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Evaluation and Selection of Grant Proposals Received in Response to Cultural Arts and Arts Programming Request for Proposals
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To: Honorable Chairperson Gillitt and Members of the Public Art Commission
BACKGROUND
Alameda Municipal Code (AMC) Section 30-98 Public Art in New Commercial, Industrial, Residential and Municipal Construction (Ordinance) requires that major development projects include on-site public art. The Ordinance also permits an applicant to pay a fee in-lieu of providing the art on-site. Any in-lieu fees collected are deposited in the dedicated Public Art Fund (Fund). The Fund can then only be used by the City of Alameda (City) to provide or support public art.
In December of 2020, the Public Art Commission (PAC) identified the creation of a public art master plan (Plan) to guide the implementation of the City of Alameda's public art program, in alignment with the vision and goals of the City Council, PAC and Alameda community. Year one of the Five-Year Action Plan included in the Plan, which outlines actionable tasks associated with seven key recommendations to be taken over the next five years, identifies the "release [of] a grant application for Cultural Arts and Arts Programming".
Throughout the development of the draft Plan, staff received feedback from the PAC, arts organizations, artists, as well as members of the community regarding the timing, scale, and regularity of cultural arts and arts programming grants. This feedback has predominately expressed a desire for consistent grant calls that equitably and accessibly encourage a broad array of applications and applicants.
Building off the cultural arts and arts programming RFP issued in 2022 (RFP), in December 2023 staff presented to the PAC for consideration a draft RFP with proposed publication in January 2024. The PAC approved an RFP to provide eight grants totaling $60,000 of Fund monies for cultural arts and arts programming in Alameda. The RFP was released on January...
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