HomeMy WebLinkAbout2018-117-12/04/2018-APPROVING AN ART PROJECT FOR THE STREETS PARK PROJECT AND APPROVING EXPENDITURES FROM THE ART IN PUB RESOLUTION 2018-117
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROVING AN.ART PROJECT FOR THE STREETS PARK PROJECT AND
APPROVING EXPENDITURES FROM THE ART IN PUBLIC PLACES
RESERVE ACCOUNT IN THE CULTURAL SERVICES AND FACILITIES FUND ,
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 developing a neighborhood park called the
"Streets 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 Mario Miguel Echevarria 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 an art play structure shaped in the form of a giant sugar
beet, incorporates thematic play elements related to beets, and is intended to celebrate the sugar
beet history of the area near the park where immigrant workers of the sugar industry worked and
lived; 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 October 17, 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
WHEREAS, the budget for this Art Project, including design, materials, fabrication,
delivery, and contingency is $50,000;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.
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.
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Section 2. That the City Council hereby approves the use of previously appropriated
funds in an amount not to exceed $50,000 from the Art in Public Places Reserve Account in the
Cultural Services and Facilities Fund for the Art Project described herein for inclusion in the
Streets Park Project, the conceptual design for which was reviewed and approved by the Art in
Public Places Board on October 17, 2018.
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Fort Collins this 4th
day of December, A.D. 2018.
Mayor
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