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File #: RES 22-304    Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
In control: President and Board of Trustees
On agenda: 12/5/2022 Final action: 12/5/2022
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 $257,000 for 2023 and Authorizing Its Execution
Attachments: 1. Resolution, 2. 2023 Funding Grant Agreement, 3. Exhibit 1 - Arts Council, 4. Scope of Services 2023, 5. OPAAC 2023 Addendum, 6. 2023 Funding Request, 7. 2022 Funding Grant Agreement

Submitted By                     

Tammie Grossman, Director Development Customer Services

 

Reviewed By

A.M. Zayyad

 

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 $257,000 for 2023 and Authorizing Its Execution

 

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Overview

Overview

The 2023 Funding Grant Agreement between the Village of Oak Park and the Oak Park Area Arts Council (OPAAC) including a scope of services and program goals and measurements is presented for the Village Board’s review and approval.

 

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Recommendation

Recommendation

Adopt the Resolution.

 

Fiscal Impact

The Recommended FY 2023 Budget includes $257,000 in funding for the Oak Park Area Arts Council (Account # 1001.46260.233.585652).

 

 

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 2023 service agreement calls for OPAAC to continue assuming the duties of the Oak Park Public Arts Advisory Commission, to bring back the sculpture walk in one of the business districts, to administer the Arts Funds Grant Program supporting local artists and arts organizations, to produce and distribute the 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 implement the 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 2017 funding services agreement, the Village requested the OPAAC to combine activities with the VIllage’s Public Arts Advisory Citizen Commission and included a provision that the OPAAC Board will include the Village Manager or her designee and two additional Board Members to be appointed and approved by the Village Board.

 

Alternatives

Not approve the Resolution or approve at some lesser amount.

 

Previous Board Action

On December 6, 2021, the Village Board approved a Funding Grant Agreement with the OPAAC for $194,500 for 2022.

 

Citizen Advisory Commission Action

N/A

 

Anticipated Future Actions/Commitments

N/A

 

Intergovernmental Cooperation Opportunities

N/A