Agenda

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C. 53

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	David Twa, County Administrator
Date:	December 5, 2017

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

State-Local Partnership Grant Increase from the California Arts Council

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 12/05/2017

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Diane Burgis, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:

Enid Mendoza, (925) 335-1039

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: December 5, 2017
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the County Administrator, or designee, accept grant funding from the California Arts Council, a state agency, in an amount not to exceed $26,250 for the County to provide advocacy for the advancement of arts and the Poetry Out Loud program for the period October 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019.

FISCAL IMPACT:

Upon approval, the County will be receive up to $26,250 in grant funds to support art advancement programs. California Arts Council grant requirements typically require a dollar-for-dollar match of which up to 50% can be from in-kind goods and services and donations. Although the state has included an additional nine-month grant period to the 2017-18 annual grant, match requirements for the funding period October 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019 are not included in the agreement. Should a match be required or benefit the County's position to apply for future California Arts Council grants, it is anticipated that the fiscal year 2018-19 budget will include a General Fund allocation for the Arts Commission and the Commission will be able to utilize in-kind resources available to offset and meet the matching fund requirements of the grant. (100% State)

BACKGROUND:

Established by the Board of Supervisors in December of 1994 as an official County commission and the authorized County partner with the California Arts Council, the Arts and Culture Commission of Contra Costa County (AC5) first applied for and received funding from the State-Local Partnership program in July 1995 for fiscal year 1995-1996. Since that time, the Board of Supervisors has designated and reaffirmed AC5 as the authorized partner of the State-Local Partnership program of the California Arts Council. This designation allows the County to apply for and accept funding from the State to enhance art and culture programs in the county.

The goals of the State-Local Partnership program are to promote public value of and participation in the arts; leverage public and private support for the arts; encourage and promote arts in education; foster local and regional partnership and collaboration; create, present, and preserve the arts of all cultures; promote inclusiveness and equity in the arts for all communities; and encourage cultural development and preservation of California’s diverse communities.

On June 6, 2017, the Board authorized the County Administrator to apply for and accept grant funding from the California Arts Council in an amount not to exceed $37,300 for the County to provide advocacy for the arts and the Poetry Out Loud program for the period October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018. On October 17, 2017, the County received grant award documents from the California Arts Council for a grant period of October 1, 2017 through June 30, 2019 for a total award amount of $58,016. This amount includes funding in the amount of $31,766 for the period October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018 and $26,250 for the period October 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019. The agreement only requires a dollar-for-dollar match, of which up to 50% can be in-kind goods, services, and donations, for the $31,766 and this is budgeted in fiscal year 2017-18.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If this action is not approved, the County will not accept and additional $26,250 in grant funding that supports the advancement of arts and advocacy efforts of AC5.