City Council
MEETING DATE: 4/25/2018
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Placement of Betty Gold Tiron IV Sculpture and Status of East Palm Canyon Median Landscape Project.
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FROM:
Public Arts Commission / Deanna Pressgrove
Engineering Department / John Corella
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Staff recommends approval of the Public Arts Commission recommendation to place Betty Gold Tiron IV within the East Palm Canyon Median and the allocation of $13,300 from the public arts fund for the installation and lighting of Tiron IV.
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BACKGROUND:
On November 13, 2017, the Cathedral City Public Arts Commission voted unanimously to make a recommendation to City Council to accept Betty Gold Tiron IV Sculpture donated to the City by the Bernstein family.
On November 29, 2017, City Council accepted the donation of Betty Gold Tiron IV Sculpture.
On March 12, 2018, the Public Arts Commission voted unanimously to approve the recommendation to City Council for the placement of Betty Gold Tiron IV within the median along East Palm Canyon and Date Palm and the allocation of public arts fund in an amount not to exceed $13,300 for the installation and lighting of Tiron IV.
DISCUSSION:
Engineering has the East Palm Canyon Drive Median Landscaping Project out to bid. Request for approving the contract to construct the Project will be presented to the City Council in May 2018 and construction should begin in June 2018.
The beautification of the median will include centralized solar power to energize led lighting, steel agave plants, various rocks and boulders, decorative concrete curbing, decomposed granite areas of various desert colors, concrete stained and scored to match color hues and the foundation for the Betty Gold art piece.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The $13,300 would be allocated from the public arts fund.
ATTACHMENTS:
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