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Home My WebLink AboutOrdinance 16860-03-2006Ordinance Nn. 16860-03-2006 AN ORDINANCE INCREASING APPROPRIATIONS IN THE CULTURE AND TOURISM FUND IN THE AMOUNT OF $80,000.00 AND DECREASING THE UNRESERVED, UNDESIGNATED FUND BALANCE BY THE SAME AMOUNT FOR THI= PURPOSE OF FUNDING A TRANSFER TO THE SPECIALLY FUNDEb CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND FOR A DESIGN AGREEMENT WITH PHENOMENARTS, INC. FOR COLLABORATIVE DESIGN OF INTEGRAL PUBLIC ART 1 DESIGN ENHANCEMENTS FOR THE C1TY PARKING GARAGE; PROVIDING FOR A SEVERAB1L.iTY CLAUSE; MAKING THIS ORDINANCE CUMULATIVE OF PRIOR ORDINANCES AND REPEALING ALL PRIOR ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS: SECTION 1. That in addition to those amounts allocated to the various City departments for Fiscal Year 2005- 2006 in the Budget of the City Manager, there shall also be increased appropriations in the Culture and Tourism Fund, in the amount of $80,000.00; thereby decreasing the unreserved, undesignated fund balance by the same amount, for the purpose ofi fiunding a transfer to the Specially p'unded Capital Projects Fund for a Design Agreement with PhenomenArts, Inc. for collaborative design of integral public art /design enhancements for the City Parking Garage. SECTION 2. Should any portion, sectian or part of a section of this ordinance be declared invalid, inoperative or void for any reasan by a court of competent jurisdiction, such decision, opinion or judgment shall in no way impair the remaining portions, sections, or parts of sections of this ordinance, which said remaining provisions shall be and remain in full force and effect. SECTION 3. That this ordinance shall be cumulative of Ordinance No. 16582 and all other ordinances and appropriations amending the same except in thane instances where the provisions of this ordinance are in direct canflic# with such other ardinances and appropriations, in which instance said conflicting provisions of said prior ordinances and appropriations are hereby expressly repeated. SECTION ~. This ordinance shall take effect upon adoption. APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: ~~f ~ Gity Attorney ADOPTED AND EFFECTIVE: March 21 200fi Page 1 of 3 Cii~ ®f F®rf ®rth, Te~cas r and uncl r~ur~ir~ COUNCIL ACTION: Approved on 312112006 -Ordinance No. 1G860-03-2006 & Ordinance No. 16861-03-2006 DATE: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 LOG NAME: 03ARTPARKGARAGE REFERENCE NO.: C-21355 SUB,IECT~ Adoption of Appropriation Ordinances and Authorization to Enter into a Design Agreement with PhenomenArts, Inc., far Collaborative Design of Integral Public ArtlDesign Enhancements far the City Parking Garage RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that the City Council: 1. Adopt the attached appropriation ordinance increasing appropriations in the Culture and Tourism Fund by $80,000.00 and decreasing the unreserved, undesignated fund balance by the same amount; 2. Authorize the transfer of $80,000.00 from the Culture and Tourism Fund to the Specially Funded Capital Projects Fund; 3. Adopt the attached appropriation ordinance increasing estimated receipts and appropriations in the Specially Funded Capital Projects Fund by $80,000.00; 4. Authorize the City Manager to enter into a Design Agreement with PhenomenArts, inc. for design of integral public artldesign enhancements, in collaboration with Jacobs Facilities, Inc., far the City Parking Garage, in an amount not to exceed $80,000. DISCUSSION: The Design Agreement with PhenomenArts, Inc. will result in a collaboratively designed, interactive public artldesign enhancement project that incorporates colored glass, light and sound into the fabric of the City Parking Garage's architecture. The public art should enhance the experience ofi Convention Center visitors and parking garage patrons, who will encounter and activate a series ofi fights and colorful shadows that could provide way-finding cues, as well as unique Fort Worth sounds, befitting of the City's hospitality district. It is