City Council
MEETING DATE: 3/28/2018
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Cathedral City Public Arts Commission Request to Increase the Allocation for Art Education Programs to 30% from the Art in Public Places Fund
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FROM:
Public Arts Commission / Deanna Pressgrove
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
This item is provided for information, discussion and direction only.
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BACKGROUND:
February 12, 2018, the Public Arts Commission approved a recommendation to City Council requesting an increase to the allocation for art education programs to 30% from the Art in Public Places fund. Below are the sections from the Municipal Code that apply to this request:
11.45.020 Definitions - Art Education
“Art Education” means any publically-available class, lecture, program or similar event related in some manner to the arts including, but not limited to, lectures, classes, concerts, forums, teaching presentations or speaking engagements pertaining to the visual, auditory and/or cultural arts.
11.45.130 Art in public places fund
E. On an annual basis, up to ten percent of the art in public places fund may be used for art education, including any and all ancillary costs associated with funding such art education (the “arts education allocation”). The ten percent arts education allocation shall be calculated annually based on the total balance in the art in public placed fund as of July 1 of each fiscal year. Any unused portion of the ten percent arts education allocation shall remain in the art in public places fund. The ten percent arts education allocation shall not be cumulative and shall be re-calculated every fiscal year.
If the increase from 10% to 30% is approved, the Municipal Code for this section would need to be amended.
DISCUSSION:
Public Arts Commission Approval Process: art education proposals are presented to the Commission for consideration and voted on for approval.
Below is a list of educational programs supported by the Public Arts Commission during fiscal years 2016/2017 and 2017/2018.
• DATA Photo and Video Competition
$1,800 (FY 16/17)
• Mary Pickford Theatre Film Series
$1,000 (FY 16/17)
$1,000 (FY 17/18)
• Cathedral City High School, The Stardust Arts Expo
$1,000 (FY 16/17)
$250 (FY 17/18)
• Sioux Wars Indian Photo Exhibit
$1,075 (FY 17/18)
• Latino Cultural Arts Show
$260 (FY 17/18)
• Palm Springs Chalk Arts Festival
$500 (FY 16/17)
$500 (FY 17/18)
• Coachella Valley Repertory (8-wk drama class CCHS)
$2,331 (FY 17/18)
• Tourbuddy APP (Annual Renewal Fee)
$400 (FY 17/18)
• Dia De los Muertos / Cemetery District
$575 (FY 17/18)
The 2017-2018 fund balance for the Public Arts fund is $205,400 of that amount $20,540 (10%) can be allocated towards art education.
If City Council approves the increase to 30% for art education the funding amount would be based on the 2018-2019 FY Public Arts fund balance.
In the past, proposals to fund art education programs have not exceed $2500 per proposal. Staff is requesting that the Public Arts Commission continue to process proposals less than $2500 and all art education proposals exceeding $2500 will still be processed through the Public Arts Commission but forwarded to City Council for final approval.
If Council is supportive of this proposed change, an ordinance will be brought to Council for introduction and first reading on April 11, 2018.
FISCAL IMPACT:
If approved the 30% increase would apply to the Art in Public Places fund
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