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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2007/05/01 Item 13 CITY COUNCIL AGENDA STATEMENT ~!'f:. erlY OF "~CHUIA VISTA MAY 1,2007, Item r 3 ITEM TITLE: RESOLUTION APPROVING THE PERFORMING AND VISUAL ARTS TASK FORCE'S SELECTION OF THE FY 2007/08 PERFORMING AND VISUAL ARTS GRANT RECIPIENTS AND THEIR MONETARY GRANT AWARDS TOTALING $40,500. ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER PALMER# INTERIM CITY MANAGER THOMSON i SUBMITTED BY: REVIEWED BY: 4/5THS VOTE: YES D NO ~ BACKGROUND In 1997, the City Council approved a Sublease with Live Nation, Inc. (formerly Universal Concerts) that established a process whereby a portion of ticket sales proceeds at the Coors Amphitheater would be paid to the City and utilized for a Performing and Visual Arts Fund. This fund is to be used for arts grants to the Chu1a Vista community for the purpose of promoting and stimulating the growth of performing and cultural arts within the City of Chula Vista. This year the Office of Arts & Culture received $36,188 from Live Nation for their 2006 Concert Series and there was a carry-over balance of an additional $4,500 from the 2006/2007 grant cycle as a result of returned grant awards. As called for in the sublease, a Performing and Visual Arts Task Force was established and it armually makes recommendations to the City Council regarding the arts grant awards. The Task Force is assisted by the Office of Arts & Culture, which formally conducts the grant application process. The Task Force has reviewed the FY 2007/2008 applications and makes the following recommendations to the City Council. ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW The Environmental Review Coordinator has reviewed the proposed activity for compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and has determined that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment; therefore, pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) of the State CEQA Guidelines the activity is not subject to CEQA. Thus, no environmental review is necessary. 13-1 ... MAY 1,2007Item~ Page 2 of6 RECOMMENDATION That Council adopt the resolution approving the Task Force's selection of the FY 2007- 2008 Performing and Visual Arts grants totaling $40,500. BOARDS/COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION The Task Force recommends that the City Council award arts funds to groups and individual as outlined in this report. The Cultural Arts Commission unanimously endorsed the Task Force recommendations at their meeting on April 9, 2007. DISCUSSION As it has since the program's inception, the Office of Cultural Arts administered the Performing and Visual Arts Fund grant application process. Performing and Visual Arts Fund Grant Application Packets were distributed by the Office to the Sweetwater Union High School District, Chula Vista Elementary School District, City of Chula Vista web site, all former grant recipients, plus arts groups and individuals in the Chula Vista community and San Diego region. The Office then conducted one "Technical Workshop" on January 6,2007. Twenty-six applications totaling $68,280 in requests were received by the application due date of January 26, 2007. Upon receipt and review, the Office of Arts & Culture made recommendations for funding to the Mayor's Task Force. The current members of the Task Force are: Mayor Cheryl Cox Roderick Reinhart, City staff representative lbierry Gray, Live Nation/Coors Amphitheatre representative William Virchis, Sweetwater Union High School district representative Debra McLaren, Chula Vista Elementary School district representative Chris Redo, Chula Vista Cultural Arts Commission representative Kevin Tilden, At-Large Committee Member A copy of each application was sent to the members of the Mayor's Task Force for their review and numerical scoring. The twenty-six applications were then reviewed and ranked by pre-established criteria by the Task Force on March 16, 2007 (see ATTACHMENT A for a list of the criteria). The Task Force recommends funding twenty-five applications for a total amount of $40,500. While all but one applicant agencies will receive funding, a majority of requests were adjusted based on the Council- approved Task Force policies. One application, from an individual artist, was ruled ineligible for funding because the artist does not reside within the City of Chula Vista. List of Grant Recommendations: . Bonitafest Melodrama $2,000 To provide funding for a community musical/melodrama based on local history appropriate for multigenerationai, culturally diverse family audiences. 