Fiscal Note
The proposed resolution approves the fabrication, installation, and delivery of the South Point Public Works Facility Percent for Art Project at 402 S Point Rd. 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 $43.8 million; an additional 1% for art was calculated to be $437,991. The proposed agreement with The Milligan Studio, LLC for the artwork authorizes the use of up to $337,920 of the Percent for Art allocation.
The 2026 Adopted Capital Budget included $43.7 million for the Far West Facility project (Munis project 13016) supported by $41.7 million in General Fund GO Borrowing and $2.0 million in Federal Sources. The Percent for Art project is supported by the GO borrowing. No additional City appropriation is required with approval of the proposed resolution.
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Approving the design for the State Street Campus Garage/Hawthorne Court Percent for Art Project, authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to execute an agreement with StudioKCA, LLC for design, fabrication, delivery and installation of a site-specific public art feature, and dissolving the State Street Campus Garage/Hawthorne Court Public Art Ad-Hoc Committee. (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 pu...
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