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Home My WebLink About2006-26338 Reso RESOLUTION NO. 2006-26338 A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ACCEPTING THE CITY MANAGER'S RECOMMENDATION, AND APPROVING THE CULTURAL ARTS COUNCIL'S FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS, AND AWARDING $642,888 IN SAID GRANTS, FOR FISCAL YEAR 2006/07, AS IDENTIFIED IN THE ATTACHED EXHIBIT "A"; AND FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE SAID GRANT AGREEMENTS, AND MAKE THE AWARD OF SAID GRANT MONIES SUBJECT TO AND CONTINGENT UPON THE APPROVAL OF THE CULTURAL ARTS COUNCIL'S BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2006/07. WHEREAS, the Miami Beach Cultural Arts Council (CAC) was created to develop, coordinate, and promote the performing and visual arts of the City if Miami Beach for the enjoyment, education, cultural enrichment, and benefit of the residents of and visitors to the City; and WHEREAS, from January 13 through April 8, 2006, the Cultural Affairs staff and CAC conducted its application and review process for its Fiscal Year 2006/07 Cultural Arts Grant Programs; and WHEREAS, grants panelists, comprised of the CAC members, evaluated 50 applications, requesting a total of $895,000; and WHEREAS, the CAC, at its regular meeting on May 5, 2006, reviewed their recommendations and unanimously supported the recommended Cultural Arts awards for Fiscal Year 2006/07 as more specifically identified in Exhibit "A", attached hereto. WHEREAS, the City Manager has reviewed the recommendations and concurs with same. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT DULY RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, that the Mayor and City Commission accept the City Manager's recommendations and hereby approves the award of $642,888 in CAC grants for Fiscal Year 2006/07, as identified in the attached Exhibit "A"; and further authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute said Grant Agreements, making the award of said grants subject to and contingent upon the approval of the CAC's budget for Fiscal Year 2006/07. PASSED and ADOPTED THIS 21st day of September 2006. ~(y ~4 6~~ RobertcParcher CITY CLERK I Vice-Mayor Jerry Libbin 0 AS TO FORM & LANGUAGE &FO CUnON 'if 0/'(' Date COMMISSION ITEM SUMMARY Condensed Title: A resolution of the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Miami Beach, Florida, authorizing the City Manager to approve the Cultural Arts Council's funding recommendations and awarding $642,888 in said grants, for Fiscal Year 2006/07, as identified in the attached Exhibit "A"; and further authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to execute said grant agreements, and make the award of said grant monies subject to and contin ent u on the a roval of the Cultural Arts Council's bud et for the Fiscal Year 2006/07. Ke Intended Outcome Su orted: Increase community rating of cultural activities. Issue: Shall the City approve and accept the grant award recommendations and award $642,888 said Cultural Arts Grants for Fiscal Year 2006/077 Item Summary/Recommendation: From January 13 through to April 8, 2006, the Cultural Affairs Program Staff and CAC conducted an application and review process for its Fiscal Year 2006/07 Cultural Arts Grant Programs. This process included the 11 member CAC who served as the grants panelists to evaluate 50 applications, requesting a total of $895,000. The recommendations were reviewed by the CAC at their May 5 meeting, where the CAC unanimously supported them. Adopt the resolution and approve, accept, and award the Fiscal Year 2006/07 Cultural Arts Council grant recommendations in the amount of $642,888. Adviso Board Recommendation: The Cultural Arts Council reviewed the grant panel recommendations at their May 5 meeting and su orts the recommended awards as reflected in the fourth column of Exhibit "A". Financial Information: Source of Funds: 140.6080.000349 Cultural Arts Council Fund 00 OBPI Financial Impact Summary: City Clerk's Office Legislative Tracking: I m .,.,. MIAMI BEA H AGENDA ITEM DATE R1G- 'I" dJ -0;; ~ MIAMI BEACH City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach, Florida 33139, www.miamibeachfl.gov COMMISSION MEMORANDUM FROM: Mayor David Dermer and Members of the City Commission Jorge M. Gonzalez, City Manager ~./'" j ~ September 21 , 2006 () TO: DATE: SUBJECT: A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO APPROVE THE CULTURAL ARTS COUNCIL'S FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS, AND AWARDING $642,888 IN SAID GRANTS, FOR FISCAL YEAR 2006/07, AS IDENTIFIED IN THE ATTACHED EXHIBIT "A"; AND FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE SAID GRANT AGREEMENTS, AND MAKE THE AWARD OF SAID GRANT MONIES SUBJECT TO AND CONTINGENT UPON THE APPROVAL OF THE CULTURAL ARTS COUNCIL'S BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2006/07. ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDATION Adopt the Resolution. FUNDING Funding is available from the Cultural Arts Council's (CAC) budget for Fiscal Year 2006/07. ANALYSIS The Mayor and City Commission passed an Ordinance in 1997 establishing the Cultural Arts Council to support the visual and performing arts in Miami Beach. The cultural arts grants program, a central component of the Council's master plan, provides funding to not-for- profits arts organizations through a competitive application and review process. This funding annually results in hundreds of performances, exhibits, and other cultural events throughout the City of Miami Beach. In 1998, a competitive process was established to review grant applications and assess the cultural community's needs. The grant categories and their objectives are listed below. Cultural Anchors - Provides grants to the major preeminent arts institutions physically based in the City of Miami Beach, whose primary mission is year-round artistic and cultural programming that contributes significantly to the cultural life of the City of Miami Beach. Organizations must have minimum organizational budget levels of $750,000. Grants may be used towards operational expenses in association with the annual cultural programming described in the application. The seven organizations are: ArtCenter/South Florida, Bass Museum of Art, Jewish Museum of Florida, Miami City Ballet, Miami Design Preservation League, New World Symphony, and Wolfsonian-FIU. Cultural Heritage - Provides project-specific grants for arts programming to not-for-profit 501(c)(3) Miami Beach-based institutions devoted to promoting and protecting the diverse heritage, traditions and culture of Miami Beach. Grants may be used for presentations of visual and performing arts, arts programs and workshops, and other projects which emphasize the artistic experience and are accessible to a broad audience. Grant funds may not be used to support projects that are primarily recreational, therapeutic, vocational or rehabilitative, or for religious services or programs designed solely for practitioners of a specific religion. Artistic Disciplines - Dance, Film, Music, Theater and Visual Arts Funding is limited to arts and cultural organizations whose primary mission is to create and present work in one of the following artistic disciplines; Dance, Music Theater, Film and Visual Arts. Proposed projects should be for work that is new or has never before been presented in Miami Beach. Organizations receiving an Artistic Discipline Grant are chosen based on demonstrated artistic talent and potential and the vision for the proposed project, in relation to their overall artistic goals. Arts and Cultural Education - Provides grants to cultural organizations whose primary mission is to provide support for rich and challenging arts learning opportunities for children and adults in City of Miami Beach schools and neighborhoods. Grants may be used for workshops, lectures/demonstrations, and other projects designed to increase skills and awareness of the arts. Cultural Presenters - Provides grants to organizations whose primary mission is to produce and present cultural and artistic productions. Cultural Tourism (funding shared by the CAC & VCA) - Provides grants to support major cultural arts performances, festivals, and events which attract a significant number of tourists to the City of Miami Beach. Additionally, the CAC partnered with the VCA for Cultural Tourism grants that support cultural events with documented tourism benefits. The VCA provided $75,000 and the CAC has already provided $50,000 out of their Fiscal Year 2005/06 budget to fund this program in Fiscal Year 2006/07. Similar to the CAC grants panel process, the three (3) members of the VCA and three (3) members of the CAC jointly convened a Cultural Tourism Panel on July 13, 2006, to review and recommend funding for this category. Please refer to Exhibit B for a detailed list of the review panel members. The Cultural Tourism Program awards totaled $123,200. All CAC grant applications, guidelines, and instructions were offered in English and Spanish. Applications were made available through the Department of Tourism and Cultural Development and electronically on both the City of Miami Beach's (www.miamibeachfl.gov) and the Cultural Affairs Program's (www.mbculture.orQ) websites. Additionally, the grant programs were publicized in English and Spanish media and via electronic mail. Between January 13 and February 24, 2006, Cultural Affairs staff met individually with all applicants to determine eligibility, program category, and offer guidance regarding application preparation. Final grant applications for all CAC grant programs were due on March 1, 2006. The application process, including the Cultural Tourism program, yielded 50 viable applications for cultural programming in Fiscal Year 2006/07, with requests totaling $895,000, including the VCA/CAC joint Cultural Tourism Program. This year, the CAC members comprised the CAC grants panels exclusively; please refer to exhibit B for a listing of CAC members. The Cultural Affairs Program