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Arts & Culture Grant Program Special Projects City of Dubuque ~rts & Cu{tura{ ~ffairs Advisory Commission October 10, 2005 The Honorable Mayor and City Council City of Dubuque 50 W. 13th Street Dubuque,IA 52001 Re: Arts and Culture Grant Program for Special Projects FY 2006 Funding Competition Applications and Recommendations Dear Mayor and City Council Members: Introduction The Arts and Cultural Affairs Advisory Commission has reviewed twelve applications from Dubuque organizations requesting $103,106 in funds from the FY 2006 Arts and Culture Grant Program for Special Projects. This memo transmits the Commission's funding recommendations. Background Included in FY '05 was $35,000 for an arts and cultural initiative. Last year the Arts and Culture Task Force recommended to City Council that these funds be used to support a special projects grant program available to qualifying organizations located in the City of Dubuque. The City Council approved the Special Projects Grant Program and accepted the recommendation that the newly formed Arts and Cultural Affairs Advisory Commission manage the grant process and made a recommendation of funding to the City Council for final approval. Four organizations received funding in the FY 2005 competition. This is the second round of competition for this program. There is $35,000 budgeted for the Arts and Culture Grant Program for Special Projects for FY 2006. Discussion The Special Projects grant program was designed to encourage the development of new or expanded arts and cultural programs in the Dubuque community. The Arts and Cultural Affairs Advisory Commission solicited applications for the grant program in June. Media releases were issued, applications were available on the City of Dubuque's website, all known arts and cultural organizations were notified of the grant opportunity, and two grant workshops were conducted. The Commission received twelve grant applications. The grant requests totaled $103,106. The Commission reviewed and ranked the applications based on the established criteria. · Priority funding will be given to new or expanded programming · Degree to which proposed project furthers the cultural arts goals of the City of Dubuque's Comprehensive Plan · Degree to which proposed project reflects careful planning and can be implemented in a timely manner · Impact of project on broader Dubuque Community · Organizational experience and capacity of applicant The Commission reviewed the applications and determined final funding recommendations at their September 26 meeting. Attached is a chart indicating the rank order of all applications and recommended grant award. Recommendation The Arts and Cultural Affairs Advisory Commission recommends that the City Council approve the following grant awards for the FY 2006 Arts and Culture Grant Program for Special Projects: Loras College Dubuque Arts Council Sell Tower Productions Dubuque Museum of Art Dubuque Arboretum Multi-Cultural Performing Arts Series Dubuque Winter Jazz and Slues Festival Honk! Junior, a "kids for kids" production Arts Trek Enhancement Program Japanese Garden Gate $9,580 $9,000 $7,960 $3,950 $4,510 An executive summary of each project recommended for funding is attached. Action The Council is requested to approve the five FY 2006 Arts and Culture Grants for Special Projects and authorize the City Manager to sign the grant agreements. The Commission is very appreciative of the City Council's support of this grant program. This $35,000 grant program is leveraging another $85,380 in arts and culture programs for our community. We are extremely pleased with the quality of the grant applications. We are indeed thrilled to be working closely with the City of Dubuque in promoting arts and cultural activities in our community. Sincerely, Mark Wahlert Chairperson Encl. FY 2006 ARTS AND CULTURE GRANT PROGRAM FOR SPECIAL PROJECTS Executive Summary of Projects Recommended for Funding 1. LORAS COLLEGE - Loras College Multi-Cultural Performing Arts Series Grant Amount: $9,580 Total Project Cost $ 25,430 The Loras College Multi-Cultural Performing Arts Series sponsored by the College's Inter-Cultural Office aims to fulfill a growing need in the Dubuque Community and the Loras College Campus to expose people of all ages to a variety of culturally diverse music and dance performances. Loras plans to market this series to local K-12 schools, through the Telegraph Herald, to the Loras College community, and to specific low- income and culturally diverse audiences throughout the community. Their goal is to impact all those that attend these events and allow them to appreciate all that diversity has to offer us and to broaden our scope of the world around us. The series will include three music performances and one dance performance occurring between January 26 and March 18, 2006. 2. DUBUQUE ARTS COUNCIL - Dubuque Winter Jazz and Blues Festival Grant Amount: $9,000 Total Project Cost $32,700 The Dubuque Arts Council has agreed to develop, promote and fund the Dubuque Winter Jazz & Blues Festival as another project to fulfill its mission to the City of Dubuque. The sponsorship of a festival such as this will expose and educate the audience with numerous diverse musical opportunities right here in Dubuque. The Dubuque Winter Jazz & Blues Festival will be ehld on February 17,18 and 19,2006. It is comprised of excellent local and regional jazz and blues, classic rock and oldies groups performing at area nightclubs, restaurants and other venues. 3. BELL TOWER PRODUCTIONS - Honk! Junior, a "Kids for Kids" production. Grant Amount: $7,960 Total Project Cost $12,610 Bell Tower Productions will produce Honk! Junior, its first ever "kids for kids" Production in July 2006. All of the roles, both onstage and backstage, in this musical re-telling of the story of the Ugly Duckling will be performed by children. Participation in the program is free and open to all. More than 60 kids will have the opportunity to act, sing, design posters, hang lights, and learn exactly what it takes to create a musical for an audience. Five performances of Honk! Junior will open to the public at an admission charge of just $5 per person. 