Title
Artist Design Contract for Community Lift Stations - Water Services West Yard Public Art Project (Ordinance S-45879)
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to enter into a contract with the artist team of Gabriel and Isaac Fortoul, doing business as the Fortoul Brothers, LLC., or its City-approved designee, for an amount not to exceed $95,000 to work with a project architectural team to design safety and aesthetic enhancements for fences, gates and pedestrian approaches from nearby transit to the Water Services Department's new West Service Yard, at 47th Avenue and Camelback Road. Further request authorization for the City Controller to disburse all funds related to this item.
Report
Summary
The Fiscal Year 2018-23 Public Art Project Plan includes a project to commission artists to work with landscape architects and other design professionals to enhance the security and appearance of community lift stations, well sites and other water facilities Citywide. These sites play an essential role in the City's water delivery and service system. The West Service Yard will encompass 36 acres and require design and construction of approximately 3,500 linear feet of wall and fences, three large rolling security gates, and easy pedestrian access to and from a transit stop on Camelback Road. The site's customer service center is expected to accommodate 1,000 customers a day, 500 of whom are expected to arrive on foot or by bus.
On June 7, 2019, a five-person artist selection panel recommended the Fortoul Brothers from a qualified pool of 30 artists who had responded to a City-issued Request for Qualifications. The panel based its decision on the team's ability to work well with the community and project design team, its expertise in creating successful works of community-based public art, and its potential to create highly durable enhancements that suit the needs of the community and site.
The selection panel included Raymundo Cabrera, Community Outreach Specialist, ASU Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts; Jamie Johnson, Sevilla Neighborhood Association community representative; Raphael Ngotie, Public Art Specialist and United States Embassy Facility Manager, Abidjan, Cote d'lvoire; Rebecca Rothman, Tempe Public Art Director; and Can Xiao, Water Services Department Project Manager. Project Architect Sergio Martinez served as an adviser to the panel.
Financial Impact
The Community Lift Stations project is one of 31 projects in the Fiscal Year 2018-23 Public Art Project Plan that City Council approved on June 28, 2018. The Art Plan includes $180,604 this fiscal year to begin design for this project. The proposed $95,000 contract will cover all costs related to the artists' working with the overall project team to develop the the project's design concepts and construction documents. Funds for project construction would be requested once the design phase is completed successfully. Funds for this project come from the Water Services Department Capital Improvement Program budget.
Concurrence/Previous Council Action
The Phoenix Arts and Culture Commission reviewed and recommended approval of this item at its June 18, 2019, meeting.
Location
West Service Yard located at 47th Avenue and Camelback Road
Council District: 5
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Manager Karen Peters and the Office of Arts and Culture.