Manager led the CAC members in a grant panel orientation during the CAC's regular meeting on March 3, 2006. The CAC grants panels convened at public meetings in City Hall on April 7, 2006, and at the 555 17th building on April 8, 2006. The panelists reviewed applications in alphabetical order by grant program. Applicants were allowed to address specific questions from the panelists. The applications were scored using evaluation forms based on criteria listed in the application, then averaged. The applications were ranked starting with the highest score and funding awarded based on final score until all funds were exhausted. The CAC adopted these panel recommendations at their regular meeting on May 5, 2006. The CAC's recommended annual budget for grants is $642,888 or approximately 50% of the total CAC budget CONCLUSION The Mayor and City Commission should adopt the CAC's recommendation as detailed in Exhibit "A". JMG/HF/MAS/GF/RB T:\AGENDA\2006\sep2106\Regular\CAC Grants Memo and Resolution 0607 _final (2).doc Fiscal Year 2006/07 Recommended Cultural Grants Exhibit nAn Final Award FY 2006/07 Award ded Grant Program Score Requested Recommen Cultural Anchors 1 New World Symphony 95.00 35,000 33,250.00 2 Miami City Ballet 90.56 35,000 31,694.44 3 Wolfsonian - FlU 90.44 35,000 31,655.56 4 Jewish Museum of Florida 85.89 25,000 21,472.22 5 Art/Center South Florida 84.78 25,000 21,194.44 6 8ass Museum of Art 84.56 25,000 21,138.89 7 Miami Desion Preservation Leaaue 81.50 25,000 20,375.00 Cultural Anchors Total: 205,000 180,780.56 Cultural Heritage 8 Miami Beach Hispanic Community Center 79.33 10,000 1,933.33 9 Holocaust Memorial 78.63 10,000 7,862.50 Cultural Heritage Total: ~ 20,000 15,795.83 Artistic DisciDftnes, Arts & Cultural Education, Cultural Presenters 10 Arts for Leamino/Miami 94.75 20,000 18,950.00 11 Miami Dade College Dept. of Cultural Affairs 90.78 20,000 18,155.56 12 Tiaertail Productions 89.44 20,000 17,888.89 13 Miami Symphony Orchestra 89.33 20,000 17,866.67 14 Rhythm Foundation 89.22 10,000 8,922.22 15 Florida Dance Association 89.13 20,000 17,825.00 16 Miami Beach Garden ConservancY 89.13 10,000 8,912.50 17 Miami Beach Film Society 88.44 20,000 17,688.89 18 Seraphic Fire 88.22 20,000 17,644.44 19 Ballet Gamonet Maximum Dance Company 88.00 20,000 17,600.00 20 Florida Grand Opera 87.89 20,000 17,577.78 21 Patrons of Exceptional Artists 87.22 20,000 17,.444.44 22 Arts at St. John's 86.89 10,000 8,688.89 23 Plavaround Theatre for Young Audiences 86.56 20,000 17,311.11 24 South Florida Composer's Alliance 86.33 10,000 8,633.33 25 Center for Folk and Community Art 86.25 10,000 8,625.00 26 Fantasy Theater Factory 86.25 10,000 8,625.00 27 Miami Goy Men's Chorus 85.00 20,000 17,000.00 28 Center for Advancement of Jewish Education 84.89 10,000 8,488.89 29 Miami Children's Chorus 84.78 10,000 8,477.78 30 Miami Contemporary Dance Company 84.22 20,000 16,844.44 31 Dance Now! Ensemble 83.89 20,000 16,777.78 32 Greater Miami Youth Symphony 83.88 20,000 16,775.00 33 Freddick Bratcher and Company 83.78 10,000 8,377.78 34 Clarita Filgueiras Flamenco Puro 83.33 10,000 8,333.33 35 South Beach Chamber Ensemble 82.22 10,000 8,222.22 36 Teatro en Miami 81.67 10,000 8,166.67 37 Entertainment Industry Incubator 81.56 10,000 8,155.56 38 Center for Emerging Art 80.67 10,000 8,066.67 39 Florida Film Institute 79.50 10,000 7,950.00 40 Theatre Institute of South Florida 78.78 10,000 7,877.78 41 Gold Coast Theater 76.63 20,000 15,325.00 42 Siempre Flamenco 76.22 10,000 7,622.22 43 Fourth Dimension of South Beach 76.00 10,000 7,600.00 44 Mid-Eastem Dance Exchange 75.67 10,000 7,566.67 45 Miami Lyric Opera 73.22 20,000 10,323.94 Artistic Disciplines, ~._ _ _unural ltCIucation, Cultural Presenters Total: $ 530,000 $ 446,311.44 Total All Programs Above: $ 642,887.83 Cultural Tourism 1 46 Miami Dade Colleae Foundation - Miami International Film Festival 78 30,000 26,400.00 47 Inffinito Arts & Cultural Foundation - Brazilian Film Festival 76 30,000 26,.400.00 48 Miami GOY & Lesbian Film Festival 74 30,000 26,400.00 49 Miami Hispanic Ballet Corp. - International Hispanic Ballet Festival 72 30,000 26,.400.00 50 Miami Licht Project, Inc. - Miami Proiect Hip Hop 70 20,000 17,600.00 Cultural Tourism Total (includes YCA funding): ~ 140,000 :, 123,200.00 Note 1 - The CAC has already provided $50,000 From their Fiscal Year 2005/06 budget to fund their portion of the Cultural Tourism Program. r:\AGENDA \2006 \sep21 06\Regular\CAC Recommended Grant Awards 0607 Exhibit A_llnal.xls Cultural Arts Council 2006/2007 Grant Program Panelists Exhibit "B" Artistic Disciplines, Arts and Cultural Education, Cultural Anchors, Cultural Heritage and Cultural Presenters Ricky Arriola Ileana M. Bravo-Gordon Nancy Liebman Ada L1erandi, Co-Chair Liliam Lopez Michael McManus Lidia Resnick Alfredo Richard, Co-Chair Israel Sands Gail L. Thompson Merle Weiss Cultural Tourism (CAC and VCA) Sidney Goldin, VCA Steve Haas, VCA, Co-Chair Steve Hertz, VCA Ada L1erandi, CAC, Co-Chair Israel Sands, CAC Merle Weiss, CAC