REPORT TO ARTS COMMISSION
SUBJECT
Title
Recommend Council Approve Art in Private Development Project - Hunter Properties/Cityline, titled Dropping the Ball (Phase 2, Artwork 2 of 4)
Report
BACKGROUND
Under the City's Art in Private Development Ordinance (Sunnyvale Municipal Code (SMC) Chapter 19.52), the Cityline project in downtown Sunnyvale is required to provide public art. This project was permitted prior to the adoption of the Master Plan for Public Art in 2020 and is therefore subject to a minimum requirement of 1% of the project's construction valuation, which is equal to $1,378,090 (Attachment 2).
The artwork for Cityline will be commissioned and installed in two phases. Phase 1 artworks, 1000 Suns (Attachment 3) by Future Forms and Fountain (Attachment 4) by Woody de Othello, were approved by Council on February 25, 2020 (RTC No. 20-0064) and July 14, 2020 (RTC No. 20-0053) respectively. Both sculptures were installed in September 2022. The combined minimum artwork expenditure for Phase 1 of the project is $451,381 and the combined actual expenditure for the artwork is $799,103 or 1.7% of the project valuation.
Phase 2 includes four planned artworks, with a combined minimum expenditure of $926,709. The first artwork, Heads (Attachment 5) by Olaf Breuning, was approved by Council on April 19, 2022 (RTC No. 22-0372), installed in a temporary location, and is valued at $200,000. The permanent location for Heads will be reviewed at a future date once the design for Redwood Square is complete.
The second proposed artwork for Phase 2 is Dropping the Ball (Attachment 6), by Camille Henrot, and is valued at $392,000. This report provides information regarding Dropping the Ball for the Arts Commission's review and recommendation to City Council for final approval.
The procedure established for reviewing artwork is:
1. Review the artist's background, including their experience and ability to design, fabricate and install large-scale artwork; and
2. ...
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