HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025-043-04/01/2025-APPROVING THE DESIGN, CREATION AND INSTALLATION OF PUBLIC ART AT SCHOOLSIDE PARKRESOLUTION 2025-043
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROVING THE DESIGN,CREATION AND INSTALLATION OF
PUBLIC ART AT SCHOOLSIDE PARK
A.The City has selected Gergory Fields to design,create and install five metal
and ceramic sculptures at Schoolside Park (the “Sculptures”).The Sculptures will include
two eight-foot-tall sculptures located at prominent entry points to the park and three four-
foot-tall sculptures to be distributed at various locations along the park trails.The
Sculptures will be made of weathering steel and handmade glazed ceramic tiles.
B.The total cost of designing,creating and installing the Sculptures is $45,000.
The funds for this item have been appropriated in the Art in Public Places (“APP9 Reserve
Account.The APP program also has available appropriated maintenance funds for the
long-term care of the Sculptures and the rest of the APP art collection.
C.Section 23-308 of the City Code requires the APP Board to make
recommendations to the City Council concerning the use of funds in excess of $30,000
for the acquisition,installation and maintenance of works of art.At its December 18,2024,
meeting,the APP Board recommended acquiring and installing the Sculptures.
In light of the foregoing recitals,which the Council hereby makes and adopts as
determinations and findings,BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT COLLINS that the City Council hereby approves of the Sculptures project
described herein,the conceptual design of which was reviewed and approved by the Art
in Public Places Board at its December 18,2024,meeting.
Passed and adopted on April 1,2025.
1’ayor
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Effective Date:April 1,2025
Approving Attorney:Ted Hewitt