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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2016-044-05/17/2016-APPROVING AN ART PROJECT FOR THE UTILITIES ADMINISTRATION BUILDING AND APPROVING EXPENDITURES FROM T RESOLUTION 2016-044 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS APPROVING AN ART PROJECT FOR THE UTILITIES ADMINISTRATION BUILDING AND APPROVING EXPENDITURES FROM THE UTILITY PROJECT ACCOUNT TO COMMISSION ARTISTS 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. 047, 1998 (the "Guidelines"); and WHEREAS, the Art in Public Places Board (the "Board") and members of the Project team selected artists Michael Shields and Keeley Musgrave from Creative Stained Glass Studio (the "Artists") to develop design concepts appropriate to the Project site; and WHEREAS, the City entered• into a design contract with the Artists dated March 23, 2015, to develop designs for art for the Project to be submitted for Board approval; and WHEREAS, the Board evaluated designs prepared by the Artists at its regular meeting on March 30, 2016, and made further recommendations; and WHEREAS, the Board has recommended approval of the use of project funds for artwork at the Project site consisting of stained glass installations in the windows of the east and west stairwells of the building and multimedia sculptured pieces created from glass, sandstone, metal and other materials hung in the lobby, integrating elements and objects related to water and energy utility services (the "Art Project"); and WHEREAS, the budget for the Art Project, including design, materials, fabrication, installation, and contingency, is $48,800, which is available from prior contributions to and appropriations from the Electric, Water, Wastewater and Stormwater Utilities Art in Public Places funds (collectively, the "Utilities' APP Funds"); and WHEREAS, the Art Project funds will be drawn from unencumbered funds appropriated in the Utilities' APP Funds for the Artists' 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 -1- WHEREAS, pursuant to the Guidelines, a priority in selecting works of art to be acquired with restricted Utilities' APP 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 funds from the Utilities' APP 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 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 previously appropriated funds in the amount not to exceed FORTY EIGHT THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED DOLLARS ($48,800) from the Utilities' APP Funds for the Art Project described herein for inclusion in the Utilities Administration Building Project, the conceptual design for which was reviewed and approved by the Art in Public Places Board on March 30, 2016. Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Fort Collins this 17th day of May, A.D. 2016. �04 FOR 1 C0! .y yor ATTEST: t cOC ORA00 �v v City Clerk -2-