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Approving a reallocation of public art funds in the amount of $15,000 from the El Rio Vista Field project to the Parque Castillo Play Area project.
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WHEREAS, on July 22, 2009, the City adopted the Public Art Ordinance in Saint Paul Administrative Code Chapter 12; and
WHEREAS, the Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation has determined that the public art funds for the El Rio Vista Field project would be more effectively used at Parque Castillo play area; and
WHEREAS, the Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation supports reallocation of the funds to augment public art funds at Parque Castillo, which is just across the street from El Rio Vista Field, and within the same Ward (2, Council Member Noecker) and Planning District (3, West Side Community Organization); and
WHEREAS, both the community design advisory committee for the Parque Castillo Park project and El Rio Vista Field project advocates concur with the reallocation; and
WHEREAS, the Parks Design and Construction Division staff recommend the reallocation in order to design and implement a more substantial and relevant art piece usingSaio one artist and one design process for both facilities; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, that the proper city officials are hereby authorized and directed to reallocate the public art funds from El Rio Vista to Parque Castillo in the amount of $15,000 to Parque Castillo, for a new Parque Castillo public art fund amount of $21,150 as required by the City to comply with its Public Art Ordinance Program Guidelines manual, dated June 23, 2014; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Saint Paul, upon recommendation of the Mayor and the advice of the Long Range Capital Improvement Budget Committee, that $15,000 is available for appropriation in the 2015 Capital Improvement Budget, and said 2015 budget, as therefore adopted by the Council, is hereby further amended.
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