Fiscal Note
Funding of $15,250 is included as part of the PCED 2009 Adopted Capital Budget for TID 29 - Allied Terrace (project #9, Acc't No. 822901) and an additional $15,250 is included in the PCED Adopted Capital Budget for the Municipal Art Fund (project #19, Acc't No. 810427). No additional appropriation is required.
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Authorizing the Mayor and the City Clerk to enter into a contract, not to exceed $30,500, with Zillman Advertising, for expenses related to the design and creation of two-dimensional and three-dimensional Public Art Work and Community Identity Imagery for the Allied Redevelopment Project.
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WHEREAS the Common Council adopted 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 the Madison Arts Commission focus on City capital projects as a primary way to introduce public art int the life of the City; and
WHEREAS many components of the Allied Drive Redevelopment could be enhanced by creating unifying identity imagery that is derived from a central iconic public art feature; and
WHEREAS, The Madison Arts Commission, whose mission it is to make the arts an essential part of the lives of all of Madison's citizens, identified the Allied Drive Redevelopment project as a site for the placement of art work and related identity imagery and approved issuing a request for qualifications for the project at their March 26, 2008 meeting; and
WHEREAS this project is identified as a potential expenditure from the Municipal Art Fund in the 2009 Capital Budget; and
WHEREAS the Allied Drive Redevelopment project will match $15,250 of funding from Municipal Arts Fund with frunding from their budget, bringing the total budget for this public art project to $30,500; and
WHEREAS the $30,500 will cover artists fees, community presentations, and other related expenses; and
WHEREAS the Madison Arts Commiss...
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