RESOLUTION NO. _____
Resolution Of The City Council Of The City Of Emeryville Adopting The Community Promotion Grant Subcommittee’s Recommendations To Select Biketopia, Emeryville Children And Nature, Emeryville Historical Society, Fishnets And Films, Friends Of ECDC, Friends Of The Golden Gate Library, Kala Art Institute, Misfit Combat, Inc., Nancy Karp & Dancers, Rudy’s Can’t Fail Café, And Scientific Adventures For Girls 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 benefit the greater Emeryville community; and
WHEREAS, the City released a call for applications with a February 26, 2025 deadline and received 19 qualified applications; and
WHEREAS, a Community Grants Subcommittee comprised of five members from each advisory committee or commission from Public Art Committee, Parks and Recreation Committee, Commission on Aging, Economic Development Advisory Committee, and Housing Committee were designated to review the applications; and WHEREAS, the Selection Committee met on April 3, 2025, and reviewed the applications and recommends that 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, Emeryville Children and Nature, Emeryville Historical Society, Fishnets And Films, Friends Of ECDC, Friends Of The Golden Gate Library, Kala Art Institute, Misfit Combat, Inc., Nancy Karp & Dancers, Rudy’s Can’t Fail Café, And Scientific Adventures For Girls as recipients for the Emeryville Community Promotions Grant Program in the following amounts:
Biketopia $7,000
Emeryville Children and Nature $9,000
Emeryville Historical Society $7,000
Fishnets and Film, Inc. $7,000
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Community Grants Program
City Council Meeting | May 6, 2025
Friends of ECDC $5,000
Friends of Golden Gate Library $7,000
Kala ART Institute $8,500
Misfit Combat Inc. $2,000
Nancy Karp & Dancers New Arts Foundation $9,000
Rudy’s Can’t Fail Café $2,000
Scientific Adventures for Girls $10,000
Total $73,500
ADOPTED, by the City Council of the City of Emeryville at a regular meeting held Tuesday, May 06, 2025, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
MAYOR
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
CITY CLERK CITY ATTORNEY
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