Fiscal Note
The reconstruction of the 500-600 Blocks of State Street, pursuant to the adopted State Street Design Project Plan (including Frances Plaza) is included in the adopted 2008 Capital Budget (Agency 12, Project 1). $300,000 is reserved in fund CS560-58250-810284 for this component of that project. The estimated project cost is $240,000 for project design and fabrication ($10,000 in design costs have already been expended). An additional $60,000 will be held in reserve for contingencies.
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Approving the initial concept designs and authorizing the Mayor and the City Clerk to execute an agreement for design, fabrication and inspection of installation between the City of Madison and Myklebust, Sears, & Sons for creating a site specific public art water feature for Frances Plaza.
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WHEREAS, in March 2002 the Common Council adopted the Public Art Framework and Field Guide for Madison, Wisconsin and recommendations contained in the Framework, including a recommendation that the Madison Arts Commission focus on City capital projects as a primary way to introduce public art into the life of the City; and
WHEREAS, in April of 2002 the Madison Common Council unanimously adopted the Conceptual Design Plan for State Street, which included an emphasis on including public art as a component of the street's redesign, including a water feature in the 500 or 600 block phase of the State Street reconstruction project; and
WHEREAS, on December 4, 2007 the Common Council approved plans and specifications for the reconstruction of the 500 and 600 blocks of State Street, which included the Frances Plaza as the selected site of this special feature, and included directives for Speedway Sand and Gravel to lay appropriate utilities to the site in order to prepare the infrastructure for placement of the water feature; and
WHEREAS, the Madison Common Council approved Resolution Number 08-00271, I.D. Number 08611, establishing the Frances Plaza Public Art Selection...
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