REPORT TO ARTS COMMISSION
SUBJECT
Title
Recommend Council Approve Art in Private Development Project - Hunter Properties/Cityline, titled Redwood Blue (Phase 2, Artwork 3 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 therefore requires a minimum 1% of the project's construction valuation be allocated for art, which is equal to $1,378,090 (Attachment 2).
The artwork for Cityline will be commissioned and installed in two phases.
Phase 1 required a combined minimum artwork expenditure of $451,381. The combined actual expenditure for artwork is $799,103 or 1.7% of the project construction valuation.
1. 1000 Suns by Future Forms (Attachment 3) was approved by Council on Feb. 25, 2022 (RTC No 20-0064).
2. Fountain by Woody de Othello (Attachment 4) was approved by Council on July 14, 2020 (RTC No. 20-0053).
Both sculptures were installed in September 2022.
Phase 2 includes four planned artworks, with a combined minimum expenditure of $926,709.
1. Heads by Olaf Breuning (Attachment 5) was approved by Council on April 19, 2022 (RTC No. 22-0372). Currently installed in a temporary location and it 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.
2. Dropping the Ball by Camille Henrot (Attachment 6) was approved by Council on Oct. 24, 2023 (RTC No. 23-0747) and is valued at $392,000.
3. Redwood Blue (proposed)
4. TBD at a future date
This report provides information for the Arts Commission's review and recommendation to City Council for Redwood Blue, the third proposed artwork of Phase 2. Redwood Blue is valued at $223,750.
The procedure established for reviewing artwork is:
1. Review the artist's backgro...
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