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Home My WebLink About2016-01-26 - AGENDA REPORTS - COMMUNITY SVCS AND ARTS GRANTS (2)0 Agenda Item: 5 CITY OF SANTA CLARITA Q) AGENDA REPORT CONSENT CALENDAR i, CITY MANAGER APPROVAL: 1 j=� DATE: January 26, 2016 SUBJECT: 2016 COMMUNITY SERVICES AND ARTS GRANTS DEPARTMENT: Parks Recreation and Community Services PRESENTER: Ingrid Hardy RECOMMENDED ACTION City Council: 1. Approve the 2016 Community Services and Arts Grants Committee's program funding recommendations, in an amount not to exceed $89,405 for Community Services Grants and $66,350 for Arts Grants, for a total of $155,755. 2. Transfer $5,755 from the Contingency account 19300-5401.001 to the grants expenditure account 15000-5171.001. 3. Ina separate vote, per the City Council's adopted policy/process, approve the Canyon Theatre Guild's Arts Grant, in an amount not to exceed $7,500. 4. Direct staff to execute Grant Program Agreements with agencies approved for funding. 5. Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to sign all documents pursuant to City Attorney approval. BACKGROUND For approximately 26 years, the City of Santa Clarita has provided funds for community organizations through the Community Services and Arts Grants program. Each year, a Grant Committee is assembled to determine funding categories, review and rate applications, and make final funding recommendations for community service and arts projects throughout Santa Clarita. At the September 25, 2012, City Council meeting, the City Council approved a streamlined process and policy for the Community Services and Arts Grants program. Most importantly, these changes reflected the compliance requirements under Government Code Sections 1090 and 1091 which deal with conflicts of interest in the contract -making process. Page 1 PacketPg. 29 Section 1090 provides that an officer or employee may not make a contract in which he or she has afinancial interest. Section 1091 addresses various "remote interest" exceptions whereby a Councilmember or Commissioner is considered to have a `remote interest" if he or she serves on the executive board of a nonprofit corporation applying for grant funding. When a remote interest exists, the Commissioner and/or Councilmember must disclose the interest on the record before City Council takes action on the contract/grant and the individual cannot influence or attempt to influence another member of the City Council with regard to the award of the contract/grant. Finally, a Councilmember with a "remote interest" must refrain from participating in the discussion or voting concerning such organization and a separate vote concerning any award to that organization will be conducted. Staffs recommendations for the Community Services and Arts Grants reflect this requirement. This year's Grant Committee for the Community Services and Arts Grants included Mayor Bob Kellar, Councilmember Marsha McLean, the late Parks, Recreation, and Community Services Commission Chair Duane Harte, Arts Commission Chair Patti Rasmussen, and a City staff member from the Community Development Department, City Manager's Office, and Economic Development Division. The Grant Committee selected Community Benefit as the priority funding focus area for this year's grant program and chose to continue previous funding limits of up to $5,000 per Community Services grant award and up to $7,500 per Arts grant award. With the adoption of the Fiscal Year 2015-16 budget, the City Council approved a budget for the Community Services and Arts Grants program of $150,000. The allocated amount for each grants program is $90,000 for Community Services and $60,000 for Arts. Community Services Grants - Twenty five (25) Community Service Grant applications were received, with grant requests totaling $124,405. This year's grant program includes a recommendation from the Grant Committee to fund 18 Community Services Grant applications totaling $89,405. Attachment A provides a list of proposed agencies and programs, including the funding recommendations for the 18 Community Services grant applications. Arts Grants - The Grant Committee selected to continue with two sub -categories for the Arts Grants program, City of Santa Clarita Presents and Community Arts. The City ofSanta Clarita Presents sub -category is for organizations who utilize the Santa Clarita Performing Arts Center at College of the Canyons for public artistic performances, and the Community Arts sub -category is for organizations that provide programs and projects for the benefit of the Santa Clarita community. Thirteen (13) Arts Grant applications were received, with 4 applications for the City ofSanta Clarita Presents sub -category and 9 applications for the Community