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Agreement Amendment for Sculpture Design and Installation — Flower Street Bike Trail Gap Closure October 21, 2014 Page 2 Authorized vs. Actual Expenditures With the exception of the art sculpture work, this project is fully completed. The construction expenditures for the entire project to date, including contract work and executed change orders, are $911,574. Staff is recommending a construction contract change order with Green Giant Landscape, Inc., in the estimated amount of $87,153, to cover contractor and artist costs to design, fabricate, and install the sculpture (Exhibit 2). The change order cost, which includes the proposed artwork and all related expenditures, is completely within the framework of the existing contract and contingency. No additional expenditure authorizations are being sought and no additional funds are being requested. The project funding is summarized as follows: Artwork Selection and Concept The City received a grant to help build a half -mile of bike trail on the flood control channel property that runs along Flower Street from MacArthur to Sunflower. The grant includes $80,000 for the installation of a public art project on the northeast corner of Flower Street and Sunflower Avenue. Since the property in this area was once owned and farmed by a Japanese -American farmer who greatly contributed to the growth and prosperity of this region, the artwork will commemorate the important role of the Japanese -American immigrant agricultural community in Santa Ana. Last spring, the City partnered with Arts OC and issued a call for artist proposals for this public art project. Forty-six applications were received. A panel of three art experts working with Arts OC selected five finalists and asked them to submit renderings and proposals. The five artists presented their concepts and the committee judged the proposals based on experience, presentation, concept, and resistance to vandalism. After this process was completed, the selection committee recommended an untitled piece by artist Richard Turner. ACTUAL EXPENDITURES AUTHORIZED Recommended Construction Contract $ 968,500.00 Contingency $ 145,275.00 Contract $ 968,500.00 Cost Credits <$102,734.00> Cost Extras $ 45,807.98 SUBTOTAL $ 911,573.98 RECOMMENDED ADDENDUM Art Sculpture Change Order $ 87,153.00 TOTALS $1,113,775.00 $ 998,726.98 Artwork Selection and Concept The City received a grant to help build a half -mile of bike trail on the flood control channel property that runs along Flower Street from MacArthur to Sunflower. The grant includes $80,000 for the installation of a public art project on the northeast corner of Flower Street and Sunflower Avenue. Since the property in this area was once owned and farmed by a Japanese -American farmer who greatly contributed to the growth and prosperity of this region, the artwork will commemorate the important role of the Japanese -American immigrant agricultural community in Santa Ana. Last spring, the City partnered with Arts OC and issued a call for artist proposals for this public art project. Forty-six applications were received. A panel of three art experts working with Arts OC selected five finalists and asked them to submit renderings and proposals. The five artists presented their concepts and the committee judged the proposals based on experience, presentation, concept, and resistance to vandalism. After this process was completed, the selection committee recommended an untitled piece by artist Richard Turner.