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RESERVE FUND FOR CULTURE AND ARTS
The City Council hereby recognizes the importance of promoting culture and
the arts within the City of Newport Beach. A number of individuals and
groups, such as the Arts Commission and Friends of the Newport Theatre Arts
Center, have been organized with the express purpose of developing and
promoting culture, theatre and the arts.
The City would compliment these efforts by establishing a Reserve Fund forCultureandArtsthatcanbeusedfora) developing a master plan for the
promotion of culture and arts; b) acquir*ng land and /or the construction of
facilities to promote culture and arts and; c) instituting other cultural
promotion projects. f
The sum of $55,000 shall be reserv4 each year and shall be held in reserve
until specific cultural or
artist
planning, promotion and /or construction
projects are approved by the City Council. It is the policy of the City of
Newport Beach that expenditures rom the reserve fund should be matched
equally by the community in thee form of contributions and donations.
In regard to the City's roll,Iin financially sponsoring art and cultural
events, the City Arts Commission shall review all programs and requests for
support from arts groups. J%e Commission shall forward its recommendations
for funding to the City Coy'ncil for final approval. Any appropriation
shall not exceed 50% of the Arts Commissions' annual budget. For the
purpose of this policy, sits groups shall be defined as those involved in
visual, musical, theatre, dance, crafts, performing and literary
activities.
The following priorities shall be considered by the Commission. The order
of preference for granting support shall be as follows:
a) Local arts groups located within the City and offering programs to
City residents;
b) Regional arts groups located in Orange County and offering programs to
City residents; and
c) Arts groups located in California and performing or offering programs
to City residents.
Groups not offering programs or services to local residents shall not be
eligible for support from the City.
Refer to attached Cultural Arts Program Assistance Request form.
Adopted - May 11, 1981
Amended - November 14, 1983
Amended;- January 23, 1984
Amended.- March 28, 1988