HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Neighborhood Art Selections RESOLUTION NO. 05-055
RESOLUTION APPROVING
NEIGHBORHOOD ART SELECTIONS, PURCHASE,AND PLACEMENT
FOR THE CITY OF AMES
WHEREAS, included in the City's approved 2004/05 Budget is $4,000 for a new
Neighborhood Art Program; and,
WHEREAS,under this Program,the Public Art Commission will select and place one or two
pieces of art from artists participating in the Art Around the Corner exhibit in neighborhoods across
the City; and,
WHEREAS, this Program directly addresses the City Council's goal to strengthen our
residential neighborhoods; and,
WHEREAS, the Commission's Neighborhood Art Sub-Committee created a program to
collaborate with Ames' neighborhoods that might be interested in having one of these pieces of
artwork displayed permanently in their neighborhood; and,
WHEREAS, the application deadline was December 31, 2004; and,
WHEREAS, the Neighborhood Sculpture Committee toured interested neighborhoods in
January, and based on certain criteria,the Committee selected the neighborhood in the Forest Glen
and Oakland Areas,with the selected site being the southern entrance to Emma McCarthy Lee Park
on Oakland Street.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Ames, Iowa,
that the Public Art Commission's selection of the Forest Glenn and Oakland area neighborhood as
the neighborhood to permanently display artwork from an artist participating in the Art Around the
Corner exhibit is hereby approved.
ADOPTED THIS 22nd day of February, 2005.
Diane R. Voss, City Clerk Ted Tedesco, Mayor
Introduced by: Goodhue
Seconded by: Mahayni
Voting aye: Goodhue, Goodman, Mahayni, Vegge, Wirth
Voting nay: None Absent: Cross
Resolution declared adopted and signed by the Mayor this 22nd day of February, 2005.