LTC 313-2021 FY 2021 Funding Relief to Cultural Organizations in Miami BeachDocuSign Envelope ID: 768EBE30-405C-4A57-8A25-2A7D920255AF
MIAMI BEACH
OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
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313-2021 LETTER TO COMMISSION
Honorable Mayor Dan Gelber and Members of the City Commission
Alina T. Hudak, City Manager ~;;:~~
July 26, 2021
FY 2021 Funding Relief to Cultural Organizations in Miami Beach
The purpose of this letter to the Mayor and Commission is to provide an update on the motion made
during the July 1, 2021 Cultural Arts Council meeting regarding funding relief to cultural
organizations in the City of Miami Beach ("Cultural Anchors").
On June 23, 2021, the Mayor and City Commission approved Resolution No. 2021 -31745 to
appropriate the remaining $500,000 balance of the $1.0 million allocated in the FY 2021 budget
adopted through Resolution No . 2020 -31428 to provide further funding relief to cultural
organizations in the City of Miami Beach impacted by COVID -19 from prior year accumulated
Cultural Arts Council fund balance and endowment funds.
On July 1, 2021 the Cultural Arts Council made a motion to recommend eligible FY 2021 Cultural
Anchors receive funding based on the following guidelines:
$60,000 for Anchors with annual organizational budgets below $750,000
$65,000 for Anchors with annual organizational budgets between $750,000 and 3.5M
$70,000 for Anchors with annual organizational budgets at or above $3.5M
The fourteen (14) qualifying FY 2021 Cultural Anchors and recommended funding amounts, based
on organizational budgets, are noted as follows:
Miami Beach Cultural Anchors FY 20/21 $1 M
FIU-Miami Beach Urban Studios $65,000
FIU-Wolfsonian $70,000
FIU-Jewish Museum of Florida $65,000
Friends of the Bass Museum, Inc. $70,000
Miami Beach Garden Conservancy $60,000
Miami City Ballet $70,000
Miami Design Preservation League $65,000
Miami New Drama $65,000
New World Symphony $70,000
O'Cinema (Living Arts Trust) $65,000
Oolite Arts $70,000
The Holocaust Memorial Committee $65,000
The Rhythm Foundation $65,000
University of Wynwood (0, Miami) $65,000
Total Allocated Funding $930,000
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The above motion was approved unanimously. Cultural Arts Council members present
included Laurence Moser (Chair), Ray Breslin, Victoria Elliott, Brian Erlich, Cheryl Jacobs,
Tiffany Lapciuc, Vanessa Menkes, David Sexton and Rachel Unger.
For more information, please contact Lissette Garcia Arrogante, Director, Tourism and
Culture at li ssettearrogante@m iam ibeachfl.gov or x26597 . G oo cusignedby:
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Lissette Garcia Arrogante, Director, Tourism and Culture Department
Heather Shaw, Assistant Director, Tourism and Culture Department
Brandi Reddick, Cultural Affairs Manager