RESOLUTION NO. 24-43
Resolution Of The City Council Of The City Of Emeryville Adopting The Community Promotion Grant Subcommittee Recommendations To Select Biketopia, Easy Does It Emergency Services, Emeryville Celebration Of The Arts, Emeryville Children And Nature, Fishnets And Films, Friends Of The Golden Gate Library, Head Over Heels Athletic Arts, Kala Art Institute, Nancy Karp & Dancers, Scientific Adventures For Girls, The Compound Gallery LLC, And The Emeryville Historical Society As Recipients For The Emeryville Community Promotions Grant Program WHEREAS, The Community Promotions 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 on December 20, 2016; and
WHEREAS, the City Council supported the goal of the CGP which funds eligible arts and culture organizations and individuals to provide diverse programs and activities that benefits the greater Emeryville community; and
WHEREAS, the City released a call for applicants with February 28, 2024 deadline and received 23 qualified applications; and
WHEREAS, a Community Grants Subcommittee of two Public Art Committee member and two Parks and Recreation Committee members were designated to review the applications; and
WHEREAS, the Selection Committee met on March 11, 2024, and reviewed the applications and recommends the City Council approve the Selection Committee’s recommendations; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Emeryville hereby approves the selection of Biketopia, Easy Does It Emergency Services, Emeryville Celebration of the Arts, Emeryville Children and Nature, Fishnets and Films, Friends of the Golden Gate Library, Head Over Heels Athletic Arts, Kala Art Institute, Nancy Karp & Dancers, Scientific Adventures for Girls, The Compound Gallery LLC, and The Emeryville Historical Society as recipients for the Emeryville Community Promotions Grant Program in the following amounts:
Biketopia $4,419
Easy Does It Emergency Services $1,500
Emeryville Celebration of the Arts $1,700
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Community Grants Program
City Council Meeting | April 16, 2024
Emeryville Children and Nature $9,000
Fishnets and Films $2,881
Friends of Golden Gate Library $5,000
Head Over Heels Athletic Arts $10,000
Kala ART Institute $10,000
Nancy Karp & Dancers New Arts Foundation $10,000
Scientific Adventures for Girls $10,000
The Compound Gallery LLC $4,500
The Emeryville Historical Society $4,500
Total $73,500
;and, be it, further
ADOPTED, by the City Council of the City of Emeryville at a regular meeting held Tuesday, April 16, 2024, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
MAYOR
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
CITY CLERK CITY ATTORNEY
DocuSign Envelope ID: C75CD073-E4E3-48DA-BE00-92342DAFA290 2024-2025 COMMUNITY PROTMOTION GRANT APPLICANTS
Program/Event Name Grant - Organization Name REQUESTED
GRANTS
RECOMMENDED
AWARDS
Fishnets and Film Annual Queer Film Festival Fishnets and Film $ 9,965.00 $ 2,881.00 Biketopia Emeryville Events Biketopia $ 5,919.00 $ 4,419.00 Printing in the Park! The Compound Gallery $ 9,000.00 $ 4,500.00 Free Live Jazz Concerts Friends of the Golden Gate Library $ 10,000.00 $ 5,000.00 Nature Pop-up Series Emeryville Children & Nature $ 10,000.00 $ 9,000.00 Art Library Gallery 4509/Emeryville Celebration of the Arts $ 1,700.00 $ 1,700.00 Emeryville Greenway Historic Walking Tour Emeryville Historical Society $ 8,906.00 $ 4,500.00 Wheelchair Repair Services Easy Does It Emergency Services $ 10,000.00 $ 1,500.00 2024 Summer Camp Scholarship Program Head Over Heels $ 10,000.00 $ 10,000.00 Artists-in-Schools Kala Art Institute $ 10,000.00 $ 10,000.00 Dancing in the Schools Nancy Karp + Dancers $ 10,000.00 $ 10,000.00 Anna Yates Elementary Afterschool STEM Education
Program Scientific Adventures for Girls $ 10,000.00 $ 10,000.00 Bay Area Artist Census Bay Area Artist Census $ 10,000.00 0.00 Color Connections Workshop Erin Fong $ 10,000.00 0.00
The Berkeley FILM Foundation Grant Program The Berkeley FILM Foundation $ 10,000.00 0.00 Astronomy and Art Apparatus Design $ 9,875.00 0.00
Storybridge Program Stagebridge $ 10,000.00 0.00
BAMP Art Clash The Bay Area Mural Program Inc. $ 10,000.00 0.00 Emeryville "Sqaure Mile" Block Party Emeryville "Sqaure Mile" Block Party $ 10,000.00 0.00 Emeryville Water Festival Emeryville Water Festival $ 10,000.00 0.00 Creative Crawl Show of Seasons $ 10,000.00 0.00
Wholly H20: Walking Watershed Tours Wholly H20 $ 10,000.00 0.00 Fashion Show Art of Moda $ 10,000.00 0.00
$ 215,365.00 $ 73,500.00
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