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WS — Item #11 <br />WORK SESSION STAFF REPORT <br />Work Session Item No. 11 <br />Date: May 4, 2015 <br />To: City Council <br />From: Jeff Karlson <br />Re: Art Tower Proposal <br />Background <br />On April 16th staff was contacted by the owner of a marketing agency in Minneapolis. <br />One of her clients is the Minneapolis Institute of Arts (MIA). The Institute is celebrating <br />its 100th year anniversary in 2015. As part of its celebration, they would like to wrap <br />three water towers with large-scale vinyl prints of artwork from their museum collection. <br />The MIA is very interested in Lino Lakes due to the average daily traffic on 35W. They <br />are also talking to the cities of New Hope, Edina, Minnetonka, and Chisago City. New <br />Hope and Edina have already said yes, but the Edina site may not have a suitable water <br />tower in their desired location. <br />This is not an advertisement, but an opportunity for the MIA to get their artwork into <br />unexpected places in the Twin Cities area in order to "delight and inspire" a broader <br />audience outside their museum walls. The artwork will be a large-scale vinyl print of <br />pre-cut panels made from 3M material (non -PVC, sustainable laminate) that will not <br />damage the water tower paint. Potential artwork selections are subject to change, but <br />could include a Van Gogh or Monet, among others. <br />An installation crew has already been to the site, but no paint testing or ground testing <br />around the perimeter of the water tower has been done yet. <br />Requested Council Direction <br />Staff is bringing this to your attention to find out if the Council is interested in <br />participating in this project. The artwork would be installed the end of May and removed <br />mid-September. <br />Attachments <br />Details of Art Tower Proposal <br />