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Home My WebLink About2014-01-28 - AGENDA REPORTS - COMM SVCS& ARTS GRANTS FY13-14 (2)CONSENT CALENDAR DATE: SUBJECT: DEPARTMENT: Agenda Item: 4 CITY OF SANTA CLARITA AGENDA REPORT City Manager Approval: Item to be presented by: January 28, 2014 61t a 16if Rick Gould COMMUNITY SERVICES AND ARTS GRANTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2013-2014 Parks, Recreation, and Community Services RECOMMENDED ACTION 1. City Council approve Community Services Grant Committee's project recommendations for Fiscal Year 2013-14, in an amount not to exceed $72,000 for Community Services Grants and $45,000 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 $3,000. 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 23 years, the City of Santa Clarita has provided funds to community organizations through the competitive 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. 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 {l;`� nq�,q 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 Laurene Weste, Councilmember Bob Kellar, Parks, Recreation, and Community Services Commission Chair Dianna Boone, 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 the previous funding limits of $5,000 per grant award. Thirty Community Service Grant applications were received, with grant requests totaling $146,350. This year's proposed Grant Program will fund 15 Community Services Grant applications. The maximum amount for funding each application is $5,000. Arts Grants This year's Arts Grant Committee included Mayor Laurene Weste, Councilmember Bob Kellar, Arts Commission Chair Susan Shapiro, and City staff from the Finance division, City Manager's Office, and Administrative Services department. Eleven Arts Grant applications were received, with five applications for the City of Santa Clarita Presents category and six 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 (PAC) 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, as the organizations that apply under the City of Santa Clarita Presents category often have rental costs for the PAC that are above $20,000, and any lower limit could prohibit these groups from being able to perform at the facility. The 11 Arts Grant applications received requested a total of $79,775. This year's proposed Grants program will fund seven Arts Grant applications. The maximum amount of funding is $7,500. Attachment A lists the proposed projects and agencies under both the Community Services Grants and the Arts Grants. VE 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 for this purpose in the Parks, Recreation, and Community Services Department expenditure account 15300-5171.001 for Community Services Grants and expenditure account 15400-5171.001 for Arts Grants. ATTACHMENTS Attachment A - Community Services and Arts Grants Ratings 3 2013-14 Grant Score Card 2013-14 Arts Grants Agency Program AVG SCVTV SCVTV Arts: A Community Arts Promotion Initiative 90.8 $7,500 SC Master Chorale PAC Venue Costs 89.8 $7,500 Repertory East Playhouse The Great Gatsby 88.0 $7,500 SC Shakespeare Festival Summerfest Stage 87,8 $7,500 SC Ballet Company Beauty and the Beast 86.7 $7,500 ESCAPE Theatre The Wizard of Oz 86.2 $7,500 Total Available: $48,000 ($3,000 left Canyon Theatre Broadway Musical 85.7 $7,500 Golden Valley HIS Band & Color Guard �' Live. Music Moves Presents: S Pepper's � 85.5 $7,500 SCV International Journey Through Latin America Musical Concert 85.0 $7,500 SCV Youth Orchestra Summer Music Program 84.0 $7,500 ARTree $4,775 1 Everyone Matters in Santa Clarita 83.2 fm uo�e vlumu S:�VPI�ommunlryXnv�fWSWN/nNgFl(mmnJrt<e�Ml3 3<Gmml�Swrt Cvre_fIXIf AGFNW it 2013-14 Grant Score Card 2013-14 Community Services Grants Agency Program AVG Help the Children $5,000 "Love and Share" Food Program 89.8 Child and Family Center Training for Mental Health Workers Serving Veterans 88.5 $5,000 Single Mother's Outreach Equipment for Employment Project 87.8 $5,000 Family Promise of SCV Child Care Assistance Program 86.8 $5,000 Triumph Foundation Expansion of adaptive sports program 86.2 $5,000 Yes I Can SCV Arts and Inclusion 85.0 $5,000 LARC Ranch $5,000 Installation of a solar energy system 84.8 Bridge to Home Computer Center at Winter Shelter 84.7 $4,921 A Light of Hope A Sober High School 84.3 $5,000 Special Olympics Transportation for Athletes 83.0 $5,000 Avenues of Supportive Living DynaVox Xpress communication device 82.8 $5,000 SCV Education Foundation "Read With Me" Literacy 82.7 $4,389 Gibbon Conservation Center Weather Resistant Educational Signage 82.2 $5,000 Domestic Violence Center "Home doesn't have to be a battlefield" (Veterans) 81.8 $2,500 Carousel Ranch Mist Cooling System for Arena 80.3 $5,000 Total Available: $72,000 $190 left Michael Hoefflin Foundation Computer Upgrade 79.7 $5,000 Partners for Potential Teaching kitchen for adults with disabilities 79.2 $5,000 Pleasantview Industries Replacement furniture for training environment 78.3 $4,800 SCV Committee on Aging Photo Installation of Diverse Seniors and Community Served 76.8 $5,000 SRD - Straightening Reins $5,000 "Power Tools for Living" for young mothers 76.8 Christ Lutheran Preschool "Bridging the Musical Experience" 76.2 $5,000 LSS Community Care Center Project Safe and Secure 75.0 $5,000 SCV Historical Society Security gales 74.4 $5,000 Hands On Santa Clarita "Teamworks" Volunteer Projects 73.5 $5,000 Goodwill Santa Clarita Resource Center Career Advancement Boot Camp 72.7 $5,000 SCV Veteran's Memorial Solar Lighting at Memorial 72.5 $5,000 COC Foundation Library Children's Reading Corner 72.0 $4,740 VIA Education Foundation Connecting to Success 71.3 $5,000 SCV YMCA $5,000 Science Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) 70.8 Impact Basketball Girls Basketball Program 58.5 $5,000 __ Fully Funded an opaane UVRoia s:lvrt�anm,wrysr,wre,l[ivswxx,lrosa�[omnxttnlross se5mn, svwe[uM Flx.�tac[xw 5