anticipated that the fabrication and installation of the resulting art components will be handled through an Artwork Commission Contract between the City and PhenomenArts, Inc., in collaboration with the City's general contractor for the Parking Garage. Project funding is consistent with the ordinance creating the Public Art Program and the Fart Worth Art Commission's Draft Long Range Public Art Plan for the Water Fund, presented to the City Council an November 14, 2005, which recommends an allocation equivalent to 2% of a projects budget for public artldesign enhancements for City capital projects. The project was included in the Fart Worth Public Art Program's FY2005-OB Annual Wark Plan, adopted by the City Council on October 25, 2005, (M&C C- 21111) as a part of the City's agreement with the Arts Council of Fort Worth and Tarrant County, Inc., far administration of the Fart Worth Public Art Program. BACI~CGROUND: Using the process and guidelines established in the Fort Worth Public Art Master Plan {adapted by the City http://www.cl~wnet.org/council_packet/Reports/rnc~rint.asp 4/5/2p05 Page 2 of 3 Counci! in September 2003), an artist ~ selection panel, chaired by Council member Wendy Davis and including representatives of Jacobs Facilities, Inc., the Fort Worth Art Commission, and the community, reviewed the qualifications of 20 local and national artists from the Pre~Qualified List of Established Public Artists on January 18, 2006. On February 2, 2006, the artist selection panel conducted telephone interviews with the three finalists selected and then recommended Christopher Janney, President of PhenomenArts, Inc., for the project. Selection Panel otin )~ Council Member and Appointees:• * Council Member Wendy Davis * Sandra Dennehy, AIA * Dr. David Stone Fort Worth Art Cammissian Appointees: * Kirk Millican, AIA, Fart Worth Art Cammissian Representative * Carol Ivey, Artist Jacobs Facilities, Inc. Representative: * Brent Byers, A!A Advisors Nan-Voting Representatives of: * ^owntown Fort Worth Initiatives, lnc. * Transportation & Public Works Department * Public Events Department ~` Jacobs Facilities, lnc. Staff On February 14, 2006, the Fort Worth Art Commission reviewed the artist selection panel's recommendation and made a formal recommendation to the City Council to engage Ghristopher Janney, PhenomenArts, Inc., for the Parking Garage project and to dedicate an amount not to exceed $400,000 for the project. !t is proposed that funding for the design portion of the City Parking Garage public art project come from the Culture and Tourism Fund {GG04). Based on funding availability in the Culture and Tourism Fund at the time of art fabrication and installation, staff will make a funding recommendation to Counci! at that time, which will utilize some cnmbinatinn of Culture and Tourism Fund monies and Water funds in the Specially Funded Capital Projects Fund. The City Parking Garage is being funded from a combination of Culture and Tourism Fund dollars and revenue bands financed by parking revenue. This project is physically located in COUNCIL DISTRICT 9, but benefits all Fart Worth residents. FISCAL INFORMATIONICERTIFICATION: The Finance Director certifies that upon approval of the above recommendations and adoption of the attached appropriation ordinances, funds will be available in the current capital budget, as appropriated, of the Specially Funded Capital Projects Fund. The unreserved, designated fund balance of the Culture and Tourism Fund will be $14,225,306.00 after this appropriation. TO FundlAccountlCenters GG04 538070 0240400 80 000.00 FROM FundlAccountlCenters 2) GG04 538070 0240400 $80,000.00 $80, 000.00 C291 472004 031980013630 $80,000.00 C291 531200 031980013630 $s0.oao.0o C291 531200 031980013630 Submitted for City Manager`s Office bx; Libby Watson (6183) http://www.cfi~met.org/council~acket/Reports/mc_print.as~ 4/5/2006 Page 3 of 3 Ori_ iq Hating ^epartrr~ent Head: Additional infarmatian Contact: Bridgette Garrett (8518) Sandy Oliver (7371) http://a~v.cf~net.org/council~aeket/Reports/mc_print.asp 4/SI2006