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Home My WebLink AboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 12/15/2015 - RESOLUTION 2015-111 APPROVING AN ART PROJECT FOR TAgenda Item 16 Item # 16 Page 1 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY December 15, 2015 City Council STAFF Ellen Martin, Visual Arts Administrator SUBJECT Resolution 2015-111 Approving an Art Project for the Utilities Administration Building and Approving Expenditures from the Electric Utility Account to Commission an Artist to Create the Art Project Pursuant to the Art in Public Places Program. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The purpose of this item is it to approve expenditures from the Art in Public Places Electric Utility Account to commission an artist to create art for the Utility Administration Building Project. The expenditures of $64,000 will be for design, materials, fabrication, and contingency for Andy Dufford of Chevo Studios to create a series of wall reliefs for the new Utility Administration Building. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of the Resolution. BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION Section 23-303 of the City Code (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. In 2012, the City Council updated the Art in Public Places Program, and reenacted City Code Chapter 23, Article IX, with certain modifications. The Utilities Administration Building (UAB) is currently under construction on Block 32 of LaPorte Avenue in downtown Fort Collins. Artist Andy Dufford of Chevo Studios is one of the artists currently working with the Project Team to develop concepts for art at the site. Andy Dufford was selected through a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) process. This Art in Public Places project is being brought forward separately from the larger public art elements of the UAB work in order to support meeting the contractor’s schedule with regard to these pieces of art. This artist and another artist team will continue to develop more comprehensive indoor and outdoor art elements that will come to City Council for approval at a later date. The additional art elements will speak to both water and energy elements as they relate to community services provided by Utilities. Artist Andy Dufford has developed concepts for the immediate art that are integrated into the landscaping walls on the front side of the building. Cast concrete presents the opportunity to create custom relief murals using liners that are inserted into the wall forms prior to the concrete work. The liners are fabricated of multi-density fiberboard cut and beveled to the proposed design. The liners are then attached to the interior faces of the concrete form. Once the concrete has been poured and set, the forms and liners are removed, revealing a permanent low relief sculpture. Agenda Item 16 Item # 16 Page 2 The designs on the wall will reveal and highlight the processes of power generation through coal, wind and sun. Three major walls will each carry images related to one power source (coal, sun, or wind). In each composition, the designs will trace that power from its origin, following the journey as that energy is transformed into electricity. Artist Andy Dufford will design and fabricate the wall form liners for the artworks at this site. This design concept was reviewed and recommended by the Project Team and the Art in Public Places Board. CITY FINANCIAL IMPACTS The funds for this item have been appropriated in the Art in Public Places Electric Utility Fund by Ordinance No. 137, 2014. The Art in Public Places program has a maintenance fund for the long-term care of the Art in Public Place art collection. The Utility Administration Project art budget is $64,000 to be used for design, materials, fabrication, and contingency for these artworks. BOARD / COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION The design concept and budget for this project was reviewed and recommended for City Council approval by the Art in Public Place Board at its November 18, 2015 board meeting. ATTACHMENTS 1. Art in Public Places Board minutes, November 18, 2015 (draft) (PDF) 2. Written Description and Images of Proposed Art Work (PDF) ATTACHMENT 1 The design of the new Ulies Administraon Building includes a series of wall reliefs located at the front of the building. Arst Andy Duﬀord has designed liners for the concrete walls for the Ulity Administraon Building. The designs on the wall will reveal and highlight the processes of power generaon through coal, wind and sun. Three major walls will each carry images related to one power source (coal, sun, or wind). In each composion, the designs will trace that power from its origin, following the journey as that energy is trans- formed into electricity. The proposed wall murals will reveal and highlight those processes. The artwork has been designed to complement the planngs