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

City Council Action

The City Council considered the Pioneer Way Arts proposals at the June 7, 2011 meeting.  After a long discussion they made the following motions ...


Motion Number One
MOTION:       Councilmember Campbell moved to approve the expenditure of funds from the Arts Acquisition and Maintenance Fund (0.25% Utility Tax Program) for the purpose of acquiring art for the SE Pioneer Way Improvement Project and to assist in achieving a GreenroadsTM  certification for the project.  The motion was seconded by Councilmember Munns. 

VOTE ON THE
MOTION:       Councilmembers Almberg, Campbell, Dudley, Munns, Paggao, and Palmer voted in favor of the motion.  Councilmember Severns abstained from the vote.  The motion carried.

Motion Number Two
MOTION:       Councilmember Campbell moved to approve the acquisition of public art pieces known as Mermaid and Moon Waves with a not-to-exceed total of $59,000 plus any applicable taxes.  The motion was seconded by Councilmember Palmer.
AMENDMENT TO THE
MOTION:       Councilmember Almberg moved to relocate Moon Waves to City Beach Street’s entrance.  The motion was seconded by Councilmember Palmer. 
AMENDING MOTION WITHDRAWN: 
Councilmember Almberg withdrew his amendment to the motion.  Councilmember Palmer withdrew his second to this motion.
VOTE ON THE
MOTION:       Councilmembers Almberg, Campbell, Dudley, Munns, Paggao, and Palmer voted in favor of the motion.  Councilmember Severns abstained from the vote.  The motion carried.

Motion Number Three
MOTION:       Councilmember Campbell moved to direct the Arts Commission to provide public comment opportunity on the Ducklings art piece and provide the results of that process to the Mayor.  The motion was seconded by Councilmember Munns.
VOTE ON THE
MOTION:       Councilmembers Almberg, Campbell, Dudley, Munns, and Paggao, voted in favor of the motion. Councilmember Palmer opposed.   Councilmember Severns abstained from the vote.  The motion carried.

Motion Number Four
MOTION:       Councilmember Almberg moved to authorize the Mayor to enter into contracts with the appropriate artists for the acquisition of the selected art pieces, Mermaid and Moon Waves.  Councilmember Paggao seconded the motion.
VOTE ON THE
MOTION:       Councilmembers Almberg, Campbell, Dudley, Munns, Paggao, and Palmer voted in favor of the motion.  Councilmember Severns abstained from the vote.  The motion carried.

From Councilmembers’ Comments Section
MOTION:       Councilmember Palmer moved to investigate art that could be used as entrance art for Pioneer Way and bring a recommendation back to Council on an upcoming agenda (no date was specified).  The motion was seconded by Councilmember Dudley. 
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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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Arts Commission in May

May was busy month for the Pioneer Way Art Project.  The Arts Commission met on May 9th and May 16 to formulate a recommendation to the City Council.  The recommendations evolved with each week due to changes in cost estimates and withdrawals of art pieces (Clouds and Vortex).  Georgia Gerber, who had originally proposed the "Salmon Window" replaced the art piece with Duckling since the previous proposal was similar to a piece that was installed in Everett.  The Arts Commission preferred the "Ducklings" and recommended it for the Ireland Street location.  The other recommendations were Moon Waves for Midway Blvd, Sea Life for Dock Street and Water Sculpture for City Beach Street.
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