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Staff update: possible art sites, school signage IGA and an RFP for bridal gateways
Summary
Staff updated the commission on candidate sites for public art (medians on South Broadway, Southwest Greenbelt, civic-center pads), a recently amended intergovernmental agreement with schools for community signage and an RFP for bridal gateways to be issued; staff also flagged MOA removals and park improvements affecting site choices.
Staff provided a broad update on public-art sites, partnerships and placemaking projects.
Staff reported the city had amended an intergovernmental agreement with the school district to partner on three community cabinet signs that will display both school and city messaging: Englewood High School, Clayton Elementary School and the Early Childhood Education Center at Maddox. The presenter said the sign partnership will rotate school messaging on one side of the cabinet and city messaging on the other.
Staff said they will issue an RFP the following day for the bridal gateways project, with a pre-proposal meeting scheduled for potential vendors; the vendor would handle permitting. Staff also reviewed candidate installation sites including median art pads on South Broadway (two medians in the first phase from Jefferson to Lehigh), 4-by-4 art pads at the Civic Center and potential installation along a recently paved Southwest Greenbelt path that connects to Rotolo Park. Staff cautioned certain places are in flood-control zones and will require permission from Mile High Flood District. Public Works staff noted some existing public pieces had been removed by MOA for cleaning or other reasons and confirmed at least one large white sculpture had been taken down; staff suggested those cleared pads could be candidate sites.
Staff and commissioners discussed examples from other cities for sculpture runs, rotating sculpture programs (sale/commission models), and partnerships that allow non-city groups to sponsor or donate pieces. Staff said costs for pouring a concrete pad vary depending on whether Public Works does the work; an estimate referenced in discussion was “just under $2,000” if the city poured the pad in-house. Staff and commissioners noted the art-bus program from earlier years had not been sustained due to lack of rotation and suggested developing a program management plan to keep installations refreshed.
