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City staff recommend artist selection process for Gregory Canyon Creek parklets under 1% for art program
Summary
Staff presented a proposal to commission site-specific public art for three new parklets along Gregory Canyon Creek, funded by a 1% arts allocation from a utilities capital project; the commission moved to recommend the selection panel and project initiation to the city manager.
City of Boulder staff presented a public-art proposal for three new parklets built as part of the Gregory Canyon Creek utilities project and asked the Arts Commission to recommend the project initiation and artist selection panel to the city manager.
The project would use the city’s 1% for art allocation tied to the utilities capital work on Gregory Canyon Creek. Staff reported a total art budget of $167,000 drawn from the project’s capital funds, with a proposed artist contract budget of about $150,000, honoraria for three proposals, panel stipends and a small contingency.
Staff recommended commissioning a single artist to create cohesive, site‑specific works for the three small parklets north of the Hill, adjacent to Flatirons Elementary School and Columbia Cemetery. Staff described a planned open call, an arts selection panel that includes neighborhood and arts representatives, and a technical review committee composed of project engineers and landscape staff.
Named members of the selection panel and technical review committee were identified in the presentation: Commissioner Jill Katzenberger and community members Liz Kwan and Emily Bokesenbaum; artist/arts professional Sarah Chestnut; and technical reviewers Kristen Kapatayas (civil engineering senior project manager), Angela Arago (communications senior project manager), Mark Garcia (planning and development services), Kurt Bauer (Mile High Flood District) and Cassie Caslon (landscape architect).
A commissioner moved that the Gregory Canyon Creek public-art selection panel and project initiation be recommended to the city manager for approval. The transcript records the motion; it does not record a detailed vote tally or roll call in the meeting record provided.
Staff said the selection process would begin in the next month or two with an orientation meeting and that the open call would include honoraria for finalists and stipends for panelists.
