HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 07 - Peace CircleMEMO TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: BRUNO RUMBELOW, CITY MANAGER
MEETING DATE: JULY 3, 2018
SUBJECT: City Council to consider an ordinance appropriating funds for the
installation of the Peace Circle adjacent to the Grapevine Main Project.
RECOMMENDATION: City Council to consider an ordinance appropriating funds for the
installation of the Peace Circle adjacent to the Grapevine Main Project.
FUNDING SOURCE: Upon approval of the attached appropriation ordinance, funds in the
amount of $600,000 will be available in the Public Art Fund, account (114-
44686-101-001) and $295,000 will be available in the Convention and
Visitors Bureau Fund, account (115-44582-350-005).
BACKGROUND: The Peace Circle will be comprised of eleven, life-size, bronze figures
placed in a circle to reflect on the historic meeting held at Grapevine
Springs with General Sam Houston prior to the signing of the Treaty some
months later at Bird's Fort by 10 Indian nations and the Republic of Texas.
The statuary will be placed in the designated Peace Circle in the
southwest corner of the Grapevine Main Plaza.
The figures will include:
Sam Houston who will be showcased in the lower middle (6 o'clock
position - inset several feet); surrounded by ten leaders of the American
Indian Nations who signed the Treaty of Bird's Fort.
The American Indian figures will be placed counterclockwise in the order
in which they signed the treaty, beginning at the 11 o'clock position on the
Peace Circle. They will all be standing figures exhibiting their leadership
and the stature of their individual nations. They may be grouped in small
clusters. Sam Houston and each tribal leader will be wearing regalia
specifically representing what is known about that individual and/or tribe.
Interpretive signage will be placed at the Peace Circle to explain the
significance of the Treaty of Bird's Fort, the last treaty of the Republic of
Texas, to give background information about Sam Houston and each of
the American Indian leaders and their tribes, to explain how the treaty was
negotiated, to tell how Grapevine was involved in the treaty process, and
to show how the treaty impacts our life today.
This installation will be thoroughly researched, fully accurate in design,
approved by the Indian nations being depicted and/or leading national
sources such as the National Museum of the American Indian, the Texas
Historical Commission and the Oklahoma Historical Society.
The installation will serve as a new teaching tool for educators and as a
great new Grapevine attraction for citizens, convention visitors and
travelers, especially those who enjoy heritage tourism and experiencing
American History.
Artist:
Linda Lewis has been named Artist in Residence by the Convention and
Visitors Advisory Board. This role has been vacant since Archie St. Clair
moved to Missouri.
Linda Lewis will be the lead sculptor and several other sculptors will be
engaged to assist in the completion of individual statues. The Marquette
sculpting will be done in the Grand Gallery of the Convention and Visitors
Bureau so that the public can view the process and students and special
needs children and adults will be involved in placing clay on the full size
models that will be generated from the marquettes. Members of the Indian
Nations will also be invited to participate in the process.
Grapevine Foundry:
All statues will be poured at the Grapevine Foundry resulting in further
savings on the project.
Model making using the lost wax process will be done at the Grapevine
Foundry reducing the cost of the project.
Timeline:
Advisory Committee Final Recommendations — September 2018
Artists begin process — 2018
Indian Nations provide oversight throughout process
Development and educational materials for schools — 2019
On-site interpretive marker development — October 2018 -October 2019
Installation — April 2020
Completion — May 2020
ORDINANCE NO. 2018-054
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS, APPROPRIATING $600,000 IN THE
SPECIAL REVENUE FUND AND $295,000 IN THE
CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU FUND;
DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS, the City desires to create a Peace Circle consisting of eleven life-size
bronze statues adjacent to the Grapevine Main Station; and
WHEREAS, approval of this ordinance will make the total project funds available in
the Special Revenue Fund and the Convention and Visitors Bureau Fund; and
WHEREAS, all constitutional and statutory prerequisites for the approval of this
ordinance have been met, including but not limited to the Open Meetings Act; and
WHEREAS, the City Council deems the adoption of this ordinance is in the best
interests of the health, safety, and welfare of the public.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS:
Section 1. That all matters stated herein above are true and correct and are
incorporated herein by reference, as if copied in their entirety.
Section 2. That the City Council hereby appropriates $600,000 in the Special
Revenue Fund and $295,000 in the Convention and Visitors Bureau Fund.
Section 3. The fact that the present ordinances and regulations of the City of
Grapevine, Texas are inadequate to properly safeguard the health, safety, morals, peace
and general welfare of the public creates an emergency which requires that this ordinance
become effective from and after the date of its passage, and it is accordingly so ordained.
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE,
TEXAS on this the 3rd day of July, 2018.
APPROVED:
William D. Tate
Mayor
ATTEST:
Tara Brooks
City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney
Ordinance No. 2018-054