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HomeMy WebLinkAboutContract 57791-A1CSC No. 57791-A1 FIRST AMENDMENT TO CITY SECRETARY CONTRACT NO. 57791 This FIRST AMENDMENT TO CITY SECRETARY CONTRACT NO. 57791 ("First Amendment") is made and entered into by and between the City of Fort Worth, a home -rule municipal corporation of the State of Texas ("City"), acting by and through Jesica McEachern, its duly authorized Assistant City Manager, and Iris Bechtol, an individual located at 1122 Elmdale Place, Dallas, Texas 75224 ("Curatorial Consultant"). City has designated the Arts Council of Fort Worth and Tarrant County, Inc., d/b/a Arts Fort Worth, to manage this Agreement on the City's behalf. The Contract Manager shall act through its designated Public Art Project Manager. WHEREAS, on July 5, 2022, the City and Curatorial Consultant entered into City Secretary Contract No. 57791, an agreement for Final Design Curatorial Consulting for Public Art for Marine Creek Parkway ("Agreement"); WHEREAS, Project Artists' Final Designs, developed with Curatorial Consultant, were approved by the Fort Worth Art Commission on April 15, 2024. The approved Final Design Curatorial Statement is attached hereto as Exhibit "F"; WHEREAS, Curatorial Consultant has proposed a scope of services for the commission phase of the Marine Creek Parkway Public Art Project which will ensure coordination of written progress reports to Contract Manager and an educational community engagement for the entire project, inclusive of Sites A and B, and which has been reviewed and approved by City; and WHEREAS, it is the collective desire of both City and Curatorial Consultant to amend Article 2.1. of the Agreement, titled "Scope of Services," and Article 3.1. of the Agreement, titled "Fee," to increase the total amount of the contract by $7,707.00, thereby increasing the total contract amount to an amount not to exceed $32,214.00. NOW, THEREFORE, City and Curatorial Consultant, for and in consideration of the covenants and agreements hereinafter set forth, the sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, agree as follows: I. Section 2.1., titled "Scope of Services," is hereby amended by adding the following sections: OFFICIAL RECORD First Amendment to Fort Worth City Secretary Contract No. 57791 CITY SECRETARY 1 of 8 FT. WORTH, TX j. During fabrication of the Work, Curatorial Consultant shall assist Project Artists with assessment of progress and submit written reports for each artwork at quarterly progress intervals to Contract Manager. k. Curatorial Consultant shall develop an educational event with input from Project Artists which may include but is not limited to an artist talk and engaging community members in family -friendly activities. 1. Upon completion of fabrication, Curatorial Consultant shall assist with the development of a press release for submission a minimum of six weeks prior to installation of each respective Work. Should the Work for Site A and Site B install at different times, Curatorial Consultant shall create two press releases as indicated above, one for each Site. Curatorial Consultant acknowledges that City reserves the right to edit as needed prior to releasing to the public. M. Curatorial Consultant shall assist in the development of plaque language for each artwork, which will appropriately describe the curatorial process and artwork concepts while following the standard Fort Worth Public Art Collection format. Curatorial Consultant acknowledges that City reserves the right to edit as needed. Il. Sections 3.1., titled "Fee," is hereby amended by deleting it in its entirety and replacing it with the following: 3.1. Fee. The City shall pay the Curatorial Consultant a fee in an amount not to exceed THIRTY-TWO THOUSAND, TWO HUNDRED FOURTEEN DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($32,214.00), which shall constitute full compensation for all services and materials to be performed and furnished by the Curatorial Consultant under this Agreement, inclusive of a Curatorial Consultant fee of $19,014.00, an allowance for professional services as required, and all other expenses associated with this Agreement. Curatorial Consultant shall be paid in the following installments, each installment to represent full and final, non-refundable payment for all services and materials provided prior to the due date thereof: a. ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($1,000.00) within thirty days after execution of this Agreement. b. TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($2,000.00) within thirty days after Curatorial Consultant completes a site visit and Project Core Team design meeting in coordination with Project Artists. First Amendment to Fort Worth City Secretary Contract No. 57791 2of8 C. TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($2.000.00) within thirty days after Curatorial Consultant submits Curatorial Deliverables and presents Final Design for Project with Project Artists to the FWAC and Project Core Team. d. TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($2.000.00) within thirty days after Curatorial Consultant presents Final Design for Project with Project Artists to the FWAC and Project Core Team. e. OUrWO TH SAND. FIVE HUNDRED SEVEN DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($2,507.00) within thirty days after approval of Final Design by the FWAC. f. City will provide an allowance of up to THIRTEEN TH SAND, TUW HUNDRED DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($13,200.00) for engineering or other consulting fees as necessary. Such payment shall be made for actual services rendered only and upon receipt of an invoice from Curatorial Consultant with the original invoice (a retainer fee of up to 50% is allowed) for such services attached. g. TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($2,000.00) within thirty days of execution of this First Amendment. h. OUONE TH SAND DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($1,000.00) within thirty days after Curatorial Consultant has submitted a 25% fabrication report. i. OUONE TH SAND DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($1,000.00) within thirty days after Curatorial Consultant has submitted a 50% fabrication report. j. OUONE TH SAND DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($1,000.00) within thirty days after Curatorial Consultant has submitted a 75% fabrication report. k. ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($1,000.00) within thirty days after Curatorial Consultant has submitted 100% fabrication report and draft plaque language for the Works at Site A and Site B. 1. ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($1,000.00) within thirty days after Curatorial Consultant submits draft press release for Site A to Contract Manager. In. ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($1,000.00) within thirty days after Curatorial Consultant submits draft press release for Site B to Contract Manager. n. ONE THOUSAND, FIVE HUNDRED SEVEN DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($1,507.00) within thirty days after Curatorial Consultant develops and leads an educational event for the community associated with the Project. First Amendment to Fort Worth City Secretary Contract No. 57791 3 of 8 Funds previously paid to Curatorial Consultant prior to this First Amendment shall apply towards the total compensation paid to Curatorial Consultant. IV. All other terms, provisions, conditions, covenants, and recitals of the Agreement not expressly amended herein shall remain in full force and effect. [Remainder of page intentionally left blank.] First Amendment to Fort Worth City Secretary Contract No. 57791 4of8 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Amendment in multiples. By:` — p= Jesica McEachern Assistant City Manager DateAu g 16, 2024 Ity: liftok Iris • F...- Date: I��Z CONTRACT COMPLIANCE MANAGER By signing, I acknowledge that I am the person responsible for the monitoring and administration of this contract, including ensuring all performance and reporting requirements. Michelle Richardson Public Art Project Manager APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: Tketi guaU Bypro.,Qm W!Alan3' :2Q2413.1ACDT) Trey Qualls Assistant City Attorney ATTEST: 4.0440pq�� >°f` �opr0a°d o_o a9a°o Pvo o=d 0�'Qa**.. oQo*�d By: 44 nE�ASgao Jannette S. . Goodall City Secretary Contract Authorization: N/A OFFICIAL RECORD CITY SECRETARY FT. WORTH, TX First Amendment to Fort Worth City Secretary Contract No. 57791 5 of 8 EXHIBIT F: Approved Final Design Curatorial Statement Artists Leticia Bajuyo and Alicia Eggert's conceptual framework of their individual studio practices is built on responding to and being in conversation with people and places, which is important in the context of public art. Bajuyo's studio practice is guided by personal experiences of growing up in the midwest and an interest in how capitalism drives desire and creates internalized pressures of assimilation. Conceptually, Eggert's work makes language and time tangible through sculptural forms whose structure and style is influenced by commercial signage. Together their designs for the Marine Creek Parkway public art project create a dynamic conversation between the two roundabouts, connecting us the viewer to the roadway in a way that brings a harmony to an otherwise monotonous aspect of our lives - driving. I am always running out of time. Time to work. Time to leave. Time to sleep. Time to do all the things I want to do or need to get done. I am told time is precious. Indeed. Somehow I missed the time between then and now. And sadly, it is gone. There are days when time seems endless and others when it is gone in a blink. This construct we call time created to navigate, keep track of, and manage our everyday lives, connects us. It calls to us every morning and we pass it throughout our day. It leads us into the night and takes us to the next day, the next, and so on. Time marches on and so do we. Perhaps one way to capture it is to make meaning from it. One way to do so is through the practice of art. Bajuyo's One Way and Eggert's A Very Long Now give form to time, encouraging the viewer to consider it as linear, endless, and cyclical. Evolving from each artist's respective practices as individuals, their work crosses paths and intersects through the concept of time and its companion movement. Bajuyo and Eggert respond to the roundabouts, seeing them as a clock as drivers move around them, "passing time" on their daily commute. While the sculptures are stationary, their design parallels the movement of the roadway and the roundabouts, creating a rhythmic quality, like a clock ticking in time, that is both pleasing to the eye and guides the passersby around the road. And while they are in dialogue through their shared conceptualization of time, their differences in color, shape, size, use of language as a formal element and placement on the roundabout, provide a dynamic and individual experience for the viewer. In Bajuyo's One Way twenty-four steel doilies employ the word "ONE WAY" and mimic the arrows from the directional traffic signs along the roundabout at Cromwell -Marine Creek Road. The doilies are reminiscent of vortexes, star -wheel rake tractors, hay