Arts sub -category. The 13 Arts Grant applications received totaled a requested amount of $88,850. This year's grant program recommends funding 10 Arts Grant applications totaling $66,350. Attachment A includes a list of the 10 proposed agencies and programs, including the funding recommendations from the Grant Committee. As part of the process to select grant recipients, a combination of Grant Committee rankings and discussions selected the final proposed recipients. Grant Committee members felt it was important to recommend funding for as many proposals as possible. Consequently, they were Page 2 Packet Pg. 30 able to propose the funding of two additional grants that were tied in rankings in the Arts category by requesting an amount of $5,755 from the Contingency account, ensuring a benefit and broader reach into the community. ALTERNATIVE ACTION 1. City Council decline Community Services and/or Arts Grant funding. 2. Other action as determined by the City Council. FISCAL IMPACT Upon approval of the recommended action to transfer $5,755 from Contingency account 19300- 5401.001, atotal of $155,755 will be available in the grants expenditure account 15000- 5171.001. ATTACHMENTS Attachment A - Proposed Funding Attachment B - Proposals Not Recommended for Funding 0 Page 3 Packet Pg. 31 5.a 2016 Community Services & Arts Grants Recommended for Funding 2016 Arts Grants Agency Agency Program Amt Canyon Theatre Guild Broadway Musical (Santa Clarita Presents) $7,500 ESCAPE Theatre Beauty and the Beast (Santa Clarita Presents) $7,500 Newhall Elementary in Collaboration with The ARTree Sharing Our History Through Art $3,615 Santa Clarita Artists Association, Inc. Community Art Gallery $7,500 Santa Clarita Ballet Company (SCBC) Ballet in Springtime (Santa Clarita Presents) $7,500 Santa Clarita Master Chorale, Inc. 2015-16 Concert Series (Santa Clarita Presents) $7,500 Santa Clarita Philharmonic 2016-17 Concert Season $7,500 Santa Clarita Shakespeare Festival Fall Elementary School Tour - Scrooge's Long Night $7,500 Santa Clarita Valley Youth Orchestra (SCVYO) Prelude to Winds and Enhancement of SCVYO $7,500 The ARTree Community Arts Center Nurturing Occasions for Creativity $2,735 TOTAL RECOMMENDED FOR FUNDING: $66,350 2016 Community Services Grants Agency Program Amt A Light of Hope A Night of Hope / APG Activities $5,000 American Diabetes Association Living Well with Diabetes $5,000 Back to the War Zone SCV Traveling Tribute $5,000 Blue Star Ranch, Serving Our Nation's Veterans Serving Our Nation's Veterans $5,000 Bos and Girls Club of SCV Robotics Program, a component of Project Learn $5,000 Bridge to Home - Santa Clarita Development Corp. Technology Capacity Building for Program Expansion $4,877 Carousel Ranch Equipment for New Therapeutic Driving Program $4,815 Domestic Violence Center of Santa Clarita Valley Victims Advocacy Program (VAP) $5,000 Gibbon Conservation Center Build a Handicap - Accessible Walkway $5,000 Help the Children Needed Equipment for the Food Program $5,000 Pleasantview Industries, Inc. Shipping and Receiving Equipment $5,000 Samuel Dixon Family Health Center, Inc. Val Verde, Newhall, and Canyon Country Health Centers $5,000 Santa Clarita Track Club - SOAR Program Students Off And Running (SOAR) - Newhall Expansion Initiative $4,713 Santa Clarita Valley Food Pantry Nutrition/Calcium Supplement for Senior Outreach $5,000 Santa Clarita Valley Historical Society (SCVHS) Safety Inspection and Upgrade of Pardee House $5,000 SCV Mayor's Committee for Employment of Individuals with Disabilities SCV Mayor's Committee - Marketing and Outreach $5,000 Single Mothers Outreach, Inc. Intervention Services to Children of Disadvantaged Single Parents $5,000 SRD - Straightening Reins Foundation Round per Expansion (expansion of counseling area) $5,000 TOTAL RECOMMENDED FOR FUNDING: $89,405 Packet Pg. 32 5.b 2016 Community Services & Arts Grants Proposals Not Recommended for Funding hm 2016 Arts Grants Agency Program Amt Req. Forge Ahead Arts Ties to a Place, Yarn Bomb Project, and News & Media Project $7,500 The Broadway Bound Players Broadway Bound Actors Studio $7,500 Yes I Can "Unity through Music & Education" Summer Meltdown Autism Awareness Arts & Music Festival $7,500 2016 Community Services Grants Agency Program Amt Req. 7Avenues orted Livin Services, Inc. AVENUES IPad Technology Enhancement Project $5,000 uth Chess League Promoting to Queens! Girls Chess in the SCV $5,000 Crime Survivors, Inc. Santa Clarita Service Provider Roundtables $5,000 Family Promise of SCV Computer Literacy Program $5,000 Fil-Am Association of SCV Jose Rizal Scholastic Achievement Award $5,000 HandsOn Santa Clarita Santa Clarita Youth Leadership Council $5,000 The Shoe Crew 100 Families $5,000 Packet Pg. 33