HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - No. 2016-143RESOLUTION NO. 2016-143
A RESOLUTION OF THE LODI CITY COUNCIL
APPROVING FISCAL YEAR 2016/17 ARTS GRANTS
WHEREAS, the Fiscal Year 2016/17 budget includes $36,500 in Arts grants; and
WHEREAS, grant applications were distributed to local nonprofit organizations with a
submittal deadline of May 16, 2016. Eleven grant applications were submitted and screened by
a Lodi Arts Commission review panel; and
WHEREAS, ten applications were approved at the Lodi Arts Commission meeting on
June 8, 2016; and
WHEREAS, grants to local nonprofit organizations are hereby submitted for City Council
approval totaling $23,415 and $3,085 in mini grants to be determined by the Commission as
shown below:
Grants Submitted for Approval
Grant Requestor
Grant Amount
Central Valley Youth Symphony (Concert)
$
4,000
Breakthrough Project (Unity Celebration)
$
1,075
Changing Faces Theater Company (Theater)
$
5,500
Valley Community Orchestra (Concert)
$
1,765
Lodi Community Art Center (Various) (Four Grants)
$
4,575
Sandhill Crane Association (Art Show)
$
1,500
Stockton Symphony Association (Concert)
$
5,000
Arts Foundation (Various Mini Grants)
$
3,085
TOTAL
$26,500
WHEREAS, the Lodi Arts Commission respectfully requests that the City Council
approve the use of the remaining funds totaling $10,000 for Commission -sponsored events,
i.e., First Friday Art Hop, the Taco Truck Cook -Off, and the Blues and Brews Festival, that
promote the Arts in Lodi.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Lodi City Council does hereby approve
the Fiscal Year 2016/17 Arts grants to local nonprofit organizations and Commission -approved
mini grants as delineated above in the amount of $26,500; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council does hereby approve utilizing the
remaining Arts grant funds totaling $10,000 from Fiscal Year 2016/17 budget for Commission -
sponsored events, i.e., First Friday Art Hop, the Taco Truck Cook -Off, and the Blues and Brews
Festival that promote the Arts in Lodi.
Dated: July 20, 2016
I hereby certify that Resolution No. 2016-143 was passed and adopted by the City
Council of the City of Lodi in a regular meeting held July 20, 2016, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS — Johnson, Kuehne, Mounce, and Mayor Chandler
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS — Nakanishi
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None
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NNIFER FERRAIOLO
City Clerk
2016-143