4. DUBUQUE MUSEUM OF ART - Arts Trek Enhancement Program Grant Amount $3,950 Total Project Cost $5,798 In an effort to make the Museum's Arts Trek art experiences more valuable to children, be cross-curricular, and more meaningful from an educational standpoint, the Dubuque Museum of Art, in partnership with the Dubuque Community Schools and Holy Family Catholic Schools, seeks funding to produce pre- and post-tour preparation, enrichment and evaluation materials for use by both the art specialists and the classroom instructors. The Museum also seeks funds to engage a substitute teacher who will teach while the art specialists accompany their students to the Museum. The Museum also seeks funds to provide bus transportation for tours thereby extending the school art classroom into the Dubuque Museum of Art. 5. 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Effective date is October 17, 2005. Expiration date is September 30,2006. 1. Purpose City hereby makes a grant on behalf of the grantee of up to $9,580 for the purpose of providing funding the Loras College Multi-Cultural Performing Arts Series Project as outlined in the grantee's Arts and Culture Grant Program application. Grantee agrees that the grant application and grantee assurances are by reference part of this agreement. 2. Time of Performance The term of this Agreement shall be from October 17, 2005, through September 30, 2006. 3. Fundinq City shall pay grantee $9,580 for the project detailed in the grant application. 80% of this amount will be paid by the City after execution of this agreement by both parties and upon receipt of a requisition for such sum from the grantee. The balance of the grant amount will be paid to the grantee after closeout and acceptance of the grantee's final report. Grantee will provide documentation of project expenditures, required local match, and activities completed. 4. Audit and Evaluation Inasmuch as the funds to be provided Grantee by City are public funds, Grantee agrees that it will maintain books of account in accordance with generally accepted accounting standards together with necessary documentation to support all expend itu res. 5. Discrimination In carrying out its program, Grantee shall not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, creed, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, or disability. Grantee shall take affirmative action to insure that applicants for employment are employed and that employees are treated during employment without regard to their race, creed, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, or 1 religion, or disability. Such action shall include, but not be limited to, the following: employment, promotion, demotion or transfer; rates of payor other forms of compensation; and selection for training, including apprenticeship. Grantee agrees and will undertake whatever affirmative measures are necessary so that no person shall on the grounds of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, degree of handicap or disability be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activities funded in whole or in part with any of the funds made available to Grantee under the terms of this Agreement. 6. Interest of Members. Officers. or Emplovees of the City of Dubuque. Members of the Dubuque City Councilor Other Public Officials No member, officer or employee of City, or its designees or agents, no member of the Dubuque City Council and no other public official of the City who exercises any function or responsibilities with respect to the program during his tenure, shall have any interest, direct or indirect, in this contract or the proceeds thereof, for work to be performed in connection with the program assisted under this Agreement. 7. Assiqnabilitv Grantee shall not assign or transfer any interest in this Agreement without the prior written approval of City. Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager James E. Collins, President City of Dubuque Loras College 2 FY 2006 ARTS AND CULTURE GRANT PROGRAM FOR SPECIAL PROJECTS AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY OF DUBUQUE AND DUBUQUE ARTS COUNCIL, INC. This agreement is made and entered to, by and between the City of Dubuque, Iowa, hereinafter "City" and the Bell Tower Productions, Inc, hereinafter "Grantee." Effective date is October 17, 2005. Expiration date is September 30, 2006. 1. Purpose City hereby makes a grant on behalf of the grantee of up to $9,000 for the purpose of providing funding the Dubuque Winter Jazz and Blues Festival Project as outlined in the grantee's Arts and Culture Grant Program application. Grantee agrees that the grant application and grantee assurances are by reference part of this agreement. 2. Time of Performance The term of this Agreement shall be from October 17, 2005, through September 30,2006. 3. Fundinq City shall pay grantee $9,000 for the project detailed in the grant application. 80% of this amount will be paid by the City after execution of this agreement by both parties and upon receipt of a requisition for such sum from the grantee. The balance of the grant amount will be paid to the grantee after closeout and acceptance of the grantee's final report. Grantee will provide documentation of project expenditures, required local match, and activities completed. 4. Audit and Evaluation Inasmuch as the funds to be provided Grantee by City are public funds, Grantee agrees that it will maintain books of account in accordance with generally accepted accounting standards together with necessary documentation to support all expenditures. 