HomeMy WebLinkAbout1998-061-04/07/1998-APPROVING EXPENDITURES FROM THE ART IN PUBLIC PLACES RESERVE ACCOUNTS IN THE WATEWATER FUND AND IN T RESOLUTION 98-61
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROVING EXPENDITURES FROM THE ART IN PUBLIC PLACES RESERVE
ACCOUNTS IN THE WASTEWATER FUND AND IN THE LIGHT AND POWER FUND
FOR THE COMMISSION OF LANDSCAPE ART AT 700 WOOD STREET
WHEREAS, Section 23-303 of the City Code, established the Art in Public Places reserve
accounts in the Wastewater Fund and the Light and Power Fund, for use in the acquisition or leasing
of works of art, maintenance,repair or display of works of art, and administrative expenses related
to the Art in Public Places Program, in accordance with the Art in Public Places Guidelines adopted
by Council in Ordinance No. 20, 1995 (the "Guidelines")-, and
WHEREAS, the City is currently proceeding with the construction of additional facilities at
the Utility Service Center at 700 Wood Street (the "Project"), funded jointly by the Wastewater
Utility and Light and Power Utility of the City; and
WHEREAS, one percent (1%) of the funds appropriated for the Project in the Wastewater
Fund and in the Light and Power Fund was set aside in the Art in Public Places reserve account for
each of those Funds, for public art; and
WHEREAS, the Art in Public Places Board (the -Board") evaluated proposed works of art
for the Project in a competitive proposal process based on the Guidelines; and
WHEREAS, based on that evaluation, the Board selected the proposal of the artist team of
Jan Longwell and Kim Steele, to create a landscape art installation comprised of land forms, energy
rods, and sound, at its December 18, 1997 meeting; and
WHEREAS, the estimated cost to create the proposed landscape art, including
administration,commission of the artists,contingency and maintenance of the pieces is$66,500; and
WHEREAS, adequate funds are available in the Art in Public Places reserve account in the
Wastewater Fund and the Art in Public Places reserve account in the Light and Power Fund, and are
appropriated in the 1998 budget, to together provide for the commission of Jan Longwell and Kim
Steele, to create a landscape art installation comprised of land forms, energy rods, and sound at the
Utility Service Center at 700 Wood Street; and
WHEREAS,the Guidelines require that the Council approve the Board's selection of public
art.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS that the expenditure of up to THIRTY THREE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND
FIFTY DOLLARS ($33,250) from each of the Art in Public Places reserve account in the
Wasterwater Fund and the Art in Public Places reserve account in the Light and Power Fund, for
landscape art proposed by artists Jan Longwell and Kim Steele, the conceptual design of which was
selected and approved by the Art in Public Places Board on December 18, 1997, is hereby
authorized.
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council this 7th day gLApril A.D.
1998.
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ATTEST:
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