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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 16861-03-2006Ordinance Na. 1f861-08-2006 AN ORDINANCE INCREASING ESTIMATED RECEIPTS AND APPROPRIATIONS IN THE SPECIALLY FUNDED CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND 1N THE AMOUNT O $80,000.00 FROM AVAiLASLE FUNDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF FUNDING A DESIGN AGREEMENT WITH PHENOMENARTS, INC. FOR COLLABORATIVE DESIGN OF INTEGRAL PUBLIC ART 1 DESIGN ENHANCEMENTS FOR THE CITY PARKING GARAGE; PROVIDING FOR A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; MAKING THIS ORDINANCE CUMULATIVE OF 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 2005-2008 in the Budget of the City Manager, there shall aisn be increased estimated receipts and appropriations in the Specially Funded Capital Projec#s Fund in the amount of $80,000.00 from available funds for the p€arpose of funding a Design Agreement with PhenomenArts, Inc. for collaborative design of integral public art 1 design enhancements for the City Parking Garage. SECTION 2. That should any portion, section ar part of a section of this ordinance be declared invalid, inoperative nr void for any reason by a court of competent jurisdiction, such decision, opinion or judgment shall in nn way impair the remaining portions, sections, nr 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 those instances where the provisions of this ordinance are in direct conflict with such other ordinances and appropriations, in which instance said conflicting provisions of said prior ordinances and appropriations are hereby expressly repealed. SECTION 4. This ordinance shall fake effect upon adoption. AP ROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: ~ ~/ ,~;i ssistant City Attorney ADOPTED AND EFFECTIVE: March 21 2006 C6ty ®f Fort VV®rf,~~ T"~.~as COUNCIL ACTION: Approved on 3121120(}6 -Ordinance No. 1686U-f33-2006 & Ordinance No. 1686'1-03-2006 DATE: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 LOG NAME: 03ARTPARKGARAGE REFERENCE NO.: C-21355 SiUBJECT: Adoption of Appropriation Ordinances and Authorization to Enter into a Design Agreement with PhenomenArts, Inc., for Collaborative Design of Integral Public ArtlDesign Enhancements far the City Parking Garage RECOMMEN®ATION: It is recommended that the City Council: 1. Adapt the attached appropriation ardinance 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 fo the Specially Funded Capital Projects Fund; 3. Adapt the attached appropriation ardinance increasing estimated receipts and appropriations in the Specially Funded Capital Projects 1=und 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 1=acilities, Inc., far the City Parking Garage, in an amount not to exceed $80,000. ©ISCUSSI®N: The ©esign 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 of Convention Center visitors and parking garage patrons, who will encounter and activate a series of lights and colorful shadows that could provide way-frnding cues, as well as unique i*art Worth sounds, befitting of the Cifiy'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 callabaratian 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 Arf Plan for the Water Fund, presented to the City Council on November 14, 2005, which recommends an allocation equivalent to 2% of a projects budget for public art/design enhancements for City capital projects. The project was included in the Fart Worth Public Art Program's FY2005-06 Annual Wark Plan, adopted by the City Council on October 26, 2005, (M&C C- 21111} as a part of the City's agreement wi#h the Arts Council of Fort Worth and Tarrant County, Inc., for administration of the Fort Worth Public Art Program. Logz~atne: 03ARTPARKGARAGE ('age 1 0~ 3 BACKGROUN©: Using the process and guidelines established in the Fort Worth Public Art Master Plan {adopted by the City Council in September 2003), an artist selection panel, chaired by Council member Wendy Davis and including representatives of Jacobs Facilities, Inc., the Dort 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., far the project. Selection Panel (Vating}: Council Member and Appointees:• * Council Member Wendy Davis * Sandra Dennehy, AIA * Dr. David Stone Fork Worth Art Commission Appointees: '~ Kirk Millican, AIA, f=ort Worth Art Commission Representative ~` Carol Ivey, Artist Jacobs Facilities, Inc. Representative: * Brent Byers, AIA Advisors Non-Voting Representatives of: * Downtown Fort Worth Initiatives, [nc. * Transportation & Public Works Department * Public Bvents Department * Jacobs Facilities, Inc. 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 Christopher Janney, PhenornenArts, Inc., for the Parking Garage projec# and to dedicate an amount not to exceed $400,000 for the project. It 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 an funding availability in the Culture and Tourism Fund at the time of art fabrication and installation, staff will make a funding recommendation to Cauncii at that time, which will utilize some combination 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 Fort Worth residents. FISCAt_ tNFORMATIONICI=RTIFICATBON: The Finance Director cerkifies 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 FROM FunctlAccountlCenters C~G04 53807D 0240400 $80.000.00 ~ GG04 538Q70 0240400 X80,000.00 3.) C291 472004 031980013630 X80.000.00 ~ C291 539200 031980013630 X8,0,000.00 3.) C291 531.200 039980013630 80 (7QO.Op 5ubrraittect for City Manager"s Office bv: Libby Watson (6183) Ori_g_inating ©epartrr~ent React: Logname: 03ARTPARKGAftAGE Page 2 of 3 Bridgette Garrett (8518) Additional Information Contact: Sandy Oliver {7371) Logx~arr~e: 43ARTPARKGARAGE Page 3 of 3