Title
Consider/Discuss/Act on Authorization of Public Art Funds to Purchase a Sculpture Bench in Memory of Jeff Hull
Summary
COUNCIL GOAL: Enhance the Quality of Life in McKinney
MEETING DATE: April 18, 2019
DEPARTMENT: Housing and Community Development
McKinney Arts Commission
CONTACT: Janay Tieken, Housing and Community Development Manager
ITEM SUMMARY:
• Arts Commissioner Jeff Hull passed away in October, 2018.
• Commissioner Hull was the President of the Historic Pecan Grove Cemetery Board.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
• Arts Commissioner Jeff Hull passed away in October, 2018.
• Before his death, Commissioner Hull had been working with Environmental Educator Coordinator, Martha Cavazos-Fipps, to install a butterfly garden at Pecan Grove.
• In 2018, the City of McKinney signed the National Wildlife Federation’s Monarch Pledge, supporting the creation of beneficial ecosystems to ensure the future of the monarch butterfly and other pollinators.
• The McKinney Art Commission has indicated a strong desire to honor Commissioner Hull’s memory with a sculpture bench in the butterfly garden.
• A design for a sculpture bench has been submitted by Brian Keith, semi-finalist for the Mitchell Park Sculpture, at a cost of $27,000
FINANCIAL SUMMARY:
• Half of the cost of the sculpture bench ($13,500) will be taken from the Public Art Fund 001-9999-403-8559. The other half of the cost will be raised through private donations