RESOLUTION NO. 24-____
Resolution Of The City Council Of The City Of Emeryville Adopting The Public Art Committee’s Recommendations To Select Five Artists And Teams Of Artists: 1) Jeanine Centuori And Russell Rock Of UrbanRock Design; 2) Sijia Chen Of Sijia Chen Studio; 3) Scott Donahue, Lesley Gasparetti, And John Roberts; 4) Addie Boswell And Matt Cartwright; 5) Pete Goldlust And Melanie Germond Of “The Germlusts” As Finalists For The 40th Streetscape Public Art Project; Authorizing The City Manager To Execute Contracts With The Artist Teams For The Design Of Conceptual Proposals For The 40th Streetscape Public Art Project In The Amount Of $4,000 Plus Travel Expenses For Each Team To Be Funded From The Public Art Fund (Fund 243) / CIP Project # COF-03
WHEREAS, Article 4 of Chapter 2 of Title 3 of the Emeryville Municipal Code establishes the Contributions for the Art in Public Places Program; and WHEREAS, Section 3-2.404 of the Emeryville Municipal Code establishes the Emeryville Public Art Fund to implement the Art in Public Places Program; and WHEREAS, on November 15, 2016, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 16-167 adopting the Emeryville Public Art Master Plan, which included the 40th Streetscape Public Art Project; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 18.13 of the Art in Public Places Program Policy and Procedure, adopted by the City Council by Resolution No. 90-115 on December 18, 1990, the Public Art Committee (“PAC”) shall review art plans for artwork to be located within a public place by the City; and
WHEREAS, on June 6, 2023., the City Council adopted Resolution No. 23-069 approving the Capital Improvement Program for Fiscal Years 2023-2024 to 2027-2028 (the “CIP”), which allocated $500,000 in Art in Public Places funds for new public art investments as CIP No. COF-03, including the “40th Street Multimodal Improvement Public Art”; and WHEREAS, between February 1, 2024 and March 15, 2024, the City accepted submittals of qualifications for the 40th Streetscape Public Art Project via Call for Entry; and WHEREAS, 45 Qualifications submittals were received and individually ranked by a Selection Panel; and
WHEREAS, on March 28, 2024, the Selection Panel reviewed twelve semifinalists and recommended five finalists be awarded Conceptual Design Proposal Contracts as follows: (1) Jeanine Centuori and Russell Rock of UrbanRock Design; (2) Sijia Chen of Sijia Chen Studio, (3) Scott Donahue, Lesley Gasparetti, and John Roberts; (4) Addie Boswell and Matt Cartwright; (5) Pete Goldlust and Melanie Germond of “The Germlusts”; and
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40th Streetscape Public Art Conceptual Design Proposals City Council Meeting | May 21, 2024
WHEREAS, on April 25, 2024, the PAC recommended the City Council award Conceptual Design Proposal Contracts to the five applicants as recommended by the Selection Panel; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Emeryville hereby selects (1) Jeanine Centuori and Russell Rock of UrbanRock Design; (2) Sijia Chen of Sijia Chen Studio, (3) Scott Donahue, Lesley Gasparetti, and John Roberts; (4) Addie Boswell and Matt Cartwright; (5) Pete Goldlust and Melanie Germond of “The Germlusts” as the 40th Streetscape Public Art Finalists, and be it further
RESOLVED, that the City Council hereby authorizes the City Manager to execute Conceptual Design Contracts with each of the five finalists for $4,000 each plus travel expenses for artists traveling over 100 miles to Emeryville; and be it further RESOLVED, that the City Council hereby authorizes the City Manager to make minor amendments to the Conceptual Design Contracts as necessary to effectuate the development of visual and narrative proposals for the 40th Streetscape Public Art Project, provided such amendments do not materially increase the obligations of the City thereunder.
ADOPTED, by the City Council of the City of Emeryville at a regular meeting held Tuesday, May 21, 2024, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
MAYOR
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
CITY CLERK CITY ATTORNEY
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