The URL can be used to link to this page

Home My WebLink About2001-04-09 City Council (11)City of Palo Alto City Manager’s Re ort TO:HONORABLE CITY COUNCIL FROM:CITY MANAGER DEPARTMENT: COMMUNITY SERVICES DATE:APRIL 9, 2001 CMR: 179:01 SUBJECT:ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO AMENDING THE BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2000-01 TO ACCEPT GRANTS AND TO .PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $12,i39 FROM THE CALIFORNIA ARTS COUNCIL AND $6,000 FROM THE PALO ALTO ART CENTER FOUNDATION RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends that the City Council adopt the attached Budget Amendment Ordinance to accept and expend grant revenue of $12,139 from the California Arts Council and $6,000 from the Palo Alto Art Center Foundation into the 2000-01 Arts and Culture Division’s Visual Arts Program budget. DISCUSSION Every year since 1987, the Palo Alto Art Center has applied to the California Arts Council’s Organizational Support Program and has been awarded grants for the Visual Arts Program in support of exhibitions and related arts programming. The Palo Alto Art Center Foundation is a private, nonprofit 501 c (3) organization founded in 1973 to enhance and support the Palo Alto Art Center (PAAC) through memberships, fundraising activities, and community relations. The Foundation’s 19- member board of directors works with the PAAC to enhance programs and expand non- City sources of funding. The Art Center Foundation directly supports Project LOOK!; the Art & Tech Studio Program; Cultural Kaleidoscope, an .outreach program of the Foundation; and a master planning process for the Art Center. Grant funds have been designated for general operating support in the areas of cultural presentations, exhibitions, publications, and public relations. The $12,139 received from the California Arts Council supports the fall, winter, and spring exhibitions and ¯ educational programming at the Art Center. The aim of the grant funding will be to CMR: 179:0!Page 1 of 2 strengthen the quality and visibility of the exhibition and education program, thereby increasing the audience .for the visual arts~ The $6,000 from the Palo Alto Art Center Foundation has been designated for the support of an internship in the Children’s Art Education Program, which includes Project LOOK! and the Children’s Class Program. Funds support the internship through June 30, 2001. .The aim of the funding will be to strengthen the quality of the children’s art education program. RESOURCE IMPACT The attached BAO has no impact on the Budget Stabilization Reserve and no future year General Fund ongoing costs are anticipated. The California Arts Council Grant provides matching funds for exhibitions, equitable artists; and lecture fees, outreach and public relations materials, and exhibition and workshop/studio supplies and materials. The funds necessary to match the grant have been budgeted in the Visual Arts major activity budget for 2000-01. POLICY IMPLICATIONS These recommendations are consistent with existing City policies. ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW This program is not a project as defined by the California Environmental Quality Act and is not subject to CEQA requirements. ATTACHMENTS Attachment A: Attachment B: Budget Amendment Ordinance Budget Amendment Ordinances to Date in 2000-0,1 Impacting the General Fund PREPARED BY: REVIEWED BY: PAUL THILTGEN ~ Direc~,~ Cor~Tnity Services CITY MANAGER APPROVAL:~ EMIL’~r~HARRISON Assistant City Manager CMR: 179:01 Page 1 of 2 ORDINANCE NO. ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO AMENDING THE BUDGET FOR T~E FISCAL YEAR 2000-01 TO ACCEPT A $12,139 GRANT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ARTS COUNCIL AND A $6,000 GRANT FROM THE PALO ALTO ART CENTER FOUNDATION AND TO PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION FOR THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT OF $18,139 WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of Section 12 of Article III of~the Charter of the City of Palo Alto, the Council on June 19, 2000 did adopt a budget for fiscal year 2000-01~; and WHEREAS, the California Arts CoUncil has awarded a matching grant of $12,139 to the City of Palo Alto to support the fall, winter, and spring exhibitiQns and educational programming at the Arts Center; and WHEREAS, the Palo Alto Art Center Foundation has awarded a grant of $6,000 to the City of Palo Alto to support an internship in the Children’s Art Education Program; and WHEREAS, the funds necessary to match the California Arts Council grant have been included in the Arts and Culture functional area budget for 2000-01; and WHEREAS, City Council authorization is needed to accept and expend the grant receipts; and WHEREAS, the additional appropriation of funds is for one-time expenditures and no future year General Fund ongoing costs are anticipated; and WHEREAS, City Council authorization is needed to amend the 2000-01 budget as hereinafter set forth. NOW, THEREFORE, the Council of the City of Palo Alto does ORDAIN as follows: S2~LT_I~IN~_. Grant revenue in the VisualArts Functional Area of the Community Services Department is increased by Eighteen Thousand One Hundred Thirty Nine Dollars ($18,139) for receipt of funds from the California Arts Council and the Palo Alto Art Center Foundation. ~2~. The sum of $18,139 is hereby appropriated to non- salary expenses in the Visual Arts Functional Area in the Community Services Department. This transaction will have no impact on reserves. ~T.~Q~I_~. As specified in Section 2.28.080(a) of the Palo Alto Municipal Code, a two-thirds vote of the City Council is required to adopt this ordinance. S~_LQ~_~. 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. S~LT_LQ~K. 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. Ci.ty Attorney.Director of Services Administrative Director of Community Services ATTACHMENT B Budget Amendment Ordinances Impacting ~ ;eneral Fund Reserves Approved-To-Date in 2000-01 Placeholders Alread i "Impact on the BAO Description Cost Revenue .~.. ,.a. y~ i.n tn~.G~neral Fundzouu-ulAaopreo BSRBudget Estimated Future Year Ongoing Costs Balance $20,029,000 Adopted Budget Addition to BSR $1,075,000 Public Safety Building - CIP 19820 Planning Transcription Services Office of Transportation Safety Grant Cubberle.y Theatre Chiller Replacement - CIP I 0 i 20 Arts Council Silicon Valley Grant Police Department Grants (1) Zoning Ordinance Update Friends of the Palo Alto Library Grant Office Space Renovation - CIP 10020 Acquisition of Pinkerton Property Homer Avenue Undererossing - CIP 10121 Municipal Fee Schedule Amendments Public Library Fund Midyear Report Downtown Parking Structures - CIP 19530 California Arts Council and Palo Alto Art Foundation Grants ($74,000)($74,000) ($40,000)($40,000) ($187,065)$187,065 $0 ($22,000)($22,000) ($5,192)$5,192 $0 ($277,314)$277,314 $0 ($110,000)$1 I0,000 $0 ($59,000)$59,000 $0 ($411,000)$156,000 ($255,000) ($4OO,OOO) ($100,000)$100,000 $0 $0 ($101,918)$101,918 $0 ($2,782,049)$5,726,043 $2,943,994 ($1,355,585)($1,355,585) ($18,139)$18,139 $0 $40,000 $17,000 $188,000 $3,700,000 BSR Balance After BA O’s $22,976,409 ] (1) Of this ~unount $121,259 will be deposited in the General Fund and $156,055 deposited in the Special Revenue Fund.