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
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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.
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