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Resolution to Approve Second Amendment to Professional Services Agreement with Aaron Seagraves as Public Art Administrator and Appropriate Public Art Fund Balance ($5,410.00) (8 Votes Required)
Memorandum
Your approval is requested to amend the Professional Service Agreement with Aaron Seagraves for consulting services in the amount of $5,410.00. This second amendment to the Professional Service Agreement would extend the agreement by two months, to end July 31, 2013, and would increase the total possible compensation to $30,400.00.
The purpose of the City’s public art program is to create public art to improve the aesthetic quality of public spaces and structures, provide cultural and recreational opportunities, contribute to the local heritage, stimulate economic activity and promote the general welfare of the community. The Ann Arbor Public Art Commission (AAPAC) is the oversight body of the program. Commission members are nominated by the Mayor and approved by City Council. Craig Hupy, Public Services Administrator, acts as the City liaison to AAPAC, and, under his direction, the Public Services Area provides support to the Commission.
Ann Arbor’s public art program is in the process of completing several new public artworks in 2013 and onto the first half of 2014. Installation of the artwork in the Justice Center lobby is on schedule to take place on May 25, 2013. A design proposal from the four artist finalists for an artwork at the Ann Arbor Stadium Bridges Reconstruction is scheduled to take place on June 7th. Public art projects located at a new rain garden installation, at Kingsley and First Street, and at the Argo Cascades, are also underway. Based on the needed support for the multiple public art projects that are being planned, City staff determined that it was in the best interest of the City to extend the services of the consultant to assist the Commission and the public art program while City staff continue to provide budget planning and...
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