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BACKGROUND The Firehouse Arts Center will include two 20 -30 feet tall backlit colorful glass marquees that will create a beautiful, visual and attractive beacon for the facility. The west side marquee will be situated to be seen from Main Street view Division Street and will reflect the facilities historic mission as a firehouse. The east side marquee will announce the entrance to the facility from Lions Wayside Park and will contain colors complimenting the natural setting of the park. The marquees were designed by British artist Martin Donlin who was selected previously from a group of 18 qualified applicants. A copy of the design, which was approved previously by the Civic Arts and Parks and Recreation Commissions, is included as Exhibit A to the recommended agreement. At its meeting of April 15, 2008, the City Council, acted on recommendations from the Firehouse Arts Center Task Force, the Parks and Recreation Commission and the Civic Arts Commission, to accept a generous gift from Nancy and Gary Harrington, Pleasanton residents, to fund the creation of the marquees. As outlined in the recommended agreement, the City will be contracting with Glasmalerie Peters GmbH, (Glass Studio Peters) to fabricate the marquees as designed by Mr. Donlin. The fabrication will take place in Germany and will be coordinated by Glass Studio Peters representative, Peter Kaufmann, located in Portland, Oregon. Glass Studio Peters will also arrange for delivery of the various fabricated marquee sections to the Firehouse Arts Center where they will be assembled and installed by W.A. Thomas, the general contractor for the Firehouse Arts Center. Cost of the assembling and installing the artwork is included in the project construction budget. In the past, the City has used a number or arrangements for art fabrication including one in which the artist contracts directly for fabrication and installation. However, after consulting with artist, it was determined that this particular project would be best addressed with the City contracting directly for the fabrication. As with all projects of this type, staff anticipates working closely with the artist, fabricator and the general contractor to assure the work is successfully accomplished. Due to the unique nature of the art work, Glass Studio Peters was selected by Martin Donlin, in consultation with the Harrington's, as being the best option for fabricating the work. As a result of the unique nature of the work, in recognition of the donations from the Harrington's, and consistent with previous art acquisition processes, all parties involved determined that Glass Studio Peters is the most qualified and sole source vendor for the project. Page 2 of 3