Adopt City of Fort Worth Public Art Fund Reprogramming Plans for the 2004 Bond Program, 2007 Critical Capital Needs Program and the 2008 Bond Program and Adopt Appropriation Ordinance in the Amount of $1,900,417.00 (ALL COUNCIL DISTRICTS)

It is recommended that the City Council:

1. Adopt the attached City of Fort Worth Public Art Fund Reprogramming Plans for the 2004 Bond Program, 2007 Critical Capital Needs Program and the 2008 Bond Program; and

2. Adopt the attached appropriation ordinance, which enacts the City of Fort Worth Public Art Fund Reprogramming Plans in the total amount of $1,900,417.00.

The Fort Worth Public Art Master Plan Update (adopted by City Council on October 17, 2017, as M&C G-19140), recommends that the City "Review Funding Sources and Modify Project Accounting" with the goal of charging project management costs directly to the project funding source and to ensure adequate contingency is budgeted for all planned projects from bonds prior to 2014.  The purpose of this M&C is to reallocate unspent public art funds to other projects within the same issuance of debt and, in the case of bonds within the same voter-approved proposition, for the purpose of covering management costs and contingencies associated with existing projects.

Upon review, the following City Council-adopted funding source-specific public art plans originally included a "Reserve for Projects Contingency:"

        • Public Art Plan for the 2007 Critical Capital Needs (CCN) (M&C G-17095, October 26, 2010); and
        • Public Art Plan for the 2008 Bond Program (M&C G-17094, October 26, 2010).

For public art projects from the 2007 CCN Program, there are "Unspecified Funds" in the amount of $390,035.00 available for allocation to the eight (8) current or pending projects to cover project management costs and/or contingencies.  For public art projects from the 2008 Bond Program, there are "Unspecified Funds" in the amount $478,782.00 available for allocation to eight (8) current or pending projects to cover project management costs and/or contingencies. The attached Fund Reprogramming Plans for each funding source provides details.

Additionally, there are twelve (12) projects originally planned in the above plans, as well as in the:

        • Public Art Plan for the 2004 Bond Program (M&C G-14801, May 17, 2005)

which are no longer viable due to changes in the City's priorities or the sites themselves.  As a result, the attached Fund Reprogramming Plans recommends reprogramming those funds, totaling $1,031,600.00, to viable current or pending projects within the same Council District to make a greater impact.

The Fort Worth Art Commission reviewed the Fund Reprogramming Plans on May 14, 2018, and staff has briefed the Mayor and individual City Councilmembers on affected projects in their districts. On June 11, 2018, the Fort Worth Art Commission recommended the Fund Reprogramming Plans for the 2004 Bond Program, the 2007 Critical Capital Needs Program, and the 2008 Bond Program to City Council.

Public art projects follow the guidelines contained in the Fort Worth Public Art Master Plan Update.  Individual City Councilmembers are directly involved with project planning, artist selection, and design review for public art projects in their districts. City Council, as a body, authorizes all Artwork Commission Contracts, through separate M&Cs.

This M&C does not request approval of a contract with a business entity.