HomeMy WebLinkAbout2019-12-10 - AGENDA REPORTS - ARTS GRANTS RATING PROCESS (2)Agenda Item: 13
DATE: December 10, 2019
SUBJECT: ARTS GRANTS RATING PROCESS
DEPARTMENT: Recreation and Community Services
PRESENTER: Phil Lantis
RECOMMENDED ACTION
City Council to provide direction regarding revising the ratings process for the Arts Grants
Program.
BACKGROUND
Each year the City of Santa Clarita (City) offers the Community Services and Arts Grants
Program to support nonprofit organizations in providing programs and services to the
Santa Clarita community. The rating process for the Community Services and Arts Grants
Program is currently executed by the Grant Committee, comprised of two City Council
members, the Parks, Recreation, and Community Services Commission Chair, the Arts
Commission Chair, and three City staff members. The Grant Committee is responsible for
determining funding categories, reviewing and rating Community Services and Arts Grants
applications, and developing funding recommendations for City Council approval.
Revising the rating process for the Arts Grants Program is recommended in the Arts Master Plan,
adopted by City Council in 2016. Recommendation 4.1 of the Arts Master Plan, reads as follows:
Recommendation 4.1 - Adopt a three-tier process of developing arts grants and public art
projects, utilizing outside peer panels.
The three-tier process has been implemented in the Public Art Program and includes the
following tiers:
Tier I - Peer Review Rating Panel
Establish a Peer Review Rating Panel comprised of one Arts Commissioner and four arts experts
or administrators to review and rate the Arts Grants applications.
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Tier II - Arts Commission Review
Present funding recommendations to the Arts Commission for review.
Tier III - City Council Approval
Present funding recommendations to the City Council for approval.
Tier I and Tier II differentiate from the current rating process by establishing a Peer Review
Panel to review and rate Arts Grants applications and by presenting funding recommendations to
the Arts Commission for review, prior to presenting to the City Council for approval.
The Grant Committee will continue to be responsible for determining funding categories for both
the Arts and Community Services Grant Programs and will rate applications and make funding
recommendations for the Community Services Grants Program.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION
Other actions as determined by the City Council.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact for this item.
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