CITY OF POMONA
COUNCIL REPORT
December 5, 2022
To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: James Makshanoff, City Manager
Submitted By: Anita Gutierrez, Development Services Director SUBJECT: ADOPT A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE FY 2022-23 OPERATING BUDGET BY INCREASING APPROPRIATIONS BY $18,240 FROM EXISTING PUBLIC ART FUND RESERVES RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the City Council adopt the following resolution (Attachment No. 1):
RESOLUTION NO 2022-222 – A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF POMONA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING THE FY 2022-23 OPERATING BUDGET BY INCREASING APPROPRIATIONS BY $18,240 FROM EXISTING PUBLIC ART FUND RESERVES TO ACCOUNT FOR PUBLIC ART ACTIVITIES EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
The Cultural Arts Commission has approved 39 individual projects from 2022 Call for Visual Art and the award amount is expected to exceed existing appropriations. An amendment to the adopted budget is required to appropriate an additional $18,240 (Project Expenditures) from the existing public art fund balance. Additionally this action would formally approve the list of Call for Visual Art awardees, which represents a cumulative total of $833,332 in Public Art Fund awards. The budget amendments related to the Call for Visual Art awardees was done in two parts to expedite artist contracts and project delivery schedules.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This action will amend the FY2022-23 Operating budget by increasing the appropriation for the Public Art Fund by $18,240 to pay for upcoming public art activities. As of June of 2022, the Public Art Fund has estimated reserves of $3,100,000; which is sufficient to fund the requested appropriation. The change to the operating budget is shown in Table 1, below.
Table 1: Changes to FY2022-23 Operating Budget
Public Art Fund
Fund/Div/Account
Requested Appropriation Adjustment FY 2022-23
133-1712-59980-51339
$9,120
133-1712-59980-51340
$9,120
PREVIOUS RELATED ACTION:
City Council adopted the FY2022-23 Operating Budget, on June 6, 2022 and on November 21, 2022 approved Resolution No. 2022-163, amending the FY 2022-23 Operating Budget and appropriating $236,792 in additional project expenditures. The budget amendments related to the Call for Visual Art awardees was done in two parts to expedite artist contracts and project delivery schedules.
DISCUSSION:
The City issued a Call for Visual Art from March 15, 2022 to April 21, 2022 and accepted applications for the placement of publicly accessible permanent or temporary visual art programs citywide. The City of Pomona received 137 applications from 54 individual artist or organizations. Staff evaluated the proposals and prepared a series of funding recommendations for the Cultural Arts Commission and its Citizen’s Advisory Committee. The Cultural Arts Commission has approved 39 individual projects, which represents a cumulative total of $833,332 in awards.
The City’s FY 2022-23 Operating Budget for the Public Art Fund currently shows total appropriations of $837,592. This was based on a new Arts Coordinator identifying and reviewing various art projects that would be coming up during the fiscal year, and is inclusive of $22,500 spent to date on two public art projects previously approved and not included in the Call for Visual Art approval of 39 individual projects. On November 28, 2022, the Cultural Arts Commission approved one additional artist for Public Art Fund awards in the amount of $18,320, to Robert Roach, for a public art program, inclusive of $15,000 towards technology purchases by the City from the Public Art Fund to facilitate the public art program. To date, 39 projects have been awarded. Staff is requesting to increase the appropriations for Public Art Fund by $18,240 to fund the awardee and City technology purchase.
COUNCIL PRIORITIES & GOALS:
This item supports the 2021-2022 City Council Priorities and Goals, Priority 1: Fiscal and Operational Responsibility; Take action to ensure the fiscal sustainability of the City and make operation decisions that align with the City’s core values and priorities.
Prepared by:
Ata Khan
Planning Manager
Nancy Garcia
Management Analyst
Jocelyn Ayala
Public Art Coordinator
ATTACHMENT(S):
Attachment No. 1 – Resolution No. 2022-222
Attachment No. 2—Exhibit A: Call for Visual Art Awardees Resolution 2022-222 Amending- FY22-23 General Budget