Pioneer Ways Arts

The City of Oak Harbor issued an RFP calling for artists to submit proposals for art to be placed on Pioneer Way since the street is being redeveloped. The deadline for the RFP was January 14, 2011. The City received 16 proposals. The City of Oak Harbor Arts Commission will review the proposals and make a recommendation to the City Council. This blog has been created to share information with the public on the proposals.

Project parameters

The RFP requested proposals for four possible locations along Pioneer Way. The general locations that are currently under consideration are:
1) City Beach Street and Pioneer Way - SE corner or general vicinity
2) Dock Street and Pioneer Way - NW corner or general vicinity
3) Ireland St and Pioneer Way
4) Midway Blvd and Pioneer way - NE corner or general vicinity.

Total budget = $80,000

The Art Commission considered the City Beach Street and the Midway Blvd location to be the entryways and therefore assigned prominence to these locations by allocating $30,000 to each of those locations.

The Art Commission may choose to change some of these location or allocate $$ based on the choice of artwork.

Friday, June 10, 2011

Funding For Art

The Pioneer Way Arts Project, initially scheduled for the May 17, 2011 City Council meeting was rescheduled for June 7, 2011 since the City in consultation with the State found that REET funds that were originally budgeted to fund the art pieces cannot be used for art.

In looking for alternate source of funds, it was determined that the best funding source for the project would be the Arts Acquisition and Maintenance Fund.  This Fund had approximately $57,000 and would therefore not be sufficient to cover the cost of four art pieces.  If the City Council chose to fund all the pieces at this time, they have the option of using funds in the Waterfront Redevelopment Fund or doing a inter-fund loan. 
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