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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1998-096-06/16/1998-APPROVING THE ACCEPTANCE OF A DONATED SCULPTURE ENTITLED MONICAS VISION FROM THE MONICA JOYCE MEMORI RESOLUTION 98-96 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS APPROVING THE ACCEPTANCE OF A DONATED SCULPTURE ENTITLED "MONICA'S VISION" FROM THE MONICA JOYCE MEMORIAL COMMITTEE WHEREAS, Section 23-309 of the City Code requires that all works of art with a value of $300 or more to be donated to the City for placement in a public area be accepted only with the approval of the Art in Public Places Board(the"APP Board"), and that all such works with a value of$10,000 or more may be accepted only with approval of the Council; and WHEREAS, the Monica Joyce Memorial Committee (the "Committee") has proposed to donate a memorial piece of art to the City to be placed in the Lincoln Center Terrace Sculpture Garden; and WHEREAS, the sculpture proposed for donation is a bronze sculpture entitled "Monica's Vision," which will be commissioned by the Committee and sculpted by Texas artists Gene and Rebecca Tobey; and WHEREAS,the APP Board reviewed the proposed donation of"Monica's Vision"at its May 21, 1998, meeting, and determined that it meets the criteria for works of art and site selection set forth in the Art in Public Places Guidelines,adopted by the Council on second reading of Ordinance No. 47, 1998, on April 7th, 1998; and WHEREAS, "Monica's Vision" has been appraised at an expected value of$26,000; and WHEREAS, City staff and the APP Board have recommended that the proposed donation of"Monica's Vision be approved. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS that the donation to the City by the Monica Joyce Memorial Committee of the sculpture "Monica's Vision,"by artists Gene and Rececca Tobey,be,and hereby is,approved for acceptance and placement in the Lincoln Center Terrace Sculpture Garden. Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held this 16th day of June,A.D. 1998. Mayors ��ts ATTEST: City Clerk