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Home My WebLink AboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 10/16/2018 - RESOLUTION 2018-097 APPROVING AN ART PROJECT FOR TAgenda Item 9 Item # 9 Page 1 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY October 16, 2018 City Council STAFF Ellen Martin, Visual Arts Administrator Jody Hurst, Legal SUBJECT Resolution 2018-097 Approving an Art Project for the Fossil Creek Trail Project and Approving Expenditures from the Art in Public Places Reserve Account in the Cultural Services and Facilities Fund 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 to approve expenditures from the Art in Public Places Reserve Account to commission an artist to create art for the Fossil Creek Trail Project. The expenditures of $50,000 will be for design, materials, signage, fabrication, installation, and contingency for Stephen Shachtman to create a sculpture at the site on the Fossil Creek Trail. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of the Resolution. BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION Section 23-303 of the 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 (APP) Program, in accordance with the APP Guidelines adopted by the Council in Ordinance No. 020, 1995. In 2012, City Council permanently adopted the APP Program, and reenacted City Code Chapter 23, Article IX, with certain modifications. Artist Stephen Shactman worked with the project team to develop the concept for art at the site. The artist was selected through an RFQ process. The artwork is located near the underpass on the Fossil Creek Trail. The Fossil Creek Trail area is not only home to a wide variety of native flora and fauna but was also once home to a brick factory from 1902 to 1952. Historical evidence found at the site, in what is now the Redtail Grove Natural Area, includes remnants of bricks and buildings, bases of the tram that carried the brick clay, and a kiln. The proposed artwork is inspired by this location. Near the historic site of the brick kilns and just southwest of the recreation bike trail and railroad track, is the proposed site of Fossil Creek Sphere, a large flagstone sculpture by local artist Stephen Shachtman. Mr. Shachtman’s sphere draws from the color palette of the Natural Area as well as the historical site. The oversized sphere plays off the scale of the site and the nearby tunnel, appearing to be the same size as the tunnel opening. The sphere is of flagstone quarried from the nearby site of Arkins Park. Mr. Shachtman will fabricate the structure out of 903 brick-like pieces of flagstone, creating a stacked 8 ft. diameter sphere at this location. The artist will incorporate brick/pavers into the flagstone sphere, which will pay homage to the site. Agenda Item 9 Item # 9 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. The APP Program also has available appropriated maintenance funds for the long-term care of the subject artwork along with the rest of the APP art collection. The Fossil Creek Trail Project art budget is $50,000 to be used for design, materials, fabrication, installation, contingency, and maintenance for this artwork. BOARD / COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION At it’s September 19, 2018 regular meeting, the Art in Public Places Board unanimously recommended approval of the project. PUBLIC OUTREACH The Fossil Creek Trail APP Project was promoted in a pubic call to artists through a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) process. In an RFQ process all submissions are reviewed and the artist selection is based on her/his portfolio of work. Submissions are reviewed by the APP Board, a Purchasing representative, and representatives of the project team. Artists then collaborate with the project team and together develop concepts for the artwork based on the goals of the project and input from the team. The final design and budget were reviewed and approved by the project team and then the APP Board, which recommends the project to City Council for approval. The APP Program will promote the project throughout the fabrication, installation, and completion of the artwork. The community will be able to visit the site while the artist is building the sculpture. ATTACHMENTS 1. Written Description and Image of Proposed Artwork (PDF) 2. Art in Public Places Board minutes, September 19, 2018 (Draft) (PDF) Art in Public Places Fossil Creek Trail Project Artist: Stephen Shachtman College Ave. / HWY 287 ATTACHMENT 1 8 ft diameter flagstone sphere Artist rendering of proposed artwork at the site on Fossil Creek Trail The Fossil Creek Trail area is not only home to a wide variety of native flora and fauna but was also once home to a brick factory from 1902 to 1952. Historical evidence found at the site, in what is now the Redtail Grove Natural Area, includes remnants of bricks and buildings, bases of the tram that carried the brick clay, and a kiln. The proposed artwork is inspired by this location. Near the historic site of the brick kilns and just southwest of the recreation bike trail and railroad track, is the proposed site of Fossil Creek Sphere, a large flag- stone sculpture by local artist Stephen Shachtman. Mr. Shachtman’s sphere draws form the color pallet of the Natural Area as well as the historical site. The oversized sphere plays off the scale of the site and the nearby tunnel, appearing to be the same size as the tunnel opening. The sphere is of flagstone quarried from the nearby site of Arkins Park. Mr. Shachtman will fabricate the structure out of 903 brick-like pieces of flagstone, creating a stacked 8 ft. diameter sphere at this location. The artist will incorporate brick/pavers into the flagstone sphere, which will pay homage to the site. ATTACHMENT 1 ATTACHMENT 2 ATTACHMENT 2 ATTACHMENT 2 -1- RESOLUTION 2018-097 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS APPROVING AN ART PROJECT FOR THE FOSSIL CREEK TRAIL PROJECT AND APPROVING EXPENDITURES FROM THE ART IN PUBLIC PLACES RESERVE ACCOUNT IN THE CULTURAL SERVICES AND FACILITIES FUND 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 improving the Fossil Creek Trail near the Burlington Northern underpass (“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 was set aside in the Art in Public Places reserve account 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 Stephen Shactman was selected from a Request for Qualifications process to complete an art project near the underpass on the Fossil Creek Trail (“the Art Project”); and WHEREAS, the Art Project will be a large flagstone sculpture drawn from the color palette of the natural area as well as a site containing a historical brick factory; 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 September 19, 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 WHEREAS, the budget for this Art Project, including design, materials, fabrication, delivery, contingency, and maintenance is $50,000; 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. 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 an amount not to exceed $50,000 from the Art in Public Places Reserve Account in the -2- Cultural Services and Facilities Fund for the Art Project described herein for inclusion in the Fossil Creek Trail Project, the conceptual design for which was reviewed and approved by the Art in Public Places Board on September 19, 2018. Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Fort Collins this 16th day of October, A.D. 2018. _________________________________ Mayor ATTEST: _____________________________ City Clerk