Fiscal Note
The Resolution provides for the application and acceptance of an NEA grant of $100,000, with a required one-to-one match of non-Federal project monies. Funding for the acquisition and development of Central Park is included in the 2010 Capital Improvement Program. In 2010, $982,015 of General Obligation Debt is provided for design, survey, and soil work. A total of $5,422,003 is projected for 2011, consisting of $3,149,651 of Federal funding, $500,000 of Tax Incremental Financing (TIF) funding, $1,172,352 of General Obligation Debt, and $600,000 of Parks Development Fees. Funding of $500,000 is anticipated for 2012, consisting entirely of TIF funding. And finally, a total of $1,154,800 of TIF funding is projected for 2013. No additional appropriation is required to match the NEA grant.
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Authorizing the Application and Acceptance of a National Endowment for the Arts Mayor’s Institute of City Design 25th Anniversary Initiative Grant in the amount of $100,000 to Provide for the Creation of Schematic and Design Development Drawings for Eco-Artworks that will be Integrated Throughout Central Park.
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WHEREAS the Common Council passed Resolution, I.D. 30476 on March 19, 2002, adopting the Public Art Framework and Field Guide for Madison, Wisconsin and recommendations contained in the framework; and
WHEREAS the Framework recommends that artists be members of capital project design teams led by private design firms and work as collaborators in capital project design to inform the overall project’s intention and to participate in shaping its overall form; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with the Framework, the final design team that has been contracted to create Madison’s new Central Park was required to include a public artist as part of their team and includes: MSA, Schreiber Anderson Associates; Ken Saiki Design; JJR, Inc.; and public artist Lorna Jordan; and
WHEREAS, as part of her contract with the City, the Artist will work with the Design Te...
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