HomeMy WebLinkAbout10/17/2001 - STAFF REPORTS (20) DATE: October 17, 2001
TO: City Council
FROM: Arts Administrator via Director of Economic Development
AGREEMENT AND GRANT OF EASEMENT - WESSMAN DEVELOPMENT COMPANY
FOR PLACEMENT OF ART-IN-LIEU FOUNTAIN AND SCULPTURE AT PLAZA
MERCADO SHOPPING CENTER, 155 SOUTH PALM CANYON DRIVE.
RECOMMENDATION:
That the City Council approve the Agreement and Grant of Easement between the
City and John Wessman, dba Wessman Development Company, for placement of
the Sonny Bono Memorial Fountain and Sculpture at Plaza Mercado Shopping
Center, 155 South Palm Canyon Drive, allowing application by property owner for
contribution of Public Art Fee in the amount of$11,787.49 toward the art project.
BACKGROUND:
To meet the obligations required by the City's Public Art Ordinance for construction
of the Plaza Mercado Shopping Center, the property owner paid a Public Art Fee in
the amount of$11,787.49. Subsequently, by separate agreement with the City, the
property owner was required to construct a Memorial Fountain and Statue of past
Mayor, Sonny Bono, at the Plaza Mercado site. The Fountain designed by Raul
Sosa and the bronze Statue created by Emmanuil and Janet Snitkovsky have been
reviewed and approved by the Public Arts Commission and Planning Commission.
Placement of artwork on the owner's property is an implementation of the objectives
of the Public Arts Program established by Ordinance 1479. Upon completion of this
Memorial artwork, and approval by the Public Arts Commission and City Council,the
property owner will be eligible to request contribution of the amount paid as the Public
Art Fee toward the art project. The contribution will be paid out of the Public Art Fee
revenue account #150-34390. Artwork placed in satisfaction of the art-in-lieu
program requirements remains the property of the owner. As required by the
Ordinance and the Planning Commission's conditions of approval, the property
owner shall enter into a recorded agreement to maintain the artwork and protect the __-
public rights of access and viewing. The Agreement and Grant of Easg enter
presented here for Council approval addresses th e issues.
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Arts Administrator Director F,(Rc'onomic ve) pment
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City Manager
Attachments:
1) Proposed Minute Order
2) Depiction of Site
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MINUTE ORDER
APPROVING THE AGREEMENT AND GRANT OF
EASEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND JOHN
WESSMAN, DBA WESSMAN DEVELOPMENT
COMPANY, IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY
ATTORNEY, FOR PLACEMENT OF THE SONNY
BONO MEMORIAL FOUNTAIN AND SCULPTURE AT
PLAZA MERCADO SHOPPING CENTER, 155
SOUTH PALM CANYON DRIVE ALLOWING
PROPERTY OWNER TO REQUEST APPLICATION
OF THE PUBLIC ART FEE IN THE AMOUNT OF
$11,787.49, TOWARD THE ART PROJECT.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the Minute Order approving the Agreement and Grant of
Easement between the City and John Wessman, dba Wessman Development Company
in a form acceptable to the City Attorney, for placement of the Sonny Bono Memorial
Fountain and Sculpture at Plaza Mercado Shopping Center, 155 South Palm Canyon Drive,
allowing property owner to request application of the Public Art Fee in the amount of
$11,787.49, toward the art project was adopted by the City Council of the City of Palm
Springs, California, in a meeting thereof held on the 17th day of October, 2001.
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