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File #: RES 19-2    Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
In control: President and Board of Trustees
On agenda: 1/28/2019 Final action: 1/28/2019
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 $212,000 for 2019 and Authorizing Its Execution
Attachments: 1. Resolution, 2. OPAAC 2019 Agreement, 3. OPAAC Exhibit 1, 4. OPAAC 2019 Exhibit 2 Scope of Services, 5. OPAAC 2019 Exhibit 3 Addendum, 6. OPAAC 2019 Village of Oak Park Sculpture List, 7. OPAAC 2018 Activities Report
Submitted By
Tammie Grossman, Director of Development Customer Services

Reviewed By
LKS

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 $212,000 for 2019 and Authorizing Its Execution

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Overview
Overview
The 2018 Funding Grant Agrement 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 the Village Board's review and approval. The OPAAC has undertaken the duties of the Village's Public Art Advisory Commission.

Body
Staff Recommendation
Approve the Resolution.

Fiscal Impact
The contract amount of $212,000.00 (#1001.46260.233.585652, .585653, .585654 and .585655) is included in the Contractual Services 2019 Development Customer Services Budget and the Capital Budget.

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. The mission is achieved by raising funds for the arts and by advocating for policies that promote art and enhance the social, economic and cultural foundations of the communities the organization serves.

The 2016 service agreement calls for OPAAC to do the following: 1.) Assume the duties of the Oak Park Public Arts Advisory Commission; 2.) Administer the Arts Funds Grant Program supporting local artists and arts organizations; 3.) Produce and distribute and E-Art Newsletter; 4.) Promote public art through the administration of a mini-mural program and the Off the Wall program; 5.) Act as a resource for the local arts community; and 6.) Develop a community-wide strategic plan for the arts.

The OPAAC is recognized as an important community based initiativ...

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