City of Madison - File #: 71802

• File #: 71802
• Version: 1
• Name: Amending the 2022 Adopted Operating Budget for LGBTQ+ Rainbow Murals Pilot
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 5/27/2022
• In control: Department of Planning and Community and Economic Development
• On agenda: 6/7/2022
• Final action: 6/7/2022
• Enactment date: 6/14/2022
• Enactment #: RES-22-00418
• Title: Amending the 2022 Adopted Operating Budget to appropriate no more than $30,000 from private donations to re-authorize and create Madison’s LGBTQ+ Rainbow Murals and Crossings Art Pilot Program (“RMCAPP”) and authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to enter into a contract between the City of Madison and a vendor to install decorative rainbow markings at specific pedestrian and roadway locations.
• Sponsors: Satya V. Rhodes-Conway, Patrick W. Heck, Erik Paulson, Michael E. Verveer, Keith Furman, Jael Currie, Yannette Figueroa Cole

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/7/2022	1	COMMON COUNCIL	Adopt under suspension of MGO 2.055	Pass
5/27/2022	1	Department of Planning and Community and Economic Development	RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL TO ADOPT UNDER SUSPENSION OF MGO 2.055 - 15 VOTES REQUIRED

Fiscal Note
The proposed resolution seeks to create the LGBTQ+ Rainbow Murals and Crossings Art Pilot Program. As proposed, this pilot program will be fully funded by private donations. The pilot program will test one location in between the crosswalks at the Top of State Street. It is anticipated that the cost of the project will not exceed $30,000. The proposed resolution amends Planning's 2022 Adopted Operating Budget to appropriate $30,000 in purchased services supported by private donations.
Title
Amending the 2022 Adopted Operating Budget to appropriate no more than $30,000 from private donations to re-authorize and create Madison’s LGBTQ+ Rainbow Murals and Crossings Art Pilot Program (“RMCAPP”) and authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to enter into a contract between the City of Madison and a vendor to install decorative rainbow markings at specific pedestrian and roadway locations.
Body
WHEREAS on February 25, 2020 the Common Council passed resolution RES-20-00287, Legistar ID #59645 authorizing the Rainbow Murals and Crossings Art Pilot Program (“RMCAPP”) and anticipated budget for a 2020 installation; and

WHEREAS the subsequent pandemic put the project on hold indefinitely; and

WHEREAS City staff would like to re-launch the RMCAPP to install one LGBTQ+ inclusive rainbow flag mural between the two pedestrian crosswalks at the intersection at the Top of State Street and the Capitol Square; and

WHEREAS, the City endeavors to incorporate art into public works projects in its efforts to implement the Public Art Framework adopted by the City Council (Resolution ID #30476 on March 19, 2002); and

WHEREAS, cities around the country have used similar programs and projects in an attempt to make pedestrian crossings and streets more attractive, inclusive and conducive to community building; and

WHEREAS these locations will allow the Department of Transportation to test different traffic marking material applications to determine effectiveness of materia...