HomeMy WebLinkAbout2018-118-12/04/2018-APPROVING AN ART PROJECT FOR THE POUDRE RIVER WHITEWATER PARK PROJECT AND APPROVING EXPENDITURES FRO RESOLUTION 2018-118 `
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROVING AN ART PROJECT FOR THE POUDRE RIVER WHITEWATER PARK
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, the City is in the process of improving the Poudre River Whitewater Park
("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 was set aside in the Art in Public Places reserve account 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 John Davis was selected from a Request for Qualifications process to/
complete an art project at the Project site ("the Art Project"); and
WHEREAS, the Art Project will be a sculptural shelter for the overlook plaza and is
intended to create a connection between the overlook plaza and the rapids below; 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 September 19, 2018, regular
meeting; and
WHEREAS, the funds for this Art Project have been appropriated in the Art in Public
Places 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 design, materials, fabrication,
delivery, contingency, and maintenance is $150,000 with $102,450 from the Art in Public Places
Reserve Account and$47,550 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' Art in Public Places Funds is that the art relate to and logically connect
with the source of the funds used to acquire the artworks; and
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WHEREAS, the City Council finds that expending funds from the Utilities' Art in Public
Places Funds for the selected Art Project relates to, logically connects with, and benefits the utility
rate payers because the art is located at the site of a utilities capital project.
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 an amount not to exceed $102,450 from the Art in Public Places Reserve Account in the
Cultural Services and Facilities Fund and$47,550 from the Art in Public Places Stormwater Utility
Account for the Art Project described herein for inclusion in the Poudre River Whitewater Park
Project, the conceptual design for which was reviewed and approved by the Art in Public Places
Board on September 19, 2018.
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of the ity of Fort Collins this 4th
day of December, A.D. 2018.
Mayor
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