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CONSENT CALENDAR
City of San Bernardino
Request for Council Action
Date: June 5, 2024
To: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
From: Rochelle Clayton, Acting City Manager;
Lydie Gutfeld, Director of Parks, Recreation & Community Services
Department: Parks & Recreation & Community Services
Subject: Authorization to apply for funding through the Office of Grants and Local Services 2024 Arts in California
Parks, Local Parks grant program (All Wards)
Recommendation:
It is recommended that the Mayor and City Council of the City of San Bernardino, California adopt Resolution No. 2024-132, authorizing staff to the apply for grant funds from the Office of Grants and Local Services 2024 Arts in California Parks, Local Parks grant program.
Executive Summary
The Parks, Recreation and Community Services Department requests authorization to apply for grant funding for cultural, artistic and environmental enhancement to existing events, programs, activities and services through the Office of Grants and Local Services 2024 Arts in California Parks, Local Parks grant program. The application will be for the Implementation Track to support and enhance the overall operations and implementation of selected events, programs, activities, and services.
Background
This 2024 Arts in California Parks, Local Parks is a new multi-year grant program intends to create local community connections to California’s rich and diverse cultural history and natural areas in local parks. They will support artists, culture bearers, California Native American tribes, and communities in creating artwork that offers perspective on our past and present and help us imagine our potential.
The program will establish art installations and programming in State and local 2 1
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parks as catalysts for sustainable community connection, health, and well-being.
Eligible projects will enhance connections to local cultural history, local parks, open space or natural areas through community events, programming or installations that help to build sustainable community connections, health, and well-being.
Discussion
The Local Parks Grant Program has $8 million available to distribute in grants over the next 3 grant cycles (2024, 2025, 2026). The funding is available for either a Planning and Development Grant track to cover initial expenses in the early stages of a project plan or the Implementation Grant track which is intended to cover the implementation of the project’s expenses and to support a well-defined partnership’s execution of an artistic and/or cultural project in a local park.
The Parks, Recreation and Community Services Department has increased the number of Cultural events throughout the year, receiving national and statewide recognition with such events as the SB Festival: Where Our Cultures Connect, the Dia de los Muertos Experience, and Lunar New Year Celebration. Additionally, the Department has forged meaningful relationships with local environmental agencies to host community events such as the Arbor/Earth Day Community Garden Beautification and the City recently achieved “Tree City USA” status this year. With the establishment of the cultural and environmental events/achievements, the Department will apply for the Implementation Track to support and enhance the Cultural and Environmental events, programs and services to the San Bernardino community.
Implementation grant proposal criteria must:
•Demonstrate alignment with the goals of Arts in California Parks. •Develop art projects and/or cultural programming that emphasizes the unique characteristics of place and community, offering insightful perspectives on our past and present.
•Implement inclusive community engagement strategies for the art or culture project, integrating creative capital through mentorship and career pathway development to enhance its cultural, historical, and social relevance for diverse audiences.
•The artistic or cultural project is free of cost and inclusive for all, including economic and physical accessibility.
•Project contributes to community connection, health, well-being and/or placemaking.
Preference will be given to proposals that meet multiple criteria listed below:
•Provide participants with meaningful, relevant and/or multiple experiences. •Integrate environmental sustainability practices and stewardship. •A focus on underrepresented parts of the state that traditionally do not have access to these types of resources.
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•Proposals that include a matching grant component, demonstrating a commitment to shared investment and partnership in the project’s success. 2021-2025 Strategic Targets and Goals
The recommended action aligns with Key Target 1.c. Improved Financial & Operational Capacity - Create a framework for spending decisions, Key Target 2.a. Focused, Aligned Leadership and Unified Community - Develop and implement a community engagement plan and Key target 3b. Improved Quality of Life - Constantly evaluate public safety service delivery models to enhance the quality of service. If approved, the grant application will leverage State funding to support the implementation of cultural and environmental event enhancements.
Fiscal Impact
There is no fiscal impact associated with authorizing staff to apply for the 2024 Arts in California Parks, Local Parks grant program.
Conclusion
It is recommended that the Mayor and City Council of the City of San Bernardino, California adopt Resolution No. 2024-132, authorizing staff to the apply for grant funds from the Office of Grants and Local Services 2024 Arts in California Parks, Local Parks grant program.
Attachments
Attachment 1 - Resolution 2024-132 Authorization to Apply for Arts in Ca Parks Grant
Attachment 2 - Arts in Ca Parks Grant Application
Ward:
All Wards
Synopsis of Previous Council Actions:
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