5. Discrimination In carrying out its program, Grantee shall not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, creed, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, or disability. Grantee shall take affirmative action to insure that applicants for employment are employed and that employees are treated during employment without regard to their race, creed, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, or 1 religion, or disability. Such action shall include, but not be limited to, the following: employment, promotion, demotion or transfer; rates of payor other forms of compensation; and selection for training, including apprenticeship. Grantee agrees and will undertake whatever affirmative measures are necessary so that no person shall on the grounds of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, degree of handicap or disability be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activities funded in whole or in part with any of the funds made available to Grantee under the terms of this Agreement. 6. Interest of Members. Officers. or Employees of the City of Dubuque. Members of the Dubuque City Council or Other Public Officials No member, officer or employee of City, or its designees or agents, no member of the Dubuque City Council and no other public official of the City who exercises any function or responsibilities with respect to the program during his tenure, shall have any interest, direct or indirect, in this contract or the proceeds thereof, for work to be performed in connection with the program assisted under this Agreement. 7. Assionability Grantee shall not assign or transfer any interest in this Agreement without the prior written approval of City. Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager Dubuque Arts Council, Inc. City of Dubuque 2 FY 2006 ARTS AND CULTURE GRANT PROGRAM FOR SPECIAL PROJECTS AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY OF DUBUQUE AND BELL TOWER PRODUCTIONS, INC. This agreement is made and entered to, by and between the City of Dubuque, Iowa, hereinafter "City" and the Bell Tower Productions, Inc, hereinafter "Grantee." Effective date is October 17, 2005. Expiration date is September 30,2006. 1. Purpose City hereby makes a grant on behalf of the grantee of up to $7,960 for the purpose of providing funding the Honk! Junior, a "Kids for Kids" Production Project as outlined in the grantee's Arts and Culture Grant Program application. Grantee agrees that the grant application and grantee assurances are by reference part of this agreement. 2. Time of Performance The term of this Agreement shall be from October 17, 2005, through September 30,2006. 3. Fundino City shall pay grantee $7,960 for the project detailed in the grant application. 80% of this amount will be paid by the City after execution of this agreement by both parties and upon receipt of a requisition for such sum from the grantee. The balance of the grant amount will be paid to the grantee after closeout and acceptance of the grantee's final report. Grantee will provide documentation of project expenditures, required local match, and activities completed. 4. Audit and Evaluation Inasmuch as the funds to be provided Grantee by City are public funds, Grantee agrees that it will maintain books of account in accordance with generally accepted accounting standards together with necessary documentation to support all expenditures. 5. Discrimination In carrying out its program, Grantee shall not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, creed, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, or disability. Grantee shall take affirmative action to insure that applicants for employment are employed and that employees are treated during employment without regard to their race, creed, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, or 1 religion, or disability. Such action shall include, but not be limited to, the following: employment, promotion, demotion or transfer; rates of payor other forms of compensation; and selection for training, including apprenticeship. Grantee agrees and will undertake whatever affirmative measures are necessary so that no person shall on the grounds of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, degree of handicap or disability be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activities funded in whole or in part with any of the funds made available to Grantee under the terms of this Agreement. 6. Interest of Members. Officers. or Emplovees of the City of Dubuque. Members of the Dubuque City Councilor Other Public Officials No member, officer or employee of City, or its designees or agents, no member of the Dubuque City Council and no other public official of the City who exercises any function or responsibilities with respect to the program during his tenure, shall have any interest, direct or indirect, in this contract or the proceeds thereof, for work to be performed in connection with the program assisted under this Agreement. 7. Assiqnabilitv Grantee shall not assign or transfer any interest in this Agreement without the prior written approval of City. Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager Bell Tower Productions, Inc. City of Dubuque 2 FY 2006 ARTS AND CULTURE GRANT PROGRAM FOR SPECIAL PROJECTS AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY OF DUBUQUE AND DUBUQUE MUSEUM OF ART This agreement is made and entered to, by and between the City of Dubuque, Iowa, hereinafter "City" and the Dubuque Museum of Art, hereinafter "Grantee." Effective date is October 17, 2005. Expiration date is September 30,2006. 1. Purpose City hereby makes a grant on behalf of the grantee of up to $3,950 for the purpose of providing funding the Arts Trek Enhancement Project as outlined in the grantee's Arts and Culture Grant Program application. Grantee agrees that the grant application and grantee assurances are by reference part of this agreement. 2. Time of Performance The term of this Agreement shall be from October 17, 2005, through September 30,2006. 3. Fundino City shall pay grantee $3,950 for the project detailed in the grant application. 