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Staff Report
City Council
Item No. 6.B
Meeting Date: March 22, 2023
From: Stone James, Economic Development Director
Title: Public Arts Commission Arts Education Funding Request:
Cathedral City Senior Center Blues/Jazz Concert Series
City Council
RECOMMENDATION:
To approve an award of $2,800 of Arts in Public Places funds to support the Cathedral City Senior Center's Yves Evans Presents Blues/Jazz Concert Series BACKGROUND:
During the January 10, 2023, Public Arts Commission (Commission) meeting, the Commission approved allocating $2,800 in art education funding to support the Cathedral City Senior Center (Senior Center) and Ms. Yves Evans Presents blues/jazz concert series.
This free public event will be held on March 25, 2023, and June 17, 2023, with two additional dates scheduled in Fall 2023. All concerts will be held in the Senior Center main room between 3:00 and 5:00 p.m. The first concert in the series occurred on January 21, 2023.
The March 25, 2023, concert will be recorded and replayed during the April 30, 2023, International Jazz Day. By participating in the International Jazz Day, this Yves Evans Presents event will showcase Cathedral City on an international stage.
DISCUSSION:
The Senior Center originally requested $2,000 for the four remaining shows. The Commission awarded an additional $800 (or $200 per show) to enable the Senior Center to professionally record the events for use in future online engagement and marketing. The total funding request is $2,800. A letter requesting financial support for this event is attached to this staff report.
This event is free to the general public. Due to the high demand for the January 21st event, the Senior Center is requesting people R.S.V.P. for future events. The Senior Center will publish future event dates on their website, email newsletter, and on social media account(s).
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Use of Art is Public Places funds for this concert series is consistent with CCMC Chapter 11.45.020. Chapter 11.45.020 states:
“For the purposes of utilizing funding for art education, the term “Art” is to be construed more broadly than “Art” as defined above and includes art expressed in any medium, including, without limitation, painting, sculpture, photography, lithography and other physical mediums, music, singing, spoken word, and other auditory mediums, plays, films, dance, and other performance mediums, literature and poetry, art history and interpretation, clothing and fashions, and cultural expressions. Art education may be provided by any reasonable means that best achieves the purpose set forth above, including, without limitation, classes, lectures, tours, programs, events, festivals, exhibits, tours, performances, writings, films, audio recordings, and similar means. Art education funds may also be expended to provide material related to such activities. An activity qualifying for expenditure for art education funds must be reasonably available to members of the general public. An activity will be considered reasonably available to members of the general public where the time, date, and description of the activity has been advertised via the city’s website and social media for at least one week prior to the activity, and either the activity is open to the general public or is open to members of the public who timely reserve participation in the activity. Space for participants may be limited, the activity may be provided for only a limited time, and a charge may be imposed for participation in the activity. Activities may be held in the facilities of public entities, non-profit or charitable organizations, and private facilities, provided that attendance of activities must not be limited to members, owners, subscribers or other interest holders in the private facility. Participation in certain activities may be limited to certain members of the general public, such as youths, students, seniors, or other reasonable grouping that does not constitute unlawful discrimination of a protected class. Art education funds must not be expended for prizes, gifts, or similar items. (Chapter
11.45.020) (Emphasis added)
FISCAL IMPACT:
The current Art in Public Places fund balance is $262,998.99.CCMC Chapter
11.45.130.E. Art in Public Places Fund states, “On an annual basis, up to thirty percent (30%) of the Art in Public Places fund may be used for art education, including any and all ancillary costs associated with funding such art education (the “arts education allocation”)”. Accordingly, up to $78,899.69 of Art in Public Places funds may be used this fiscal year for arts education events.
ATTACHMENTS:
2022-12-28 CCSC Jazz Series Proposal to CCPAC