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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2016-030-04/05/2016-APPROVING AN ART PROJECT FOR THE UTILITIES ADMINISTRATION BUILDING AND APPROVING EXPENDITURES FROM T r RESOLUTION 2016-030 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 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. 047, 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 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, based on recommendations by the Board at its regular meeting on November 18, 2015, City Council adopted Resolution 2015-111, approving expenditures from the Art in Public Places Electric Utility account for a portion of the Artist's designs; and WHEREAS, it was anticipated when Resolution 2015-111 was adopted that additional expenditures for public art for the Project would be brought for City Council approval separate from the art described in that Resolution, including designs for indoor and outdoor art elements to be integrated into the Project later; and WHEREAS, the Board evaluated additional designs prepared by the Artist at its regular meeting on March 2, 2016, and made further recommendations; and WHEREAS, the Board has recommended approval of the use of project funds for additional artwork at the Project site consisting of carved sandstone panel reliefs depicting the Cache la Poudre River with elements in the progression from snowmelt-run off to human commercial, industrial, and residential application of water resources (the"Art Project"); and WHEREAS, the budget for the Art Project, including design, materials, fabrication, installation, and contingency, is $145,936, of which $37,363 is proposed to come from funds contributed'by the Electric Utility, $58,965 contributed by the Water Utility, $24,804 contributed by the Wastewater Utility, and $24,804 contributed by the Stormwater Utility; and -1- WHEREAS, the Art Project funds will be drawn from the amount appropriated in Ordinance No. 137, 2014, and unencumbered funds appropriated in the Art in Public Places Electric, Water, Wastewater, and Stormwater Utility accounts transferred to the Project 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 Utility account funds is that the art relate to and logically connect with the source of the funds used to acquire the artworks; and f WHEREAS, the City Council finds that expending Art in Public Places Electric, Water, Wastewater, and Stormwater 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, water, wastewater, and stormwater 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 ONE HUNDRED FORTY FIVE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED THIRTY SIX DOLLARS ($145,936) from the Art in Public Places Electric, Water, Wastewater, and Stormwater Utility accounts 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 2, 2016. Section 3. That the sum approved in Section 2 shall be comprised of the following already appropriated Art in Public Places funds contributed by the respective Utilities: • $37,363 Electric Utility • $58*1965 Water Utility • $24,804 Wastewater Utility • $24,804 Stormwater Utility -2- Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Fort Collins this 5th day of April, A.D. 2016. - pORT U) ayor ATTEST: COCORP�O City Clerk -3-