HomeMy WebLinkAbout2014-06-24; City Council; 21645; Removal of Raul Guerrero's Artwork "Message in a Bottle" from City's Public Art CollectionCITY OF CARLSBAD - AGENDA BILL
AB# 21,645 REMOVAL OF RAUL GUERRERO'S ARTWORK DEPT. DIRECTOR
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Library & CITY'S PUBLIC ART COLLECTION CITY MGR. m Cultural Arts
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Adopt Resolution 2014-143 to deaccession Raul Guerrero's artwork entitled "Message in a Bottle"
from the City's Public Art Collection.
ITEM EXPLANATION;
The artwork by Raul Guerrero entitled "Message in a Bottle" is a site specific piece located on Carlsbad
Blvd. between Sycamore and Chestnut.
The artwork is a concrete bench with mosaic tiles. The bench was a component ofthe third annual
temporary art exhibition of 1990, identified by the Arts Commission and was purchased for $2,500.00 as
a permanent work for the city's public art collection August 28,1990 (Resolution 90-329).
In 2008, the city's public art collection was documented and reviewed by professional art conservators
who noted needed repairs to the bench, estimated at that time at $4,800.00. For several years the piece
has deteriorated despite repair efforts by city staff. The overall structural integrity ofthe bench is now
such that repairs are not sustainable. Staff received a recent estimate from the artist of $7,000.00 for
needed repairs/replacement.
Following the Arts Commission's public art program guidelines, staff has recommended that the work be
deaccessioned - that is, permanently removed from display and from the city's public art collection - for
the following reasons:
1. The artwork in its current condition no longer represents the artist's originally
intended work as it was accessioned into the collection.
2. The cost to repair and restore the work, coupled with the cost of its ongoing maintenance, is
excessive in relation to the original cost ofthe work.
3. The structural integrity of the bench is no longer viable and poses a safety risk to the public.
On May 1, 2014, the Arts Commission voted unanimously, 5-0, to accept the staff recommendation to
deaccession Raul Guerrero's artwork entitled "Message in the Bottle" from the city's public art collection
and to send its recommendation forward to the City Council.
DEPARTMENT CONTACT: Vincent E. Kitch, Cultural Arts Manager vincent.kitch^carlsbadca.gov 760-434-2921
FOR CLERK USE.
COUNCIL AaiON: APPROVED
DENIED
CONTINUED
WITHDRAWN
AMENDED
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• CONTINUED TO DATE UNKNOWN •
• RETURNED TO STAFF •
• OTHER-SEE MINUTES •
• REPORT RECEIVED •
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no fiscal impact for the de-accession of this artwork from the public art collection. Removal of
the artwork will be coordinated by staff of the Parks & Recreation Department.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT:
Pursuant to Public Resources Code section 21065, this action does not constitute a "project" within the
meaning of CEQA in that it has no potential to cause either a direct physical change in the environment,
or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment, and therefore does not require
environmental review.
EXHIBITS:
1. Resolution 2014-143 to deaccession Raul Guerrero's artwork entitled "Message in a Bottle" from
the City's Public Art Collection.
2. Photos of "Message in a Bottle".
1 RESOLUTION NO. 2014-143
2 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD,
CALIFORNIA, APPROVING THE REMOVAL OF RAUL GUERRERO'S
^ ARTWORK TITLED "MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE" FROM THE CITY'S
4 PUBLIC ART COLLECTION
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WHEREAS, the City Council of Carlsbad, California approved the purchase ofthe artwork
^ entitled "Message in a Bottle" by Raul Guerrero via Resolution (90-329) in 1990 as an addition
y to the city's public art collection; and
8 WHEREAS, city staff has reviewed the deteriorating status of the artwork and after
research and deliberation, recommended that the work be deaccessioned from the city's public
^ art collection; and
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WHEREAS, the staff recommendation to deaccession the artwork was agreed to
11 unanimously, 5-0, by the Arts Commission, on May 1, 2014
12 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Carlsbad,
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California, as follows that:
1. The above recitations are true and correct
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2. Raul Guerrero's artwork entitled "Message in a Bottle" is deaccessioned from
16 the City's Public Art Collection.
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PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting ofthe City Council ofthe City
of Carlsbad on the 24th day of June 2014, by the following vote to wit:
AYES:
NOES:
Council Members Hall, Packard, Wood, Schumacher, Blackburn.
None.
ABSENT: None.
ATTEST:
BARBARA ENGLESOIN^ity Clerk