STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Quality of Life
AGENDA DATE: June 23, 2021
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S):|910|DEPARTMENT: Office of Arts and Culture
EXECUTIVE: Joey Zapata
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SUBJECT
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Authorize an amendment to the FY 2020-21 Cultural Organizations Program contract with TeCo Theatrical Productions, Inc., d/b/a Bishop Arts Theatre Center to (1) extend the contract term for supplemental cultural services and proof of private match for supplemental funding by one year, from September 30, 2021, to September 30, 2022; (2) change the structure of the one-time $150,000.00 payment, to be disbursed in two payments of $75,000.00; and (3) provide additional cultural services as consideration for the amendment - Financing: No cost consideration to the City
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BACKGROUND
On October 28, 2020, City Council authorized the execution of 34 contracts for the FY 2020-21 Cultural Organizations Program (COP) which provides a full year of cultural services for Dallas residents and visitors by established Dallas-based non-profit cultural organizations by Resolution No. 20-1697.
The resolution included a one-time payment of $150,000.00 for supplemental cultural services to advance the Dallas Cultural Plan 2018 and upon proof of private matching funds of $150,000.00, and a one-time exception to the funding level restrictions in the program guidelines to allow for this payment.
The ongoing effects of COVID-19 and of the 2021 winter storm, including damage to the theater following the storm, has impacted the organization's ability to raise the required private match and deliver the supplemental cultural services by the original contract end date of September 30, 2021. The vendor has requested, and staff recommends, extending the term of the contract by one year to September 30, 2022.
In addition, the vendor has requested, and staff recommends, that the supplemental funds of $150,000.00 be paid in two portions of $75,000.00 each, u...
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