ATTACHMENT 1

 

 

MEMORANDUM

 

TO:                  Mayor and Town Council

 

FROM:            Chapel Hill Public Arts Commission

 

SUBJECT:      Presentation for Southern Community Park Design Concepts by Public Artists Laura Haddad and Tom Drugan

 

DATE:             October 10, 2005

 

 

Laura Haddad and Tom Drugan, the artist team selected to join the Southern Community Park design team through the Town’s Percent for Art program, will make a presentation to update the Council on their initial design concepts. 

 

BACKGROUND

 

On March 4, 2002, the Town Council established the Percent for Art Program, which provides for spending 1% of the budget of selected capital projects on public art.  The resolution adopted on that date includes an outline of the process to select artists and art.

 

On September 27, 2004, the Council authorized the Town Manager to enter into a contract with Laura Haddad and Tom Drugan to allow them to join the Southern Community Park design team.

 

DISCUSSION

 

Laura Haddad and Tom Drugan will share their initial design concepts for Southern Community Park with the Council for a courtesy review.