Fiscal Note
The proposed resolution authorizes an agreement for the design, fabrication, and installation of sculptures for the median of the 200 block of S. Pinckney Street. The cost of the agreement is $53,000. The majority of funding will come from the Municipal Art Fund capital program within Planning ($30,000) and funding from Engineering's Pavement Management capital program ($20,000). This resolution also authorizes outside fundraising and financial support from the Friends of the Madison Arts Commission. Friends of the Madison Arts Commission agreed to fund up to $10,000 to cover the remaining costs of the agreement as well as contingency amounts, a plaque, and dedication event.
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Approving Sunghee Min Metal Arts’ public art proposal to create two site-specific stainless steel sculptures for the median of the 200 block of S. Pinckney Street; and authorizing the Mayor and the City Clerk to execute an agreement for design, fabrication and installation between the City of Madison and Sunghee Min Metal Arts; and authorizing outside fundraising in support of this project and acceptance of private funds from the Friends of the Madison Arts Commission.
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WHEREAS, both the Downtown Plan (2012) and the Comprehensive Plan (2018) contain recommendations about preserving important view corridors from vantage points within the Downtown and specifically identify the view down Pinckney Street towards Lake Monona from the Capitol Square as one of those corridors; and
WHEREAS, on October 31, 2022 the Madison Common Council passed RES-22-00724, File # 74147 Approving Plans, Specifications, and Schedule Of Assessments for S. Pinckney Street Assessment District - 2023. (4th AD), which included public art features as a component of the street's redesign, in the median of the 200 block of the S. Pinckney Street project, and was approved and authorized for bidding under File #74147 (RES-22-0072); and
WHEREAS, in March of 2022 the Madison Arts Commission (MAC) vetted 25 applicants for Monona Terrace's Art on the Rooftop program and decided to provide an opportunity for one of the top ranked artists to create a permanent public art piece for the City; and
WHEREAS, the Public Art Subcommittee of the Madison Arts Commission met on October 10, 2022, and reviewed four proposals from the two top-scoring artists from the Art on the Rooftop applicant pool and voted to recommend Sunghee Min Metal Arts' Greeting Arc I & Greeting Arc II to the full body of the Madison Arts Commission for the S Pinckney Street project; and
WHEREAS, on October 12, 2022, the Madison Arts Commission unanimously approved the selection of Sunghee Min Metal Arts' Greeting Arc I & Greeting Arc II for the S. Pinckney Street median; and
WHEREAS, on December 13, 2022, the Madison Arts Commission unanimously approved an updated design proposal in which the sculptures are fabricated out of stainless steel and anti-graffiti coated; and
WHEREAS, Sunghee Min Metal Arts will be contractually required to collaborate with appropriate City of Madison staff and commissions in finalizing the design details, transportation, and installation of the feature.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Madison Common Council approves the concept designs of Sunghee Min Metal Arts' Greeting Arc I & Greeting Arc II for the 200 block of S. Pinckney Street; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Mayor and City Clerk are hereby authorized to execute an agreement for $53,000 for the design, fabrication and installation of Greeting Arc I & Greeting Arc II between the City of Madison and Sunghee Min Metal Arts; and
BE IT STILL FURTHER RESOLVED, that City staff are permitted to encourage donations to the Friends of the Madison Arts Commission to support Greeting Arc I & Greeting Arc II; and
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, that the Mayor and Common Council approves the acceptance of funds from the Friends of the Madison Arts Commission for Greeting Arc I & Greeting Arc II.