TO:
Honorable Mayor Powell and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
David N. Carmany, City Manager
FROM:
Richard Gill, Parks & Recreation Director
SUBJECT:Title
Request to Reinstate Partial Funding of $10,000 to Arts Manhattan for Two Art Exhibitions at the Creative Arts Center, and Appropriate $10,000 from the Public Art Trust Fund.
APPROVE
Body
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council approve the request from Arts Manhattan to reinstate partial funding of $10,000 for two public art exhibitions at the City’s Creative Arts Center and appropriate $10,000 from the Public Art Trust Fund.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
Arts Manhattan is requesting $10,000 to fund two exhibitions at the Creative Arts Center. These funds have not been budgeted in the current fiscal year. If the request is approved, staff recommends that the City Council appropriate $10,000 from the Public Art Trust Fund which has a current unencumbered balance of $49,977 after the Centennial and Library art pieces and sculpture garden encumbrances. If approved, the fund balance would be reduced to $39,977 (Public Arts Trust Fund Report - Attachment 1).
BACKGROUND:
In July, the City Council received the attached letter (Arts Manhattan letter - Attachment 2) from Ms. Homeira Goldstein, Chairman of the Board for the non-profit agency Arts Manhattan. Ms. Goldstein, on behalf of Arts Manhattan, is requesting that the City reinstate one half of the City’s funding given to Arts Manhattan annually prior to Fiscal Year 2010-2011 for their art exhibition program at the City’s Creative Arts Center.
When the Creative Arts Center opened in 2002, the City allocated $20,000 annually to Arts Manhattan for the implementation of two art exhibitions at the Creative Arts Center. The exhibitions have consistently strived to inform and expand the community’s understanding of contemporary art through a diverse range of media. It has aided in elevating the City’s recreational program to a sophisticated ...
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