HomeMy WebLinkAbout2015-111-12/15/2015-APPROVING AN ART PROJECT FOR THE UTILITIES ADMINISTRATION BUILDING AND APPROVING EXPENDITURES FROM T 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.
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