speci- ﬁed by the landscape architect. ART IN PUBLIC PLACES PROGRAM UTILITIES ADMINISTRATION BUILDING PROJECT ARTIST: ANDY DUFFORD, CHEVO STUDIOS ATTACHMENT 2 Cast concrete presents the opportunity to create a custom relief murals using form liners that are inserted into the wall forms prior to the concrete work. The liners are fabricated of mul-density ﬁberboard cut and beveled to the proposed design. The liners are then aached to the interior faces of the concrete form. Once the concrete has been poured and set, the forms and liners are removed, revealing a permanent low relief sculpture. The Process Walls with Borders Accent Areas Placement of Designs Designs Coal Wind Organic MaƩer (Prehistoric origin of coal) Coal seam Coal-ﬁred turbine Electric tower SubstaƟon insulators Household circuit breaker Wall outlet Wind currents Wind turbines Internal turbine gearing Transformers converƟng current RESOLUTION 2015-111 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS APPROVING AN ART PROJECT FOR THE UTILITIES ADMINISTRATION BUILDING AND APPROVING EXPENDITURES FROM THE ELECTRIC UTILITY ACCOUNT TO COMMISSION AN ARTIST TO CREATE THE ART PROJECT PURSUANT TO THE ART IN PUBLIC PLACES PROGRAM WHEREAS, the City is in the process of constructing the Utilities Administration Building Project on Block 32 of LaPorte Avenue in downtown Fort Collins (the “Project”); and WHEREAS, pursuant to Sections 23-303 and 23-304 of the City Code, one percent of the funds appropriated for the Project has been set aside for use in the acquisition, installation and maintenance of works of art in accordance with the Art in Public Places Guidelines adopted by the City Council in Ordinance No. 47, 1998 (the “Guidelines”); and WHEREAS, the Art in Public Places Board (the “Board”) and members of the Project team selected artist Andy Dufford of Chevo Studios (the “Artist”) to work with the Project team to develop design concepts appropriate to the Project site; and WHEREAS, the City entered into a design contract with the Artist dated October 25, 2015, to develop designs for art for the Project to be submitted for Board approval; and WHEREAS, the Board evaluated the Artist’s designs at its regular meeting on November 18, 2015, pursuant to the Guidelines; and WHEREAS, based on that evaluation, the Board is recommending approval of the use of funds for the Artist’s proposal for a portion of the Project site artwork, consisting of a series of relief murals on three concrete landscaping walls, depicting elements of the processes of power generation through coal, wind, and sun, and subsequent transmission as electricity (the “Art Project”); and WHEREAS, additional expenditures for public art for the Project are anticipated to be brought for City Council approval separate from the current Art Project, as another artist team is developing comprehensive designs for indoor and outdoor art elements to be integrated into the Project at a later stage of construction; and WHEREAS, the budget for the Art Project, including design, materials, fabrication, installation, and contingency, is $64,000; and WHEREAS, the funds described above have been appropriated under Ordinance No. 137, 2014 and prior unexpended and unencumbered appropriations in the Art in Public Places Electric Utility account, and such funds will be used to provide for the Artist’s design fees, materials, fabrication, installation and contingency; and WHEREAS, Section 23-308 of the City Code requires that the Board’s recommendation concerning the use of funds for the Art Project be presented for Council review and approval as the cost of the art exceeds $30,000; and WHEREAS, pursuant to the Guidelines, a priority in selecting works of art to be acquired with restricted Art in Public Places Electric Utility account funds is that the art relate to and logically connect with the source of the funds used to acquire the artworks; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds that expending Art in Public Places Electric Utility account funds for the selected Art Project relates to, logically connects with, and benefits the utility rate payers by enhancing the administration facilities necessary to deliver electric utility services. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED 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 above. Section 2. That the City Council hereby approves the use of funds in the amount not to exceed SIXTY FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS ($64,000) from the Art in Public Places Electric Utility Account for the Art Project proposed by the Artist for inclusion in the Utilities Administration Building, the conceptual design for which was reviewed and approved by the Art in Public Places Board on November 18, 2015. Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Fort Collins this 15th day of December, A.D. 2015. _________________________________ Mayor ATTEST: _____________________________ City Clerk