13-2 MAY 1, 2007 Item--12- Page 3 of6 . Bonita Vista High School "The Music Machine" Boosters $1,200 To provide funding for two public performances of the vocal music departments of Bonita Vista Middle and High Schools, as well as The Music Machine show choir to be held at Mayan Hall. . Bonita Vista High School "Sound Unlimited" $1,000 To provide funding for public relations materials for the "For Ladies Only" competitive festival for women's show choirs. . Christian Community Theatre/Christian Youth Theatre $1,000 To provide discounted tickets to a fall 2007 school day performance for 475 Chula Vista school children at the Ruth Chapman Performing Arts Center. . Chula Vista Art Guild $600 To stage a competitive visual arts (painters') show, the seventh annual, for local area artists with prizes awarded to the top three artists. . Chula Vista High School for the Creative and Performing Arts $1,500 To expand the Chula Vista Band Review (Parade) and increase the promotion and awareness of this annual civic musical event for 20-30 junior and senior high school bands. . Chula Vista Public Library Foundation $2,000 To update and re-publish, in full color, the "Public Art in Chula Vista" guidebook first published in black and white in 2000. . Feaster Edison Charter School $1,000 To provide promotions support for an original end-of-the-school-year multi-media performance designed to showcase the school's core values of wisdom, justice, courage, compassion, hope, respect, responsibility and integrity. . Fern Street Community Arts $1,400 In partnership with the Chula Vista Community Collaborative, to provide workshops and performances for children at the annual "Day of the Child" event held in Memorial Park, Chula Vista. . Friends of the Chula Vista Library- Civic Center Branch $1,700 To assist the Friends of the Chula Vista Library - Civic Center Branch in partnering with the Centro Hispanoamericano de Guitarra and the Baja California Orchestra of Tijuana, B.C. to present concerts in the Civic Center Branch Auditorium from April to November 2007. 13-3 MAY 1,2007 Item 13 Page 4 of 6 . Friends of the Chula Vista Library- South Chula Vista Branch $1,500 To assist the Friends of the Chula Vista Library - South Chula Vista Branch in partnering with performers of the Centro Hispanoamericano de Guitarra to present concerts in the South Chula Vista Branch Library. . Hedenkamp Theatrical Ensemble $1,000 To provide promotions support for the Winter 2007 and Spring 2008 musicals that will bring cultural awareness and build self-esteem through literature-based original productions. . Installation Gallery $2,500 To work with staff and students of Clear View Elementary School in providing artist/teacher curriculum planning and in-class coaching/collaborative sessions . making the arts a lively, essential and ongoing aspect of elementary school education. . Kellogg Center for the Performing and Visual Arts $1,500 To help fund a program on the campus for a Community Celebration Arts Space that will showcase student work facilitated by in-house artist teachers. . La Jolla Symphony and Chorus $1,500 To help fund a performance by students in the Afro-Cuban Ensemble, joined by professional musicians from Ritrno Caribe, during the Taste of the Arts festival in Chula Vista. . Lamb's Player's Theatre $2,000 To present to Rancho del Rey Middle School students two performances of Early American Voices celebrating pivotal moments in early U.S. history in fall 2007. . Mariachi Scholarship Foundation $1,000 To provide promotional materials for the Mariachi Scholarship Foundation- produced concert/gala event that will recognize local students, donors and sponsors. . OnStage Playhouse $2,000 To help continue a theatre arts intern program for up to 30 SUHSD high school students. Technical theatre students will attend seminars and work under the supervision of seasoned professionals during five productions in 2007/2008. . PASACAT $2,500 To provide funding for the Philippine Dance Gathering & Workshop events held at Southwestern College from July 19-21,2007. Members of the Bayanihan Philippine National Dance Company will make their Chula Vista debut performance as workshop presenters of traditionally-based Philippine dance, music and costume. 