Fiscal Note
The proposed resolution approves the design, engineering, fabrication, delivery, and installation of an additional art piece for the State Street Campus Garage/Hawthorne Court Percent for Art Project (capital project #14145). Funding for public art is calculated as an additional 1% of the eligible project budget as called for in the Percent for Art ordinance (MGO 4.30). Construction estimates in the schematic design phase were approximately $47.7 million; an additional 1% for art was calculated at $477,069. Legislative file 94047 previously authorized an agreement for artwork for up to $320,000. This proposed resolution authorizes an agreement with Hagens Upah DBA Steph Hagens LLC, Emily Balsley DBA Bluestar Ink LLC and Julie Freyholt DBA Julie Vornholt LLC for up to $24,800, utilizing remaining Percent for Art budget available for the project. No additional City appropriation is required.
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Approving a mural design for the State Street Campus Garage/Hawthorne Court Percent for Art Project, authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to execute agreements with Stephanie Hagens Upah DBA Steph Hagens LLC, Emily Balsley DBA Bluestar Ink LLC and Julie Freyholt DBA Julie Vornholt LLC (District 2)
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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 “Public Art Framework”), 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, in RES- 23-00721, File ID #79408 from November 21, 2023, the Common Co...
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