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Home My WebLink AboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 06/19/2018 - RESOLUTION 2018-064 APPROVING AN ART PROJECT FOR TAgenda Item 14 Item # 14 Page 1 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY June 19, 2018 City Council STAFF Ellen Martin, Visual Arts Administrator Chris Van Hall, Legal SUBJECT Resolution 2018-064 Approving an Art Project for the Riverside Bridge Project and Approving Expenditures from the Art in Public Places Reserve Account in the Cultural Services and Facilities Fund and the Art in Public Places Stormwater 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 Reserve Account and the Art in Public Places Stormwater Utility Account to commission an artist to create art for the Riverside Bridge Project. The expenditures of $35,000 will be for design, materials, signage, fabrication, delivery, and contingency for Carolyn Braaksma to create the art for the bridge wall along the trail. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of the Resolution. BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION 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 (APP) Program, in accordance with the APP Guidelines adopted by the Council in Ordinance No. 047, 1998. In 2012, City Council permanently adopted the APP Program, and reenacted City Code Chapter 23, Article XII, with certain modifications. Artist Carolyn Braaksma worked with the Project Team to develop the concept for art at the Riverside Bridge site. The artist was selected from the pre-approved list of Design Consultants. The Riverside Bridge site crosses Spring Creek near the Edora Pool Ice Center. The artwork will cover both wall surfaces beneath the bridge, along the Spring Creek trail. The artist design was inspired by the site. The wall surface will be textured and patterned to represent water, hills, the night sky, and the artist will portray fish and water animals that can be found in the nearby creek. However, the graphic design of the animals has been inspired by the sports and games played in the nearby fields. The chub minnows who swim in schools also have a basketball net pattern on their bodies. The striped stickleback fish has a spine that looks like the cleats on football shoes. The stripes and spots in the fish graphics are included to create light and dark variations to provide different depths in the finished concrete surfaces on the wall. The background on the wall surface will have an undulating pattern that mimics the waves of the creek as well as the rolling hills in the surrounding sports fields. The artwork will be pre-cast panels installed on the wall under the bridge. Trail users will pass directly next to the wall on the Spring Creek Trail. This design concept was reviewed and recommended by the Project Team, and recently recommended for Council approval by the APP Board at the Boards April 18, 2018, regular meeting. Agenda Item 14 Item # 14 Page 2 CITY FINANCIAL IMPACTS The funds for this item have been appropriated in the APP Reserve Account in the Cultural Services and Facilities Fund and the Art in Public Places Stormwater Utility Account. The Art in Public Places program also has available appropriated maintenance funds for the long-term care of the subject artwork and the rest of the Art in Public Places art collection. The Riverside Bridge art budget is $35,000 to be used for design, materials, fabrication, delivery, and contingency for this artwork. $10,142 is from the APP Reserve Account and $24,858 is from the Art in Public Places Stormwater Utility Account. BOARD / COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION The design concept and budget for the Art Project was reviewed and recommended for City Council approval by the Art in Public Places Board at the April 18, 2018, regular board meeting. PUBLIC OUTREACH The selected artist collaborates with the project team to develop concepts for the artwork based on the goals of the project and input from the team. The final design and budget is reviewed and approved by the project team and then the APP Board, who then recommends the project to City Council for approval. The APP Program will promote the project throughout the fabrication, installation, and completion of the artwork. ATTACHMENTS 1. Written Description and Images of Proposed Artwork (PDF) 2. Art in Public Places Board Minutes, April 18, 2018 (PDF) RIVERSIDE BRIDGE concept & design by Carolyn Braaksma / 2018 Arst Carolyn Braaksma worked with project team to design artwork for the Riverside Bridge project. The Riverside Bridge crosses Spring Creek near Edora Pool and Ice Center. Her design is for the wall surface beneath the Riverside Bridge along the Spring Creek Trail. The arst design was inspired by the site. The wall surface will be textured and paerned to represent water and the diﬀerent ﬁsh and water animals relevant to the creek near the bridge. The graphic design of the animals has also been inspired by the sports and games played in the nearby ﬁelds. The chub minnows who swim in schools have a basketball net paern on their bodies. Sunﬁsh scales look almost like soccer ball paerns. The striped sckleback ﬁsh has a spine that looks like the cleats on football shoes. Diﬀerent sizes and shapes of wildlife, some even oversized, provide variaon in the wall graphics. The stripes and spots included in the animal graphics create light and dark variaons and to provide diﬀerent depths in the ﬁnished concrete surfaces of the walls. The background on the wall surface will have an undulang paern that mimics the waves of the creek as well as the rolling hills in the surrounding sports ﬁelds. It will also show the night’s sky at the top. The artwork will be pre-cast panels installed on the wall under the bridge. Trail users will pass directly next to the wall on the Spring Creek Trail. ATTACHMENT 1 RIVERSIDE BRIDGE concept & design by Carolyn Braaksma / 2018 Concept Drawing Showing a Secon of Wall Panels Project Area Map: Riverside Avenue Bridge Over Spring Creek Example of a project using concrete form liners by arst Carolyn Braaksma Art in Public Places Board April 18, 2018 ATTACHMENT 2 -1- RESOLUTION 2018-064 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS APPROVING AN ART PROJECT FOR THE RIVERSIDE BRIDGE PROJECT AND APPROVING EXPENDITURES FROM THE ART IN PUBLIC PLACES RESERVE ACCOUNT IN THE CULTURAL SERVICES AND FACILITIES FUND AND THE ART IN PUBLIC PLACES STORMWATER UTILITY ACCOUNT TO COMMISSION AN ARTIST TO CREATE THE ART PROJECT PURSUANT TO THE ART IN PUBLIC PLACES PROGRAM 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. 047, 1998 (the “Guidelines”); and WHEREAS, Artist Carolyn Braaksma was selected from the pre-approved list of Design Consultants to develop concept art for the Riverside Bridge site that crosses Spring Creek near Edora Pool Ice Center (the “Art Project”); and WHEREAS, the Art Project will cover both wall surfaces beneath the bridge, along the Spring Creek trail and will be pre-fabricated panels installed on the two bridge walls so that pedestrians will be surrounded by the wall design as they walk on the trail, under the bridge; and WHEREAS, the Art in Public Places Board (the “Board”) approved the design concept of the Art Project and recommended Council approval at the Board’s April 18, 2018, regular meeting; and WHEREAS, the funds for this Art Project have been appropriated in the APP Reserve Account in the Cultural Services and Facilities Fund and the Art in Public Places Stormwater Utility Account; and WHEREAS, the budget for this Art Project, including for design, materials, fabrication, delivery, and contingency, is $35,000 with $10,142 from the APP Reserve Account and $24,858 is from the Art in Public Places Stormwater Utility Account; 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 Utilities’ APP 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 funds from the Utilities’ APP 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 utility services. -2- 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 previously appropriated funds in the amount not to exceed $10,142 from the Art in Public Places Reserve Account and $24,858 from the Art in Public Places Stormwater Utility Account for the Art Project described herein for inclusion in the Riverside Bridge Project, the conceptual design for which was reviewed and approved by the Art in Public Places Board on April 18, 2018. Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Fort Collins this 19th day of June, A.D. 2018. _________________________________ Mayor ATTEST: _____________________________ City Clerk