RESOLUTION NO. _____
Resolution Of The City Council Of The City Of Emeryville Approving The Community Grant Sub Committee Recommendations To Select Artists Working Together, Berkeley FILM Foundation, ECAP Emeryville Video Project, Friends of Golden Gate Library, Head Over Heels Athletic Arts, Kala ART Institute, New Arts Foundation, Scientific Adventures for Girls, Three Thirty Three Arts, Resilience Birthright, Inc As The Recipients Of The Emeryville Community Grant Program, 2021-2022
WHEREAS, The Community Grant Program (CGP) was established more than twenty years ago as a means of “promoting the cultural and artistic aspects of the community and to provide for a high-quality living and working environment in the City of Emeryville; and
WHEREAS, the Program was discontinued in 2015, until an application process and guidelines could be developed; and
WHEREAS, staff developed an application process and presented it to the City Council in December 2016; and
WHEREAS, the City Council supported the goal of the Community Grants Program to fund eligible arts and culture organizations and individuals to provide diverse programs and activities that benefit the greater Emeryville community; and WHEREAS, the City released a call for applicants with a December 30, 2021 deadline and received 11 applications; and
WHEREAS, a Community Grants Sub Committee of two Public Art Committee members and two Parks and Recreation Committee members were selected to review the applications; and
WHEREAS, the Selection Committee met on January 25, 2022 and reviewed the applications and recommends the City Council approve the Committee’s recommendation; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Emeryville that it hereby approves the selection of Artists Working Together, Berkeley FILM Foundation, ECAP Emeryville Video Project, Friends of Golden Gate Library, Head Over Heels Athletic Arts, Kala ART Institute, New Arts Foundation, Scientific Adventures for Girls, Three Thirty Three Arts, Resilience Birthright,Inc as the recipients for the 2021-2022 Emeryville Community Grant Program in the following amounts:
Artists Working Together $8,571
Berkeley FILM Foundation $8,571
ECAP Emeryville Video Project $8,571
Friends of Golden Gate Library $929
Head Over Heels Athletic Arts $8571
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Community Grants Program
City Council Meeting | March 1, 2022
Kala ART Institute $8571
New Arts Foundation $8571
Scientific Adventures for Girls $8571
PangeaSeed Foundation $0
Three Thirty Three Arts $4000
Resilience Birthright , Inc $8571
Total $73,497
ADOPTED, by the City Council of the City of Emeryville at a regular meeting held Tuesday, March 01, 2022, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
MAYOR
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
CITY CLERK INTERIM CITY ATTORNEY
ATTACHMENTS
Exhibit A – Community Grant Application Packets
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