On July 10, 2013, the City of Fort Worth (City) entered into an Agreement for Commission of Public Artwork with Sato Service, LLC, (City Secretary Contract (CSC) No. 44615) to fabricate, deliver and install glass and stone mosaics on six East Clear Fork Crossing Bridge Monuments titled Trinity Water Fowl and 10 Water Crossing Markers with metal sculptural caps, on the Chisholm Trail Parkway, in the amount of $907,178.00, including a contingency allowance of $58,884.00 for unforeseen changes in fabrication or installation costs.
In accordance with the construction schedule provided by the North Texas Tollway Authority (NTTA), the artist delivered the artwork to the City by the end of April 2014 and scheduled her crew to travel to Fort Worth to install the mosaics in May 2014. NTTA, in concurrence with the City, decided to open Chisholm Trail Parkway to traffic on May 11, 2014. The East Clear Fork Crossing was still under construction at the time and the artist was unable to complete the installation at this location. The City understood that opening Chisholm Trail Parkway prior to the complete installation of the artwork would result in additional costs to complete the East Clear Fork Crossing installation. This decision necessitated two separate artwork installation phases that occurred 18 months apart (May/June 2014 and October/November 2015), which were both accomplished while the parkway was in operation. The active parkway required traffic control in order to carry out the work. Unanticipated costs incurred by the artist included traffic control for required lane closures during installation ($24,909.00), warehouse rental for storage of the artwork ($8,085.00), as well as equipment rental, site remediation, remobilization and travel expenses for the installation crew and artist and other installation expenses.
On November 20, 2015, a contract amendment (CSC No. 44615-A2) was executed to increase the artist's contingency budget by up to $49,000.00 to cover unforeseen costs incurred by the artist due to the circumstances described above. It has been determined that the amount of $33,955.28 in this appropriation ordinance will be sufficient to cover the artist's unanticipated expenses for the project.
Unexpended contingency funds from the Wind Roundabout project by Ned Kahn for the Trinity River Vision (Panther Island) Bridges Project (referred to as Henderson Street in the 2004 Bond Program) in the amount of $95,119.28 in two percent public art funds from the 2004 Bond Program, Proposition No. 1, is available to cover the appropriation being requested in this M&C. ARTWORK COMMISSION CONTRACT BUDGET
The Chisholm Trail Parkway is located in COUNCIL DISTRICTS 3, 6 and 9.
CONTRACT | FUNDING SOURCES | AMOUNT | APPROPRIATIONS | 44615 | 2004 Bond Program, Proposition 1 (SH121T) | $328,200.00 | June 4, 2013
M&C 26287 | 44615 | 2004 Bond Program, Proposition 1 | $368,080.00 | June 4, 2013
M&C 26287 | 44615 | 2007 Critical Capital Needs Program | $210,898.00 | June 4, 2013
M&C 26287 | - | TOTAL | $907,178.00 | - | 44615-A2 | 2004 Bond Program, Proposition 1 | $ 33,955.28 | This M&C | - | NEW TOTAL | $941,133.28 | - |
This M&C does not request approval of a contract with a business entity. |