13-4 MAY 1, 2007 Item~ Page 5 of6 . Playwrights Project $2,000 To help produce up to 8 performances of student-written plays at three Chula Vista middle and/or high schools during the 2007/08 school year reaching a maximum of 3,200 students. . San Diego Junior Theatre $2,200 To provide increased local promotions for the Chula Vista branch classes and productions during the 2007-2008 season. . San Diego Museum of Art $2,500 To place an artist-in-residence at Rancho del Rey Middle School to coordinate lessons with curriculum in order to provide students with an understanding of the fundamentals of art. . San Diego Opera Association $2,000 San Diego Opera will partner with SUHSD to bring the Opera Ensemble to four SUHSD middle and high schools for live performances and discussion groups. . Sweetwater Union High School District- V AP A Council $1,200 To provide support for the annual district-wide visual arts show as well as supplying art materials for the participating students. . Third Avenue Village Association $1,700 To provide partial funding for the Village Vibes series of live music summer concerts in Memorial Park. DECISION MAKER CONFLICT Staff has reviewed the decision contemplated by this action and has determined that it is not site specific and consequently the 500 foot rule found in California Code of Regulations section I 8704.2(a)(1) is not applicable to this decision. FISCAL IMPACT There is no General Fund impact associated with these grants. The recommended FY 2007/08 grant awards total $40,500 leaving a balance of $13,964.35 to be used for emergency "out-of-cycle" grant requests received during 2007/08. Any remaining funds may be carried over and added to next year's grants program. ATTACHMENTS 13-5 MAY 1,2007Item~ Page 6 of6 ATTACHMENT A Criteria for the Allocation of the Performing Arts' Fund as approved by City Council on December 14,1999. The Performing/Visual Arts Fund, established by the sublease between the City and Live Nation, shall be annually re-granted through a formal application process. The following groups and individuals shall be eligible to apply for funds: . Chula Vista based tax-exempt, non-profit organizations . Chula Vista based educational institutions . Chula Vista based religious organizations . Performance groups associated with Chula Vista based educational institutions (i.e., the Music Machine) . The City of Chula Vista and its various departments and Boards and Commissions . Individuals who reside in Chula Vista For-profit organizations, institutions and businesses shall not be eligible to apply for funds. Non-Chula Vista based non-profit organizations shall not be eligible to apply for funds unless they partner with Chula Vista based organizations. Individual Chula Vista residents (especially students) shall be eligible to apply, in an effort to develop local talent. Per the agreement, applicants may only apply for funds to underwrite the cost of presentations. Funds shall not be awarded to establish an endowment or trust fund, for administrative costs, for capital projects, for rent of performance or office space, and/or for general operating expenses. Prepared by: Roderick Reinhart. Manager, Cultural Arts & Fund Development, Library Department 13-6 RESOLUTION NO. 2007- RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA APPROVING THE PERFORMING AND VISUAL ARTS TASK FORCE'S SELECTION OF THE FY 2007-2008 PERFORMING AND VISUAL ARTS GRANT RECIPIENTS AND THEIR MONETARY GRANT AWARD TOTALING $40,500 WHEREAS, in 1997, the City Council approved a Sublease with Live Nation, Inc. (formerly Universal Concerts) that established a process whereby a portion of ticket sales proceeds at the Coors Amphitheater would be paid to the City and utilized for a Performing and Visual Arts Fund; and WHEREAS, this fund is to be used for arts grants to the Chula Vista community for the purpose of promoting and stimulating the growth of performing and cultural arts within the City; and WHEREAS, this year the Office of Cultural Arts received $36,188 from Live Nation for their 2006 Concert Series and there was a carry-over balance of an additional $4,500 from the 2006/07 grant cycle as a result of returned grant awards; and WHEREAS, as called for in the sublease, a Performing and Visual Arts Task Force was established and annually makes recommendations to the City Council regarding the arts grant awards; and WHEREAS, the Task Force is assisted by the Office of Cultural Arts, which formally conducts the grant application process; and WHEREAS, the Task Force has reviewed the Fiscal Year 2007-2008 applications and has made its recommendations. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED the City Council of the City of Chula Vista does hereby approve the Performing and Visual Arts Task Force's selection of the Fiscal Year 2007-2008 Performing and Visual Arts Grant recipients (set forth in Exhibit A) and their monetary grant award totaling $40,500. Presented by Approved as to form by -i1,,'J:{ c \'\ \\ ~ ;\~~ ~ Ann Moore City Attorney David Palmer Assistant City Manager J:\Attomey\Reso\grants\Library Performing and Visual Arts Task Force 2007-08 13-7