80% of this amount will be paid by the City after execution of this agreement by both parties and upon receipt of a requisition for such sum from the grantee. The balance of the grant amount will be paid to the grantee after closeout and acceptance of the grantee's final report. Grantee will provide documentation of project expenditures, required local match, and activities completed. 4. Audit and Evaluation Inasmuch as the funds to be provided Grantee by City are public funds, Grantee agrees that it will maintain books of account in accordance with generally accepted accounting standards together with necessary documentation to support all expenditures. 5. Discrimination In carrying out its program, Grantee shall not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, creed, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, or disability. Grantee shall take affirmative action to insure that applicants for employment are employed and that employees are treated during employment without regard to their race, creed, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, or 1 religion, or disability. Such action shall include, but not be limited to, the following: employment, promotion, demotion or transfer; rates of payor other forms of compensation; and selection for training, including apprenticeship. Grantee agrees and will undertake whatever affirmative measures are necessary so that no person shall on the grounds of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, degree of handicap or disability be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activities funded in whole or in part with any of the funds made available to Grantee under the terms of this Agreement. 6. Interest of Members. Officers, or Employees of the City of Dubuque. Members of the Dubuque City Councilor Other Public Officials No member, officer or employee of City, or its designees or agents, no member of the Dubuque City Council and no other public official of the City who exercises any function or responsibilities with respect to the program during his tenure, shall have any interest, direct or indirect, in this contract or the proceeds thereof, for work to be performed in connection with the program assisted under this Agreement. 7. Assionability Grantee shall not assign or transfer any interest in this Agreement without the prior written approval of City. Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager John Schmidt, President of Board City of Dubuque Dubuque Museum of Art 2 FY 2006 ARTS AND CULTURE GRANT PROGRAM FOR SPECIAL PROJECTS AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY OF DUBUQUE AND DUBUQUE ARBORETUM AND BOTANICAL GARDENS This agreement is made and entered to, by and between the City of Dubuque, Iowa, hereinafter "City" and the Dubuque Arboretum and Botanical Gardens, hereinafter "Grantee." Effective date is October 17,2005. Expiration date is September 30,2006. 1 . Pu rpose City hereby makes a grant on behalf of the grantee of up to $4,510 for the purpose of providing funding the Japanese Garden Gate Project as outlined in the grantee's Arts and Culture Grant Program application. Grantee agrees that the grant application and grantee assurances are by reference part of this agreement. 2. Time of Performance The term of this Agreement shall be from October 17, 2005, through September 30,2006. 3. FundinQ City shall pay grantee $4,510 for the project detailed in the grant application. 80% of this amount will be paid by the City after execution of this agreement by both parties and upon receipt of a requisition for such sum from the grantee. The balance of the grant amount will be paid to the grantee after closeout and acceptance of the grantee's final report. Grantee will provide documentation of project expenditures, required local match, and activities completed. 4. Audit and Evaluation Inasmuch as the funds to be provided Grantee by City are public funds, Grantee agrees that it will maintain books of account in accordance with generally accepted accounting standards together with necessary documentation to support all expend itu res. 5. Discrimination In carrying out its program, Grantee shall not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, creed, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, or disability. Grantee shall take affirmative action to insure that applicants for employment are employed and that employees are treated during employment without regard to their race, creed, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, or 1 religion, or disability. Such action shall include, but not be limited to, the following: employment, promotion, demotion or transfer; rates of payor other forms of compensation; and selection for training, including apprenticeship. Grantee agrees and will undertake whatever affirmative measures are necessary so that no person shall on the grounds of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, degree of handicap or disability be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activities funded in whole or in part with any of the funds made available to Grantee under the terms of this Agreement. 6. Interest of Members. Officers. or Employees of the City of Dubuque. Members of the Dubuque City Councilor Other Public Officials No member, officer or employee of City, or its designees or agents, no member of the Dubuque City Council and no other public official of the City who exercises any function or responsibilities with respect to the program during his tenure, shall have any interest, direct or indirect, in this contract or the proceeds thereof, for work to be performed in connection with the program assisted under this Agreement. 7. Assionability Grantee shall not assign or transfer any interest in this Agreement without the prior written approval of City. Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager Jack Frick, President City of Dubuque Dubuque Arboretum and Botanical Gardens 2