STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Quality of Life
AGENDA DATE: October 13, 2020
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S): N/A
DEPARTMENT: Office of Arts and Culture
EXECUTIVE: Joey Zapata
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SUBJECT
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Authorize an amendment to the Cultural Organizations Program contracts approved and executed last year for the period October 1, 2019 through September 30, 2020, to: (1) revise each organization's scope of services to reflect their new capacity and capability to perform arts and culture services for the residents and visitors of Dallas; and (2) reduce the contract amounts by 8 percent for each organization authorized by Resolution No. 19-1588, previously approved on October 8, 2019, to reflect the reduction in services that were provided due to the impact of COVID-19 and related government restrictions to ensure public health - Not to exceed ($384,954.00), from $4,811,910.00 to $4,426,956.00 - Financing: General Fund
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BACKGROUND
The Cultural Organizations Program (COP) provides funding for cultural services with established Dallas-based non-profit cultural organizations to support an array of programs that include concerts, plays, exhibitions, performances, workshops, and other cultural services, including virtual cultural services, over a twelve-month period. The Office of Arts and Culture (OAC) reviewed proposals from cultural organizations and applied objective administrative scoring per the revised program guidelines, which were approved by City Council in June 2020. Proposals and scores were analyzed by the Allocations Committee of the Arts and Culture Advisory Commission. Taking into account equity, administrative scoring, and organization budget size the Allocations Committee met three times over the summer and developed a funding recommendation unanimously approved by this standing committee. This recommendation was subsequently unanimously approved by the full Arts and Culture Advisory Commission in August.
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