The concept of utilizing traffic signal control cabinets as "canvases" to showcase the work of local artists along the East Lancaster Corridor was included in the East Lancaster Public Art Plan by artist Jack Mackie.  An Open Call was issued to local artists inviting them to submit images of existing artwork on any of the community-chosen themes:

• Transportation (bus, pedestrian, bicycle, train, airplane);
• Library (i.e. reading, research, education);
• History of Fort Worth' s East Side, including Route 66, Bankhead Highway, landmarks, music halls;
• Schools on the East Side;
• Recreation; and
• Environmental Stewardship.

License Agreements will be signed with multiple local artists selected from the Open Call, and artwork will be installed on the signal control cabinets at the intersections of Pine Street, Riverside Drive, Beach Street, Collard Street, Ayres Avenue, Sargent Street, Oakland Boulevard, Rand Street, Edgewood Terrace, Tierney Road, Weiler Boulevard, Canton Drive, Handley Drive and Sandy Lane. Artwork images will be fabricated using readily available signage manufacturing technology (graffiti resistant, adhesive vinyl film media) with a warranted life span of at least 4 years. The Weiler Boulevard, Canton Drive, and Handley Drive cabinets are located in Council District 5. All other cabinets are in Council District 8.

Art Commission Actions: The Selection Panel' s recommendation of 14 images and one alternate were approved by the Art Commission on June 13, 2016. The recommended locations for each image were reviewed by Council Members Bivens and Allen Gray on August 5, 2016. The Art Commission approved the fabricator selection process on October 10, 2016. An Open Request for Proposals was issued, and Signature Graphics, Inc., submitted the lowest bid proposal and was found to be responsive and highly qualified for the project.

This project is included in the Fort Worth Public Art Fiscal Year 2017 Annual Work Plan, which was adopted and for which funds were appropriated by City Council on October 25, 2016, as M&C G-18867.

Project budget and funding sources are as follows:
  

PROJECT BUDGET	-
Artwork Licenses $500.00 per artwork image	$   7,000.00
Fabrication and Installation	$   8,000.00
Contingencies	$   5,000.00
TOTAL	$ 20,000.00

  

FUNDING SOURCES	AMOUNT	CABINET LOCATIONS
Public Art Fund (Subfund 98)	$  6,500.00	Pine, Handley and Sandy
2007 Critical Capital Needs	$13,500.00	Riverside, Beach, Collard, Ayres, Sargent, Oakland, Rand, Edgewood Terrace, Tierney, Weiler and Canton
TOTAL	$20,000.00	-

M/WBE OFFICE - The City's overall M/WBE goal for the Fort Worth Public Art Program is 25 percent of total capital project dollars expended on public art annually.

This project is located in COUNCIL DISTRICTS 5 and 8 (Mapsco 77B, C, D; 78E, F, G, H; 79E, F, G, M; and 80J, K, L). Council Members Gyna Bivens and Kelly Allen Gray concur with the Fort Worth Art Commission's recommendation to implement this project.