Memorandum 14-178 Public Arts Committee 2015 Budget Requests

Memorandum 14-178

TO:                        MAYOR WYTHE AND CITY COUNCIL

FROM:                  PUBLIC ARTS COMMITTEE

THROUGH:         WALT WREDE, CITY MANAGER

CC:                        JO JOHNSON, MMC, CITY CLERK

                              ZHIYONG LI, FINANCE DIRECTOR

DATE:                   NOVEMBER 14, 2014

SUBJECT:           2015 BUDGET REQUEST  

BACKGROUND

At the regular meeting on August 14, 2014 the Public Arts Committee reviewed and discussed a budget for 2015. The committee requested to reserve the right to request a budget at a later time.

On November 13, 2014 the Public Arts Committee had a discussion on their 2015 Budget request during the worksession and at the regular meeting took action. It was acknowledged that if the items were all approved by Council for funding they would have several projects to keep them busy for a while but just in case Council was unable to fund all of them they listed their projects in priority order. 

The Public Arts Committee is requesting funding for the following items:

1. $4000.00 to Hire a Contractor to conduct an inventory and photograph all city owned artwork in and on city owned property.

2. $5000.00 to create and install a new mural on the wall at Heath Street and Pioneer Avenue

3. $1000.00 to assist in creating and installing more uniform signage at City parks and recreational areas

4. $500 for participation in city events and miscellaneous committee expenditures such as identification plaques for newly acquired artwork.

Following is the excerpt of the meeting minutes for the action taken by the committee and attached is the Budget Request Forms.

PENDING BUSINESS

A.                Budget Requests 2015

Ms. Groning-Person inquired if she should make a motion to approve the Budget request as discussed in the worksession. Vice Chair Miller requested it to be itemized for the motion.

GRONING-PERSON/HOLLOWELL – MOVED TO SUBMIT THE 2015 BUDGET REQUEST TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE FOLLOWING ITEMS IN PRIORITY ORDER

1. $4000.00 TO HIRE A CONTRACTOR TO INVENTORY, IDENTIFY AND TAKE PHOTOS OF THE CITY MUNICIPAL ART COLLECTION

2. $5,000.00 TO ISSUE AN RFP TO CREATE AND INSTALL A NEW MURAL ON THE HEATH STREET WALL AT KACHEMAK CENTER WHICH WILL INCLUDE THE ADVERTISING, SUPPLIES AND ARTIST LABOR

3. $1,000.00 FOR ADDITIONAL UNIFORM SIGNAGE FOR CITY PARKS

4. $500.00 FOR PARTICIPATION IN MULTIPLE CITY EVENTS SUCH AS ARTRAGEOUS AUGUST, STREET FAIR, ETC. AND MISCELLANEOUS COMMITTEE EXPENDITURES.

There was a brief clarification and discussion on the duties of the contractor and that they would be supplied with a listing of the current art collection and provided with a list of public buildings that they were to visit and document all city owned artwork with information such as the date acquired, who the artist was, how much the city paid for the artwork or if donated, the medium or materials used to create the artwork, subject matter of the artwork, where in the public building it is located. Staff will develop and issue the RFP but will submit a scope of work for review by the committee.

VOTE. YES. NON-OBJECTION. UNANIMOUS CONSENT.

Motion carried.

Recommendation:

Approve the budget request for the projects listed.