Fiscal Note
Fiscal note pending.
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Approving two artwork designs for the Triangle Taking Shape B1 Redevelopment Percent for Art Project, authorizing the execution of agreements for the mural "Taking Flight" by Audifax LLC and the mosaic "Moon Glow" by Laura Jacoba Epstein and Marcia Yapp (District 13)
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WHEREAS, multiple plans adopted by the Common Council over the last twenty years, including the Public Art Framework and Field Guide for Madison, Wisconsin (2002) the Madison Cultural Plan (2013), and the Comprehensive Plan (2018), recommend that the City integrate and fund public art as part of City capital projects as a primary way to introduce public art into the life of the community; and,
WHEREAS, in 2017, the Common Council adopted the Percent for Art Ordinance that requires that one percent (1%) of the City funding for capital projects with a total budget of at least $5 million be designated to integrate public art into the project; and,
WHEREAS, the Triangle Taking Shape B1 redevelopment met the budgetary threshold to warrant the integration of public art into the development as part of the Percent for Art Project; and
WHEREAS, developers New Year Investments, LLC identified two opportunities for Public Art, an interior painted mural and an exterior mosaic that both function as gateways into and out of the building; and
WHEREAS, following the August 13, 2025, groundbreaking, arts staff facilitated art workshops and attended listening sessions to meet with residents and gather information about their desires and priorities for the artwork, including September 11, 2025 (Brittingham Community Room), October 14, 2025 (Karabis Community Room), November 11, 2025 (Gay Braxton), and January 13, 2026 (Parkside building); and
WHEREAS, after collecting information from residents of all four separate residencies and several meetings with New Year Investments, arts staff developed the scope for the two public art opportunities for the Luna building being co...
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