Section 23-303 of City 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. 020, 1995. The Council permanently adopted the Art in Public Places Program, and reenacted City Code Chapter 23, Article IX, with certain modifications in 2012. After the original artist selected for the APP Senior Center Expansion project elected not to sign a contract with the City, the APP program and Project Team started working with Carolyn Braaksma, who was selected as the alternate in the RFQ process. Ms. Braaksma’s design concept and budget have been reviewed by the APP Board and the Project Team and are being recommended to City Council for approval. APP artist Carolyn Braaksma will create an art panel depicting botanical images for the lobby of the Senior Center. The images will include birds and Colorado indigenous plants. This artwork will become a major focal point in the main lobby and will define the entry point between the paid entrance areas and the free area open to the community. The metal panel will be fabricated from steel and painted to coordinate with the Center’s interior design colors. The rendering of the plants and flowers are simplified and stylized and will be laser cut into steel, enabling the viewer to see through the panel. Artist Carolyn Braaksma is also known for her work with concrete walls and form liners. She has created an original concrete form liner design for the short seat wall that defines the outside patio space near the new multi-purpose building addition. The form liner image depicts a “Bugs and Brushes” pattern. Agenda Item 18 Item # 18 Page 2 FINANCIAL / ECONOMIC IMPACTS The funds for this item have been appropriated in the Art in Public Places Reserve Account in the Cultural Services and Facilities Fund. The Art in Public Places program has a maintenance fund for the long-term care of the APP art collection. The APP Senior Center Expansion Project budget is $50,238 for design, materials, fabrication, installation and contingency for this project. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS The APP artist has been collaborating with the Project Team on this project. The artwork is integrated in the overall design of the project. BOARD / COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION At its July 16, 2014 meeting, the design concept and budget for this project were reviewed and recommended by the APP Board. ATTACHMENTS 1. Written Description and Images of Proposed Artwork (PDF) 2. Art in Public Places Board Minutes, July 16, 2014 (draft) (PDF) ART IN PUBLIC PLACES PROGRAM SENIOR CENTER EXPANSION PROJECT ARTIST: CAROLYN BRAAKSMA Artist Carolyn Braaksma has designed an art panel for the lobby of the Senior Center that will become a major focal point and will define the entry point between the paid entrance areas and the free area open to the community. ATTACHMENT 1 Artist Carolyn Braaksma worked with the Project Team to develop the concept for art for the Senior Center Expansion Project. Art in Public Places arƟst Carolyn Braaksma will create an art panel for the lobby of the Senior Center that depicts botanical images. The images will include birds and Colorado indigenous plants. This artwork will become a major focal point in the main lobby of the Senior Center and will deﬁne the entry point between the paid entrance areas and the free area open to the community. The 5 Ō. tall by 15 Ō. long metal panel will be fabricated from steel and painted to coordinate with the Center’s interior design. The rendering of the plants and ﬂowers are simpliﬁed and stylized and will be laser cut into steel, enabling the viewer to see through the panel. The art panel is designed to ﬁt the space and will be aƩached to the wall on one side. The other side creates the entry into the paid areas of the facility. Carolyn Braaksma is also known for her work with concrete walls and form liners. She has created a unique form liner for the short concrete seat wall that deﬁnes the outside paƟo space near the new mulƟ-purpose building addiƟon. The form liner image depicts a “Bugs and a Brushes “paƩern. This relief image will be used on both sides of the wall. Individual Module, the black in the drawing represents the metal ATTACHMENT 2 - 1 - RESOLUTION 2014-073 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS APPROVING EXPENDITURES FROM THE ART IN PUBLIC PLACES RESERVE ACCOUNT TO COMMISSION AN ARTIST TO CREATE ART FOR THE SENIOR CENTER EXPANSION PROJECT WHEREAS, on January 21, 2014, City Council adopted Ordinance 002, 2014, appropriating funds for the Senior Center Expansion Project, including appropriation of funds allocated to the Cultural Services and Facilities Fund for Art in Public Places projects; and WHEREAS, the funds allocated and appropriated to the Art in Public Places reserve account by Ordinance 002, 2014, are available for commissioning art to be installed as part of the Senior Center Expansion Project, including work on a new main lobby entry piece and seat wall at the Senior Center (the "Art Project"); and WHEREAS, the City was unable to engage the artist initially selected through the public bidding process to provide the Art Project; and WHEREAS, the alternate artist identified in the bidding process, Carolyn Braaksma, has since entered into an agreement with City and worked with a subcommittee to design the Art Project; and WHEREAS, the Art in Public Places Board (the "Board") at its July 16, 2014, meeting reviewed and approved the design for the Art Project, consisting of a laser-cut steel panel with renderings of stylized plants and flowers and a concrete form liner seat wall defining the outside patio space at the Senior Center; 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 $50,238; 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 Project exceeds $10,000; and WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Council to authorize the expenditure of $50,238, from funds appropriated in the Art in Public Places reserve account in the Cultural Services and Facilities Fund, to be applied towards payments on the Art Project involving fabrication of a new main lobby entry piece and seat wall as part of the Senior Center Expansion Project. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS that the Council hereby authorizes the expenditure of up to FIFTY THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED THIRTY EIGHT DOLLARS ($50,238) from the Art in Public Places reserve account in the Cultural Services and Facilities Fund for the Art Project, consisting of a laser-cut steel panel with renderings of stylized plants and flowers and a concrete form liner - 2 - seat wall defining the outside patio space at the Senior Center, as proposed by artist Carolyn Braaksma, the design for which was reviewed and approved by the Art in Public Places Board on July 16, 2014. Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Fort Collins this 19th day of August, A.D. 2014. __________________________________ Mayor ATTEST: _____________________________ City Clerk