HomeMy WebLinkAbout13 - Sculpture Exhibition in Civic Center Park — Local Assistance Specified Grant - PowerPointOctober 8, 2019
Item No. 13
Sculpture Exhibition in Civic Center Park
Local Assistance Specified Grant
CIN OF NEWPORT BEACH
ARTS COMMISSION
Local Assistance Specified Grant
• The Fiscal Year 2019 -2020 State budget allocates $500,000 in grant
funding from the Department of Parks and Recreation for the
Sculpture Exhibition.
• Council must approve a resolution authorizing staff to apply for grant
funding.
• Project(s) must be completed by December 31, 2021.
ARTS COMMISSION PROPOSAL
• Use the grant funding for Phase VI and Phase VII of the Sculpture
Exhibition in Civic Center Park at $150,000 per phase.
• Under this proposal, the City Arts Commission would retain the
$135,000 allocated by City Council in the Fiscal Year 2019-2020
budget to fund Phase V.
•Grant funding for the project would commence in June 2020, after
the completion of Phase V in May 2020.
ARTS COMMISSION PROPOSAL
• The City Arts Commission proposes to use the remaining funds
($200,000) to replace or upgrade the footpath in Civic Center Park.
• The remaining $15,000 per phase would be used for educational
programming.
• Three phases in 15 months; under this plan, there would be 30 pieces
of sculpture in the park from December 2020 until June 2021 (when
Phase IV is de -installed) and 30 pieces again commencing in August
2021 until Phase V is de -installed in May 2022.
ARTS COMMISSION PROPOSAL
TIMELINE:
PHASE
START•
•
v
November 2619
May 2626
$135,606
Cultural Arts budget
vi
June 2026
December 2626
$1501000
State Grant
Path
TBD
TBD
$2061600
State Grant
Ill I
January 2621
August 2021
$150,606
State Grant
Total
$6351606
STAFF PROPOSAL
• Use the grant to fund Phase V and Phase VI of the Sculpture
Exhibition in Civic Center Park at $150,000 per phase.
• Grant funds will be used to reimburse the $135,000 allocated by
City Council for Phase V in the Fiscal Year 2019-20 budget and
will reduce the City's contributions for Phase VI by $135,000,
which was anticipated to be budgeted for FY 2020-21.
STAFF PROPOSAL
• The City Arts Commission could then utilize the remaining
$15,000 per phase for educational programming in the
Exhibition.
• Under staff's proposal, the City would use the remaining
$200,000 for infrastructural upgrades in the park, specifically
the footpath used by visitors to view the art.
• One Phase every 12 months.
STAFF PROPOSAL
TIMELINE:
PHASE
START
-
V November 2019 May 2020
$1507000
State Grant
VI November 2929 May 2921
$1597999
State Grant
Path TBD TBD
$2007000
State Grant
TOTAL:
$5007000