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Resolution approving a Public Art Agreement with Ride Art, LLC of Berkeley, California for the Caltrain Public Art Installation (Project No. pf2102) in an amount not to exceed $464,000, and authorizing the City Manager to execute the agreement.
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WHEREAS, in November 2020, City staff issued a nationwide Call for Entries for public art to be installed at the South San Francisco Caltrain Plaza; and
WHEREAS, staff received 16 proposals from 15 artists by the January 5, 2021, submission
deadline; and
WHEREAS, at the May 8. 2021, meeting of the Caltrain Plaza Art Selection Committee, the Committee voted in favor of recommending to City Council for approval the design, installation and purchase of the Inspire Sculpture and Gear Benches by Ride Art, LLC, and other related work, for a total contract amount of $464,000; and
WHEREAS, the City and Ride Art have negotiated a Public Art Agreement to memorialize the terms of the work proposal and other related requirements; and
WHEREAS, the project is included in the City of South San Francisco's Fiscal Year 2020-21 Capital Improvement Program as the Caltrain Plaza Public Art Project (Project No. pf2102), with sufficient funding appropriate to cover its costs.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of South San Francisco that the City Council hereby approves the Public Art Agreement between the City and Ride Art, LLC for the design, purchase, installation and other related work by Ride Art regarding artworks for the Caltrain Plaza Project, in the amount of $464,000, attached hereto and incorporated herein as Exhibit A.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Manager is hereby authorized to execute the agreement on behalf of the City in substantially the same form as Exhibit A, upon timely submission by Ride Art, LLC of the signed contract and all other documents, subject to approval as to form by the City Attorney, and take all other actions consistent with the intent of this Resolution that do not materially alter or increase the City’s obligations under the agreement.
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