HomeMy WebLinkAbout2014-073-08/19/2014-APPROVING EXPENITURES FROM THE ART IN PUBLIC PLACES RESERVE ACCOUNT TO COMMISSION AN ARTIST TO CREAT RESOLUTION 2014-073
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROVING EXPENDITURES FROM THE ART IN PUBLIC PLACES RESERVE
ACCOUNT TO COMMISSION AN ARTIST TO CREATE ART
FOR THE SENIOR CENTER EXPANSION PROJECT
WHEREAS, on January 21, 2014, City Council adopted ,Ordinance 002, 2014,
appropriating funds for the Senior Center Expansion Project, including appropriation of funds
allocated to the Cultural Services and Facilities Fund for Art in Public Places projects; and
WHEREAS, the funds allocated and appropriated to the Art in Public Places reserve
account by Ordinance 002, 2014, are available for commissioning art to be installed as part of
the Senior Center Expansion Project, including work on a new main lobby entry piece and seat
wall at the Senior Center (the "Art Project"); and
WHEREAS, the City was unable to engage the artist initially selected through the public
bidding process to provide the Art Project; and
WHEREAS, the alternate artist identified in the bidding process, Carolyn Braaksma,
has since entered into an agreement with City and worked with a subcommittee to design the
Art Project; and
WHEREAS, the Art in Public Places Board (the "Board") at its July 16, 2014, meeting
reviewed and approved the design for the Art Project, consisting of a laser-cut steel panel with
renderings of stylized plants and flowers and a concrete form liner seat wall defining the outside
patio space at the Senior Center; and
WHEREAS, the estimated cost to create the Art Project, including commission of the
Artist, purchase of materials, fabrication, installation and contingency for the Project is $50,238;
and
WHEREAS, Section 23-308 of the City Code requires that the Board's selection of the
recommended art be presented for Council review and approval, because the cost of the Art
Project exceeds $10,000; and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Council to authorize the expenditure of$50,238, from
funds appropriated in the Art in Public Places reserve account in the Cultural Services and
Facilities Fund, to be applied towards payments on the Art Project involving fabrication of a
new main lobby entry piece and seat wall as part of the Senior Center Expansion Project. .
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT COLLINS that the Council hereby authorizes the expenditure of up to FIFTY
THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED THIRTY EIGHT DOLLARS ($50,238) from the Art in Public
Places reserve account in the Cultural Services and Facilities Fund for the Art Project, consisting of
a laser-cut steel panel with renderings of stylized plants and flowers and a concrete form liner
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seat wall defining the outside patio space at the Senior Center, as proposed by artist Carolyn
Braaksma, the design for which was reviewed and approved by the Art in Public Places Board on
July 16, 2014.
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Fort Collins this
19th day of August, A.D. 2014.
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