Submitted By
Tammie Grossman, Director of Development Customer Services
Reviewed By
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Agenda Item Title
Title
A Resolution Approving a Funding Grant Agreement between the Village of Oak Park and the Oak Park Area Arts Council in the Amount of $239,500 for 2018 and Authorizing Its Execution.
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Overview
Overview
The 2018 Contract for Services between the Village of Oak Park and the Oak Park Area Arts Council (OPAAC) including a scope of services and performance measurement is presented for Board's review and approval. In 2017, the OPAAC undertook the duties of the Village's Public Art Advisory Commission.
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Staff Recommendation
Approve the Resolution.
Fiscal Impact
The contract amount of $239,500 is included in the 2018 Budget in the following line item
1001.46205.233.585652.
Background
The Oak Park Area Arts Council was founded in 1974 by local artists as the Civic Arts Council of Oak Park. It became a non-profit agency in 1976. The mission of the Oak Park Area Arts Council is to celebrate, support and promote artists and art organizations in Oak Park, River Forest and Forest Park by raising funds for the arts, advocating for policies that promote art and enhance the social, economic and cultural foundations of the communities they service. The 2016 service agreement calls for OPAAC to assume the duties of the Oak Park Public Arts Advisory Commission, to administer and Arts Funds Grant Program supporting local artists and arts organizations, to produce and distribute and E-Art Newsletter, to promote public art through the administration of a mini-mural program, and the Off the Wall program, to act as a resource for the local arts community, and to develop a community wide strategic plan for the arts. The OPAAC is recognized as an important community based initiative which in partnership with other community based initiatives contributes to the health and economic vitality of Oak Park. As part of the Funding Services A...
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