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Home My WebLink About07-01-2004 Public Art Advisory CommitteeAgenda Public Art Advisory Committee Thursday, July 1, 2004 3:30PM Lobby Conference Room A. Call to order B. Public discussion of any item not on the agenda C. Consideration of the minutes of the June 3, 2004 meeting D. Review and recommendation on amendments to contract with David Dahlquist for the Court Street Transportation Center art components. E. Review and recommendation on submittals for the Benton Hill Park entryway project. F. Committee time/Other business G. Adjournment MINUTES Preliminary IOWA CITY PUBLIC ART ADVISORY COMMITTEE THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 2004, 3:30 P.M. LOBBY CONFERENCE ROOM, CITY HALL Members Present: Mark Seabold, Emily Walsh, Rick Fosse, Terry Trueblood Members Absent: Barbara Camillo, Charles Felling, James Hemsley Staff Present: Karin Franklin, Marcia Klingaman Visitors Present: Aaron Cantine, Seth Godard (Peninsula Park Project) DaLayne Williamson (Northside Neighborhood Project) Call to Order The meeting was called to order by Mark Seabold, acting chair, at 3:37 p.m. RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL To approve the concept for the Northside Neighborhood art project of decorative aluminum house finials on streets signs in the neighborhood. Public discussion of any item not on the agenda There was no discussion. Consideration of the Minutes of May 20 2004 Meeting Revisions to Minutes: Benton Hill Park Project: Second paragraph, change tri-folded to folded. David Dahlquist Contract Amendment: Last sentence in second paragraph should read ...$5,000 for the way finding is clearly justifiable. Last sentence in Minutes: Felling will be in Prague, not Seabold. Motion: A motion was made by Rick Fosse, seconded by Emily Walsh, to approve the Minutes as revised. The motion carried, 4-0. Discussion of Peninsula Park sculpture project Aaron Cantine presented project specs of the Welcome Tree sculpture. Materials: 8 — 20' steel rods ''Y2' diameter (base) 1 — %" thick steel plate for mounting 3 — 4x8 sheets of 22 gauge steel (possibly Stainless) Dimension: 13' tall x 6.5' in diameter Iowa City Public Art Advisory Committee June 3, 2004 Page 2 Cantine was asked to submit a proposal including cost estimates for all options of design and materials. Terry Trueblood advised that the sculpture should comply with playground equipment guidelines regarding size of openings for hands and head. Cantine visualized sculpture located out in open space where bridge trestles were stored. Seth Godard would like to work with stone. He described a design as stacking stone and a metal template with punch drill with rods in center and then stacked stones on the rods. He is also considering a wire form covered in shrink-wrap plastic. When sculpture is placed in area where climibing of the sculpture is anticipated, a safety surface must be put in place, such as sand, pea gravel, wood processed mulch or rubber. These materials are safer than grass. Time Frame: Target date for completion of the bridge is August 2004. The first piece should be in place in spring 2005. If it is a rotating art display, the first piece would remain in place for one year at least. At that time it may be decided that the piece would be acquired, or the project may continue with the rotating art concept. At this juncture, the approach of the Committee is that this project will be a rotating art display. It was decided that all proposals for the art project should be submitted to the committee by July 23, for review at the August 5 meeting. Aaron and Seth should attend the August meeting. More artists should be encouraged to submit designs to the committee for the Peninsula Park and other projects. Aaron Cantine and Seth Godard left the meeting at 4:07. Presentation of Northside Neighborhood art Proposal DeLayne Williamson presented John Coyne's sign sketch of the Vonnegut House. Signs are made of cast aluminum. Coyne will also submit sketches for a four square; a Queen Ann cottage; a bungalow; the historic brick house at Van Buren and Ronalds; and possibly the Spanish style house at Brown and Linn Streets. Estimated cost for 30-35 signs is $15,000, with multiple copies of each design. Motion: A motion was made by Emily Walsh, seconded by Rick Fosse, to accept John Coyne's house concept for the Northside Neighborhood art project. The motion carried 4-0. The concept will be presented to the City Council in July. The Council will need to approve the final contract with Coyne. As soon as possible, the committee would like to see drawings that show the spaces for open windows, dimensions and an evaluation from a city engineer on design feasibility in terms of size and weight relative to the placement of the "house" signs on street sign posts. Iowa City Public Art Advisory Committee June 3, 2004 Page 3 Terry Trueblood will not be able to attend the July 1st meeting. Adjournment There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at approximately 4:27 p.m. data on citynt/pcd/minutes/public art2004/art06-03-04.doc Board or Commission: Public Art Advisory Committee ATTENDANCE RECORD YEAR 2004 .11ine 3. 200d NAME TERM EXP. 1/8/04 2/5/04 3/4/04 4/1/04 5/6/04 5/20/04 6/3/04 7/1/04 8/5/04 9/2/04 Barbara Camillo 111105 O X X X X X O/E Charles Felling 1/1/06 X X X X X X O/E Rick Fosse X X O X O/E X X James Hemsle 1/1/06 O O X X O/E O/E O/E Mark Seabold 1/1/07 X X O X X X X TerTy Trueblood X X X X X O/E X Emily Carter Walsh 1/1/05 O X X X X X X KEY: X = Present O = Absent O/E = Absent/Excused NM = No meeting r ®�r CITY OF IOWA CITY �� MEMORANDUM Date: June 4, 2004 To: Public Art Advisory Committee From: Karin Franklin, Director, PCD Re: Dahlquist Contract The City and David Dahlquist entered into a contract for the art components of the Court Street Transportation Center (fka the Near Southside Transportation Center) in December, 2001. This project is part of a Liviable Cities grant from the Federal Transit Authority (FTA) and was delayed for some time due to federal allocations decision -making. Consequently, there are a number of housekeeping changes, as well as some substantive changes, which need to be made in the contract with Dahlquist Clayworks. The housekeeping changes relate primarily to the schedule for completion of certain work items. Substantive changes relate to the evolution of the work product as David has worked through this project with the staff, the Committee and Council and the architects for the Transportation Center. Originally the art consisted of a unique design for a fence for the childcare area and way -finding for the parking facility itself. The fence project was to have a community participation element. As David designed the metal fence that PAAC and the City Council have subsequently agreed to, it became apparent that the community participation element would more appropriately become part of the way -finding piece. We are currently working with the art teacher at Longfellow School to engage students in tile designs for the way -finding element that will be executed in the elevator lobby of each level of the ramp. These items need to be addressed in the contract for clarity. In addition, the transportation center project evolved from a building with four parking levels to one with six parking levels. This has added to the expense of the final product. There has also been additional expense for the fence. As contracts with the childcare provider and work with the architect proceeded, it became apparent that two gates would be required in the metal fence. This will mean added expense in materials for the fence as well as re -engineering of the fence to accommodate separate "door jambs" and closure mechanisms for each gate. There have also been some material cost changes in the year and a half during which this project was delayed. The additional levels for the way -finding component of the project add $5,000 to the project and the added gates, engineering and materials changes add $10,000 to the cost of the fence. Consequently, the total contract would be increased from $40,000 to $55,000. Because this project is part of a Liviable Cities grant, the FTA covers 80% of the cost and local funds cover 20% of the cost. In terms of the public art component, this means the FTA grant will cover $44,000 of this contract and public art funds will cover $11,000; this is an increase for the public art budget of $3,000 over the original contract. There are sufficient funds in the public art allocation to cover this increase, as well as all other current commitments for public art dollars. The Committee is asked to recommend to the City Council approval of a revised contract with Dahlquist Clayworks reflecting the changes noted above. Cc David Dahlquist