Fiscal Note
The 2014 adopted capital budget of the Planning and Community and Economic Development agency provides funding of $100,000 for capital art expenditures (Project No. 1, "Municipal Art Fund," Acc't No. 810427). The proposed grant award is $6,329. No additional appropriation is required.
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Seeking Common Council approval of Art in Public Places funding award to the Bayview Foundation, Inc on behalf of the Monona Bay Neighborhood Association as recommended by the Madison Arts Commission.
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WHEREAS, the Common Council adopted Resolution ID #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 Public Art Framework and Field Guide recommends the Madison Arts Commission create opportunities for community partnerships for Art in City-Building; 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, re-established the Art in Public Places (AIPP) program at their Wednesday, May 9, 2012, meeting; and
WHEREAS, funding for these projects are identified as potential expenditures in the Municipal Art Fund in the 2014 Capital Budget; and
WHEREAS, at the April 9, 2014 meeting of the Madison Arts Commission, members reviewed the request of the Monona Bay Neighborhood Association to receive AIPP funding to work with artist Michael Burns to enhance the sense of place of the Brittingham Community Gardens (located where West Main dead ends in Brittingham Park); and
WHEREAS, the result of this project will be the creation of a permanent work of art by Michael Burns to demarcate the community gardens in Brittingham Park; and
WHEREAS, the Madison Arts Commission reviewed the proposal and recommends funding fiscal receiver Bayview Foundation, Inc. on behalf of Monona Bay Neighborhood Association at $6,329 for the creation of site-specific art piece by Michael Burns for the Brittingham Community Gardens; and
WHEREAS, the City's ability and willingness to fund this project will be contingent on the recipients' ability to secure all necessary permissions and permits, and to work with the Parks Superintendent and other City staff to ensure the placement and secure construction of the artwork as required by the City, and to provide the Board of Parks Commissioners and Madison Arts Commission with final designs for their approval before proceeding with fabrication and construction of the piece, and to create an endowment for the ongoing maintenance of the site and art features; and
WHEREAS, reimbursement and final acceptance of the artwork will be contingent upon the City's acceptance, as indicated by the Arts Program Administrator, of the completed artwork as established in contracts to be executed for this purpose.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Common Council approves the funding recommendation of the Madison Arts Commission for a total of $6,329 in public art funding from the Municipal Art Fund as described above.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Planning Division Director is authorized to execute contracts for the same as described herein, in a format approved by the Finance Director, Risk Manager, and City Attorney.
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the City is authorized to accept ownership of the final piece of artwork upon compliance with and according to the terms of the executed contract.