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City of Palo Alto
Manager’s Report
TO:HONORABLE CITY COUNCIL
FROM:CITY MANAGER , DEPARTMENT: Community
Services
CMR:345:97AGENDA DATE:August 11, 1997
SUBJECT:NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS GRANT -
BUDGET AMENDMENT ORDINANCE
The purpose of this report is torequest Council’s approval of an ordinance amending the
budget for fiscal year 1997-98, to reflect the award of a $10,000 matching grant from the
National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), a federal agency, to the Arts and Culture
Division’s Cultural Center traveling exhibition "Domim’c Di Mare: A Retrospective."
Staff recommends that the City Council adopt the attached Budget Amendment Ordinance
accepting the National Endowment for the Arts matching grant of $10,000 into the 1997-98
Arts and Culture Division’s Visual Arts major, activity budget.
This recommendation does not represent a change to existing City policies.
The National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency, has awarded a grant for special
exhibitions to the Visual Arts Program for the current fiscal year. This is the second NEA
grant that the Visual Arts Program has received. The first was received in 1993-94 for the
traveling exhibition "Marriage In Form: Kay Sekimachi & Bob Stocksdale." These funds
have been designated for general support and traveling of the exhibition. The exhibition
is a 30-year retrospective of one of American craft’s foremost master artists. The
exhibition, along with the accompanying catalogue, makes a major contribution to the
history of American craft. Di Mare’s work is particularly relevant to the exploration of
cultural expression-in the 1990’s. Di Mare’s highly individual pieces derive from the
artist’s background as the son of a Sicilian fisherman growing up on Monterey Bay. The
exhibition will be at the Cultural Center September 28, 1997 through January 11, 1998,
when it will begin to tour as follows: The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI (2/11/98-
4/19/98); Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, CA (6/26/98 - 8/16/98); Charles A. Wustum
Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI (9/11/98-11/18/98); and Renwick Gallery of the
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National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. (3/19/99 -
7/25/99). The exhibition continues staff’s efforts to reach a broad and diverse population.
The funds will strengthen the quality and visibility of the exhibition and education
program, and thereby increase the audience for the Visual Arts.
The National Endowment for the Arts grant provides matching funds for the exhibition,
which includes crating of the exhibition, supplies and materials, outreach and public
relations materials, and publications. The funds necessary to match the grant have been
budgeted in the Visual Arts Program budget for 1997-98.
The program is not a project as defined by the California Environmental Quality Act and
is not subject to CEQA requirements.
Budget Amendment Ordinance
Prepared By:Linda Craighead/Leon Kaplan, Arts and Culture Division
Department Head Review~-~~~--~~
City Manager Approval:
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ORDINANCE NO.
ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
A~ENDING THE BUDGET FOR THE FISbAL YEAR 1997-98 TO ACCEPT
A GRANT AND TO PROVIDE ANADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION FOR
THE COMI4UNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO RECEIVE MATCHING
GRANT FUNDS FROM THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT F.OR THE ARTS.
WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of Section 12 of Article
III of the Charter of the City of Palo Alto, the Council on June
23, 1997 did adopt a budget for fiscal year 1997-98; and
WHEREAs, the National Endowment for the Arts provides funding
in support of the ~ts; and
WHEREAS, the Community Services Department has been awarded an
Arts Council matching grant in the amount of $i0,000 for an
exhibition which is a 30-year retrospective of one of American
craft’s foremost master artists Dominic Di Mare; and
WHEREAS, City Council authorization is needed to accept and
expend the grant receipts; and
WHEREAS, City Council authorization is .needed to amend the
i997-98 budget as hereinafter set forth.
WHEREAS, the 1997-98 budget includes the funds necessary to
match the grant; and
NOW, THEREFORE, the Council of the City of Palo Alto does
ORDAIN as follows:
SECTION i. The sum of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000) is
hereby appropriated to non-salary expenses in the Functional Area
Arts and Culture in the Community Services Department, and Grant
Revenue is correspondingly increased.
SECTION 2.This transaction will have no impact
reseryes.
on
SECTION 3. As specified in Section 2.28.0’80(a) of the Palo
Alto Municipal Code, a two-thirds Vote of the City Council is
required to adopt this ordinance.
SECTION 4. The Council of the City of Palo Alto hereby
finds that this is not a project under the California Environmental
Quality Act and, therefore, no environmental impact assessment is
necessary.
SECTION 5. As provided in Section.2.04.350 of the Palo Alto
Municipal Code, this ordinance shall become.~effective upon adoption.
INTRODUCED AND PASSED:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTENTIONS:
ABSENT:
ATTEST:APPROVED:
City Clerk Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:City Manager
Senior Asst. City Attorney Acting Director, Administrative
Services Department
Director of Community Services
Department