HomeMy WebLinkAbout2018-064-06/19/2018-APPROVING AN ART PROJECT FOR THE RIVERSIDE BRIDGE PROJECT AND APPROVING EXPENDITURES FROM THE ART IN RESOLUTION 2018-064
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROVING AN ART PROJECT FOR THE RIVERSIDE BRIDGE PROJECT
AND APPROVING EXPENDITURES FROM THE ART IN PUBLIC PLACES
RESERVE ACCOUNT IN THE CULTURAL SERVICES AND FACILITIES FUND
AND THE ART IN PUBLIC PLACES STORMWATER UTILITY ACCOUNT
TO COMMISSION AN ARTIST TO CREATE THE ART PROJECT PURSUANT
TO THE ART IN PUBLIC PLACES PROGRAM
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, Artist Carolyn Braaksma was selected from the pre-approved list of Design
Consultants to develop concept art for the Riverside Bridge site that crosses Spring Creek near
Edora Pool Ice Center (the "Art Project"); and
WHEREAS, the Art Project will cover both wall surfaces beneath the bridge, along the
Spring Creek trail and will be pre-fabricated panels installed on the two bridge walls so that
pedestrians will be surrounded by the wall design as they walk on the trail, under the bridge; and
WHEREAS, the Art in Public Places Board (the "Board") approved the design concept of
the Art Project and recommended Council approval at the Board's April 18,2018,regular meeting;
and
WHEREAS, the funds for this Art Project have been appropriated in the APP Reserve
Account in the Cultural Services and Facilities Fund and the Art in Public Places Stormwater
Utility Account; and
WHEREAS, the budget for this Art Project, including for design, materials, fabrication,
delivery, and contingency, is $35,000 with $10,142 from the APP Reserve Account and $24,858
is from the Art in Public Places Stormwater Utility Account; 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 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.
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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 $10,142 from the Art in Public Places Reserve Account and
$24,858 from the Art in Public Places Stormwater Utility Account for the Art Project described
herein for inclusion in the Riverside Bridge Project, the conceptual design for which was reviewed
and approved by the Art in Public Places Board on April 18, 2018.
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Fort Collins this 19th
day of June, A.D. 2018.
Mayor
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