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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
If Council agrees that the project is a worthwhile City effort, it should
instruct staff to apply for the funding.
ITEM EXPLANATION:
The National Endowment for the Arts has made funds available to support "design
and planning projects that show how design can be used to meet a community's
current and future needs". Grants of up to $30,000 will be awarded. (See attached
Program Summary)
The funding could be used to conduct advertising and outreach for the Redevelopment
facade program. Brochures and graphics could be printed and distributed to the
community. Information about architectural options, low -interest loan availability
and code requirements are some of the topics that could be covered in the outreach
program.
International Systems, Inc., (ISI), the City's contract grant writing service
agrees that the project would have a good chance of being funded and will assist
with the application.
FI-SCAL IMPACT:
An estimated budget of $20,000 will be requested from NEA. No anticipated City
funds necessary. No staff impact.
EXHIBITS:
Exhibit I- Program Summary- Design Demonstration Program (National Endowment
for the Arts)
�- EXHIBIT I
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Suzy Edwards
March 18, 1981
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INTERNATIONAL SYSTEMS, INC. p01 t� 23 R1
PROGRAM '
SU�h�lARY
DESIGN ARTS: DESIGN DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM
NEA
Deadline: May 20, 1981
PROGRAM
,'PURPOSE
To su pport actual design and planning projects that
show how design
can be used to meet a community's.
current and future needs. The Design Arts
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program
includes architecture, landscape architecture, urban
design
and planning, interior design, industrial design,
graphic design, and fashion
)ELIGIBLE
design.
;APPLICANTS
Nonprofit, tax-exempt organizations including local
state
or
governments, community or neighborhood organizations,
cultural institutions,
or universities.
INTENDED
;BENEFICIARIES
The general public where a project is located.
,CURRENT
FUNDS
FY81--$500,000 is available under Design Demonstration.
=AVAILABLE/
Grants of up to $30,000 will be awarded.
Grants should be
�SATCH
matched dollar for dollar with non-
Federal funds.
FUNDING
;HISTORY.
In FY79 approximate)
in the entire y $1 million of the $3.25 million
Program went to fund 40-50 demonstration
Projects. In FY80 approximately $1
million of the
$3.6 million in the Design Arts program went to Design
Demonstration
projects. Of the 240 applications received,
17% were funded. The Design Arts
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program was formerly
called the Architecture, Planning and Design
;ELIGIBLE
;ACTIVITIES
program.
1) Cultural district planning.
2) Design and planning of rational links between cultural
facilities and other
commu'Lity activities such as
transportation, shopping, working, and housing.
3)
Artists' space needs, such as performance exhibition,
teachirig living, and
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working space.
4) Design of special objects :which are needed to
execute
a particular art form, such as a safe, collapsible
floor for
use by dance touring companies.
5) Planning to ensure that artists, often
the pioneefs
in revitalizing communities, will not be displaced
as land
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values increase.
6) Design of cultural facilities, including the
redesign Of old buildings to meet changing cultural needs.
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P! F'ERRED
PROJECTS
Emphasis this year will be on design projects which
help strengthen the relationship between a community's
livability and the planning and design needs of the
visual and performing arts. This incorporates and
expands both the previous years' Cultural Facilities
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Design and Livable Cities categories. Priority will
be given to projects that are likely to have practical
results. Limited support will also be available for
community design assistance projects operating out of
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design schools.
(RATING
1) Merit of the project.
CRITERIA
2) Ability to carry out the project for which funds
are being requested.
3) Qualifications of those involved: in the project.
4) Uniqueness of the project.
5) Need for the grant.
6) Procedure, budget, and schedule._
7) Amount requested.
8) Indication that proposed projects can be sustained
in the future without continued Endowment funding.
9) Organization, completeness, and presentation of the
application.
10)* Local, regional, and national significance of the
design problem.
ll)* Projected impact on the communi-ty in terms of the
probability of a project actually being carried out.
* Unique to the Design Demonstration category.
iAPPLICATION
rREQUIREMENTS
1) Organization Grant Application Form NEA 3;
2) visual materials describing the project, its site,
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and project surroundings;
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3) a statement of how the project relates to community
needs and current programs; and
4) evidence of strong support from local government
and financial, citizen, and professional groups.
REVIEW
;PROCEDURE
First applications are checked for completeness by the
Design Arts staff. Then they are reviewed by the Design
Arts Grants Panels (rotating committees of experts in
the design arts and subordinate fields). Following
panel review, the National Council on the Arts makes
recommendations to the Chairman of the National Endowment
for the Arts for final decision. This process may take
as much as six months to complete..
;REGULATIONS
CFDA # 45.001
Design Arts program guidelines.
ILE:GISLATION
Authorized by the National Foundation of the Arts and
Humanities Act of 1965: PL 89-209 as amended by PL 90-
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348, PL 91-346, PL 93-133, and PL 94-469.