bales, and dandelions which are all prevalent in Bajuyo's practice and also nod to the history and landscape of the surrounding area as former ranchland near woodlands, open prairies, and nature conservation sites. Painted in a gradation of blue to green, the twenty-four doilies are arranged to form an infinity sign, commenting on the endlessness and cyclical nature of time. As the viewer moves around the roundabout they are directed by the undulating rhythm of the infinity sequence and the gradual change of colors which recall color changes in plants and the sky from season to season. Again, giving form to time through repetition of elements and recalling the passing of time as a viewer sees in the sky and the landscape changing over time. First Amendment to Fort Worth City Secretary Contract No. 57791 6of8 The spiraling up in Eggert's A Very Long Now suggests the possibility of time extending, spiraling outward and upward. The spiral, constructed of 60 aluminum laser cutouts of the word "now", alludes to the number of seconds in a minute and number of minutes in an hour. Driving around the roundabout, a viewer sees the "nows" appear and disappear, reminding us of the past, present, and future. As humans our time here is finite and a day that is past is gone forever, but other things continue. Though the present is fleeting, A Very Long Now asks how might we consider now while imagining what a now in the future would look like. If we slow down just a bit and experience this present moment, perhaps our experience of "now" will be quite different. Each sculptures' placement in its respective roundabout and the rhythmic quality created by repetition of elements ensures a visually engaging experience from all directions, reinforcing again the aspect of time in the work. The infinity wave and succession of color from hues of green to blue in Bajuyo's One Way and the spiraling curve of Eggert's A Very Long Now lead drivers around the roundabout like a hand moving around a clock, serving as a calming guide helping drivers to navigate. These visual cues remind us of the pulsating rhythm that exists in the human systems and non -human ecosystems in and around Marine Creek Parkway. With Bajuyo's One Way reminding us of the endless cycle of twenty four hours in the day and and Eggert's A Very Long Now beckoning us to live in the present by showing us each moment in a minute and an hour through each aluminum "NOW", the sculptures and the relationship between them give form to the relative endlessness of time as memory and experience; how it circles, loops, and overlaps. Existing physically in the human -made space of the road and philosophically in the human concept of time, the sculptures are near areas of undisturbed woodland, a creek, and a lake which are home to native flora and fauna whose existence in time is much more intuitive than ours. As pedestrians venture down sidewalks near the roundabout, they are able to easily see the sculptures from further away due to their size that sits perfectly in the roundabouts. And again, the visual rhythm of both sculptures and their conceptual connections to time encourages us to stop and take notice of the non -human ecosystem that exists in tandem with the road. Together their designs for the Marine Creek Parkway public art project give tangible form to time, a construct created by humans to measure and navigate various aspects of our lives. It has been such an honor to bring together the work of these two great artists, trusting my judgment in choosing them and trusting that they would bring to fruition two compelling public sculptures that would speak to their individual voices as artists while connecting in dialogue through a shared vision and concept of time. I see myself as an artist who curates. I do so because I want to ensure other artists have opportunities to share their unique perspectives with the public. I intentionally chose two artists who are women, educators, and demonstrated conceptual and technical prowess in visual art. In this way I enabled two unique voices not often given space, time, and funding to share their work with a community. Their sculptures engage the public in a dialogue on various psychological and philosophical aspects of time, animating the mundane space of driving on the roadway and encouraging a more thoughtful experience of everyday life. First Amendment to Fort Worth City Secretary Contract No. 57791 7 of 8 Approved Final Design Renderings Associated with Statement One Way by Leticia R. Bajuyo for Site A A Very Long Now by Alicia Eggert for Site B pro 1 First Amendment to Fort Worth City Secretary Contract No. 57791 8 of 8 FORT WORTH CSC No. 57791-A1 Routing and Transmittal Slip Library- FWPA Department DOCUMENT TITLE: MARINE CREEK PARKWAY CURATORIAL CONSULTANT Al CONTRACT M&C n/a CPN DATE: TO: 1. Trey Qualls 2. Jesica McEachern 3. Jannette S. Goodall rd IJ 0 CSO # DOC# INITIALS DATE OUT A 4 ,lug 16, 2024 Aug 165 2024 DOCUMENTS FOR CITY MANAGER'S SIGNTURE: All documents received from any and all City Departments requesting City Manager's signature for approval MUST BE ROUTED TO THE APPROPRIATE ACM for approval first. Once the ACM has signed the routing slip, David will review and take the next steps. NEEDS TO BE NOTARIZED: ❑ Yes X No RUSH: ❑ Yes V No SAME DAY: ❑ Yes X No NEXT DAY: X Yes ❑ No ROUTING TO CSO: X Yes ❑ No Action Required: ❑ As Requested ❑ For Your Information X Signature/Routing and or Recording ❑ Comment ❑ File ❑ Attach Signature, Initial and Notary Tabs Return to: Please call Michelle Richardson at 817-298-3040 (mrichardson@artsfortworth.org) for pick up when completed. Thank you.