CULTURAL DIVISION RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE ABOVE MOTION.
This item supports the Board's value of "Cultivating community culture, arts, recreation and life-long learning" and goals relating to providing diverse artistic, cultural, educational and historical amenities and programs that contribute to a vibrant, multi-cultural and economically-viable community.
The Board approved each individual award in all incentive program categories, with the exception of the Creative Investment Program (CIP), the Creative Place Making Program (CPMP), and the newly approved Cultural Festival Program (CFP) (May 23, 2017 Commission meeting, Item No. 60) as part of the County’s Fiscal Year 2017 Adopted Operating Budget. Due to time limitation, the CFP will officially take in effect in Fiscal Year 2018 and funds from current year will be rolled over to Fiscal Year 2018.
Pursuant to Broward County Administrative Code, Chapter 29, Part II, Section 29.17(e.), the Broward Cultural Council makes all incentive award recommendations to the Board for all programs with the exception of the CIP, CPMP and CFP. The Broward Cultural Council is authorized to approve CIP, CPMP and CFP awards, which comply with these guidelines and for which funds have been allocated for these programs. For Fiscal Year 2017, there was no funding allocated for the CPMP due to budget constraints.
Exhibit 1 provides a report of the Broward Cultural Council’s funding recommendations and the funding activity of each award for the Fiscal Year 2017. The reports include all awards that have been approved, the agreements that have been executed, the execution date of each agreement, the amount for which each agreement was executed, and the amount of expenditures for the semi-annual period.
The report also contains the Tourist Development Tax Capital Challenge Grant Program (TDTCCGP), a grant program created to provide capital funding to eligible organizations. Funding for this program comes from the Tourist Development Tax Reserves Fund. At the November 12, 2013 Public Hearing (Item No. 11), the Board adopted Resolution No. 2013-880 amending the Broward Cultural Council's Incentive (Grant) programs in the Administrative Code to create the TDTCCGP, which was added as Section 29.16. j. of Part II of Chapter 29.
Pursuant to Broward County Administrative Code, Chapter 29, Part II, Section 29.17(h.), a semi-annual report shall be filed with the Board no later than August 31 of each year.
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