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Public Art Permitting
In-Progress Update
Jacob Lindsey, Planning & Development Services
SUPERNOVA, Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, Indio, California, USA
ROBERTO BEHAR & ROSARIO MARQUARDT
Outline:
• The challenge
• The collaboration
• What we’re doing
• In-progress update
• Discussion
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To improve the process of permitting public art in Boulder.
The challenge
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City of Boulder
Planning &
Development Services
The collaboration
Arts & Culture
City Attorney’s OfficeFinance
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• Complete: Received Council authorization to continue work (Jan. Mid-term
Retreat)
• Complete: Appointed internal Project Manager within P&DS
• Complete: Agreement on specific challenges to be addressed
• In progress: Scoping of solutions and agreement on action steps
• Next steps: Delivery of recommendations
• Next steps: Implementing the permitting process
What we’re doing
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Identified challenges:
• Complexity of application and permitting process
• Project management and communication during
the application and review process
• Cost
• Temporary vs. permanent structures
• Clarity regarding taxation for projects
In-progress update
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Identified challenges:
• Complexity of application and permitting process
• Project management and communication during
the application and review process
• Cost
• Temporary vs. permanent structures
• Clarity regarding taxation for projects
Identified goals:
A permit process that addresses:
• Safety
• Structural integrity
• Not a fire hazard
• Environmental constraints
• Flood-compatible
• Wetland impact
• Compliance with regulations
• Doesn’t impede safe movement of people
(ADA, site triangle, utilities, etc.)
• Expansion of the community’s serendipitous
encounters with art
In-progress update
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Next steps:
• Identifying and agreeing on solutions
• Communicating solutions
• Designing the new permit process
• Implementing the permit process
In-progress update
Discussion
Storm King Wavefield, Mountainville, N.Y, 2009
MAYA LIN
Dairy Arts Center
Our mission is to provide diverse opportunities to create, learn, and
engage in high quality performing, cinematic, and visual arts
experiences.
Diversity Includes
•Cultural Diversity
•Diversity in Size and Capacity
•Diverse Art Forms
•Established vs Emerging
Typical Theater/Dance Season: 32 Weeks
Most theater and dance companies prefer to schedule their
performances during the same 32 weeks per year.
Sept –Dec 16 weeks
Feb –May 16 weeks
Less desirable times are holidays and most of January. The summer
months typically have theater camps and dance intensives.
Carsen and Grace Gamm Theater: 64 Weeks
Company A 5 Productions, 5.5 weeks each = 27 weeks
Company B 3 Productions, 5 weeks each = 15 weeks
Company C 2 Productions, 4 weeks each = 8 weeks
Company D 2 Productions, 4 weeks each = 8 weeks
Company E 2 Productions, 4 weeks each = 8 weeks
Company F 2 Productions, 1 week each = 2 weeks
Company G 1 Production, 3 weeks each = 3 weeks
Company H 1 Production, 2 weeks each = 2 weeks
Total: 73 weeks
2019/2020 Options
Smaller companies either take less desirable dates and times of year
that impact ticket sales or try to find another venue.
No room for smaller theater companies to expand their season.
Aside from the regular rental clients, there are dozens of other
organizations and artists that would like to rent our theaters, but the
calendar is typically full a year in advance. Pre-Covid, we would
typically turn down 2-5 rental requests per week.
2022 Rental Limits: 16 weeks per year
Company A 4 Productions, 4 weeks each = 16 weeks
Company B 4 Productions, 5 weeks each = 16 weeks
Company C 2 Productions, 4 weeks each = 8 weeks
Company D 2 Productions, 4 weeks each = 8 weeks
Company E 2 Productions, 4 weeks each = 8 weeks
Company F 2 Productions, 1 week each = 2 weeks
Company G 1 Production, 3 weeks each = 3 weeks
Company H 1 Production, 2 weeks each = 2 weeks
Total: 63 weeks