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Docket #1185 - Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept a donation of a sculpture from the Boston Properties Prucenter Acquisition LLC.
A
The
chair
of
the
arts,
culture
and
Special
Events
Committee
I,
am
joined
this
afternoon
by
my
colleagues
to
my
left,
counselor
ed
Flynn
in
to
my
right
councillor,
Frank
Baker
I
want
to
remind
everyone
in
the
chamber
that
this
is
a
public
hearing
and
that
it
is
being
recorded,
live
you
can
watch
it
on
television
or
on
your
computer
or
on
your
phone
for
folks
who
are
here
in
the
audience.
If
you
would
please
silence
your
cell
phones
and
your
other
devices,
that
would
be
great.
A
We
will
open
up
the
hearing
for
public
testimony.
Should
someone
want
to
speak,
please
just
sign
up
over
there.
You
want
to
list
your
name
and
affiliation.
If
you
are
testifying,
today's
hearing
is
docket
1185.
The
matter
is
sponsored
by
the
mayor.
It
was
referred
to
the
Committee
on
the
arts,
culture
and
special
events.
A
The
sculpture
is
described
as
follows:
quest
eternal
by
Donald
Alou,
the
sculpture
sculpture
is
approximately
27
feet
in
height
and
is
made
of
bronze,
and
so
we're
here
to
discuss,
accepting
the
sculpture
as
a
gift
and
where
it
would
be
placed
I'm
going
to
open
up
the
hearing
with
a
panel
from
the
city.
If
you
would
each
introduce
yourselves
and
just
make
your
opening
comments,
I
hope
that
we
can
move
through
the
hearing
pretty
quickly.
Thank
you.
C
D
E
D
A
So
for
me,
some
folks
know
that
I
spend
a
lot
of
my
childhood
in
the
south
end
and
the
Prudential
Center
was
really
our
playground
and
the
Prudential
back
when
I
was
a
kid
looks
nothing
like
it
looks
now
the
building
looks
the
same,
but
in
terms
of
the
mall
and
all
of
the
stores
I
think
at
this
time
there
was
a
bergens.
In
there
there
was
the
post
office.
That
was
the
Catholic
Church.
Maybe
there
was
like
a
chuck-e-cheese
or
ground
ramp,
no
a
ground
round.
A
A
That
was
such
an
important
piece
of
my
childhood
and
for
others,
who
spent
a
lot
time
in
the
south
end
in
that
area.
So
it
is
to
accept
the
gift
of
this
statue,
the
big
statue
that
has
name
that
has
disappeared
now.
We
know
what
happened
to
it,
it's
being
gifted
to
the
City
of
Boston
and
placed
in
a
park.
Yes,
now?
How
do
we
decide
as
a
city
where
to
place
such
a
statue?
My
memory
of
the
so
in
fao
schwarz
on
Newbury
Street
closed.
There
was
a
big
teddy
bear
statue.
A
G
A
Medical,
but
now
it's
Tufts
and
I
think
there
might
have
been
a
third
person.
Was
there
a
similar
process
to
determine
who
should
receive
this
statue?
Like
so
I,
remember
a
big
public
discussion
around.
Where
should
the
fao
teddy
bear
statue
go?
Was
there
a
similar
discussion
for
this,
for
the
quest
eternal,
do.
E
B
My
understanding,
because
this
is
a
conversation
that's
been
going
on
for
a
couple
years,
at
least-
is
that,
due
to
the
height
and
subject
matter
of
this
statue,
finding
a
place
that
could
receive
it
well
and
where
there
was
enough
space
and
kind
of
infrastructure
and
where
it
made
sense,
was
a
little
bit
of
a
tough
question.
We've
been
looking
for
a
site
internally,
where
this
could
fit
into
a
city
project
for
a
couple
of
years
and.
B
Just
because
it's
not
if
we
were
gonna
go
commissioned
a
piece
of
public
art
now
for
a
park
in
an
area
where
we
want
public
art,
we
probably
wouldn't
wind
up
with
that
mm-hmm
sculpture,
so
I
think
just
trying
to
figure
out
where
that
could
fit
into
a
construction
process
or
something
ongoing.
Where
there's
a
planning
process
was
a
question
and
that's
when
Springfield.
E
Came
up
solarization
through
discussions
with
the
parks
department
and
the
Arts
Commission
with
it
was
a
question
was
raised
about
whether
there's
a
site
for
for
this
piece
of
sculpture.
So
Smith
was
among
the
shortlist
of
projects
that
was
identified
of
appropriate
size
just
for
the
setting
of
the
sculpture,
because
it
is
27
feet
tall
and
one
that
would
be
in
reasonable
thematic.
You
know,
have
a
thematic
relationship
to
the
sculpture
and
the
site
would
work
together.
E
I
would
also
be
constructed
in
a
reasonably
short
period
of
time
so
that
the
storage
wasn't
indefinite
so
that
we
had
an
end
date.
So
Smith
was
one
that
kind
of
raising
being
raised
risen
to
the
top
of
the
list,
because
the
we
were
undergoing
construction,
we're
in
the
middle
of
a
community
process
at
the
time
and
as
a
primarily
athletic
facility
with
some
new
passive
areas
going
in
for
the
community.
It
was
seen
as
a
as
being
related
to
that
athletic
athletic
program.
That's
existing
at
the
site
and
where.
A
A
A
C
A
E
A
A
E
It's
through
our
community
process,
an
apple
cart
component,
was
identified
as
desirable
and
we
didn't
really
have
a
you
know,
an
idea
of
exactly
what
that
would
be
so
through
that
community
process,
public
art
was
brought
up
as
a
desired
feature
so,
and
that
was
at
the
same
time
that
we
were
being
approached
with
this
offer
of
this
public
art.
So
we
had
a
community
meeting
where
we
presented
the
proposal
of
placing
the
quest,
eternal
sculpture
at
the
corner
of
South,
Campus,
Drive
and
Western
Ave
at
the
new
entrance.
E
So
we
showed
it
in
elevation
and
we
showed
it
in
plan
and
how
it
would
relate
to
the
fields
beyond
and
had
you
know
it
has
a
very
long,
this
stuff
behind
it
with
the
green
multi-purpose
fields
behind
it
and
then
eventually
at
phase
2
as
well
and
and
that
was
really
well
received.
In
terms
of
you
know,
it's
a
it's.
A
F
E
G
G
A
B
That
comment
about
community
process
is
really
well
taken.
The
art
commission
is
in
the
middle
of
updating
its
policies
around
accepting
public
art.
What
kinds
of
process
things
have
to
go
through
for
the
percent
for
art
program,
but
also
for
memorials
and
other
things
like
that.
So
I
think
adding
this.
B
You
know
looking
at
our
donation
policy
again
and
thinking
about
public
process,
and
that
is
definitely
something
that
we
can
do
and
it's
kind
of
interesting,
because
I
think
we're
gonna
see
more
and
more
private
companies
that
own
public
art
trying
to
figure
out
how
to
get
rid
of
those
assets
because
they're
looking
more
at
temporary.
They
don't
want
to
own
this
stuff
anymore.
So
it's
kind
of
an
interesting
interesting
thing
that
we
might
see
more
of
wonderful.