HomeMy WebLinkAbout2013-02-26 - AGENDA REPORTS - ART GRANTS (2)Agenda Item: 4
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
AGENDA REPORT
CONSENT CALENDAR City Manager Approval: '��/✓,
Item to be presented by: Rick Gould
DATE: February 26, 2013
SUBJECT: COMMUNITY SERVICES AND ARTS GRANTS FOR FISCAL
YEAR 2012-13
DEPARTMENT: Parks, Recreation, and Community Services
RECOMMENDED ACTION
1. City Council approve Community Services Grant Committee's project recommendations for
Fiscal Year 2012-13, in an amount not to exceed $72,000 for Community Services Grants
and $40,500 for Arts Grants.
2. In a separate vote, per Council -adopted policy/process, City Council approve Canyon Theatre
Guild City of Santa Clarita Presents art grant in an amount not to exceed $7,500.
3. Direct staff to execute agreements approved for funding.
4. Authorize City Manager, or designee, to sign all documents pursuant to City Attorney
approval.
BACKGROUND
For approximately 22 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 projects 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.
Section 1090 provides that an officer or employee may not make a contract in which he or she
has a financial 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.
Community Services Grants
This year's grant selection committee for Community Services Grants included Mayor Bob
Kellar, Councilmember Frank Ferry, Parks, Recreation, and Community Services Commission
Chair Chris Fall, and City staff from the Finance Division, City Manager's Office, and
Administrative Services Department. Grants awarded in the past funded equipment upgrades,
facility renovation projects, and program supplies.
The Committee selected Community Benefit as the priority funding area for this year's grant
program and chose to continue previous funding limits of $5,000 per grant award. Twenty (20)
Community Service Grant applications were received, with grant requests totaling $99,308. This
year's proposed Grant Program will fund fourteen (14) Community Services Grant applications.
The maximum amount for funding each application is $5,000 (see Attachment A for a list of
proposed projects and agencies).
Arts Grants
This year's Arts Grant Committee included Mayor Bob Kellar, Councilmember Frank Ferry, Arts
Commission Chair John Dow, and City staff from the Finance Division, City Manager's Office,
and Administrative Services Department. Nine (9) Arts Grant applications were received, with
four (4) applications for the City of Santa Clarita Presents category and five (5) for the
Community Arts category. The City of Santa Clarita Presents 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 category is for organizations who provide programs and
projects for the benefit of the Santa Clarita community. The Grants Committee also chose to
continue previous funding limits of $7,500 per grant award. The Committee chose to continue
these amounts as the organizations that apply under the City of Santa Clarita Presents category of
the Arts Grants often have rental costs for the Santa Clarita Performing Arts Center at College of
the Canyons that are above $20,000 and any lower limit could be prohibitive of these groups
being able to perform at the facility. The nine (9) Arts Grant applications received requested a
total of $64,410. This year's proposed Grants program will fund seven (7) Arts Grant
applications. The maximum amount of funding is $7,500 (see attachment A for a list or
proposed Arts agencies and projects).
ALTERNATIVE ACTIONS
1. City Council decline Community Services and/or Arts Grant funding.
2. Other action as determined by City Council.
FISCAL IMPACT
Funds in the amount of $120,000 have been budgeted and are available in the Parks, Recreation,
and Community Services Department account 15300-5171.001 for Community Services Grants
and account 15400-5171.001 for Arts Grants.
ATTACHMENTS
Community Services and Arts Grant Program Recommendations
Attachment A
Community Services Grant Program Recommendations
Fiscal Year 2012-13
COMMUNITY BENEFIT
Organization
Program
Amount
A Light of Hope Support Center Inc.
Counseling Rooms Furniture and Desks
$5,000.00
Avenues of Supportive Living
Training Center Audio -Visual
Equipment
$5,000.00
Bridge to Home
Supplies for Case Management Center
$4,910.00
Carousel Ranch
Steel Covering for Arena
$5,000.00
Child & Family Center
Therapeutic Preschool Laptops
$5,000.00
Crime Survivors
Victim Emergency Bags and Promo
Items
$2,632.00
Domestic Violence Center
Anti -Bullying and Violence Curriculum
$5,000.00
Family Promise of SCV
Resource Center Storage Units
$5,000.00
Los Angeles Residential Community
Training Activity Center Van
$5,000.00
Partners for Potential
Day Program Facility Renovation
$5,000.00
Pleasantview Industries
"Life Smart" Curriculum Training
Materials
$4,458.00
SCV Committee on Aging
Linoleum Installation at Senior Center
$5,000.00
SCV Food Pantry
Senior Soup Program
$5,000.00
SCV Youth Project
Supplies and Snacks for Outreach
Program
$5,000.00
Single Mothers Outreach
Supplies and Refreshments for Spanish
Financial Literacy Program
$5.000.00
TOTAL
$72,000.00
ARTS GRANTS
Organization
Program
Amount
ARTree
Making Our City More Beautiful With
Art
$4,410.00
Canyon Theatre Guild
Broadway Musical
$7,500.00
ESCAPE Theatre
Beauty and the Beast Jr.
$7,500.00
Golden Valley High School
Music Moves Presents Sonora Sound
$7,500.00
Repertory East Playhouse
Equality and Education Exhibit
$6,090.00
Santa Clarita Ballet Company
Three Ballet Productions
$7,500.00
Santa Clarita Master Chorale
Three Chorale Presentations
$7.500.00
TOTAL
$45,000.00
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