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.
The FY 2019-20 Cultural Organizations Program funding allocation was originally approved by City Council on October 8, 2019 (Resolution No. 19-1588). Under this resolution, a total not to exceed $4,811,910.00 was approved to be allocated among 34 Dallas-based arts and culture organizations.
COVID-19 and related government restriction to ensure public health have negatively impacted the ability of Dallas-based arts and culture organizations to fully perform the anticipated services as previously approved for contract by City Council. Many organizations continued to provide alternative services via virtual media outside of their contracted scope of services.
Under this amendment, the Office of Arts and Culture will revise the organizations’ scope of services to reflect their new capacity and capability to perform arts and culture services for the residents and visitors of Dallas (Exhibit A). The amendment will also adjust funding amount per organization to not exceed 92% of the originally approved resolution due to the decrease in services provided (Exhibit B).
PRIOR ACTION/REVIEW (COUNCIL, BOARDS, COMMISSIONS)
On October 8, 2019, City Council approved Resolution No. 19-1588, which authorized the execution of contracts with cultural organizations for the provision of services to the City through the Cultural Organizations Program for the period October 1, 2019 through September 30, 2020, in an amount not to exceed $4,811,910.00.
On August 13, 2020, the Arts and Culture Advisory Commission was briefed of FY 2019-20 Cultural Organizations Program contract amendments to revise the scope of services and reduce contracted amounts for the program by 8% due to COVID-19 impacts.
FISCAL INFORMATION
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Fund |
FY 2020 |
FY 2021 |
Future Years |
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General Fund |
$4,426,956.00 |
$0.00 |
$0.00 |
OWNERS
Anita N. Martinez Ballet Folklorico, Inc.
Loenor Marquez, President
Big Thought
Melora Leiser, Chair
Cara Mia Theatre Co.
Daniel Casillas, President
Children's Chorus of Greater Dallas
Wendy Finley, Chair
Creative Arts Center of Dallas
Todd Hedrick, President
Cry Havoc Theater Co.
Greg Robertson, Chair
Dallas Black Dance Theatre, Incorporated
Gilbert Gerst, Chair
Dallas Chamber Symphony
Jeffrey Osborne, President
Dallas Children's Theater
Todd Ranta, President
Dallas County Heritage Society
Steve Enda, President
Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum
Frank Risch, Chair
Dallas Museum of Art
Catherine Marcus Rose, President
Dallas Theater Center
Jeffrey R. Bragalone, Chair
Dallas Wind Symphony
John M. Gibson, Chair
Fine Arts Chamber Players
Anne Witherspoon, President
Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra
Doug Haloftis, Chair
Junior Players Guild
Don Herring, President
Kitchen Dog Theater Company
Alexander Albritton, President
Perot Museum of Nature and Science
Mac McFarland, Chair
Premier Lone Star Wind Orchestra
Dr. Barry Knezek, Chair
Sammons Center for the Arts
G. Timothy Hardin, President
Teatro Hispano de Dallas
John Fullinwider, President
TeCo Theatrical Productions, Inc.
Mayela Cavillo, Chair
Texas International Theatrical Arts Society
Bill Graue, President
Texas Winds Musical Outreach, Inc.
John Wellik, President
The Black Academy of Arts and Letters, Inc.
Barbara Steele, Chair
The Bruce Wood Dance Co., Inc.
Phil Clemmons, President
The Dallas Opera
Mark LaRoe, Chair
The Shakespeare Festival of Dallas
Chris Stanton, Chair
The Writer's Garret
Samatha Keyes, President
Theatre Three, Inc.
Marion L. Brockette, Jr., Chair
Turtle Creek Chorale
John Rieger, Chair
Undermain Theatre
Deborah Nugent, President
USA Film Festival
Laura Fox Williamson, Chair